Elegies and Other Small Poems

By Matilda Betham

This book is a collection of poems penned by Matilda Betham. Around a dozen titles are featured inside, including 'Arthur and Albina', 'The Fraternal Duel', 'Lines in a Letter to A.R.C.', 'The Lonely Walk', 'The Outlaw', and 'Invitation'. Here's an excerpt from 'Arthur and Albina': "Ah me! the yellow western sky turns pale / And leaves the cheerless sons of earth to mourn / And yet I hear not in the silent vale / A sound to tell me Arthur does return."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 16, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066196929

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Matilda Betham

Elegies and Other Small Poems

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4064066196929

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To —— WITH ARTHUR and ALBINA.

ARTHUR and ALBINA.

THE FRATERNAL DUEL.

IN A

LETTER to A.R.C.

ON HER WISHING TO BE CALLED ANNA.

THE LONELY WALK,

To W.S.B.

THE OUTLAW.

INVITATION,

To J.B.C.

WRITTEN ON

WHITSUN-MONDAY,

PHILEMON.

ON A FAN.

TO SIMPLICITY.

THE TERRORS OF GUILT.

CEN'LIN, PRINCE OF MERCIA.

RHAPSODY.

HUMAN PLEASURE OR PAIN.

THE COMPLAINT OF FANCY.

To A.R.C.

ON THE

EVE OF DEPARTURE

From O——

TO M.I.

CANTATA. DEL METASTASIO.

TRANSLATION.

LA FORTUNA. DELLO STESSO.

TRANSLATION.

CANTATA DELLO STESSO.

TRANSLATION.

SONETTO.

DI GIOVANNI DELLA CASA.

SONNET, TO SLEEP.

TRANSLATION.

EDITHA.

TO M.I.

WRITTEN IN

ZIMMERMANN'S SOLITUDE.

IN MEMORY OF

MR. AGOSTINO ISOLA,

OF CAMBRIDGE,

TO THE NUNS OF BODNEY.

Written in London, on the 19th of March, 1796.

FRAGMENT.

FRAGMENT.

Written April the 18th, 1796

To —— WITH ARTHUR and ALBINA.

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1794.

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A British Maid awaits the arrival of her lover from the battle, on a hill, where, at its commencement, she had retired to make vows to heaven for his success.—Evening.

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ARTHUR and ALBINA.

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