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Hunter, Anne Home (Mrs. John), 1742-1821. Poems, by Mrs. John Hunter. London: Printed for T. Payne, Mews Gate, by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1802.
- POEMS, BY Mrs. JOHN HUNTER.
- TO JOHN BANKS HUNTER, ESQ. CAPTAIN IN THE SECOND BATTALION OF ROYALS, STATIONED AT GIBRALTAR.
- THE AUTHOR TO THE READER.
- CONTENTS.
- November Page 1
- Ode to the Old Year 6
- La Douce Chimere 9
- Addressed to Mrs. G. of the Priory, Cornwall 13
- Ode to Conduit Vale, Blackheath 16
- To Mrs. Delainy 18
- To the Memory of Chatterton 21
- To my Son at School 28
- To the same 26
- To the same 29
- To the same 31
- To my Daughter 33
- To the Nightingale 35
- Carisbrook Castle 39
- Notes to Ditto 49
- To the Memory of a lovely Infant 55
- A Vow to Fortune 58
- Laura to Petrarch 60
- Laura 63
- Sonnet, after the Death of Laura 64
- Winter, a sonnet 65
- Time 66
- To James Barry, Esq. 67
- [Page viii]To a Friend on New Year's Day Page 69
- Elegy to the Memory of William Seward, Esq. 71
- Epitaph for my Father 73
- The Lamentation of Mary Queen of Scots 75
- The Song of the Wandering Lady 77
- The Death Song 79
- William and Nancy 81
- Lelia, or the Maniac's Song 83
- The Genius of the Mountains of Balagata 84
- A Ballad of the Eighteenth Century 86
- Elegy 91
- The Dirge of Amoret 92
- Song 93
- Song 94
- The Farewell 95
- Remembrance 96
- Songs 97-111
- The Roundelay 112
- May Day 113
- The Song at Maria's Grave 114
- POEMS.
- NOVEMBER, 1784.
- ODE TO THE OLD YEAR, 1787.
- LA DOUCE CHIMERE.
- ADDRESSED TO MRS. G. OF THE PRIORY, CORNWALL.
- ODE TO CONDUIT VALE, BLACKHEATH.
- TO Mrs. DELAINY, UPON THE MARKS OF ROYAL BOUNTY WHICH SHE RECEIVED AT A VERY ADVANCED AGE, AFTER THE DEATH OF HER FRIEND THE DUCHESS OF PORTLAND, IN 1786.
- TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS CHATTERTON.
- BIRTH-DAY ODES.
- [BIRTHDAY ODE] TO MY SON AT SCHOOL, AGED 13, JUNE 11.
- [BIRTHDAY ODE] TO THE SAME, AGED 15, AT CAMBRIDGE.
- [BIRTHDAY ODE] TO THE SAME, AGED 23, A LIEUTENANT IN THE ARMY, THEN WITH HIS REGIMENT IN CORSICA, 1793.
- [BIRTHDAY ODE] TO THE SAME, AGED 26, A CAPTAIN OF INFANTRY IN PORTUGAL, 1798.
- TO MY DAUGHTER, ON BEING SEPARATED FROM HER ON HER MARRIAGE
- TO THE NIGHTINGALE.
- CARISBROOK CASTLE, A POEM, WITH NOTES.
- TO THE MEMORY OF A LOVELY INFANT, WRITTEN SEVEN YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH.
- A VOW TO FORTUNE.
- LAURA TO PETRARCH.
- LAURA.
- SONNET, AFTER THE DEATH OF LAURA.
- WINTER, A SONNET.
- TIME.
- TO JAMES BARRY, ESQ. ON THE DESIGN OF HIS SERIES OF PICTURES PAINTED FOR THE SOCIETY INSTITUTED FOR THE PROMOTING ARTS AND MANUFACTURES.
- TO A FRIEND ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
- ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM SEWARD, ESQ. WHO DIED APRIL 24, 1799.
- EPITAPH FOR MY FATHER.
- BALLADS AND SONGS.
- THE LAMENTATION OF MARY STUART, QUEEN OF SCOTS, ADAPTED TO A VERY ANCIENT SCOTTISH AIR, SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN HER OWN COMPOSITION.
- THE SONG OF THE WANDERING LADY, FOUNDED ON A TRUE STORY.
- THE DEATH SONG, WRITTEN FOR, AND ADAPTED TO, AN ORIGINAL INDIAN AIR.
- WILLIAM AND NANCY, A BALLAD.
- LELIA; OR, THE MANIAC'S SONG.
- THE GENIUS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF BALAGATA, IN THE EAST INDIES, BEWAILS THE MISERIES BOUGHT UPON HIS COUNTRY.
- A BALLAD OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
- ELEGY.
- THE DIRGE OF AMORET.
- SONG.
- SONG.
- THE FAREWELL, A SONG.
- REMEMBRANCE, A SONG.
- SONG.
- SONG.
- SONG.
- SONG.
- SONG.
- SONG.
- SONG.
- SONG.
- A MERMAID'S SONG.
- SONG.
- SONG.
- SONG.
- THE SPIRIT'S SONG.
- SONG.
- SONG.
- SONG.
- FAIRY REVELS, A SONG.
- THE ROUNDELAY.
- MAY DAY.
- THE SONG AT MARIA'S GRAVE. IN TWO PARTS.
- T. BENSLEY, PRINTER, BOLT COURT, FLEET3 STREET, LONDON.
POEMS, BY Mrs. JOHN HUNTER.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. PAYNE, MEWS GATE, BY T. BENSLEY, BOLT COURT, FLEET STREET. 1802.
TO JOHN BANKS HUNTER, ESQ. CAPTAIN IN THE SECOND BATTALION OF ROYALS, STATIONED AT GIBRALTAR.
FROM the moment in which I saw you embark from the pier at Ramsgate, for the expedition to Holland in 1799, till that in which I received accounts of your safe return from Egypt in the present year 1802, I have been too seriously anxious to be poetical on your subject. Now, on the return of peace, I present you with this small volume: you are already acquainted with[Page iv] part of its contents; but there are some things in it which you have never seen. I have great pleasure in dedicating this publication to a worthy young man, and a brave soldier; whom I am proud to call my son.
I remain, with sincere esteem, MY DEAR JOHN, Your faithful friend, And very affectionate mother, ANNE HUNTER. Duke Street, Westminster, May 22, 1802.
THE AUTHOR TO THE READER.
The very favourable reception which has for some years past been given to Lyric Poetry, whether ancient or modern, induces me to offer this small volume to the public, consisting chiefly of Odes, Ballads, and Songs: and I have been further encouraged to take this step, by the success which has attended some of the latter description of composition, already well known to the musical world. a.a. The Lamentation of Mary Queen of Scots, the Cherokee Death Song, the Spirit's Song, canzonets published by Doctor Joseph Haydn, &c.My little book will, I hope, escape the censure of being tedious; what other merit it may have[Page vi] besides its brevity, and whether its contents will bear to be read, as well as to be sung, my readers must now be left to judge for themselves.