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Smith, Charlotte Turner, 1749-1806. Elegiac sonnets, and other poems. By Charlotte Smith. The first Worcester edition, from the sixth London edition, with additions. Printed at Worcester [Mass.]: by Isaiah Thomas, sold by him in Worcester, and by said Thomas and Andrews in Boston, 1795, p. 79. xix,[2],22-126,[2]p.,[5] leaves of plates: ill.; 15 cm. (12mo) (OTA N22357)

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Other works by Charlotte Smith (née Turner)

• Elegy. ()
• [THE EMIGRANTS.] ()
• Ode to Despair. From the Novel of Emmeline. ()
• Origin of Flattery. ()
• Peasant of the Alps. From the Novel of Celestina. ()
• Song. ()
• Song. From the French of Cardinal Bernis. ()
• SONNET [01] I. ()
• SONNET [02] II. Written at the Close of Spring. ()
• SONNET [03] III. To a Nightingale. ()
• SONNET [04] IV. To the Moon. ()
• SONNET [05] V. To the South Downs. ()
• SONNET [06] VI. To Hope. ()
• SONNET [07] VII. On the Departure of the Nightingale. ()
• SONNET [08] VIII. To Spring. ()
• SONNET [09] IX. ()
• SONNET [10] X. To Mrs. G***. ()
• SONNET [11] XI. To Sleep. ()
• SONNET [12] XII. Written on the Sea Shore. — October, 1784. ()
• SONNET [13] XIII. From Petrarch. ()
• SONNET [14] XIV. From Petrarch. ()
• SONNET [15] XV. From Petrarch. ()
• SONNET [16] XVI. From Petrarch. ()
• SONNET [17] XVII. From the thirteenth Cantata of Metastasio. ()
• SONNET [18] XVIII. To the Earl of Egremont. ()
• SONNET [19] XIX. To Mr. Hayley. On receiving some elegant Lines from him. ()
• SONNET [20] XX. To the Cotentess of A****. Written on the Anniversary of her Marriage. ()
• SONNET [21] XXI. Supposed to be written by Werter. ()
• SONNET [22] XXII. By the same. To Solitude. ()
• SONNET [23] XXIII. By the same. To the North Star. ()
• SONNET [24] XXIV. By the same. ()
• SONNET [25] XXV. By the same. Just before his Death. ()
• SONNET [26] XXVI. To the River Arun. ()
• SONNET [27] XXVII. ()
• SONNET [28] XXVIII. To Friendship. ()
• SONNET [29] XXIX. To Miss C****. On being desired to attempt writing a Comedy. ()
• SONNET [30] XXX. To the River Arun. ()
• SONNET [31] XXXI. Written on Farm Wood, South Downs, May, 1784. ()
• SONNET [32] XXXII. To Melancholy. Written on the Banks of the Arun, October, 1785. ()
• SONNET [33] XXXIII. To the Naiad of the Arun. ()
• SONNET [34] XXXIV. To a Friend. ()
• SONNET [35] XXXV. To Fortitude. ()
• SONNET [36] XXXVI. ()
• SONNET [37] XXXVII. Sent to the Hon. Mrs. O'Niell, with painted Flowers. ()
• SONNET [38] XXXVIII. From the Novel of Emmeline. ()
• SONNET [39] XXXIX. To Night. From the same. ()
• SONNET [40] XL. From the same. ()
• SONNET [41] XLI. To Tranquillity. ()
• SONNET [42] XLII. Composed during a Walk on the Downs, Nov. 1787. ()
• SONNET [43] XLIII. ()
• SONNET [44] XLIV. Written in the Church Yard at Middleton in Sussex. ()
• SONNET [45] XLV. On leaving a part of Sussex. ()
• SONNET [46] XLVI. Written at Penshurst, in Autumn, 1788. ()
• SONNET [47] XLVII. To Fancy. ()
• SONNET [48] XLVIII. To Mrs. ****. ()
• SONNET [49] XLIX. Supposed to have been written in a Church Yard, over the Grave of a Young Woman of nineteen. From the Novel of Celestina. ()
• SONNET [50] L. From the Novel of Celestina. ()
• SONNET [51] LI. Supposed to have been written in the Hebrides. From the Novel of Celestina. ()
• SONNET [52] LII. The Pilgrim. From the Novel of Celestina. ()
• SONNET [53] LIII. The Laplander. From the Novel of Celestina. ()
• SONNET [54] LIV. The sleeping Woodman. Written in April, 1790. ()
• SONNET [55] LV. The Return of the Nightingale. Written in May, 1791. ()
• SONNET [56] LVI. The Captive escaped in the Wilds of America. Addressed to the Honourable Mrs. O'Neill. ()
• SONNET [57] LVII. To Dependence. ()
• SONNET [58] LVIII. The Glow Worm. ()
• Thirty Eight. Addressed to Mrs. H—y. ()
• Verses. Intended to have been prefixed to the Novel of Emmeline, but these suppressed. ()