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Title: On the force of prejudice
Author: Hayley, William
Attribution: Mr Hayley
Date(s): 178-?
Manuscript: Lt 100
Contents: On the inhibiting effect of prejudice on artistic creation; the poem focuses particularly on its damaging effect on female poets. Extract from Hayley's "Essay on Epic Poetry", Epistle 4. Cf BCMSV 6187, 6188, 6191
Title: On Epic Poetry. Upon Milton
Author: Hayley, William
Attribution: Mr Hayley
Date(s): 1788 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 100
Contents: In praise of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. Extract from Hayley's "Essay on Epic Poetry", Epistle 4. Cf BCMSV 6187, 6188, 6189
Title: On his marriage
Author: Hayley, William
Attribution: Mr Hayley
Date(s): 178-?
Manuscript: Lt 100
Contents: On the joys of marriage, and the pleasures of memory
Title: A Charm for Ennui, a Ballad
Author: Hayley, William
Attribution: Mr Hayley
Date(s): 178-?
Manuscript: Lt 100
Contents: How love is threatened by ennui, or boredom. Dealing first with female love, then with male love, offering advice for countering ennui, such as refraining from over-obsessive love, or indolence