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Hemans, Felicia : Songs of the Affections. National Lyrics. Miscellaneous Poems

William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1845

Dark brown full leather binding with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt border decorations and blind-stamped decorations on front and back. Small gilt decorations on spine. All edges gilt. Black-and-white illustrated alternate title in front. "End of Volume Sixth" printed on last page. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2." 326 pages, complete. Former owner's inscription in black ink on a front flyleaf. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning and some foxing on illustrated title and endpapers. Covers are very clean and intact except for light to moderate wear to edges, corners, spine, and front and back outer joints. Binding is tight. A Very Good copy. A collection of poetry by Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), an English poet who called Wales her home. She received an education in classical and literary studies and was fluent in Welsh, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, and French. She published her first poems when she was the age of 14. Hemans was held in high regard by many of her contemporaries including Percy Bysshe Shelley and William Wordsworth. Her work has been described as having lyricism and conveying Victorian sentimentality. Many of her poems herein address themes of love, loss, and death, but others represent a wide variety of different subjects. This book is divided into three parts, "Songs of the Affections" (c. thirty-one poems), "Miscellaneous Poems" (c. 116 poems), and "National Lyrics" (seven poems). The following are excerpts from some of the poems. Excerpt from "A Spirit's Return" in "Songs of Affection": "I sat beneath that planet--I had wept / My woe to stillness, every night-wind slept; / A hush was on the hills; the very streams / Went by like clouds, or noiseless founds in dreams ...." Excerpt from "The Sea-Bird Flying Inland" in"Miscellaneous Poems": "Thous hast done well, O thou bright sea-bird! / There is joy where the song of the lark is heard, / With the dancing of waters through copse and dell, / And the bee's low tune in the fox-glove's bell. / Thou hast done well:--Oh! the seas are lone, / And the voice they send up hath a mournful tone; / A mingling of dirges and wild farewells, / Fitfully breathed through its anthem-swells." Excerpt from "The Fall of d'Assas" in "National Lyrics": "Alone through gloomy forest-shades / A soldier went by night; / No moonbeam pierced the dusky glades, / No star shed guiding light. / Yet on his vigil's midnight round / The youth all cheerly pass'd; / Uncheck'd by aught of boding sound / That mutter'd in the blast.". Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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