Landon in The Improvisatrice; and Other Poems

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Landon in The Improvisatrice; and Other Poems (1824)
by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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This work caused quite a sensation when first published in 1824 and propelled its author to international fame. However, although one of the most original volumes to come out of the first half of the eighteenth century, that originality became somewhat overlooked by subsequent generations, perhaps influenced by the effects of Victorian propriety.

The title page should be noticed how it is so arranged as to form the figure of a woman.

2261158Landon in The Improvisatrice; and Other Poems1824Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Landon
in
The Improvisatrice; and Other Poems

The

THE IMPROVISATRICE;

and

Other Poems.

B Y

L. E. L.

L o n d o n.

PUBLISHED BY HURST, ROBINSON & CO 90, CHEAPSIDE,&8, PALL MALL.
1824

THE IMPROVISATRICE;

AND

OTHER POEMS.

BY L. E. L.

WITH EMBELLISHMENTS.

It lies not in our power to love or hate,
For will in us is overruled by Fate.
Marlowe.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR HURST, ROBINSON AND CO.
90, CHEAPSIDE, AND 8, PALL-MALL; AND
ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH.

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1824.

INDEX.

LITERARY GAZETTE OR PAGE NUMBER

THE IMPROVISATRICE	1

TALES AND MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

ROSALIE	109
ROLAND'S TOWER	129
THE GUERILLA CHIEF	143
THE BAYADERE	30TH AUGUST, 6/13TH SEPTEMBER, 1823
ST.GEORGE'S HOSPTAL	25TH MAY, 1822
THE DESERTER	8TH JUNE, 1822
GLADESMUIR	14TH SEPTEMBER, 1822
THE MINSTREL OF PORTUGAL	21ST SEPTEMBER, 1822
THE BASQUE GIRL AND HENRI QUATRE	12TH OCTOBER, 1822
THE SAILOR	20TH DECEMBER, 1823
THE COVENANTERS	22ND NOVEMBER, 1823

FRAGMENTS.

THE SOLDIER'S FUNERAL	16TH NOVEMBER, 1822
LINES WRITTEN UNDER A PICTURE OF A GIRL BURNING A LOVE LETTER	16TH NOVEMBER, 1822
ARION, A TALE	23RD NOVEMBER, 1822
MANMADIN, THE INDIAN CUPID, FLOATING DOWN THE GANGES	14TH DECEMBER, 1822
THE FEMALE CONVICT	21ST DECEMBER, 1822
THE PAINTER'S LOVE	7th DECEMBER 1822
INEZ	24TH MAY, 1823
THE OAK	19TH APRIL, 1823
THE VIOLET	284
CHANGE	23RD AUGUST, 1823
THE GREY CROSS	289
CRESCENTIUS	19TH JULY. 1823
ON A STAR	295
HOME	297
THE EMERALD RING, A SUPERSTITION	28TH DECEMBER, 1822
LOVE	302
LOVE, HOPE AND BEAUTY	304
THE CRUSADER	15TH FEBRUARY, 1823
THE WARRIOR, A SKETCH	25THOCTOBER, 1823
APOLOGUE	11TH AUGUST, 1821

BALLADS

THE SOLDIER'S GRAVE	15TH FEBRUARY, 1823
SONG OF THE HUNTER'S BRIDE	15TH FEBRUARY, 1823
WHEN SHOULD LOVER'S BREATHE THEIR VOWS?	24TH NOVEMBER, 1821

This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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