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INDEX/BCMSV/6187

1788 (published)

Describes how Poetry (personified) offers a cetrain parental protection to those she favours; also contains a praise of Poetry. Extract from Hayley's "Essay on Epic Poetry", Epistle 4. Cf BCMSV 6188, 6189, 6191

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INDEX/BCMSV/6188

178-?

Lament for the poet Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) describing how, due to the malignancy of critics, he commits suicide by swallowing poison. Extract from Hayley's "Essay on Epic Poetry", Epistle 4. Cf BCMSV 6187, 6189, 6191

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INDEX/BCMSV/6189

178-?

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

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INDEX/BCMSV/6191

1788 (published)

In praise of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. Extract from Hayley's "Essay on Epic Poetry", Epistle 4. Cf BCMSV 6187, 6188, 6189

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INDEX/BCMSV/6192

178-?

On the joys of marriage, and the pleasures of memory

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INDEX/BCMSV/6202

178-?

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

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INDEX/BCMSV/6320

1781

Poem extolling the virtue of contentment or happiness, often neglected by man in lieu of more grandiose and ambitious pursuits.