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    Elegies and Other Small Poems
    Elegies and Other Small Poems
    Elegies and Other Small Poems
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    Elegies and Other Small Poems

    By Matilda Betham

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    DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Elegies and Other Small Poems" by Matilda Betham. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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    Release dateSep 4, 2022
    ISBN8596547210962
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      Elegies and Other Small Poems - Matilda Betham

      Matilda Betham

      Elegies and Other Small Poems

      EAN 8596547210962

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      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.

      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.

      ARTHUR and ALBINA.

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