The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols.
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THE LOVES OF THE POETS.
VOL. II.
THE ROMANCE OF BIOGRAPHY;
OR
MEMOIRS OF WOMEN LOVED AND CELEBRATED BY POETS,
FROM
THE DAYS OF THE TROUBADOURS TO THE PRESENT AGE;
CONTENTS
OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
THE LOVES OF THE POETS.
CHAPTER I.
CAREW'S CELIA.—LUCY SACHEVEREL.
TO CELIA.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER II.
WALLER'S SACHARISSA.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER III.
BEAUTIES AND POETS.
ON LUCY COUNTESS OF BEDFORD.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IV.
CONJUGAL POETRY.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER V.
CONJUGAL POETRY CONTINUED.
VITTORIA COLONNA.
SONNET.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VI.
CONJUGAL POETRY CONTINUED.
VERONICA GAMBARA.
SONETTO.
LITERAL TRANSLATION.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VII.
CONJUGAL POETRY CONTINUED.
STORY OF DR. DONNE AND HIS WIFE.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VII.
CONJUGAL POETRY CONTINUED.
HABINGTON'S CASTARA.
TO ROSES IN THE BOSOM OF CASTARA.
LOVE'S ANNIVERSARY.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VIII.
CONJUGAL POETRY CONTINUED.
THE TWO ZAPPI.
SONETTO.
TRANSLATION.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IX.
CONJUGAL POETRY CONTINUED.
LORD LYTTELTON.
SONG.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER X.
CONJUGAL POETRY CONTINUED.
KLOPSTOCK AND META.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XI.
CONJUGAL POETRY CONTINUED.
BONNIE JEAN.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XII.
CONJUGAL POETRY CONTINUED.
MONTI AND HIS WIFE.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XIII.
POETS AND BEAUTIES,
FROM CHARLES II. TO QUEEN ANNE.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XIV.
STELLA AND VANESSA.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XV.
POPE AND MARTHA BLOUNT.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XVI.
POPE AND LADY M. W. MONTAGU.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XVII.
POETICAL OLD BACHELORS.
CHAPTER XVIII.
FRENCH POETS.
VOLTAIRE AND MADAME DU CHATELET.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XIX.
FRENCH POETRY CONTINUED.
MADAME D'HOUDETOT.
FOOTNOTES:
CONCLUSION.
HEROINES OF MODERN POETRY.
FOOTNOTES:
THE END.
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