Hours of childhood, and other poems

By Good Press

This unique anthology of seven poems focusing on childhood, motherhood and the parent-child relationship. Published in 1820, this collection offers a unique insight into the tenderness of familial relationships during a turbulent period in history. Contents include:Hours of Childhood, A Mother's Love, Addressed to a young lady, Stanza's, The Moon's Pale Ray, To A Friend, The Alter'd Lay

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Nov 5, 2021
• ISBN: 4066338058164

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Hours of childhood, and other poems

Published by Good Press, 2022

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Table of Contents

PREFACE.

POEMS.

HOURS OF CHILDHOOD.

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

XVI

XVII

XVIII

XIX

XX

XXI

XXIII

XXIV

XXV

XXVI

XXVII

XXVIII

XXIX

XXX

XXXI

XXXII

XXXIII

XXXIV

XXXV

XXXVI

XXXVII

XXXVIII

A MOTHER’S LOVE.

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG LADY.

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

STANZAS.

THE MOON’s PALE RAY.

ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND.

THE ALTER’D LAY.

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XIV

XVI

XVII

XVIII

XIX

XX

XXI

XXII

XXIII

ERRATA.

PREFACE.

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IT is a fact universally allowed, that few authors are so totally indifferent to the stamp which their writings may bear in the minds of the public, as to feel no anxiety concerning their success; and to contemplate with perfect composure, the prospect of a critical analysis of their productions, in which, each blemish is to be exposed to the most rigid censure.

No writer is entirely exempt from this doubtful solicitude—even those who have raised themselves above the quibblings of fire-side commentators, and are only read to be admired, have their moments of fear;—the opinions of the public may change; critics may condemn, and their names may be tarnished by a failure.

Since

then, those who possess every classical requisite for poetical excellence; who are blessed with time, retirement, and an access to the writings of all nations, and ages; whose minds are cheered in their pursuits, by a solid hope of success, founded on the remembrance of former approbation, cannot altogether confide in their infallibility. It will not be doubted, that a youth, unlettered, and unlearned, who in his first essay has been debarred all those advantages which are considered almost indispensible in the pursuit of literary distinction—should appear before the public with the utmost diffidence; fearful that the pursuit which has given him employment in his midnight hours, and added a zest to his short period of leisure, should reflect discredit upon his authorship.

The

writer of

Hours of Childhood

, far from enjoying "Poetic leisure," has, from the