Poetic gift :
containing Mrs. Barbauld's hymns, in verse /
by Mary Belson .

Description

Main Author

Elliott, Mary, 1794?-1870.

Related Names

Barbauld, (Anna Letitia), Mrs 1743-1825.

Language(s)

English

Published

New Haven : Printed and published by S. Babcock, [ca. 1840]

Subjects

Chapbooks > Chapbooks / Specimens.
Religious poetry, Children's.
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / Connecticut > Chapbooks / Connecticut / New Haven > Chapbooks / Connecticut / New Haven / 19th century

Note

Includes 11 woodcuts.
First sentence: "The Sun's bright beams that cheer the sight, And make all nature look so gay, The Moon, who, in the gloom of night, Kindly emits her silver ray; The Whale, great monster of the sea, And Elephant, so great on land, The Worm, which creeps so sluggishly--All spring from a superior hand."
Publisher's series listed on lower wrapper.
Mrs. Barbauld's prose hymns set into verse by Mary Elliott.

Physical Description

24 p. : ill. ; 15 cm.

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