Presents the works of Ann Yearsley, a laboring-class poet' whose writing forms part of an under-represented area of romanticism. This work includes her play "Earl Goodwin" and novel "The Royal Captives".

1 Lines Addressed to the Revd Mr Leeves on his Visiting Stella to Cowslip Green -- 2 To Mr Grey Cowper -- 3 Night. To Stella -- 4 Th oughts on the Author's Own Death. Written when Very Young -- 5 To a Friend; on Valentine's Day -- 6 Another Valentine. To Another Person -- 7 To Mrs. V____n -- 8 A Fragment -- 9 On the Sudden Death of a Friend -- 10 To Mr. R____, on his Benevolent Scheme for Rescuing Poor Children from Vice and Misery, by Promoting Sunday Schools -- 11 To Mrs. M____s -- 12 To Stella; on a Visit to Mrs. Montagu -- 13 To the Same; on her Accusing the Author of Flattery, and of Ascribing to the Creature that Praise which is due only to the Creator Ascribing to the Creature that Praise which is due only to the Creator -- 14 Soliloquy -- 15 Address to Friendship -- 16 To the Honourable H____e W____e, on Reading the Castle of Otranto. December, 1784 -- 17 To Her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Portland -- 18 On Mrs. Montagu -- 19 Clift on Hill. Written in January 1785 -- 20 To Stella -- 21 Extempore on the Author's being Reprov'd by her Mother and Brother when a Girl -- 22 Despondence -- 23 Th e Following Lines were Written Extempore with a Pencil in the Stock-Exchange -- 24 To Mr Chetwood -- 25 Ode on the Late Happy Reconciliation between His Majesty and the Prince of Wales: by Mrs. Yearsley -- 26 Lines, on Entering Lady Wallace's Study, her Ladyship being Absent. By Mrs. Yearsley, the Poetess of Bristol -- 27 Addressed to Sensibility -- 28 On the Death of Her Grace, the Duchess Dowager of Portland -- 29 To a Sensible but Passionate Friend -- 30 To the Bristol Marine Society -- 31 Familiar Epistle to a Friend, who Appeared Hurt on the Author's Desiring Him to Live 'Upon Remembrance' -- 32 Song -- 33 To Mr. V____, on his Pronouncing the Author to be in Love, when She Wrote the Preceding -- 34 Epitaph, on the Sudden Death of an Accomplished Youth (Designed for a Tomb-Stone) -- 35 Elegy, Written on the Banks of the Avon, where the Author took a last Farewel of her Brother -- 36 To Miss Eliza Dawson, of Oxton, Yorkshire -- 37 To Indiff erence -- 38 Song -- 39 To Th ose who Accuse the Author of Ingratitude -- 40 To Frederick Yearsley, on his Return from the Sacred Font, where the Right Honourable the Earl of Bristol stood Sponsor, the Child being Distinguished by taking his Lordship's Name -- 41 On the Death of Frederick Yearsley -- 42 Ode, to Miss Shiells, on her Art of Painting -- 43 Lines, Composed in a Carriage, on Seeing an Half-blown Primrose in the Mouth of a Peasant; the Author being on the Road to Bath -- 44 To Mr. ****, an Unlettered Poet, on Genius Unimproved -- 45 On being Presented with a Silver Pen -- 46 Addressed to Ignorance, Occasioned by a Gentleman's Desiring the Author never to Assume a Knowledge of the Ancients -- 47 Addressed to Revenge. A Fragment -- 48 Th e Materialist -- 49 Lucy, a Tale for the Ladies -- 50 On Jephthah's Vow, taken in a Literal Sense -- 51 Written on a Visit -- 52 Elegy, on Mr. Chatterton -- 53 Absence, a Juvenile Piece -- 54 On being Introduced to a Gentleman, who had Laboured under an Affl iction Sixteen Years -- 55 On the Remembrance of a Mother -- 56 Eff usion. To the Right Honourable the Earl of Bristol, &c. -- 57 Stanzas, Written by Mrs. Yearsley, on her Leaving London -- 58 Elegy, on Visiting the Hermitage, near Bath, by Mrs. Yearsley, the Bristol Milk-Woman -- 59 To Mr G*****, who Declined Making Himself known to the Author -- 60 A Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave-Trade -- 61 Absence: Occasioned by some Storms having Deprived the Author of her expected Friends. To ****** -- 62 To ****** on his Leaving Clift on -- 63 To Wilmer Gossip Esqr on Off ering a 'Sure Guide to Hell' for his Perusal -- 64 Address to Friendship -- 65 On Passing the Window of Horatio, and Seeing Him Sitting in a Melancholy Attitude -- 66 Sappho, Justifi ed, either way To ****** -- 67 Lines Written to Wilmer Gossip Esqr. on Hearing Him Assert that We were Under the Guidance of Self Interest - Monday Night the 8th Decem. 1788 Past 10 o'Clock -- 68 On Eliza's Birth Day -- 69 To the King. On His Majesty's Arrival at Cheltenham 1788 -- 70 To Dorinda on Hearing Her Sing, in an Elegant Circle at Bristol Wells -- 71 Song -- 72 Ann Yearsley versus Anthony Pasquin -- 73 Verses on the Death of Miss Scraft on who died Sept. 1, 1788 Aged Twenty Two Years -- 74 Stanzas of Woe, Addressed from the Heart on a Bed of Illness, to Levi Eames, Esq. Late Mayor of the City of Bristol -- 75 To William Cromartie Yearsley. On his Becoming a Pupil to Mr. **** -- 76 On the Death of Mr. Smith, Surgeon -- 77 Addressed by Mrs. Yearsley to a recent Widower, with whom She had had a Disagreement -- 78 Refl ections on the Death of Louis XVI -- 79 Sequel to Refl ections on the Death of Louis XVI -- 80 An Elegy on Marie Antoinette, of Austria, Ci-Devant Queen of France -- 81 A Poem on the Last Interview between the King of Poland and Loraski -- 82 Sonnet for June 26, 1794 -- 83 Sonnet on the Snow Drop -- 84 Th e Sailor's Song -- 85 Sonnet -- 86 Th e Pilgrim -- 87 An Original: or the Elegy of Laura, Tuned to the Harp of Apollo -- 88 Dedicated to Louis XIV -- 89 Anarchy: a Sonnet by Mrs. Yearsley -- 90 Peace by Ann Yearsley -- 91 Brutus, a Fragment -- 92 Familiar Poem to Milo, an Aged Friend, who Wished the Author Riches -- 93 Elegy Sacred to the Memory of Lord William Russel -- 94 Soliloquy -- 95 Th e Consul C. Fannius to Fannius Didius -- 96 Familiar Poem from Nisa to Fulvia of the Vale -- 97 Familiar Poem from Caius Fannius to Plautus -- 98 Remonstrance in the Platonic Shade, Flourishing on an Height -- 99 Address to Friendship; a Fragment. Gratefully Inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Bristol and Lord Bishop of Derry -- 100 Paroxysm of the Moment -- 101 To the Memory of James Shiells Esq. Aged Sixty-Six -- 102 Th e Captive Linnet -- 103 Sonnet to - -- 104 Sonnet to the Same, Written at Morn, on St. Vincent's Rock, Bristol Hot-Wells -- 105 Th e Genius of England, on the Rock of Ages, Recommending Order, Commerce and Union to the Britons -- 106 Bristol Elegy -- 107 Extempore on Hearing a Gentleman Play a Hymn on his Flute, Th ursday July the Th irty-First, Eleven at Night, MDCCXCV. Near the Author's Window at Bristol Wells -- 108 To Mira, on the Care of her Infant -- 109 Th e Rustic's Avowal of Faith -- 110 Prayer and Resignation -- 111 To the Lord Bishop of Exeter Mourning the Death of his Son, Mr. C. Buller, who Died of a Decline, which He Bore with Resignation, at Bristol Wells -- 112 Th e Indiff erent Shepherdess to Colin -- 113 To Mr Joseph Cottle on Receiving his Elegant Production of John the Baptist -- Letters -- Appendix 1: Prefatory Material to Poems on Several Occasions (1785) -- Appendix 2: Prefatory Material to Poems on Various Subjects (1787) -- Appendix 3: Prefatory Material to Th e Rural Lyre (1796) -- Appendix 4: Selected Letters about Ann Yearsley -- Appendix 5: Ann Yearsley's Circulating Library Catalogue -- Appendix 6: Biographical Directory -- Editorial Notes -- Index of Poem Titles -- Index of First Lines.