Hours of Solitude. A Collection of Original Poems. Volume I.

Title

Hours of Solitude. A Collection of Original Poems. Volume I.

Author

Dacre, Charlotte, b. 1782

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London,: Printed by D. N. Shury ... for Hughes ... and Ridgeway ...

1805

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Contents

• frontispiece
• title page
• TITLE PAGE
• To JOHN PENN, Esq.
• TO THE PUBLIC.
• HOURS OF SOLITUDE.
  • THE TRIUMPH OF PLEASURE*.
  • THE EXILE.
  • ELOQUENCE.
  • PASSION UNINSPIRED BY SENTIMENT.
  • To JOHN PENN, ESQ.
  • THE KISS.
  • THE VANITY OF HOPE.
  • TO HIM WHO SAYS HE LOVES.
  • THE ANSWER,
  • LOVE AND MADNESS.
  • THE FOLLY OF LIFE.
  • THE UNFAITHFUL LOVER.
  • THE MOTHER TO HER DYING INFANT.
  • THE MUSING MANIAC.
  • THE EMIGRANT.
  • THE MOUNTAIN VIOLET.
  • THE LOVER'S VISION.
  • EXPERIENCE.
  • THE VISIONS OF FANCY.
  • THE MURDERER.
  • THE ORPHAN'S CURSE.
  • THE SKELETON PRIEST;
  • JULIA'S MURDER;
  • THE AIREAL CHORUS;
  • DEATH AND THE LADY.
  • THE ELFIN KING;
  • SIMILE.
  • FRACAS BETWEEN THE DEITIES.
  • LOGAN'S GRAVE.
  • RUIN'D INNOCENCE,
  • MOORISH COMBAT.
  • THE MANIAC *.
  • THE POOR NEGRO SADI.
  • THE DYING LOVER.
  • THE SOVEREIGNTY OF LOVE.
  • TO THE SHADE OF MARY ROBINSON.
  • THE FEMALE PHILOSOPHER.