Felicea Hemans (1 results)
Language: English
Published by William Collins, Sons & Co., London, 1880
- Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. This copy is in very good condition bound in tan cloth covered bevel edged boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and ornate gilt embossed decoration and borders to the upper board and blind borders and decoration to the lower board. There are gilt page edges all round. This cop…y is bright, white and square. A dust wrapper is not called for. There is a school prize inscription to the obverse of the half title. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Felicia Dorothea Hemans (25 September 1793 - 16 May 1835) was an English poet (who identified as Welsh by adoption). Two of her opening lines, "The boy stood on the burning deck" and "The stately homes of England", have acquired classic status. Hemans' first poems, dedicated to the Prince of Wales, were published in Liverpool in 1808, when she was fourteen, arousing the interest of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who briefly corresponded with her. She quickly followed them up with "England and Spain" (1808) and "The Domestic Affections" (1812). Hemans' major collections, including The Forest Sanctuary (1825), Records of Woman and Songs of the Affections (1830) were popular, especially with female readers. Her last books, sacred and profane, were Scenes and Hymns of Life and National Lyrics, and Songs for Music. She was by now a well-known literary figure, highly regarded by contemporaries such as Wordsworth, and with a popular following in the United States and the United Kingdom. Ref A4 3. Thomas Seccombe (illustrator).