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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.

By Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

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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.