Records of Woman, with Other PoemsUniversity Press of Kentucky - Poetry Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), one of the most influential and widely-read poets of the nineteenth century, wrote Records of Woman in 1828 at the height of her long career. In the series, which includes nineteen poems about exemplary lives, Hemans explores what it means to be a woman, challenging traditional beliefs while at the same time reinforcing persistent stereotypes. Her work celebrates the lives, events, and imagined thoughts of unremembered women from different cultures and time periods whose deeds show nobility of spirit and inner strength. In her introduction, Paula Feldman examines h. |
Contents
Arabella Stuart | 7 |
The Bride of the Greek Isle | 17 |
The Switzers Wife | 25 |
Properzia Rossi | 29 |
Gertrude or Fidelity till Death | 33 |
Imelda | 35 |
Edith a Tale of the Woods | 39 |
The Indian City | 47 |
Ulla or the Adjuration | 115 |
To Wordsworth | 117 |
A Monarchs DeathBed | 118 |
To the Memory of Heber | 120 |
The Adopted Child | 121 |
Invocation | 122 |
Körner and his Sister | 124 |
An Hour of Romance | 127 |
The Peasant Girl of the Rhone | 54 |
Indian Womans Death Song | 57 |
Joan of Arc in Rheims | 59 |
Pauline | 63 |
Juana | 67 |
The American Forest Girl | 69 |
Costanza | 72 |
Madeline a Domestic Tale | 75 |
The Queen of Prussias Tomb | 80 |
The Memorial Pillar | 82 |
The Grave of a Poetess | 84 |
Miscellaneous Pieces | 87 |
The Homes of England | 89 |
The Sicilian Captive | 90 |
Ivan the Czar | 94 |
Carolans Prophecy | 97 |
The Lady of the Castle | 100 |
The Mourner for the Barmecides | 103 |
The Spanish Chapel | 106 |
The Captive Knight | 109 |
The Kaisers feast | 110 |
Tasso and his Sister | 112 |
A Voyagers Dream of Land | 128 |
The Effigies | 131 |
The Landing of the Pilgrim father in New England | 133 |
The Spirits Mysteries | 135 |
The Departed | 137 |
The PalmTree | 139 |
The Childs Last Sleep | 141 |
The Sunbeam | 142 |
Breathings of Spring | 143 |
The Illuminated City | 145 |
The Spells of Home | 146 |
Roman Girlss Song | 148 |
The Distant Ship | 149 |
The Birds of Passage | 150 |
The Graves of a Household | 153 |
Mozarts Requiem | 154 |
The Image in Lava | 156 |
The Last Wish | 158 |
Fairy Favours | 160 |
A Parting Song | 162 |
Notes to the Poems | 163 |
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Page 1 - RECORDS OF WOMAN Mightier far Than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway Of magic potent over sun and star, Is love, though oft to agony distrest, And though his favourite seat be feeble woman's breast. Wordsworth Das