Poetical remains of the late Lucretia Maria Davidson / [Lucretia Maria Davidson] [electronic text]
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Poetical remains of the late Lucretia Maria Davidson / [Lucretia Maria Davidson] [electronic text]
Author
Davidson, Lucretia Maria, 1808-1825
Editor
Davidson, Margaret Miller, 1787-1844
Publication
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard
1843
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"Poetical remains of the late Lucretia Maria Davidson / [Lucretia Maria Davidson] [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAD1940.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2025.
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CONTENTS.
DEDICATION 17
BIOGRAPHY 25
POETICAL REMAINS 79
Address to my Muse 83
Amir Khan 99
Chicomico 100
MISCELLANEOUS PIECES 121
Charity 123
To Science 123
Pleasure 124
The Good Shepherd 124
Lines, written under the promise of Reward125
To the Memory of H. K. White 126
Stilling the Waves 126
A Song, in imitation of the Scotch 127
Exit from Egyptian Bondage 128
Last Flower of the Garden 129
Ode to Fancy 130
The Blush 131
On an Æolian Harp 132
The Coquette 133
Death of an Infant 134
Reflections on Crossing Lake Champlain 135
The Star of Liberty 136
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The Mermaid 137
On Solitude 138
On the Birth of a Sister 139
A Dream 139
To my Sister 141
Cupid's Bower 142
The Family Time-Piece 143
On the Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots 145
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 146
Ruth's Answer to Naomi 148
David and Jonathan 148
The Sick Bed 149
Death 150
To My Mother 150
Sabrina, a Volcanic Island, which appeared and disappeared among the Azores, in 1811 151
The Prophecy 152
Prophecy II. 154
Prophecy III. 155
Byron 156
Feats of Death 156
Auction Extraordinary 158
The Bachelor 159
The Guardian Angel 160
On the Crew of a Vessel who were found Dead at Sea 161
Woman's Love 163
To a Lady, whose singing resembled that of an absent Sister 164
To my Friend and Patron, M— K—, Esq. 165
On seeing a Picture of the Virgin Mary, painted several centuries since 166
American Poetry 168
Headache 169
To a Star 169
Song of Victory for the Death of Goliath 170
The Indian Chief and Conconay 171
The Mother's Lament for her Infant 174
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On the Motto of a Seal 175
Morning 176
Shakspeare 177
To a Friend 177
The Fear of Madness 178
Maritorne, or the Pirate of Mexico 179
America 187
Lines addressed to a Cousin 189
Modesty 190
A View of Death 190
Rob Roy's reply to Francis Osbaldistone 191
To a Lady recovering from Sickness 192
The Vision 192
On seeing, at a Concert, the public performance of a Female Dwarf 195
On seeing a young Lady at her Devotions 196
Alonzo and Imanel 197
To Margaret's Eye 199
To a young Lady, whose Mother was Insane from her Birth 199
Song, tune Mrs. Robinson's Farewell 201
Song 202
Twilight. 202
On the Death of Queen Caroline 203
On the Death of the beautiful Mrs. — 204
The White Maid of the Rock 205
The Wee Flower of the Heather 206
To my Dear Mother in Sickness 207
An Acrostic (Moon, Sun) 208
Habakkuk 3d, 6th 208
On reading a fragment called the Flower of the Forest 209
Zante 209
The Yellow Fever 212
Kindar Burial Service-Versified 213
The Grave 214
Ruins of Palmyra 214
The Wide World is Drear 215
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Farewell to Miss E. B. 216
The Army of Israel at the foot of Mount Sinai 217
The Garden of Gethsemane 218
The Tempest God 219
To a Departing Friend 219
The Parting of De Courcy and Wilhelmine 220
Love, Joy, and Pleasure, an allegory 225
...My Last Farewell to my Harp228
SPECIMENS OF PROSE COMPOSITION 231
Columbus 233
Alphonso in Search of Learning 235
Sensibility 240
The Holy Writings 241
Charity 243
Remarks on the Immorality of the Stage 244
Contemplation of the Heavens 245
The Origin of Chivalry 247
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