Author:William Hayley

William Hayley
(1745–1820)

William Hayley

Works

• Essays and Epistles; a Poetical Epistle to an Eminent Painter (1778)
• Elegy on the Ancient Greek Model (1779)
• Epistle to a Friend on the Death of John Thornton (1780)
• Essay on History (1780)
• An Essay on Painting (1781) (external scan)
• Triumphs of Temper (1781) (transcription project)
• An Essay on Epic Poetry (1782) (external scan)
• Poetical Epistles on Epic Poetry (1782)
• Plays of three Acts and in Verse, written for a Private Theatre (1784)
• Poetical Works of W. Hayley (1785), in 3 vols
• The Happy Prescription, or the Lady relieved from her Lovers (1785)
• The Two Connoisseurs: a Comedy (1785)
• Essay on Old Maids (1785), in 3 vols.
• Occasional Stanzas, written at the request of the Revolution Society, &c. (1788)
• The Young Widow, or a History of Cornelia Sudley (1789)
• An Elegy on the Death of Sir W. Jones (1795)
• Life of Milton (1796) (external scan)
• An Essay on Sculpture, in a series of Poetical Epistles to John Flaxman (1800) (external scan)
• Triumphs of Music (1804)
• Life of Cowper (1803-1804), in 5 vols., illustrated by William Blake
• Ballads Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals (1805), with illustrations by William Blake
• The Life of George Romney, Esq. (1809)
• Three Plays with a Preface (1811)

Works about Hayley

• Review of Triumphs of Music in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers by Lord Byron
• "Hayley, William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Hayley, William," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Hayley, William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)