| 单词 | poetess |
| 例句 | The poetess lived alone and shaped her time and activities carefully in order to meet the heavy demands of artistic responsibility. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Remembering, her old customers picture her as philanthropist, medical authority, bouncer, and poetess of the bodily emotions without being involved with them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I like to think that at some of those performances, they heard the songs of Ts’ai Yen, a poetess born in A.D. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He also begins dating a poetess known as Threnody, who is an expert in the arts of publicity. Books of The Times: ‘Lionel Asbo: State of England’ by Martin Amis 2012-08-19T18:59:48Z Nearby, two small gold coins portray Sappho, Greek poetess and resident of the island of Lesbos. LGBT people existed long before 1967 – as the British Museum reveals 2013-06-20T10:48:08Z In the first episode, titled “Because I could not stop for Death,” Death is played by Wiz Khalifa, in a fantasy sequence where he smokes the poetess out and also gives her a pep talk. “Dickinson,” from Apple TV+, Is Deeply Weird and Dazzles Gradually 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z While Mahler later described von Chézy as a “poetess with a full heart and an empty head,” the audience at Sunday’s performance could be forgiven for thinking he was precisely wrong. ‘Euryanthe,’ Rarely Heard, Is Mounted at Bard 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z The characters include foreign aid workers, the naive son of an Afghan warlord and a fish-out-of-water poetess, among others. Khaled Hosseini's new book is another tear-jerker 2013-05-20T12:48:35Z These days the word “essayist” sounds fussy and a little old-fashioned, nearly as archaic as “bookman” and “poetess.” Review | We blog, we tweet, we post to Facebook: Let’s instead savor the art of the essay 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Or think, rather differently, of the archaic Greek poetess Sappho. 'You may now turn over your papers' 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z I have met a first rate American poetess. Ted Hughes on Sylvia Plath: “For the last month I have lived about the strangest life I ever did live” 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z I sat down at her table and said, “A blessed place this is, bringing together a poet and a poetess. May I read it?” “All Rivers” 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z A trained journalist turned researcher, Nyanzi describes herself as “a lyricist, poetess, creative writer and analyst” on a quest for good governance. Jailed for calling Ugandan president a 'pair of buttocks', activist vows to fight on | Alon Mwesigwa 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z The protest came from a group of angry ladies led by Robin Morgan, 27, poetess and housewife. The Real Miss America Protest Behind a 'Masters of Sex' Moment 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z As Mormon poetess and pioneer Eliza R Snow wrote in a cherished Mormon hymn: I may be excommunicated from my church for asking for equal rights 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Living off the land involves harsh realities, and an existence threatened by both the elements and by man is evoked in the manuscripts of peasant poets and washerwoman poetesses displayed in the British Library's exhibition. London 2012: how rural writing inspired the Olympic opening ceremony 2012-06-20T07:00:00Z Tova, a simple name, a popular name, not quite suited to a young poetess. “All Rivers” 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Women will judge a poetess by her inclusion of the larger human nature, and will resent the limiting of her range to the qualities that we look upon as peculiarly feminine. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z The words of a favorite poetess of his seemed saying themselves over in his brain: "And, if any painter drew her, He would take her, unaware, With an aureole round the hair." The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z His large expressive eyes kindled as the poetess went on, and the changes of his countenance soon attracted the attention of the company. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Pitter, Ruth—English poetess, whose work is rather difficult to locate in this country. Checklist A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians. 2012-03-19T02:00:24.597Z I told her our History of the Wolf—that I was a poetess, and had met the Queen, and all about Monte Carlo. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z One might suppose that such a temperament was peculiarly fitted to join with that of the secluded poetess, and so, to judge from her many love poems, it actually was. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z It is the simple unbounded faith of the Middle Ages, such as we find in the old European legends and poems and mysteries, such as your poetess Mrs. Browning well marks in Chaucer. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z A local poetess burst into song in the Times in commemoration of the spirit of the hour. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z I chanced, too, to accompany him, when he attended the poetess to her post-chaise, on the morning of her departure, and had occasion to remark his courteous hospitality to the last. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z We have had no such poetess in New England. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z To no one could the definition apply more appropriately than to the well-known and gifted poetess, Jean Ingelow. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z The party included Lettie's host and hostess, and also a Scottish poetess, and an Irish musician, composer of songs and pianoforte rhapsodies. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z She was always called Phillis Wheatley, the name bestowed upon her when she first entered the service of her benefactress, and by which she had become known as a poetess. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z I come now to the kindred Greek genius, who had a special fascination for him, the poetess Sappho. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z The same century produced the only poetess of the Byzantine period, Casia, from whom we have several epigrammatic productions and church hymns, all characterized by originality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z This lady has distinguished herself in several ways, first as poetess and contributor to magazines, then as book publisher. A Hundred and Sixty Books by Washington Authors Some Other Writers Who are Contributors to Periodical Literature, Lines Worth Knowing by Heart 2011-11-27T03:00:12.497Z "Have you already dined so far?" sang the Scottish poetess in her musical, plaintive manner. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Still the young poetess was not spoiled by flattery. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z The poetess begins with a description of her grief, of the tears that she cannot quench, and then she shows how worthy to be deeply mourned was he whom death has taken away. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z And if the author does not understand that it is an intolerable blemish, and sends it uncorrected to the press, she is unworthy of being called a poetess. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z There is more depth of passion in the writings of “La Belle Cordi�re,” as this Lyonnese poetess was called, than in almost any of her contemporaries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z "You do come to a point at last," said the Scottish poetess, "when your work is a real source of satisfaction." The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Carleigh, to his utter dismay, found himself with the poetess and four very young persons who did nothing but giggle. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z There is a representation of the poetess mourning her dead relatives, while her harp is hanging neglected on a tree. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z A poetess herself, as much by nature as by study, her heart warmed towards those who indulged in the same delightful art. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z The talented poetess, Mrs. Sigourney, wrote some touching lines on his death. Journal of Dr. Elias Cornelius, a Revolutionary Surgeon 2011-08-12T02:00:23.570Z Mrs. Howe, the American poetess, beautifully alludes to this in the lines— The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The young people giggled as persistently as the poetess talked, and altogether the journey was as nearly maddening as anything he had ever experienced. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z It was, however, as a poetess that Mrs. Norton was chiefly known. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z "Oh, the trees look like golden twigs," said my little poetess, so full of joy that I could hardly hold her. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z "I am tempted to doubt the decline of your admiration for our poetess," pursued Wyllys to Jessie, with royal disregard of his beloved's vocalization. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z This poetess tells us that she had turned into her French rhymed verse the �sopian Fables, which one of our kings had translated into English from the Latin. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The two Brownings were, the one certainly among the greatest of nineteenth century poets, the other generally regarded as the greatest of English poetesses. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z This was highly praised in the Quarterly Review by Lockhart, who spoke of her as "the Byron of poetesses." Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z Sweet poetess, your poetry Is bad as bad can be, And yet we heartily deplore The death of Minnie Lee. Hoosier Lyrics 2011-05-20T02:00:38.353Z In an article upon the deceased poetess in Chambers's Journal, we have an account of her subsequent relations with the reviewer. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Her “Lais,” short but wild “Breton Tales,” which our poetess dedicated to her sovereign, our Henry the Third, are evidence that Marie could also skilfully touch the heart and amuse the fancy. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z She has only one possible rival, Christina Rossetti, for the honour of being the greatest poetess who has written in English; and her marriage with Browning formed a union without parallel in literature. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z For it runs thus:– "Most Worthy Friend,– "Perhaps no maiden is so happy as a poetess; and I think, here in this charming valley one at last becomes both. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z It would have pleased us better If, in His wisdom, He Had taken you, sweet poetess, Instead of Minnie Lee. Hoosier Lyrics 2011-05-20T02:00:38.353Z He continued to make friends, including “L. E. L.,” the poetess, Campbell, Leigh Hunt, Jerrold, Disraeli and Thackeray. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z Who can assure us whether this Anglo-Norman poetess gathered her old tales, for such she calls them, in the French Britain or the English Britain, where she always resided? Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Had she lived to write much more verse she would certainly have been one of the greatest of English poetesses, and might have been the first of all. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z He was founder of what was known as the “May-combat”—a poetical tournament which recurred every year in springtime, to which the Privy Councillor invited poets and poetesses by circulars and posters. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z A poetess was not much in his line he told himself,—the only poetry he cared for was the Psalms, and perhaps Homer and Shakespeare. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z It is a strange thing that the two greatest of English poetesses should have, so to speak, so passionately adopted each other's country as their own. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z She was a musician, and a poetess as well. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z Jean Ingelow is one of the best of recent poetesses, and has also acquired a considerable, though a less conspicuous name as a writer of fiction. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z They are on a higher philosophical plane than the melodious ravings of the love-sick poetess, and the more we read them, the more may we be persuaded that they are an after-thought. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z She had said little of late to any one, but she had finally settled upon one ambition—to write, to be a great poetess. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z But I never considered myself a poetess in any true sense of the word. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z The muse of the poetess perhaps required chastening, but the verses are not without power and at least show the love and admiration felt for the hero. Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z "I am glad to hear it; for in that case we can express our sentiments freely with regard to the poetess." Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z The only poetess in our collection is Jean Dominique. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z Rose handed him a newspaper clipping containing a brief account of "how a Wisconsin poetess achieved fame and fortune." Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z She was not to be a great poetess or an actress. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Half a century later, we find the name of an Italian poetess, as interesting as our Clotilde de Surville, and far more illustrious. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z She was also a poetess, frequently composing the words of her own songs. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Cassandra is both prophetess and poetess, and her cries move us to this day, when much of Æschylus's moral and religious philosophy bores and irritates us. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Here, also, was to be seen, for a time, a Major Browne, a brother of the formerly popular poetess, Mrs. Hemans. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The fortunate poetess was invited to Denmark, and on her arrival at Copenhagen was presented at Court. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Veronica was not a prolific poetess; but the few Sonnets she has left, have a vigour, a truth and simplicity, not often met with among the rimatori of that rhyming age. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z But it is a study of life, my dear poetess, and it amuses and instructs me. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Among the most famous elegies in Arabic poetry are those of Khansa, a Pre-islamic poetess, on the murder of her two brothers. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z How strangely familiar are these words from Louise Lab�, the French poetess of the middle class, one of whose poems of passion will be found in the chapter on French literature. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z She was also introduced to Thomas Kingo, the father of Danish poetry, and the two greeted one another with improvised couplets, which have been preserved, and of which the poetess’s reply is incomparably the neater. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z She was a musician, a poetess, a wit;—but every thing, "par la gràce de Dieu,"—and as if unconsciously and involuntarily. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z "You are a lady—a woman of education, Minola," the poetess said almost severely. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z The construction is not always clear; for instance, in the poem, "To M�cenas," there are three distinct references to Virgil, when grammatically the poetess seems to be speaking of three different men. The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States 2011-01-26T03:00:29.717Z Admitting the soundness of Wustmann's criticism, one hazards the opinion that the challenged text was written at the period when Bach set it, namely, in 1735, eight years after the poetess published her earlier texts. Johann Sebastian Bach 2011-01-26T03:00:27.060Z With Levet lived Mrs. Williams, the blind poetess, and the negro Frank, whom the author of 'Rasselas' treated more as a friend than a servant. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z She was a poetess and had to create experiences to sing about. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z "Yes; but we mustn't talk about it," the poetess said, with tears of gratefulness blinking in her eyes; "and we'll not say a word more about it, Minola; not a word, indeed, dear." The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z "On a Dead Mole," repeated the poetess, "which I found by the wayside:-- "How do you lie so quiet there With black and shining skin! Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z The spirit which he wakened speaks in the words of the poetess Chansa, with which she sent her four sons to battle. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII My mother was a poetess with an annuity. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile One of the earliest of these is the Anglo-Norman poetess who called herself Marie de France, and who wrote about 1150 and afterwards. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The poetess was not delighted with this kind of society, but she never ventured to contradict her leader. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z "What do you think of this poem?" asked the poetess, "On my Rooster?" Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z I did not mean to disparage the beautiful and genuine Doric character of that poetess and heroine.1731.Fabric. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 In spite of my sex I was a poetess rather than a poet. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile All these, however, were destined to yield to the superior attractions of a sister poetess, Mrs.121 Frances Sergeant Osgood, wife of the artist of that name. The Home Life of Poe The evident happiness and passing high spirits of the little poetess oppressed her. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z "Let me have my choice," replied the poetess, in a soft but decisive tone, and then, clearing her throat-- "On a Dead Mole." Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z The highest place among modern poetesses must be claimed for Mrs. Browning. The Children of the World Who? not the poetess we met at Master Sad's? A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 This was Mrs. Anna Estelle Lewis, a young poetess who, with her husband, was on friendly terms with Poe, and whose poems he had favorably177 noticed. The Home Life of Poe "This is nonsense, Minola; you won't believe a word of it," the little poetess eagerly said, divided between admiration and alarm. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z "I am coming," replied the poetess, in great perturbation, and hastened on the sunny walk toward the house. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z That Morris should call her "poetess" seemed the last touch of irony. Shadows of Flames A Novel Now, indeed, he could see why she was so much the greatest poetess of them all; her faith had been real. Plashers Mead A Novel Finally his choice fell upon Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman, of Providence, Rhode Island, one of155 the "poetesses" of the time, and the most brilliant of them all. The Home Life of Poe "One must live for something," the poetess pleaded, much perplexed in her heart as to what Miss Grey's opinion might be about all this. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z She was an industrious writer, a learned person, and a good patriot, but not by any means a great poetess. A Short History of French Literature Elizabeth Barrett Browning is too dear to me as a friend to be spoken of merely as a poetess. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. She could then assure her cousin, Peggy Reid, with absolute knowledge of facts, that her sister was a poetess. Harper's Round Table, April 30, 1895 The first great Polish poetess who created her title of nobility by her own talent in the dreariest time of Polish literature was Elizabeth Druzbacka, n�e Kowalska. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) The poetess's susceptible bosom still thrilled and throbbed at the sight, or even the thought, of a handsome young man. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z The loss of her generous friend and protector was a serious blow to the poetess. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) This subject of love the little poetess had long and quaintly studied. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. "I believe I will," said the poetess, after some minutes' pause, interrupted only by the admiring Joanna, who urged her sister to act upon Peggy's suggestion. Harper's Round Table, April 30, 1895 The poetess remained at home in a dull room, and hammered out rhymes with the help of a dictionary. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Now, Ludwig was a clever fellow, and had a thousand little ways of ingratiating himself with a pretty woman—and a poetess besides. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Among other poetesses of note may be mentioned Sidi, who died in the year 1707, the authoress of Pleasures of Sight and The Divan. Oriental Women To say the truth, when Victor spoke so warmly of the delight of having a sister, he too was not setting up the poetess as an ideal. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. "Such a waste of excellent material," says a poetess who looks over the bachelors with an appraising eye. Seeds of Pine It was a fortunate and kindly destiny which assigned to our heroine a poetess for a companion. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Balbilla the poetess caused three of her verses to be engraved on the leg of the statue, in which she records this visit. Roman Women Zeyneb Effendi was a royal poetess in the days of Mohammed the Conqueror. Oriental Women But the general result of the poetess's self-examination was to show that the love which would most keenly touch her heart would be that which was born of passion and compassion united. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. "Very clever," said Classon; "discursive; not always what the French call 'consequent,' but, certainly, clever, and a sweet poetess." Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day "But she ought to have a great deal of money," the poetess eagerly explained, very proud of her leader's losses. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Sidonius Apollinaris recites a list of Latin poetesses; but of them all there is only one whose work may be read at the present time. Roman Women And Swinburne, her best modern interpreter, calls Sappho "the unapproachable poetess," and says: "Her remaining verses are the supreme success, the final achievement, of the poetic art." Greek Women To be put on anything like equal ground with him as to years was a delightful experience to the poetess. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. The poetess objected to seeing ever again the place where she considered that art and she had been degraded by her servitude in the court-house. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Lucy exclaimed, seizing both the hands of the poetess. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Sulpicia, the only Roman poetess whose work is still extant and well authenticated, lived in the time of the Emperor Domitian. Roman Women Here and there, other names and occasional verses of Greek poetesses are found--Cleobuline of Rhodes, Megalostrata and Clitagora, of Sparta, and others; but they did not attain the fame of the Terrestrial Muses. Greek Women With Theocritus we must read Sappho, “the poetess,” the ancients called her, as they called Homer “the poet.” Book Repair and Restoration This seems to strike a strange note coming from the poetess Mechthild. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens "Come along, you silly poetess," said Minola at last, breaking into a laugh, and fairly drawing her companion away from the looking-glass. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Only twice after that did she revisit the scenes of her early life, and it was not until her death that the writings of this first poetess of New York became well known and popular. Literary New York Its Landmarks and Associations The poetess is seated on the front row of seats, with her favorite pupil, Erinna, standing by her side. Greek Women Your pastoral poetesses may vent their fancy in great landscapes, and place despairing shepherds under silken willows, or drown them in a stream of mohair. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries She was born a poetess; she became a saint. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens The poetess was unmistakably a little, withered, yellowing old maid. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Mrs. Norton at one time enjoyed a considerable reputation as a poetess by contributions to "Annuals" and "Souvenirs," chiefly in the sentimental ballad style which pleased the second quarter of the century. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) The Encyclopedia Britannica ranks her as "incomparably the greatest poetess the world has ever seen." Greek Women This was “far back in the olden time” when, says the local poetess— The Danes lay camped on Woden’s field. The Annals of Willenhall You remember the words of the gifted poetess,— 'Go weep with those who weep, you say, Ye fools! Little Frida A Tale of the Black Forest These words are by a poetess I read and admire much. A Mad Love But he cannot be spared much room here; nor can much even be given to the mild shade of a poetess far more famous in her day than he. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) We have authentic information concerning only the nine most distinguished poetesses, to whom the Greeks gave the title of the Terrestrial Muses. Greek Women It is from one long piece, entitled “Fancies by the Fire,” in which the long retrospect of Wolverhampton’s ancient history unrolls itself before the imagination of the poetess, that the following extracts are taken. The Annals of Willenhall The commercial man went back to the smoking-room to mention casually that Mrs. March was a poetess. John March, Southerner The volume will be welcome, as a choice specimen of American literary talent, and a graceful souvenir of the distinguished poetess in whose honor it has been prepared. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 At thirty, however, a genuine poetess should have produced more than a mere handful of verse, and its best things should be independent of polemical partisanship either for or against orthodoxy. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) The second of the nine Terrestrial Muses--for Sappho was, of course, the first--was the poetess's favorite and most promising pupil, Erinna of the isle of Telos. Greek Women She is a wit, a poetess, a connoisseur in art; and what can be so dangerously delightful as all these characters in a fashionable beauty, and a woman, moreover, of such rank and wealth? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 But the wariest game was less coy than the poetess. John March, Southerner Works without number were dedicated to the Countess of Pembroke, not only because she was what she was, and a poetess of some renown, but because she was the Mary Sidney of Arcadian fame. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare Nor must the brief life, embittered by physical suffering, but productive of not a little very cheerful work, of Francis Edward Smedley, a relation of the poetess mentioned in the last chapter, be forgotten. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Like Sappho, Nossis "of womanly accents" is a love poetess, and twelve epigrams attributed to her are found in the Anthology. Greek Women Weeping poetesses filled whole columns with their tears, and in every local sheet new Werthers were trying to tell of the worthlessness of life and the beauties of dying. Home Life of Great Authors Little Minola thought her a great poetess and a remarkably beautiful woman, and accepted somehow the impression that she had a romantic and mysterious love history. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 She is a poetess not so much of the heart and soul as of the impulsive temperament and the strong will. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 To the second class must be added "L. E. L.," the poetess who filled the interval between Mrs. Hemans and Mrs. Browning. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) At all events, whatever her merits as a poetess, she was something like a living poem for a certain group of friends, of whom I happened to be one. Memoirs of Life and Literature The next one sent,” continues Mr. Horne, “started the poetess at once on her bright and noble career.” The Brownings Their Life and Art You kind and believing little poetess—full of faith in simple true love and all the rest of it! The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 I made a great effort, once more dismissed the recollections of the night, and fell once more to brooding on my saintly poetess. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI It has been usual to speak of her as the chief English poetess, which she certainly is if bulk and character of work as distinguished from perfection of workmanship are considered. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Eurus for February serves a double purpose; to introduce to the United in an editorial capacity the gifted poetess, Mrs. W. V. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 I have also here a poet and a poetess—two celebrities who have run away and married under circumstances peculiarly interesting, and such as render imprudence the height of prudence. The Brownings Their Life and Art You—poor little poetess, full of dreams, and hopes, and unselfishness! The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 He goes on to call her a very pretty poetess, strewing flowers of poesy as she goes. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen Miss Wright was a poetess, as well as a politician and writer on ethics. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." There were celebrated poetesses and we read of Arab queens ruling their tribes. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It Browning is spending a luxurious year in Italy—is, at this present writing, with his poetess bride dwelling in some hermit hut in Vallombrosa, where the Etruscan shades high overarched embower. The Brownings Their Life and Art Minola seemed as if she were going to be angry, but she looked into the little poetess's kindly, wistful eyes, and broke into a laugh. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 It is in one of her letters to Mrs. Kenrick that Mrs. Barbauld gives a pleasant glimpse of the poetess Walter Scott admired. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen The merry wife, Mrs Page, turns poetess to describe and project the superstitions to be used. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 The frail and somewhat mortuary beauty of this slim poetess, with her full-lipped profile of an Egyptian temple-girl and her pale, still eyes, left him guessing––rather guiltily––recollecting his recent but meaningless disrespect. The Crimson Tide A Novel In an ably-conducted journal of Madrid, she has given accounts of the poetesses of Spain, her contemporaries, with extracts from their writings, and a kindly estimate of their respective merits. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition The poems of this lady have taken a place in public estimation perhaps higher than that of any living American living poetess.... Hetty's Strange History Meanwhile, whatever genius might not be able to achieve, the five Miss Mores had been living on peacefully together in the very comfortable cottage which had been raised and thatched by the poetess's earnings. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen But she was a poetess, as Madame said, and what could you expect better!” A Walk from London to Fulham Is there any authentic memoir of this delightful poetess? Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc She was a wit and poetess, and well-known to a large circle of friends as "the matchless Orinda." Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II If her genius always found a suitable exponent in her style, she would stand unrivaled, we think, among the poetesses of England. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 The young orator looked foolishly pleased, and the young poetess pulled the critic's ears. 'Lizbeth of the Dale "Let us all shut our eyes, and imagine ourselves on the beach," said Ellen, who was the poetess of the family. The Nursery, September 1877, Vol. XXII, No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Her passionate warmth, betraying at once the accomplished poetess and the gifted thinker, did not fail to fascinate the old priest, who immediately resolved to capture this beautiful soul for the church. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Is there a parson much bemused in beer, A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, A clerk foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza when he should engross? Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature But it was not her religion which supplied the poetess with this pretty fancy. India and the Indians They had not been accepted, but the reviewer, a lady of some insight, had written the young poetess a long and encouraging letter. 'Lizbeth of the Dale She seems to be typical of the half-crazed human poetess, in usual sublime dishabille. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 The query long remained unanswered, for just then the poetess was harassed by many trials. Jewish Literature and Other Essays "You have the soul of a poetess," he said. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story The Queen of Roumania is a poetess of romantic sentiments, and lately underwent examination for a diploma, giving her a right to do certain teaching in the schools. Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 But the young poetess was far more anxious as to what "the boys" would think of it than the most critical editor in all broad Canada. 'Lizbeth of the Dale I allude to our greatest British poetess, Mrs. Browning, who at that time resided in Florence, except when the delicacy of her health obliged her to go to Rome. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville This heroine, this "mother in Israel," in all the wanderings and vicissitudes of the Jewish people, was the exemplar of its women and maidens, the especial model of Israelitish poetesses and writers. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Apropos to coffee, we all laughed heartily one day when some one recalled the verses of the poetess Druzbacka. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The poetess gazed into the air for inspiration. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia That young poetess was reveling in birds and flowers and rain-showers and walks through the woods, with the blue sky peeping at one through the green branches. 'Lizbeth of the Dale All indifferent poets and poetesses, musicians, newspaper writers, and artistic notabilities,—I mean those who are no good,—ride in the New Year's night through the air to Amack. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen She is a true poetess: the woes of humanity are reflected in her own sorrows, to which she gave utterance in soulful tones. Jewish Literature and Other Essays In their bark of bamboo reeds The heavenly poetesses Float across the sky. Japanese Prints All indifferent poets and poetesses, musicians, newspaper writers and artistic notabilities, I mean those who are no good, ride in the New Year's-night through the air to Amack. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales This was the Ethereal Being of the last generation—the Blue-stocking, as a poetess in white satin, with her eyes turned up to heaven, and her hair in dishevelled cascades about her neck. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) As one is ready to call Elizabeth Barrett the greatest poetess of the nineteenth century, so there is little hesitation in pronouncing George Eliot the foremost of the many women who have written fiction. Stories of Authors, British and American Physicians, mathematicians, philologists, military men, and diplomats, poets and poetesses, took refuge there. Jewish Literature and Other Essays When the announcement of the result was made she was absent, but a friend of the family rose and returned thanks in verse in the name of the youthful poetess—Pour une jeune muse absente. Pascal Mrs. Blake in one point does not resemble the two Irish woman-poets—for they are more than poetesses—whom we named together at the beginning of this little paper. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 You don't call the ravings of these poetesses and female novelists real life, do you? A Black Adonis It is the aim of this book to resuscitate interest in the poetess, and in the literary circle over which she reigned supreme. Anna Seward and Classic Lichfield Now that the hour of publication was really drawing nigh, the poetess began to feel the need of a confidante. Vixen, Volume III. They are spoken of as superior to her former productions, and worthy of a most honorable place among the productions of German poetesses. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Few have written so lovingly on the dog as this gifted poetess. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. I am glad to hear that our poetess is at work again, and shall be very much pleased to have some more contributions from her. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 Anna Seward, a daughter of the Rev. Thomas Seward, destined to become, by universal assent, the first poetess of her day in England, was born 12th December, 1747. Anna Seward and Classic Lichfield This brief conversation in the orchid-house was the first healing balm that had been applied to the bleeding heart of the poetess. Vixen, Volume III. An experience not so common then as now; to be a poetess in those days had a certain distinction, and the three sisters must have anxiously waited for a greeting. Emily Brontë During the principal part of her life she lived with a maiden sister, Agnes—also a poetess—to whom she addressed her beautiful Birthday poem. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Inspired by Winnie's original lines, several of the others set to work to make up verses, and the results were so satisfactory, that the authors felt themselves quite budding poetesses. The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life Anna Seward tells us that he appeared to her to be “dazzled” by Honora, who estimated highly his talents; but the poetess adds that he did not possess “the reasoning mind” Honora required. Anna Seward and Classic Lichfield "Nor I neither, my Emily, my sweet little poetess; but I suppose it is because we love, for love intensifies all the feelings." The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Of course, no one is a sweeter poetess than Miss A.A. The Re-echo Club I have heard a poetess call attention to the beauties of her own production, and receive praise or adverse criticism with the same charming urbanity. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Several years ago I read a poem, or part of one, written in old age by the celebrated English poetess, Mrs. Barbauld, whose sweet words I very frequently repeat. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Honora supplied the place of Sarah Seward, after the latter’s death, in Anna Seward’s affections, and numbers of her poems and letters testify how ardently the poetess admired and loved her. Anna Seward and Classic Lichfield A bill for the relief of Mrs. Charlotte Lynch, mother of Miss Anne C. Lynch, the poetess, passed the House by a majority of 11. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 He would know, and the poetess also, what wonderful thing to say about anything so lovely, all in measured lines rhyming to perfection. Country Neighbors “And the name of the song,” added the poetess after a melancholy verse or two, “is ‘Sorrow,’ or ‘Miss Bibby.’ In the Mist of the Mountains Fashion as she, the poetess, extolled it week by week in the National Observer, became a poem with a stately measure in frocks and hats, a flowing rhythm in every frill and furbelow. Nights Rome, Venice, in the Aesthetic Eighties; London, Paris, in the Fighting Nineties The poetess had several lovers, and was jilted by one, who was a native of Lichfield, and who afterwards became a General. Anna Seward and Classic Lichfield A roll of drawings which turned up very often represents the sorrowful fate of a famous poetess. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II This was the poetess, Ruth Bellair, and it was of her he was thinking as he crossed the field, this darkening twilight, to Marietta's house. Country Neighbors “Oh,” said the little poetess piteously, “you must put in the end lines,—can’t you turn over?” In the Mist of the Mountains To the dean of Sarum’s visitation sermon, already mentioned, were added some verses “by that excellent poetess Mrs. Anne Wharton,” upon its being translated into English, at the instance of Waller, by Atwood. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II The poetess has always been known as “The Swan of Lichfield,” though no one seems to know who gave her the name. Anna Seward and Classic Lichfield As you have observed, our poetess believes, on the whole, in sticking closely to historical truth. Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914 He is corroborated in his opinion that Madame de Beauharnais is a poetess by a very narrow escape from some rancid butter of which the cook had been very liberal. Confessions of a Book-Lover Mrs Conway Sparkes, the spiteful poetess, though she was old and ugly as well as spiteful, was to have a stall and a bevy, because there was thought to be no doubt about her poetry. Miss Mackenzie Phillis Wheatley, who distinguished herself as a poetess; the Physician of New Orleans; the Virginia Calculator; Banneker, the Maryland Astronomer, and many others, whom it would be needless to mention. Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800 Read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872 The intense poesy of Anna Reeve Aldrich, a poetess cut short at the very budding of unlimited promise, deserved better care than this from a musician. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions The Countesses de Die, supposed to be mother and daughter, were both poetesses. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 It has been elaborated with passion and power in the 'Homeward Bound' of Adelaide Procter, a poetess too little known among us. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The fine nerves of Mrs Conway Sparkes, the poetess, bore it all without flinching; and Mrs Chaucer Munro with her bevy rushed forward so that they might lose nothing of what was coming. Miss Mackenzie Walpole scattered his purchase-money everywhere; he sowed with the sack and not with the hand, to adopt the famous saying applied by a Greek poetess to Pindar. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II It has a nurse of its own, but is chiefly waited on and attended to by an antique poetess, who dwells in another cottage, a stone’s-cast off, on the same green knoll. Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago A small poetess has said that she could not love a scene where the blue sky was always blue. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 The lines of Mrs Sigourney, the American poetess, please me most. Diary in America, Series One This room, if we had the good fortune to obtain lodgings in the mansion, was to belong to the poetess, for it was full of inspiration and old-world memories. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 Her abstraction appeared to me exactly that of an author when contemplating some great work, and I had no doubt but she would turn out a poetess. Honor O'callaghan The memory o’ my own young days when I boarded and captured the poetess is strong upon me yet. Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago She also saw much of Helen Maria Williams, the poetess, already notorious for her extreme liberalism, and who had numerous friends and acquaintances among the Revolutionary party in Paris. Mary Wollstonecraft With her talents and the cultivation she has acquired, her familiarity with the hopes, fears, and realities of a life of labor will give her great advantages as the poetess of the faithful, suffering poor. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The only regular inflection is the addition of the syllable-ess to certain masculine nouns to denote the change to the feminine gender; as, author, authoress; poet, poetess. Practical Grammar and Composition Alice Cary was a poetess of feeling, tender, prolific, overworked, unhealthy, and cooked to desiccation in a New York "elegant residence" that was but one enormous stove. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 Sometimes a grand and gracious woman will be thus incarcerated, and her life will be a crucifixion, as was the case with Mrs. Sigourney, the great poetess and the great soul. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony Who are among the leading poetesses of the race? Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading A compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions that will inspire noble effort at the hands of every race-loving man, woman, and child. He's never been mauled around by a lady poetess before, or maybe it was just because there was so much of her. The House of Torchy She is a woman of high culture, a poetess of rare sweetness, and eminent as a magazine writer. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience This was said to be written by "a young literary gentleman of New England, the son of a somewhat celebrated poetess." The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert I won't stop to sketch the pale poetess, nor the dancing hoyden, nor the sweet blue-eyed creature that lisped, nor the mature and dangerously-charming widow that caused some perturbations in your regular orbit. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 He was married in 1891 at New York City, to Miss Elaine Goodale, a finely cultured young lady from Massachusetts, herself a poetess and prose writer of more than ordinary ability. Among the Sioux A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas The most distinguished Spanish poetess of the nineteenth century, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, was a Cuban by birth, going later to Spain, where she was readily received as one of the nation's leading literary lights. Brazilian Tales Thus it is not the word ‘poetess’ which is feminine, but the person indicated who is female. English Past and Present Sappho, Greek poetess of the sixth century B.C., called “The Tenth Muse.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The initiated will understand that the ‘insinuations’ of which the poetess complained, were simply the names of the different compositors, indicating the lines at which they severally began to place her effusions in type! The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 It contains the correspondence of the poetess and a larger number of her poems than we find in some of the other editions of her works. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 She was also a poetess of some renown, and her collection of verse won a prize from the French Academy. Woman's Work in Music You will be a poetess, perhaps, you exaggerate everything so terribly. The Argonauts I have no doubt you will be a great poetess one of these days. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author She was a pretty girl of "a perfect figure," highly educated, a mathematician, and, by courtesy, a poetess. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The fervid eloquence of the poetess sublimated his passion; and without disturbing the tone of his excited mind, relieved in some degree its tension, by busying his imagination with other, though similar emotions. Henrietta Temple A Love Story There are no great poetesses on the Roman roll of honour, while there are many on that of Greece. Woman's Work in Music She portrayed these lines with a poet's art—never did Tennyson write his first efforts with more beautiful description than this young poetess has written in these beautiful lines which I cannot read without emotion. Sixty Years of California Song It is very unfortunate when a child, in consequence of a facility of making rhyme, is led to believe herself a poetess,—or, in other words, a prodigy. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author And I had the poetess's sibylline profile in full view. The Way of Ambition A fair poetess, a good musician, and a fluent speaker, with good enunciation, and graceful in her movements. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan The young poetess aimed at reconciling the stage with virtue and at vindicating the right of woman to assume "the tragic laurel." Some Diversions of a Man of Letters I don't know about that.—A poet doesn't want to marry a poetess, nor a philosopher a philosopheress. Phineas Redux Born to a condition of favourable circumstances, and associating with parents themselves educated and intellectual, the young poetess enjoyed advantages of development rarely owned by the sons and daughters of genius. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century She had, somehow, persuaded Burling, the Oxford historian, Mrs. Hartford, the dear poetess who never smiles, and her husband, and Cummerbridge, the statistician, to be of the party. The Way of Ambition I had some time ago an epistle, part poetic, and part prosaic, from your poetess, Mrs. J. Little, a very ingenious, but modest composition. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham I except the poetess, for hers are the effusions of the heart and the imagination, prompted by nature and uttered because they are irrepressible. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' They became silent, gradually moving toward the house of their newspaper's sole poetess. Gentle Julia But, as we have already stated, she is a poetess, and her verses are often marked by great depth of feeling. Roumania Past and Present The Lais of the French poetess Marie de France, based on Breton and Celtic motifs, are permeated by a sweet sentimentality, very nearly related to the sentiment of our popular ballads. The Evolution of Love Poet, author, editor, and some other words, have of late been applied to females, instead of poetess, authoress, editress. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. Among those who made pilgrimages thither were many of the "starry sisterhood of poetesses"—chief of whom was the fair Frances Osgood. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe This was nothing less than a half-crazy poetess, who prided herself on speaking in rhyme—and such rhyme, amusing from its very badness. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852 The poetesses of the Arabs are numerous, and some of them hold a high rank. The Women of the Arabs The generous poetess felt nothing but the true originality of the poet. The Raven By a different termination of the same word; as instructor, instructress; lion, lioness; poet, poetess. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. "I meet Mr. Poe very often at the receptions," gossiped one of the fair poetesses in a letter to a friend in the country. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe As the name indicates, this poetess was an Italian by origin, but appears to have lived most of her life in France. Joan of Arc The following are among the famous lines of El Khunsa, which gave her the title of princess of Arab poetesses. The Women of the Arabs She overhears a reference to the "Candlestick," a little eating place chiefly remarkable for its vegetables and poetesses. Greenwich Village After performing prodigies of valour in a fire at Ancona, he reaches Rome just when a beautiful and mysterious poetess, the delight of Roman society, is being crowned on the Capitol. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy The "starry sisterhood of poetesses" and authoresses, therefore, escaped his criticisms. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe "You are a poetess, for sure me," Ben said. My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People The specimens of poetry from ancient Arabic poetesses, have been gathered from printed and manuscript volumes, and from the lips of the people. The Women of the Arabs Yet I was a poetess only last year, And good at my art, for a woman, men said. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation NOTES.—Sappho was a Greek poetess living on the island of Lesbos, about 600 B. C. Delos is one of the Grecian Archipelago, and is of volcanic origin. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader But, on the receipt of the above letter, I discovered that his correspondent was Madame Sophie Gay, mother of the celebrated poetess and beauty, Mademoiselle Delphine Gay. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals A poetess herself, and the patron of poets, she remained the best counsellor her son ever had. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition The queen of Arabic poetesses is El Khunsa, who flourished in the days of Mohammed. The Women of the Arabs As few ladies ever lived more happy in her friends than our poetess, so those friends have done justice to her memory, and celebrated her, when dead, for those virtues they admired, when living. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II In this sonnet the poetess has touched the power of Wordsworth or Keats and placed herself among the immortals. Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library In the Yorkshire Tragedy the submissive devotion of its miserable heroine to her maddened husband is merely doglike,—though not even, in the exquisitely true and tender phrase of our sovereign poetess, “most passionately patient.” A Study of Shakespeare But they have songs; and one day I was told that in my neighbourhood there lived a young Gipsy woman who was a poetess and made Rommany ballads. The English Gipsies and Their Language She is said to have been a poetess, but not a single verse substantiates her claim to the laurel. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 In the eighth stanza he does honour to another female character, whom he joins with this sweet poetess. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II "The God of Music," by Edith M. Thomas, an Ohio poetess now living. Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library Murphy has such a way with him that the editor and the poetess each took a dozen tickets. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 You remember the young married English lady who is a great poetess?—well, she is rescued from drowning in the Bay of Syracuse by a young Greek sailor, and you are the Greek sailor. Prince Fortunatus Mrs. Hannah More is another celebrated modern poetess, and I believe still living. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution Holding them up to Mr. Kenyon they looked dirty enough to befit a poetess—as black 'as bard beseemed'—and he took the review away with him to read and save it from more harm. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 With greater range and fervour, she had not the artistic poise of the Pre-Raphaelite poetess, Christina Rossetti. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century This gives the world an "inside" view of the brave old general's opinion of the poem and poetess, but the "outside" view, as expressed to Phil's, is worthy of reproduction at this point. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens "What did you say was the name of that mysterious stranger?" asked Mrs. Ross—"that poetess from unknown lands?" Macleod of Dare She is a very pretty poetess; and, to my fancy, strews the flowers of poetry most agreeably round the borders of religious controversy. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution Talking of poetry, I had a newspaper 'in help of social and political progress' sent to me yesterday from America—addressed to—just my name ... poetess, London! The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Nevertheless, to a young poetess, a bad poem is still a poem, and means a reader. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary It was dedicated to the Countess of Huntingdon, with a picture of the poetess, and a letter of recommendation signed by the governor and lieutenant-governor, with many other "respectable citizens of Boston." History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens This is Fionaghal—this is the Fair Stranger from the islands—this is the poetess whose melodies the mermaids have picked up. Macleod of Dare It has a nurse of its own, but is chiefly waited on and attended to by an antique poetess, who dwells in another cottage, a stone's-cast off, on the same green knoll. Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata His daughter, Adelaide Anne Proctor, is a gifted poetess, and has written, among other poems, Legends and Lyrics, and A Chaplet of Verses. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction She was a poetess, too, and the compiler of a Biographical Dictionary of Celebrated Women. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary Her fame as a poetess was at once established upon the publication of her "Poems" in 1863; since which time several other volumes have appeared. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader A well-known poetess has just left it to be married. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl The memory o' my own young days when I boarded and captured the poetess is strong upon me yet. Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata "I can't read him any of my poems to-day, Charles, so pray don't ask me to do so," the poetess groaned. The Altar Steps In 1810 he was still in the Lakes, in the summer of which year his wife gives news of him to the poetess. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary A poetess reading from her own works, a guest and not invited in after dinner on a business footing, appealed to Selma as more American, and less expensive. Unleavened Bread When Win was shown the third-floor back hall bedroom she saw that even a poetess of passion might have snapped at her first proposal. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl He had found her a very dignified lady, and this unexpected turn reminded him that she was a poetess as well as a duchess. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 He was still unsophisticated enough to be impressed at hearing a woman called a poetess. The Altar Steps He went to Paris to claim his honours, and introduce himself as the admired poetess to La Roque and Voltaire. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) His daughter, the empress Elizabeth, was a successful poetess herself; and her ditties had a perfectly popular character. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations There were bank clerks and schoolteachers and translators though no more poetesses; and everybody was kind to the new boarder, the Englishwoman, especially in telling her all about New York. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl Unfortunately for him the dairymaid was a poetess, and she gave vent to her sorrow in verse, in which it may be assumed the tutor came in for much abuse. From John O'Groats to Land's End The poetess sighed, took a large mouthful of food, and sighed again. The Altar Steps We need not name the poetess whom Mr. Browning quotes at the close of this poem. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) The gradations of the poetess in her description of the widow's mourning are very characteristic, and give no high idea of conjugal attachments in Servia. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations Mrs. Hemans, the universally admired poetess, lived and died in poverty. Letters on International Copyright; Second Edition Miss Constance Naden deserves a high place among our living poetesses, and this, as Mrs. Sharp has shown lately in her volume, entitled Women’s Voices, is no mean distinction. Reviews For Mrs. Browning was a great poet, and not, as is idly and vulgarly supposed, only a great poetess. Varied Types She is a poetess, a mathematician, a metaphysician; yet, withal, very kind, generous, and gentle, with very little pretension. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time Elizabeth Druzbacka, a poetess of high rank, but without a literary education or a knowledge of foreign languages, though not without natural gifts. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations Here the two pictures in the inner and outer life are equally vivid to the poetess; it is the real 'pleasure of sorrow,' and she lingers over them with delight. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Written by Frances Browne, a blind Irish poetess. A Study of Fairy Tales The word poetess is bad English, and it conveys a particularly bad compliment. Varied Types And the lady-poets—the poetesses, what shall we say of them? International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 6, August 5, 1850 And Mr. Kenyon told Mr. Browning that Miss Elizabeth Barrett, the poetess, was a cousin of his—he was a bit boastful of the fact. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Elephantis, the poetess, is supposed to have enumerated nine different postures. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society It was Mr. Lesperon's, the abode of a once noted poetess, whose husband had enjoyed Dobronowska's hospitality in Finland and who had tried to repay the obligation. The Son of Clemenceau Even under her rouge it could be seen that the poetess turned a grey white. A Great Success —American poetess, was early m. to a merchant, who lost his money, and left her a young widow, after which she wrote highly romantic and impassioned poetry. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature "Here goes," said I; "faint heart never won fair lady," for rite at the foot was that bootiful poetess to whom allusion has been made, lookin' straight at me with all her eyes. Strange Visitors "Thou shalt be well beloved," said the poetess; there are very few sovereigns of whom it could be so truly said that they have been well beloved, for not many have so well deserved it. Great Britain and Her Queen Madame Lesperon, as became a poetess, saw the loveliness of Clemenceau's idea of separation in marrying his cousin and expressed a wish to compliment him face-to-face. The Son of Clemenceau You may well believe that I wish to become acquainted with the poet or poetess; pray receive also yourself my thanks for the kindly feeling you show towards your sincere friend, L. V. BEETHOVEN. Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 She is generally considered the greatest of English poetesses. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature She shook her head so that the ringlets fell downall over her neck like the ashes from a tobaccy pipe, and in a mighty reprovin' manner said: "Artemus Ward, I am a poetess!" Strange Visitors England only could have produced this poetess, and peculiar circumstances were necessary to the developement of her genius. The Idler in France I cannot write to you of your Anglo-American poetess. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) As she spoke, the lines of a poetess flashed across me, indistinctly remembered—"beauty that women seek after … that they may give to the world again." Five Nights She had in her youth shown considerable promise as a poetess, and in her misfortunes she was able to maintain herself and her family by her pen. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature "Good-night, my little poetess," whispered the judge as he lifted Lucy from the waggon. Thankful Rest She is a charming poetess, full of imagination and fancy, dazzling one moment by the brilliancy of her flights, and the next touching the heart by some stroke of pathos. The Idler in France The next manuscript sent to me was "The Dead Pan," and the poetess at once started on her bright and noble career.' The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) The mother-in-law is a thing of beauty and a joy forever, compared to the mannish woman; the female book-agent takes on new lustre and even the poetess is a desirable companion beside her. Said the Observer I soon found out that she was a poetess, and had written a couple of novels, besides two or three tragedies. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 485, April 16, 1831 "I am a poetess, sir, and I also write stories." Risen from the Ranks Harry Walton's Success Well may England be proud of such poetesses as she can now boast! The Idler in France By the last American packet I had two letters, one from a poet of Massachusetts, and another from a poetess: the he, Mr. Lowell, and the she, Mrs. Sigourney. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) You will easily guess that Lady Temple was the poetess, and that we were delighted with the genteelness of the thought and execution. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) Nor was my wife thinking of such when she used to speak of the poetess as she had known her at that time. What I Remember, Volume 2 His wife, Gaudairenca, was a poetess, and Paul Heyse has made her the central figure of one of his charming Troubadour Novellen. The Troubadours Why is it," asked the persistent poetess, "that you always insist that we write on one side of the paper only? Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Did I tell you of her before, and how she is the niece of Lord Cork, and poetess by grace of certain Irish Muses? The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) Erinna, a Greek poetess, the friend of Sappho, died at 19; wrote epic poetry, all but a few lines of which has perished; born about 612 B.C. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge And many a talk in long subsequent years left with me the impression of the high estimation which the gifted poetess had formed of the value of her highly, but not so exceptionally, gifted admirer. What I Remember, Volume 2 But he seems to have aroused a passion in the heart of a poetess, who expressed her feelings in words which contrast strongly with Raimbaut's vapid sentimentalities. The Troubadours Oliver Herford sat next to a soulful poetess at dinner one night, and that dreamy one turned her sad eyes upon him. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations I hold that the writer of the ballad of 'Robin Gray' was our first poetess rightly so called, before Joanna Baillie. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) Corin`na, a poetess of ancient Greece, born in Boeotia; friend and rival of Pindar; only a few fragments of her poetry remain. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge In justice to my brother's memory I must say that this was not written to me with any such presumptuous idea as that of offering his criticism to the poetess. What I Remember, Volume 2 The names, at least, of seventeen poetesses are known to us and of these the Countess of Die is the most famous. The Troubadours There were ban-file, or women-poets, who, like the file, were at the same time soothsayers and poetesses, and there are other evidences of the high esteem in which women were held. The Glories of Ireland This unfortunate poetess, the circumstances of whose life, written by herself, have lately entertained the public, was born in the year 1712. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. You will eagerly guess that Lady Temple was the poetess, and that we were delighted with the gentleness of the thought and execution. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I A poetess of our own time has given us an interpretation worthy of the most beautiful of these representations, in the address of the Virgin Mary to the Child Jesus,—"Sleep, sleep, mine Holy One!" Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts The Bungtown Gazetteer announced that "a well-known Boston poetess had purchased the Britton Farm, and was fitting up the old homestead for city boarders!" Adopting an Abandoned Farm When Hortense ceased to be a queen by the grace of Napoleon, she none the less continued to be a poetess "by the grace of God." Queen Hortense A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era Our poetess, says she, had not been long married, e'er Mr. Pilkington became jealous, not of her person, but her understanding. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. Every woman when she loves is an inspired poetess; the divine frenzy has seized her, and poetic utterances of ecstasy issue from her trembling lips. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel She was fond of new faces, and immediately contracted the greatest intimacy with our poetess, and gave her a general invitation to her table. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV Having failed to find any traces of romantic love, and only one of conjugal affection, in the greatest poet of the Greeks, let us now subject their greatest poetess to a critical examination. Primitive Love and Love-Stories Hortense, ever full of pity for misfortune, felt the warmest sympathy and admiration for the genius of the great poetess, and interceded for Madame de Staël with great courage and eloquence. Queen Hortense A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era There is another beautiful ode by the same Grecian poetess, rendered into English by Mr. Philips with inexpressible delicacy, quoted in the Spectator, vol. iii,. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. The second work of our poetess consists of a collection of fables, generally called Aesopian, which she translated into French verse. The Lay of Marie This procured our poetess an inveterate enemy; and the greatest blow that was ever struck at her reputation, was by that woman, who had been before her friend. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV But Madame Deshoulieres was too much of a poetess to hear or see what was going on. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 To her he dedicated the first poems that he published; and she, too, was a poetess, excellent in her simple way. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 Could she, the brilliant poetess, be expected to possess the English domestic virtues which his father valued above all things in a wife? The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction He replied, "She is a genius, a poetess, a Christian, and a true wife and mother." The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss He even published Mrs. Manley's dishonour, and from that time our sprightly poetess was considered, by the sober part of the sex, quite abandoned to all shame. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV "My poor child," said the poetess, "how thoughtful you seem on Lignon's flowery side—forgetful of your sheep—" 'That o'er the meadows negligently stray!' Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 A Jewess, a Greek poetess, and a dancer from Stockholm made up his amorous medley at that time. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 He inquired the cause and learned that the most celebrated woman in Italy would that morning be crowned at the capital--Corinne, the poetess and improvisatrice, one of the loveliest women of Rome. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction It is altogether a rich and glorious composition, at this moment too, glowing with more than pictorial interest; and the carmen triumphale of the poetess is a worthy accompaniment. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 288, Supplementary Number This did not deter our poetess from voluntarily preferring herself before the Court of King's Bench, as the author of the Atalantis. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV Like many grand ladies of the highest rank, even though they are poetesses, Vittoria Colonna did not always write grammatically or coherently. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti If you cannot be a poet, be a poetaster; and if you cannot be that, be a poetess, or "she-poet," as Johnson, in his big dictionary, defines the word. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Glancing at her works, the modern critic would readily say that she was not a poetess, just as the student of political economy would dub Adam Smith a failure as an economist. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War HEMANS, Mrs., poetess who gave to the world that rich, soulful, and exquisite poesy, "The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck." Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be Our amiable poetess, in a letter to Dr. Talbot, Bishop of Durham, has given some farther particulars of her life. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV In a few minutes the poetess looked up, flushed and triumphant. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm The girl who was to become the poetess became the goddess at the general delivery window and superintendent of the stamp-licking department of the home postoffice. The University of Hard Knocks Mrs. A. S. McMillan, Lyons, a poetess, song writer and licensed preacher, writes clever verse, much of which has been set to music. Kansas Women in Literature I made a great effort, once more dismissed the recollections of the night, and fell once more to brooding on my saintly poetess. Merry Men The woman who most attracts our attention in the Book of judges is Deborah, priestess, prophetess, poetess and judge. The Woman's Bible Flora was her class poetess and I don't believe she has a literary thought or a book in her head now except her account book. Star-Dust Gulnare was represented by a girl with the body of a Peri and the soul of a poetess. Vivian Grey She was a blue-stocking, and it was about her that Lebrun wrote the malicious epigram:— "Eglé, fair and a poetess, has then two slight faults: She makes her face and does not make her verses." The Court of the Empress Josephine The poetess, recalling the trip afterwards, wrote that she liked the prophet more than she expected, finding his "bitterness only melancholy, and his scorn sensibility." Thomas Carlyle Deborah was a poetess as well as a prophetess, a judge as well as a general. The Woman's Bible It may be," added the poetess, "that they have already met, on his travels before he settled here. The Gentleman from Indiana Upon the same principles which decided Mad. de Fleury against encouraging Victoire to be a poetess, she refrained from giving any of her little pupils accomplishments unsuited to their situation. Tales and Novels — Volume 06 Miss Muloch is not able to take any high rank as a poetess, and very sensibly does not try. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 We read the lines with all the attention usually paid to a lady's poetry in the presence of the poetess. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Actress!—Hush!—Bless you! no—but the famous poetess. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 Is there a parson, much bemused in beer, A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, A clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza, when he should engross? The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 On the aforementioned visit to Frankfurt he met Sophie Albrecht, a melancholy poetess who had sought relief from the tameness of her married life by going upon the stage. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller What do poets know about dress, even when they are poetesses? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 These debts have led to little accidents unbecoming a woman and a poetess to suffer. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 Frank and outspoken as was the earlier poetess, in this respect at least her namesake far surpassed her. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal She was a very ingenious poetess, and published a volume of poems; and, on the whole, was a most sensible, agreeable, and amiable woman. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 They needed no excuses to return; some were philosophers in their way, philosophers and poetesses; some had left their lovers in the ring round Lorenzo. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett True to the urge of the feminine spirit, she, like Sappho, the poetess of Lesbia, sought to arouse the Greek wives to the expression of their individual selves. Woman and the New Race Hannah More discovered that the woman who supplied her family daily with milk, was a really respectable poetess. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey By a curious coincidence, the only poetesses of whose work we have any record are both named Sulpicia. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Of the poetess Sappho we have too little to enable us to judge her very exactly; but throughout antiquity she enjoyed a glory equal to that of the greatest. Initiation into Literature There was a certain young poetess whom he had encouraged; she happened to be sister to Mr. Mapletofft, Lord Davenant's secretary, and she had spoken with enthusiastic gratitude of Mr. Churchill's kindness. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 Mrs. Quantock was an authoress by profession, a poetess by temperament. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Some of the rhetoric of his poem Coleridge got from the German poetess; the imagination is all his own. Poems of Coleridge I declare, misery makes a poetess of you! Mary Marston Why? must the simple village maiden be a poetess because she is the mother of our Lord? Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Ever since the affair of the poetess, she had been convinced that she could never make the happiness or redeem the character of one so mean. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 She's a poetess," he went on, "and her work has appeared in lots of good magazines. Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories Philosophy despised; genius, imagination, feeling, names—I do not say things, but even names—unknown and alien to these professional poets and poetesses! Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions Her poetry is all love and sorrow, as her life was; in a better age she would have been a better poetess, for she possessed great feeling, passion, and imagination. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The first is old, and is attributed to the famous poetess Chiyo. In Ghostly Japan As one of their poetesses has said in a beautiful song, the services of women to Ireland in the past have been the services of mourners to the stricken. Imaginations and Reveries If Cope really intended to go to that studio, it was just as well that there should be an impassioned poetess in the background. Bertram Cope's Year One day, near the close of the seventeenth century, a number of ladies and gentlemen—mostly poets and poetesses according to their thinking were assembled on a pleasant hill in the neighborhood of Rome. Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions A poetess known as Marie of France made copious use of British materials, and addressed herself to a king, supposed to have been Henry VI. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities We forgive the ignorance of the gentle poetess with regard to the Mass, for the beauty and solemnity of the verse, which is quite in keeping with the nature of the subject. Purgatory A great light dawned on her: she was a poetess. Married Yet the poetess has two of the strongest poets of the romantic period on her side. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years The language of the poetess is essentially Biblical, her style sprightly and original, and her thought is dominated by a fine serenity of soul and unwavering faith in the Messianic future of Israel. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) It is probable that he was an actor, and it is certain that he educated for the stage his daughter, Paula, who was equally celebrated as an actress, a poetess, and a musician. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities It is a dialogue between the poetess and her muse: she excuses herself for essaying so slight a subject in epic metre, and implies that she is more at home in lighter rhythms. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Miss White was herself a poetess, and full of poetical impulse to the brim. Cambridge Sketches Mrs. Browning probably has her own success in mind when she makes the young poetess, Aurora Leigh, recoil from the fulsome praise of her readers. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Already I was beginning to oust from their positions on that excellent journal the old crusted poetesses who had supplied it from its foundation with verse. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel Among them, we must distinguish the Epithalamia or hymeneals, which were peculiarly adapted to the genius of the poetess from the exquisite perception she seems to have had of whatever was attractive in either sex. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities And there was a poetess who also annoyed him. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 It was fitting that such a man should marry a poetess; and he found her, not in her rose-garden or some romantic sylvan retreat, but in the city of New York. Cambridge Sketches We will make a famous Greek scholar of you yet," said Harry, "who knows, darling Em, but you may be a great poetess before you die? Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog In the South Cañon are the celebrated Seven Falls, which were immortalized by Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson, the well-known poetess, whose remains were interred on Cheyenne Mountain by her own request. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young The account of her leap from the Leucadian rock is rather a poetical image, than a real event in the life of the poetess. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Gould, Hannah F., an American poetess, has written many pleasant poems for children. De La Salle Fifth Reader She appeared to be not only a singer but a poetess, possessed of rare talent. A Desperate Chance The Wizard Tramp's Revelation, a Thrilling Narrative Our poetess took the opportunity of her acquaintance with this lady to put an honest trick upon her lover, and at the same time do justice to an injured woman. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III A poetess, who writes for the papers under the name of Melissa Mayflower, had fastened herself upon our party in some way; and I suppose she felt bound to sustain the reputation of the quill. A Romance of the Republic A solicitor who had his offices on the ground-floor probably paid the rent of the whole house; but the profits of verse-making are small, and a poetess, like meaner women, requires food, clothes, and fire. Hyacinth She said there were a lot more things she could say, but even her desire to be a poetess wouldn't let her forget that she was a lady. The Sorrows of a Show Girl A quaint poetess of our day has moralised upon this subject in two very touching but homely stanzas. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia But of all her admirers, Mr. Charles Gildon, who was intimately acquainted with our poetess, speaks of her with the highest encomiums. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III A great poetess describes her heroine singing: 'Oh! to see or hear her singing! Dracula's Guest He found the poetess laid on a sofa and clad in a blue dressing-gown. Hyacinth Quoted by Lamb, as by "a quaint poetess," in his Elia essay "Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading." The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children Though many of the productions of the gifted poetess will soon be forgotten, there is no doubt that some will live. Excellent Women Our ingenious poetess sent him a suitable answer to this truly ridiculous and Dutchman like epistle. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III One-half of the number were women,—many of them young, beautiful, accomplished,— heiresses, "charming widows," poetesses of real celebrity, and, rarer still, of good repute,—wives of millionnaires, flashing in satin and diamonds. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 The figure is that of a young Jewess, between girl and womanhood, in whose air and eye are expressed at once the princess of the house of David, the poetess, and the thoughtful sequestered maiden. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 After she had gone Mr. Childs told me she was a poetess and a millionaire, and was supposed to be engaged to Browning the poet. The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters Afterwards he was asked whether he had chanced to see the most distinguished English poetess of the day. Excellent Women Contemporary with Alcæus was the poetess Sappho, the only female of Greece who ever ranked with the illustrious poets of the other sex, and whom Alcæus called "the dark-haired, spotless, sweetly smiling Sappho." Mosaics of Grecian History A second and a third model may be found in Theano, and in the poetess of Lesbos; nay, we may add Diotima too. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 There are handsome poetesses—a few—and this was one of them. King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays And the nobler ones, like the tragic figure of that poetess who died recently, Pauline Johnson, seem fated to be at odds with the world. Letters from America Many a straggler in life's perplexities found sympathy and help in the sweet verses of this poetess. Excellent Women It was an American poetess—Mrs. Piatt—who informed the skylark: The song thou sang'st to Shelley was not half So sweet as that which Shelley sang to thee! Without Prejudice "Well, this is the greatest piece of news we've had in ages," said the poetess. Quill's Window They were perfectly innocent letters, such as any gentleman poet might write to any lady poetess. King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays But when they were introduced, he scarcely looked at her; he went on talking to an East Side poetess whose opinions were fluent and ready. Love's Pilgrimage How well the poetess indicated the, motive which led them from their native country to the unknown land!— Excellent Women "And that you call honest!" cried the poetess, hitting the praetor a blow with the stick of the ostrich-feather fan she held in her hand. The Emperor — Complete |
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