1789
ENGLISH POETRY 1579-1830: SPENSER AND THE TRADITION
Ann Yearsley
Armida, "To G. G., alias Redcrosse Knight, alluding to Mrs. Yearsley in Baldwin's Paper" Morning Star (8 June 1789).
Commentary for
Ann Yearsley:
1784: Frances Burney
1785: E. Fushs
1785: Tetburiensis
1785: Anonymous
1785: Samuel Badcock
1785: Michael Lort
1785: Anonymous
1785: James Shiells
1785: Hannah More
1786: Anna Seward
1787: Andrew Becket
1787: Mr. Upton
1787: Fidelia
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1787: Anonymous
1787: William Meyler
1789: Astrea
1789: The Cottage Mouse
1789: Armida
1789: John Williams
1791: Francis Garden
1792: Maria Edgeworth
1795: Anonymous
1799: Robert Southey
1814: Anonymous
1827: Alexander Dyce
1847: Joseph Cottle
1853: Frederic Rowton
1855: Sarah Josepha Hale
Commentary by
Armida:
1789: Ann Yearsley
No "affectation," needs LACTILLA'S line,
Her native glories hide the rays of thine!
So, little streams stealing from either shore,
Great ocean drinks amid his awful roar.
Lambeth, London,
June 5.