The poetical works of Anna Seward, Vol. 1 [of 3]Front matterReading editionChapter navigation72 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE POETICAL WORKS OF ANNA SEWARD;BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.EXTRACTS FROM MISS SEWARD’S LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE.EXTRACTS FROM MISS SEWARD’S LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE. (continued 2)EXTRACTS FROM MISS SEWARD’S LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE. (continued 3)THE VISIONS, AN ELEGY.[10]KNOWLEDGE, A POEM IN THE MANNER OF SPENCER.PORTRAIT OF MISS LEVETT.[13]ELEGY ADDRESSED TO CORNET V——, IN THE AUTUMN 1765.THE HAY-FIELD, A MORNING SCENE.INSCRIPTIONLOVE ELEGIES AND EPISTLES. [15]EVANDER to EMILLIA.ELEGY.EPISTLE.ELEGY.EPISTLE. EVANDER TO EMILLIA.ELEGY.EPISTLE.ELEGY.EPISTLE.ELEGY.EPISTLE.ELEGY.ELEGY.EVANDER to EMILLIA.HONORA, AN ELEGY.[16]THE ANNIVERSARY. WRITTEN JUNE 1769.ODE TO CONTENT.EPISTLE. TO MISS HONORA SNEYD.—WRITTEN, SEPT. 1770.[20]ELEGY WRITTEN AT THE SEA-SIDE, AND ADDRESSED TO MISS HONORA SNEYD.EPISTLE. TO MISS HONORA SNEYD, MAY 1772. WRITTEN IN A SUMMER EVENING, FROM THE GRAVE OF A SUICIDE.[21]TIME PAST. WRITTEN JAN. 1773.LICHFIELD, AN ELEGY. WRITTEN MAY 1781.INVOCATION TO THE GENIUS OF SLUMBER. WRITTEN, OCT. 1787.MONODY ON MRS RICHARD VYSE, ADDRESSED TO HER HUSBAND, SINCE GENERAL VYSE.[32]TO MRS COLTMAN OF HULL. OCTOBER 1772.RECEIPT FOR A SWEET JAR.INVOCATION TO THE SHADE OF PETRARCH, AND TO THE SPIRITS OF THE PERSIAN POETS, ON THEIR COMPOSITIONS BEING TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, BY SIR WILLIAM JONES.[33]ODE TO WILLIAM BOOTHBY, ESQ. WRITTEN IN THE SUMMER 1775.ODE [35] TO BROOKE BOOTHBY, ESQ. AFTERWARDS SIR BROOKE BOOTHBY.SONGS.SONG.[38]ACHILLES,[39]SONG.SONG.SONGSONGSONG.BALLAD.SONG.ADDRESS TO HOPE.SONG.SONG.SONG.SONG.SONG.SONG.PASTORAL BALLAD.SONG.GLEE.ODE TO EUPHROSYNE, AN EPITHALAMIUM ON THE MARRIAGE OF DOCTOR D—AND MISS M—.PROLOGUE WRITTEN FOR THE TRAGEDY OF BRAGANZA.PROLOGUE WRITTEN FOR MR PENN.[42]PROLOGUE TO THE CIRCASSIAN, WRITTEN IN AUTUMN 1782.PROLOGUE TO THE FORTUNATE DISAPPOINTMENT.[45]EPILOGUE TO THE FORTUNATE DISAPPOINTMENT.COMPLAINT OF AN ARABIAN LOVER. ODE.BLINDNESS, A POEM. WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF AN ARTIST, WHO LOST HIS SIGHT BY THE GUTTA SERENA, IN HIS TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, AND WHO WAS THEREFORE OBLIGED TO CHANGE HIS PROFESSION FOR THAT OF MUSIC.VERSES, SENT WITH SOME ORNAMENTS FOR THE HAIR TO MISS MARGARET KNOWLES, ON HER RECOVERY FROM INOCULATION FOR THE SMALL POX, IN HER 17TH YEAR. WRITTEN IN THE SPRING.FOOTNOTES:Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE POETICAL WORKS OF ANNA SEWARD;All chapters and sections (72)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE POETICAL WORKS OF ANNA SEWARD;Volume 1 · Other sectionsBIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.EXTRACTS FROM MISS SEWARD’S LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE.EXTRACTS FROM MISS SEWARD’S LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE. (continued 2)EXTRACTS FROM MISS SEWARD’S LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE. (continued 3)THE VISIONS, AN ELEGY.[10]KNOWLEDGE, A POEM IN THE MANNER OF SPENCER.PORTRAIT OF MISS LEVETT.[13]ELEGY ADDRESSED TO CORNET V——, IN THE AUTUMN 1765.THE HAY-FIELD, A MORNING SCENE.INSCRIPTIONLOVE ELEGIES AND EPISTLES. [15]EVANDER to EMILLIA.ELEGY.EPISTLE.ELEGY.EPISTLE. EVANDER TO EMILLIA.ELEGY.EPISTLE.ELEGY.EPISTLE.ELEGY.EPISTLE.ELEGY.ELEGY.EVANDER to EMILLIA.HONORA, AN ELEGY.[16]THE ANNIVERSARY. WRITTEN JUNE 1769.ODE TO CONTENT.EPISTLE. TO MISS HONORA SNEYD.—WRITTEN, SEPT. 1770.[20]ELEGY WRITTEN AT THE SEA-SIDE, AND ADDRESSED TO MISS HONORA SNEYD.EPISTLE. TO MISS HONORA SNEYD, MAY 1772. WRITTEN IN A SUMMER EVENING, FROM THE GRAVE OF A SUICIDE.[21]TIME PAST. WRITTEN JAN. 1773.LICHFIELD, AN ELEGY. WRITTEN MAY 1781.INVOCATION TO THE GENIUS OF SLUMBER. WRITTEN, OCT. 1787.MONODY ON MRS RICHARD VYSE, ADDRESSED TO HER HUSBAND, SINCE GENERAL VYSE.[32]TO MRS COLTMAN OF HULL. OCTOBER 1772.RECEIPT FOR A SWEET JAR.INVOCATION TO THE SHADE OF PETRARCH, AND TO THE SPIRITS OF THE PERSIAN POETS, ON THEIR COMPOSITIONS BEING TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, BY SIR WILLIAM JONES.[33]ODE TO WILLIAM BOOTHBY, ESQ. WRITTEN IN THE SUMMER 1775.ODE [35] TO BROOKE BOOTHBY, ESQ. AFTERWARDS SIR BROOKE BOOTHBY.SONGS.SONG.[38]ACHILLES,[39]SONG.SONG.SONGSONGSONG.BALLAD.SONG.ADDRESS TO HOPE.SONG.SONG.SONG.SONG.SONG.SONG.PASTORAL BALLAD.SONG.GLEE.ODE TO EUPHROSYNE, AN EPITHALAMIUM ON THE MARRIAGE OF DOCTOR D—AND MISS M—.PROLOGUE WRITTEN FOR THE TRAGEDY OF BRAGANZA.PROLOGUE WRITTEN FOR MR PENN.[42]PROLOGUE TO THE CIRCASSIAN, WRITTEN IN AUTUMN 1782.PROLOGUE TO THE FORTUNATE DISAPPOINTMENT.[45]EPILOGUE TO THE FORTUNATE DISAPPOINTMENT.COMPLAINT OF AN ARABIAN LOVER. ODE.BLINDNESS, A POEM. WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF AN ARTIST, WHO LOST HIS SIGHT BY THE GUTTA SERENA, IN HIS TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, AND WHO WAS THEREFORE OBLIGED TO CHANGE HIS PROFESSION FOR THAT OF MUSIC.VERSES, SENT WITH SOME ORNAMENTS FOR THE HAIR TO MISS MARGARET KNOWLES, ON HER RECOVERY FROM INOCULATION FOR THE SMALL POX, IN HER 17TH YEAR. WRITTEN IN THE SPRING.FOOTNOTES:Contents of Volume First. Footnotes. Transcriber's note.◇THE POETICAL WORKS OF ANNA SEWARD; →