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The Dream -- On Reading Lines to Tranquility -- To - -; Sonnet -- To - - -- Mary -- The Spinning-Wheel -- Julia -- From Unpublished Manuscripts -- The Village Maid -- Stanzas -- JOHN MITFORD (1782-1831) -- From Poems of a British Sailor (1818) -- Mary; or The Suicide -- The Maniac's Song; or The Coat of Blue -- Elegiac Stanzas, to the Memory of Robert Burns -- Sorrow; to Bertha -- Death of the Sailor-Boy -- The Island Fiend -- Donald and Mary -- War Song -- The Glories of Britannia -- JAMES CHAMBERS (1740-182?) -- From The Poetical Works of James Chambers (1820) -- Acrostic on the Author's Name -- Morning Winter Piece -- Lines on a Little Black Dog Stealing the Author's Meat -- On a Brindled Greyhound Carrying a Piece of Meat to the Author -- The Author's Second Day at Helmingham -- Verses on Grundisburgh Fair -- The Poor Poetaster -- Treble Acrostic (James Chambers, Itinerent Poet, despised by Man) -- Treble Acrostic (Acrostic for Robert Roe) -- JOHN CLARE (1793-1864) -- ROBERT MILLHOUSE (1788-1839) -- From Blossoms (1823) -- To Gold -- The Proud Man's Contumely -- Written in the Country -- To Antiquity -- The Bard -- From Sherwood Forest and Other Poems (1827) -- The Lot of Genius -- To the Herb Chickweed -- Address for a Society of Odd Fellows -- EBENEZER ELLIOTT (1781-1849) -- WILLIAM SMITH (fl. 1819-1826) -- Verses...on Raising and Selling the Newly Buried Dead (1819) -- From A Collection of Original Poems (1821) -- The Mansions of the Dead -- A Call to the Watchmen -- Haddington Resolution -- The Poet's Plea -- The Effects of Nature and Cultivation Contrasted -- The Country Wright -- From A Summer Evening Walk Improved [The Author -- his neighbours] -- From The House of Mourning [The Mourner tells his story] -- Ye are Idle-Exod. v.17 -- The Turbot's Head Dissected -- JOHN SHAW (fl. 1824-1836) -- From Woolton Green (1825) -- To My Mare Gip -- The Bard's Plaint -- Lucubratory Lines, Addressed to...Canning -- Extemporary Epitaph for the Unfortunate Mr. Sadler -- JAMES BIRD (1788-1839) -- From Poetical Memoirs; The Exile, a Tale (1823) -- From Poetical Memoirs -- Introduction -- From Canto First -- From Canto Second -- From Francis Abbott, the Recluse of Niagra; Metropolitan Sketches (1837) -- From Metropolitan Sketches -- The Royal Academy -- The House of Commons -- Guy's Hospital -- The Corn Exchange -- The Excise Office -- THOMAS WILSON (1773-1858) -- From The Pitman's Pay and Other Poems (1843) -- The Pitman's Pay. Part Second -- The Washing-Day -- On Seeing a Mouse Run Across the Road in January -- JOHN NICHOLSON (1790-1843) -- From Poems by John Nicholson (1844) -- On Visiting a Workhouse -- January -- The Muse -- On the Ascent of a Balloon -- Sports of the Field -- The Malt-Kiln Fire -- The Drunkard's Retribution -- Lines on 'Long Tom' -- Melpomene -- ROBERT FRANKLIN (fl. 1809-1851) -- From The Miller's Muse (1824) -- Poor William -- A Visit from Bridlington to Flambro' Head -- The Poacher -- Reflections on Napoleon -- The Convict -- The Banks of the Humber -- From The House of Brocklesby (1844) -- The Village Clerk -- Notes -- Thematic Index -- Index of First Lines -- Index of Titles.