Poems
Matilda Betham
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POEMS
London:
PRINTED FOR J. HATCHARD, BOOKSELLER TO HER MAJESTY, OPPOSITE ALBANY, PICCADILLY.
1808.
TO LADY ROUSE BOUGHTON, AS A TESTIMONY OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE FOR LONG CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP, THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS INSCRIBED BY HER OBLIGED HUMBLE SERVANT, MATILDA BETHAM.
TO LADY ROUSE BOUGHTON, AS A TESTIMONY OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE FOR LONG CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP, THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS INSCRIBED BY HER OBLIGED HUMBLE SERVANT, MATILDA BETHAM.
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CONTENTS.
POEMS.
THE OLD FISHERMAN.
LINES TO MRS. RADCLIFFE,
ON FIRST READING THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO.
THE HEIR.
TO A LLANGOLLEN ROSE,
THE DAY AFTER IT HAD BEEN GIVEN BY MISS PONSONBY.
July 22, 1799.
July 22, 1799.
L'HOMME DE L'ENNUI.
THE GRANDFATHER'S DEPARTURE.
REFLECTIONS
OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF FRIENDS.
TO MRS. T. FANCOURT,
July 15, 1803.
TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN.
July 29th, 1803.
FRAGMENT.
SONGS.
SONG.
SONG.
SET TO MUSIC BY MR. VOIGHT.
A SAILOR'S SONG.
SET TO MUSIC BY MR. WALSH.
Aug. 21, 1805.
Aug. 21, 1805.
ANOTHER,
WRITTEN EARLIER.
SONG.
SET TO MUSIC BY MR. A. PETTIT, OF NORWICH.
HENRY,
ON THE DEPARTURE OF HIS WIFE FROM CALCUTTA.
SONNET.
ON THE REGRET OF YOUTH.
ELEGY ON SOPHIA GRAHAM,
WHO DIED JAN. 21, 1800.
TO MISS ROUSE BOUGHTON,
NOW THE RIGHT HON. LADY ST. JOHN.
Aberystwith, July 5th, 17—
Aberystwith, July 5th, 17—
TO THE SAME,
ON RECEIVING FROM HER A FEW FLOWERS OUT OF A BOUQUET, FROM MELCHBOURNE, 1807.
TO THE RIVER
WHICH SEPARATES ITSELF FROM THE DEE, AT BEDKELLERT.
July 19, 1799.
July 19, 1799.
THE OLD MAN'S FAREWELL.
SONG.
DISTANCE FROM THE PLACE OF OUR NATIVITY.
THE OLD SHEPHERD'S RECOLLECTIONS.
REFLECTION.
August 2, 1798.
RETROSPECT OF YOUTH.
THE DAUGHTER.
1797.
YOUTH UNSUSPICIOUS OF EVIL.
THE MOTHER.
EDGAR AND ELLEN.
FINIS.
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