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LUCRETIA DAVIDSON. 15
ON THE DEATH OF MY ROBIN.
" Underneath this turf doth lie
A little bird which ne'er could fly,
Twelve large angle worms did fill
This little bird, whom they did kill.
Puss i if you should chance to smell
M y little bird from his dark cell,
Oh ! do be merciful m y cat,
And not serve him, as you did m y rat!"
Her application to her studies at school was
intense. Her mother judiciously, but in vain,
attempted a diversion in favour of that legitimate
sedative to female genius, the needle; Lucretia
performed her prescribed tasks with fidelity, and
with amazing celerity, and was again buried in her
book.
W h e n she was about twelve, she accompanied
her father to the celebration of Washington's birth-night.
The music and decorations excited her
imagination; but it was not with her, as with most
children, the mere pleasure of stimulated sensations
; she had studied the character and history
of the father of her country, and the " fete " stirred
up her enthusiasm, and inspired that feeling of
actual existence and presence peculiar to minds of
her temperament.
Object Description
| Title | Poetical Remains of Lucretia Davidson, Collected and Arranged by Her Mother; With a Biography by Miss Sedgwick |
| Creator | Davidson, Lucretia Maria |
| Date | 1843 |
| Subject - Library of Congress | Lucretia Maria Davidson, 1808-1825 |
| Physical Description | xvi, [9]-310 p. ; 18 cm. |
| Publisher | London: Tilt and Bogue, 1843 |
| Resource Type | Text |
| Call Number | PS1513.D8 1843b |
| Identifier | ps1513_d8_1843b |
| Language | English |
| Custodian | Baylor University - Armstrong Browning Library |
| Rights | http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights |
| Digital Collection | 19th Century Women Poets Collection |
| Note | "First English edition. First published in America in 1841. A collection of poems and prose pieces by a young poet who died at the age of sixteen. Her work was praised by Robert Southey. Frontispiece. 2 pp. undated advertisements followed by a further 16 pp. undated advertisements." -- Bookseller. |
| Format | Books |
Description
| Title | Page 29 |
| Resource Type | Text |
| Rights | http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights |
| Digital Collection | 19th Century Women Poets Collection |
| Full Text | LUCRETIA DAVIDSON. 15 ON THE DEATH OF MY ROBIN. " Underneath this turf doth lie A little bird which ne'er could fly, Twelve large angle worms did fill This little bird, whom they did kill. Puss i if you should chance to smell M y little bird from his dark cell, Oh ! do be merciful m y cat, And not serve him, as you did m y rat!" Her application to her studies at school was intense. Her mother judiciously, but in vain, attempted a diversion in favour of that legitimate sedative to female genius, the needle; Lucretia performed her prescribed tasks with fidelity, and with amazing celerity, and was again buried in her book. W h e n she was about twelve, she accompanied her father to the celebration of Washington's birth-night. The music and decorations excited her imagination; but it was not with her, as with most children, the mere pleasure of stimulated sensations ; she had studied the character and history of the father of her country, and the " fete " stirred up her enthusiasm, and inspired that feeling of actual existence and presence peculiar to minds of her temperament. |
| Format | Books |
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