Nonconformist Women Writers, 1720-1840, Part I Vol 2

These volumes will present, in some cases for the first time, the lives and works of a coterie of Nonconformist women writers from the West Country.

Table of Contents:
PART I VOLUME 2 Anne Steele, Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse and Prose (1780) Anne Steele, Verses for Children (1788) Unpublished Poetry, Prose and Correspondence of Anne Steele Poetry of Anne Steele I. Published Poetry 1 Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse 234. Ode to Spring, written in March 235. Written in May, af er a Seasonable Shower of Rain 236. The Sickly Mind 237. To a Flower 238. The Salutary Disappointment 239. The Butterfly 240. Ode to Melancholy 241. Ode to Hope 242. To Amira on the Death of her Son 243. Desiring to Love Christ and Obey him 244. On Hearing the Funeral Bell, af er Frequent Deaths in the Neighbourhood 245. True Happiness 246. Waiting for Morning (Psalm 30:5) 247. To Amira on her Mother’s Illness 248. The Happy Man (From the 23rd Psalm) 249. To Philander 250. Support in Trouble 251. The Restless Mind252. On Receiving a Mourning Ring for a Young Relative 253. To Amira on the Sudden Death of her Mother 254. Ode on a Rural Prospect in June255. The Complaint of the Mind 256. To Silvia 257. To Silvia Pensive 258. Written in a Painful Illness 259. Desiring a Thankful Devotion to God 260. The Happiness of the Children of God (II Corinthians 6:18) 261. A Reflection on Hearing the Bell at the Interment of a Neighbour 262. Desiring the Gracious Presence of God263. The Presence of God the Only Comfort in Affliction 264. Faith and Hope in Divine Goodness, Encouraged by Past Experience (Psalm 23:6) 265. A T ought of Life and Death 266. Desiring a Firmer Afflance in God under Afflictions 267. Trusting in his Mercy with Humble Submission and Hope 268. Intreating the Presence of God in Affliction 269. Acknowledging his Goodness in Supporting and Restoring 270. Desiring to Praise God for the Experience of his Goodness (Psalm 36:7)..Part contents/ Verses for Children 307. On the Birth Day of a Child, Three Years Old 308. To M. S. 309. A Letter from W. S. W. to his Father 310. “To W. S. W. and S. W.” 311. To M. S. with some Flowers Early in the Spring 312. To M. W. 313. To A. and M. S. 314. To A. and M. S. and A. M. N. II. Unpublished Poetry Hymns 315. Praise for the Gospel 316. The Nativity of Christ 317. On the 17th February a Day Appointed for General Prayer etc. 318. [The Condescension of God] 319. Penitence and Hope 320. The Presence of Christ the Joy of his People 321. [Whene’er, my God, thy wondrous love] 322. Luke 22:19 [And can we so ungrateful prove] 323. On the Nativity of Christ 324. A Hymn of Praise to God 325. On November 29th, a Day of Thanksgiving for National Blessings 326. On the Same 327. On March 14th 1760. A Day appointed for general humiliation and prayer on account of the continuance of the War 328. On October 19th 1760. A Day of Thanksgiving for National Success 329. Desiring an Entire Devotion to Jesus 330. Hebrews 6:9 [Let Hypocrites their fancied joys] Version 1 331. Hebrews 6:9 [Let Hypocrites their fancied joys] Version 2 332. Isaiah 43:2: When Thou Passest T rough the Fire 333. [Ye burd’ned Saints, with f owing tears] 334. [On wings of Love the Christian flies] Psalms 335. Psalm 20 336. Psalm 34 337. Psalm 79 338. Psalm 103 339. Psalm 148 Reflective Poems 340. [Rouse thee, my Soul] 341. [My infant days] 342. [A God all potent] 343. [Why is my heart so of distrest] 344. On Dr. Young’s Night Thoughts 345. A Prospect of Life 346. On the Repeated Shocks of an Earthquake in 1749 347. A Reflection on the Earthquake at Lisbon Nov 1755 348. On the Sickness of a Friend [manuscript version]349. To the Young and Thoughtless350. A Tankful Acknowledgement of Divine Goodness in Preservation from Danger…part contents/ Epitaphs and Memorials 360. Epitaph for Mr. Fuller 361. Answer to a Request to Write upon the Death of a Late Eminent Person 362. Ode [T ou Queen of Fancy] 363. On being Desir’d to Write on the Death of Dr. Watts 364. Sacred to the Memory of Mrs Hannah Wynn 365. Epitaph [A Melancholy Life] Silviana at Home: Exchanges with the Muse and Poems from her Personal Circle 366. Reviewing my Verses for Publication 367. [In a dirty cold Village] 368. To — [I’ll tell you if I can in Rhyme] 369. [T us in a careless hour I trifing wrote] 370. To Melinda [From driving rattling up and down] 371. [So charming her features] 372. On the Death of an Old Apple Tree 373. An Old Story Turned and Brushed 374. Written on a Chamber Door 375. Characters 154/ Part contents. Poems Written in Collaboration and Exchange 430. The Solitary 431. Answer 432. Reply 433. [The Melancholy passing Bell] 434. A Dialogue [Silviana and Lucius, it is but in vain] 435. A Dialogue [Ye happy kind Mortals] 436. Amira to Silviana 437. On Amira’s Calling the Muses Old Maids 438. By Mr. Lavington on visiting Broughton with Dr. Furneaux 439. Motto for a Watchpaper 440. The Muse to Silviana 441. [The many long days I wou’d count but I can’t] 442. A Dialogue [Were I to chuse a mate, Myrtilla cries] 443. [To convince you, dear Nan] Incomplete Poems and Fragments 444. Devotion to Christ in his Ordinance of Baptism 445. [She found, unterrify’d by Death’s alarms] 446. The Miser Convinc’d of his Mistake 447. [What you doubt before you do] 448. Happiness 449. The Virtuous Country Maiden 450. [The Head to the Heart once propos’d an alliance] Dubia 451. A Walk in a Churchyard 452. [Don’t tell me of patience!] 453. Enigma [Dear Nancy will own] 454. [My Dear, pray take it in good heart] Prose Writings of Anne Steele I. Published Prose: Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose 1. The Journey of Life 2. All Thy Works Praise Thee 3. Human Frailty 4. Of the Knowledge of Ourselves 5. Humility 6. Acquaintance with God the Supreme Good 7. Content 8. True Honour 9. Friendship 10. An Evening Reflection 11. Absence from God 12. The Evil of Sin 13. Breathing after God 14. Seeking Rest 15. God’s Omnipresence 16. Self-Contradiction 17. Comfort under the Painful Sense of Frailty, in the Unchangeable Goodness of God 18. Longing for the Manifestations of Divine Love 19. Weary Souls Invited to Rest 20. Motives to Divine Meditation 21. Thoughts on Sickness, and on Recovery II. Unpublished Prose 22. Self Reflection 23. Bewailing my Wanderings and Desiring to Return to God 24. Desiring a Sence of Redeeming Love 25. Mourning the Hardness of my Heart 26. Desiring to be Thankful for the Hope of Divine Influence 27. Two Prose Fragments [from letters] Correspondence of Anne Steele, 1729–1821 1.–64. Letters