Poems and plays
Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes.
xxix, 277 pages ; 20 cm.
9780460873901, 0460873903
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The good natur'd man
She stoops to conquer
Poems
Prologue of laberius
On a beautiful youth struck blind with lightning
The gift
A sonnet
An elegy on that glory of her sex Mrs. Mary Blaize
The double transformation: a tale
Description of an. Author's bed-chamber
On seeing Mrs. * * **, perform in the character of * * * *
On the death of the right honourable * * *
Translation of a South American ode
An elegy on the death of a mad dog
Song from the vicar of wakefield, a ballad
The captivity: an oratorio
The traveller, or a prospect of society
A new simile. In the manner of swift
Verses in reply to an invitation to dinner at Dr. Baker's
Epitaph on edward purdon
Epilogue to the sister: a comedy
The deserted village
Epitaph on thomas parnell
The haunch of venison. A poetical epistle to lord clare
Prologue to Zobeide
Translations from a history of the earth and animated nature
Threnodia augustalls
Song for she stoops to conquer
First epilogue intended for she stoops to conquer
Second rejected epilogue to she stoops to conquer
Epilogue spoken / Mr. Lee Lewes at his benefit
Letter to Mrs. Bunbury
Retaliation
Previous edition: 1990