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Catherine Austen
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George Gordon, Lord Byron : 'On a Cornelian Heart which was broken'
From the Commonplace Book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '“On a Cornelian Heart that was broken" - Lord Byron', beginning 'Ill-fated Heart! and can it be,/ That thou should'st thus be rent in twain?'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
George Gordon, Lord Byron : 'To My Daughter'
From the Commonplace Book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '"To my Daughter" - Lord Byron'.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
: Epitaph
From the Commonplace Book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of 'Epitaph In the Church Yard of Brading, in the Isle of Wight': 'Forgive blest shade the tributary tear / That mourns thy exit from a world like this;/ Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here,/ And stay’d thy progress to the seats of bliss. No more confin’d to grov’ling scenes of night, / No more a tenant spent in mortal day:/ Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, / And trace thy journey to the realms of day.'
Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen Print: tombstone
George Gordon, Lord Byron : 'Bright be the place of thy soul'
From the Commonplace Book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '“Bright be the place of thy Soul” Lord Byron', beginning (first verse): 'Bright be the place of thy soul!/ No lovelier spirit than thine/ E'er burst from its mortal control,/ In the orbs of the blessed to shine.'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
I. S. : 'True Happiness is not the growth of Earth'
From the Commonplace Book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '"On happiness” [unattributed], beginning 'True Happiness is not the growth of Earth'.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Edward Young : The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of lines from Edward Young's Night Thoughts, beginning 'Celestial Happiness, when’er she stoops. To visit earth, one shrine the Goddess finds…'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
George Gordon, Lord Byron : 'If that high world'
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '"If that high World" - Byron', beginning 'If that high world -- which lies beyond Our own, surviving love endears...'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Mrs O’Neil : Ode to the Poppy
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of 'Ode to the Poppy, By the Honble Mrs O’Neil', beginning 'Not for the promise of the cultured field/ Not for the good the yellow harvests yield…’
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
James Thomson : Ode: Tell me thou Soul of her I love
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '"Tell me thou Soul of her I love" - Thomson', beginning 'Tell me thou Soul of her I love’.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
George Gordon, Lord Byron : To Mary
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '"To Mary" - Byron', beginning 'RACK'D by the flames of jealous rage, By all her torments deeply curst, Of hell-born passions far the worst, What hope my pangs can now assuage'.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
anon : Stanzas Addressed to the Greeks
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of lines entitled ‘Stanzas Addressed to the Greeks’ [unattributed] beginning 'On, on! To the just and glorious strife! With your swords your freedom shielding; Nay, resign, if it must be so, even life; But die, at least, unyielding…’.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
anon : Lines by a Lady at a Ball
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of Lines by a Lady at a Ball', beginning 'So, Sir, you really do declare, / You’ll dance with none but ladies fair...'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
G Canning : Epitaph On the Tombstone erected over the Marquis of Anglesey’s leg
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of ‘An Epitaph. On the Tombstone erected over the Marquis of Anglesey’s leg. By the Rt. Honble. G. Canning.’
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Thomas Little : Written in the Blank Leaf of a Lady's Common Place Book
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of 'Written in the Blank Leaf of a Lady’s common place Book', lines beginning 'Here is one leaf reserv’d for me, / From all thy sweet memorials free; / And here my simple song might tell / The feelings thou must guess so well…’
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Robert Southey : The Well of St Keyne
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '“The Well of St Keyne” [unattributed, but by Southey] beginning 'A well there is in the West Country, / And a cleverer one never was seen…’
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
John Marriott : A Devonshire Lane
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of ‘"A Devonshire Lane compared to Marriage" by Mr Marriott' beginning ‘In a Devonshire lane as I trotted along…’
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Walter Scott : Rokeby
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of four lines from “Rokesby” (for Rokeby), beginning 'When lovers meet in adverse hour/ Tis like a sun glimpse through a shower…’
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
George Gordon, Lord Byron : The Bridge of Abydos
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of four lines lines from the "Bride of Abydos" [Byron].
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Thomas Moore : Lalla Rookh
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of four lines from Moore's Lalla Rookh [untitled and unattributed], beginning 'I wept thy absence – oer and oer again’.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Mary Queen of Scots : Sonnet
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: 'The following lines are a translation of a Latin Sonnet written by Mary Queen of Scots when in the vessel which conveyed her from France.' The lines begin ‘Stay cruel breeze, rude ocean cease thy roar….’
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
T Moore : Lines on the death of a dear friend
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '“On the death of a friend” T. Moore.'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
John Gay : The Hare and Many Friends
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: '“Friendship like love is but a name, Unless to one you stint the flame” Gay.' This is followed by lines clearly inspired by this, beginning “The British fabulist misleads the mind, / Friendship and love are better thus defined…’
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
: Hampshire Advertiser
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: '“Lord Buckingham was once at a dinner where a Mr Grub was requested to sing. He begged to be excused, urging that he knew not what to sing, “Sing ‘I’d be a butterfly’” suggested the nobleman.” From Hampshire Advertiser.’
Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen Print: Newspaper
: Hampshire Advertiser
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '"To a Flirt" [unattributed, but the poem is "To his Forsaken Mistress" by Sir Robert Ayton, and begins 'I do confess thou’rt smooth and fair'].
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Lord Palmerston : Epitaph on Vicountess Palmerston
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '"Epitaph on Viscountess Palmerston written by her Husband” Romsey Church.'
Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen Print: tombstone
anon : Black eyes and Blue eyes
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of lines beginning 'Black eyes may dazzle at a ball'.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
M S : What is Love?
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of "What is Love?” by M. S'.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Letitia Elizabeth Landon : L’Improvisatrice
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of four lines by LEL beginning 'It is the spirit’s bitterest pain / To love – to be beloved again'.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Hannah More : Sensibility
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of lines by Hannah More (“Mrs H. More”) beginning “Since trifles make the sum of human things”.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Princess Amelia :
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '“Lines by the Princess Amelia” beginning 'Unthinking, idle, wild and young, I laughed, and danced, and talked and sung…'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Thomas Moore : My Birthday
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of "My birthday" T Moore' beginning '"My Birthday” what a different sound/ That word had in my youthful ear!'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Sheridan : [verses to his wife]
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of 'By Mr B Sheridan Esq to his Wife'.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Rev. Francis Murray : Friendship
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of “Friendship” by the Revd Francis Murray.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
: Southampton Newspaper
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of 'lament of the Single Ladies of Southampton' 'from the Southampton Paper' beginning 'We’re ready, we’re ready, it really is hard/ That from Hymen’s sweet bonds we so long are debarred.’
Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen Print: Newspaper
Samuel Rogers : To the Butterfly
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of ”To the Butterfly” by Samuel Rogers.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Richard Brinsley Sheridan : Verses
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of 'Verses by R. B. Sheridan Esq'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Letitia Elizabeth Landon : On Sir Walter Scott
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of "On Sir Walter Scott" by LEL.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Thomas Haynes Bailey : 'They may talk of scenes that are bright and fair'
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of “They may talk of scenes that are bright and fair by Thos Haynes Bailey Esq”
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Thomas Haynes Bailey : 'In Happiness Hours'
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '“In Happiness Hours” By Thos Haynes Bailey Esq'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Austen
Hannah More : A Search after Happiness
From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '“A Search after Happiness H. More” beginning “Expect not perfect happiness below…’
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