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Letters from William Hayley, with related material, including poems by Hayley.
Hayley, William
1774-1816
Comprises carbon copy transcriptions of 39 letters from William Hayley to John Thornton dated 21 September 1774 - 17 April 1779, miscellaneous letters between others, and poems by William Hayley, the ...
Title: He next makes a speech for his mother diswading him from the practice of poetry, there discribes her parental care of him
Author: Hayley, William
Attribution: Mr Hayley (f.93v)
Date(s): 1788 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 100
Contents: 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
Title: The author's reflections on the fate of poor Chatterton
Author: Hayley, William
Attribution: Mr Hayley (f.93v)
Date(s): 178-?
Manuscript: Lt 100
Contents: 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
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
Title: Content
Author: Hayley, William
Attribution: William Hayley, Esqr., of Eastham (?) Sussex
Date(s): 1781
Manuscript: Lt 99
Contents: Poem extolling the virtue of contentment or happiness, often neglected by man in lieu of more grandiose and ambitious pursuits.