Poems on several occasions [electronic resource] : humbly inscribed to the honourable Miss Leigh / by Sarah Instone.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Online Access
Main Author:	Instone, Sarah
Corporate Author:	Northeastern University. Women Writers Project
Other title:	Poems.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA : Northeastern University Women Writers Project, 2001.
Edition:	Women Writers Project 1st electronic ed.
Series:	Women Writers Online.
Subjects:	English poetry > Women authors > 18th century. English poetry > Women authors.

Table of Contents:

Reflections on the state of the princess royal of France
On the death of Adolph George Roerup
To an inconsolable mother, on the death of her only child
A charade / by the author's brother
The answer
An address to a bride
On the death of the author's sister, after a long and tedious illness
On visiting the grave, a few weeks after her death
To a gentleman, on the death of an amiable young lady
A plaintive song, on the same
To a young lady, on her birth-day
On the birth-day of an infant
The stray pigeon
The ungrateful pigeon
The spinning wheel : a song
The following lines were occasioned by some person hinting that the author's time may be better employed than in poetical amusements
Reflections on a visit to Lord Tracy's, where she had sent her poems for Miss Leigh's inspection
On a conversation between the author and an acquaintance, in which the latter spoke rather too warmly in favour of libertines, with this absurd (tho' too frequent remark,) "that reformed rakes make the best husbands."
(cont.) Written at the earnest request of a person, on the death of his favourite dog
Laura and Matilda, in an epistle to a young lady
To a lady, on the death of her infant son
Written after hearing a sermon on benevolence
On the death of Miss H--
On slighted friendship
Ode to sleep
The following lines were pinned to the cradle of an infant
The cottage : an evening walk
Lines placed on a fire-screen.

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