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Author's edition ; vi, 290, [2] p. front. (port.) 18 cm. ; LCCN: 25-22556 ; LC: PR4819; Dewey: 821.8 ; OCLC: 2222100 ; purple cloth with lettering and designs in gold ; Contents : The dreams that came true -- Songs on the voices of birds -- Introduction : Child and Boatman -- The nightingale heard by the unsatisfied heart -- Sand martins -- A poet in his youth and the cuckoo-bird -- A raven in a white chine -- The warbling of blackbirds -- Sea-mews in winter-time -- Laurance -- SOnge of t he night watches -- Introductory : evening -- The first watch : Tired -- The middle watch -- The morning watch -- Concluding : Early dawn -- A story of Doom -- Contrasted songs -- Sailing beyond seas -- Remonstrance -- SOng for the night of Christ's resurrection -- Song of Margaret -- Song of the going away -- A lilly and a lute -- Gladys and her island -- Songs with preludes -- Wedlock -- Regret -- Lamentation -- Dominion -- Friendship -- Winstanley -- Notes ; "Born at Boston, Lincolnshire, she was the daughter of William Ingelow, a banker. As a girl she contributed verses and tales to magazines under the pseudonym of Orris, but her first (anonymous) volume, A Rhyming Chronicle of Incidents and Feelings, which came from an established London publisher, did not appear until her thirtieth year. This was called charming by Tennyson, who declared he should like to know the author; they later became friends. Jean Ingelow followed this book of verse in 1851 with a story, Allerton and Dreux, but it was the publication of her Poems in 1863 which suddenly made her a popular writer. They ran rapidly through numerous editions and were set to music, proving very popular for English domestic entertainment. Her work often focused on religious introspection. In the United States, her poems obtained great public acclaim, and the collection was said to have sold 200,000 copies. In 1867 she edited, with Dora Greenwell, The Story of Doom and other Poems, a collection of poetry for children, and then gave up verse for a while and became industrious as a novelist. The last years of her life were spent in Kensington, and she outlived her popularity as a poet. Ingelow died in 1897 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London."--wikipedia ; slight wear to spine ; repair to front hinge ; else VG. Seller Inventory # 006791
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Title: A story of doom, and other poems. [The ...
Publisher: Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1867
Publication Date: 1867
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Book Type: Book
