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Mary Tighe

 

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Mary Tighe : early poems

'After reading some of [...] [Mary Tighe's] early poems in manuscript, F[elicia]H[emans] wrote a sonnet, "On Records of Immature Genius"'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Felicia Hemans      Manuscript: Unknown

  

[Mary] [Tighe] : The old Maid's prayer to Diana

[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'The old Maid's prayer to Diana'; [Text] 'Since thou and the stars, my dear goddess decree/ That Old Maid as I am, an Old Maid I must be;/ O, hear the petition I offer to thee/ For to hear it must be my endeavour/ ...'; [total = 5 x 8 line verses]

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine      Print: Unknown

  

Mary Tighe : Sonnet Addressed To My Mother

'To My Mother' 'Oh! Thou whose tender smile most partially/...'

Unknown
Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Julia      Print: Unknown

  

Mary Tighe : On Receiving a Branch of Mezereon

'Ah ['Oh!' in original] do not quite your friend forget/...' [4 lines: last 4 lines of 48-line text]'

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Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Carey/Maingay group     Print: Unknown

 

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