Nineteenth-Century English Labouring-Class Poets Vol 1

CONTENTS OF VOLUME -- Acknowledgements -- General Editor's Introduction -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Note on the Text -- ANN[E] CANDLER (1740-1814) -- From Poetical Attempts by Ann Candler (1803) -- From Memoirs of the Life of Ann Candler -- On the Birth of Twin Sons in 1781 -- Addressed to the Inhabitants of Yoxford, in 1787 -- To the Rev. Dr. J-n -- Reflections on My Own Situation -- On Perusing the History of Jacob -- ROBERT BLOOMFIELD (1766-1823) -- WILLIAM HOLLOWAY (1761-1854) -- From The Peasant's Fate: A Rural Poem (1802) -- From Preface -- From The Peasant's Fate -- 'Former division of Downs ... Modern changes' -- 'The ancient Pastor' -- 'Modern Rector and Curate' -- 'Village Smith' -- 'Poor-House' -- 'England compared with the most fruitful Countries' -- From The Minor Minstrel (1808) -- To Robert Bloomfield, on the Abolition of the Slave Trade -- The Common; Or, The Soil of Liberty -- Sam Sear's Three Tokens -- Roke Down -- Charity -- NATHANIEL BLOOMFIELD (1759-after 1822) -- From An Essay on War (1803) -- An Essay on War -- Elegy on the Enclosure of Honington Green -- More Bread and Cheese -- Lyric Address to Dr Jenner -- THOMAS BA(T)CHELOR (fl. 1804-1809) -- From Village Scenes, The Progress of Agriculture, and other Poems (1804) -- From The Progress of Agriculture; Or, The Rural Survey -- CHARLOTTE RICHARDSON (1775-?1825) -- From Poems Written on Different Occasions (1806) -- Written Under Great Doubt, and Anxiety of Mind -- He Sleeps -- From Poems, Chiefly Composed During the Pressure of Severe Illness -- After Reading Clarkson's Narrative -- The Washerwoman's Reply to E. Waring -- JAMES HOGG (1770-1835) -- GEORGE BLOOMFIELD (1757-1831) -- The Poets at Odds -- MARY BRYAN (fl. 1815-1829) -- From Sonnets and Metrical Tales (1815) -- To W. W-h, Esq. -- Anna -- The Dream -- On Reading Lines to Tranquility -- To - -; Sonnet -- To - - -- Mary -- The Spinning-Wheel -- Julia -- From Unpublished Manuscripts -- The Village Maid -- Stanzas -- JOHN MITFORD (1782