Anne Askewe.
c. 1520–1546. | The Balade whych Anne Askewe made and sange when she was in Newgate |
Queen Elizabeth.
1533–1603. | On Her Enemies |
| Answer to a Popish Priest, Giving Her Opinion on the Corporeal Presence |
Lady Elizabeth Carew.
fl. 1613. | Chorus from ‘Mariam’ |
Mary Oxlie of Morpet.
Early 17th cent. | To William Drummond of Hawthornden |
Lady Mary Wroth.
c. 1620. | Song: “Love, a child, is ever crying” |
Anne Bradstreet.
1612–1672. | Dedication: ‘To My Dear Children’ |
| Epitaph for Queen Elizabeth |
Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle.
1624–1674. | Love and Poetry |
Anonymous.
1652. | To My Husband |
Ann Collins.
c. 1650. | Song: “The Winter being over” |
| The Soul’s Home |
Katherine Philips (‘Orinda’).
c. 1650. | To my Excellent Lucasia, on our Friendship |
| A Revery |
| Orinda to Lucasia |
| An Answer to another persuading a Lady to Marriage |
| Orinda upon Little Hector Philips |
Anne, Marchioness of Wharton.
1632–1685. | On the Storm between Gravesend and Dieppe |
| A Song: “How hardly I conceal’d my tears” |
Aphra Behn.
1640–1689. | Song: “Love in fantastic triumph sat” |
| Song from ‘Lycidus’ |
| Song: “Cease, cease, Aminta, to complain” |
| Song: “How strongly does my passion flow” |
| Song: “A thousand martyrs I have made” |
‘Ephelia’.
17th Cent.? | Love’s First Approach |
| Song: “You wrong me, Strephon, when you say” |
| To one that asked me why I loved J. G. |
| Mocked in Anger |
| Fortune Mistaken |
| To Phylocles, inviting him to Friendship |
| My Fate |
Mary Mollineux.
c. 1648–1695. | On the Sight of a Skull |
| To Her Lord |
Anne Killigrew.
1661?–1685. | On a Picture painted by Herself, representing Two Nymphs of Diana |
| Upon the Saying that My Verses were made by Another |
| Epitaph on Herself |
Mrs. Taylor.
c. 1685. | Song: “Strephon hath fashion, wit, and youth” |
Mary, Lady Chudleigh.
1656–1710. | Solitude |
| Song: “Why, Damon, why, why, why so pressing?” |
Anne, Countess of Winchilsea.
1660–1720. | The Soldier’s Death |
| The Sensual Man |
| A Nocturnal Reverie |
| A Wish for Her Retreat |
| Adam Pos’d |
| The Wit and the Beau |
| The Critick and the Writer of Fables |
| To Death |
Lady Grisel Baillie.
1665–1746. | Werena my Heart’s licht |
| The Ewe-Buchtin’s Bonnie |
Hon. Mary Monk.
?–1715. | On a Favourite Dog |
| Epitaph on a Gallant Lady |
| Verses, written on her Death-bed at Bath to her Husband in London |
Elizabeth (Singer) Rowe.
1674–1737. | From Her Elegy on Her Husband, who died Young |
| To a Friend who Persuades me to Leave the Muse |
Catharine Cockburn.
1679–1749. | Song—The Vain Advice |
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
1689–1762. | Verses addressed to the Imitator of the First Satire of the Second Book of Horace |
| An Answer to a Love-Letter |
| In Answer to a Lady Who Advised Retirement |
Fanny Greville.
18th cent. | Prayer for Indifference |
Laetitia Pilkington.
1712–1750. | Written on her Death-Bed |
Alison Cockburn.
1712–1794. | The Flowers of the Forest |
Mary Masters.
c. 1733. | To One who Questioned her being the Author of some Verses |
| Answer to a Panegyrick by one who supposed her handsome |
Judith Madan.
c. 1750. | Written in her brother’s Coke upon Littleton |
Elizabeth Carter.
1717–1806. | Epitaph on an Infant |
Mary Leapor.
1722–1746. | Upon her Play being returned to Her Stained with Claret |
| Hope |
| Of Friendship |
Mary Jones.
?–1778. | An Epistle to Lady Bowyer |
Jane Elliot.
1727–1805. | A Lament for Flodden |
Jenny Grahame.
18th cent. | Wedlock |
Isobel Pagan.
1741–1821. | Ca’ the Yowes |
Anne Hunter.
1742–1821. | My Mother Bids me Bind my Hair |
Anna Laetitia Barbauld.
1743–1825. | To a Lady with Some Flowers |
| Life |
Frances Brooke.
1724–1789. | Song: “Her mouth, which a smile” |
Susanna Blamire.
1747–1794. | Song: “And ye shall walk in silk attire” |
Charlotte Smith.
1749–1806. | Sonnet Written at the Close of Spring |
Lady Anne (Lindsay) Barnard.
1750–1825. | Auld Robin Gray |
Henrietta, Lady O’Neill.
1758–1793. | On Seeing Her Two Sons at Play |
Joanna Baillie.
1762–1851. | A Mother to Her Waking Infant |
| The Kitten |
| Song: “The gowan glitters on the sward” |
| The Outlaw |
Catherine M. Fanshawe.
1765–1834. | A Riddle on the Letter H |
Mary Lamb.
1764–1847. | A Child |
Caroline, Lady Nairne.
1766–1845. | The Land o’ the Leal |
| The Auld House |
| Caller Herrin’ |
| Heavenward |
Helen Maria Williams.
1762–1827. | Sonnet to Twilight |
| Sonnet to Hope |
Anne M’Vicar Grant of Laggan.
1755–1838. | Postscript |
Amelia Opie.
1769–1853. | A Lament |
Caroline Southey.
1786–1854. | To Death |
Emma (Hart) Willard.
1787–1870. | Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans.
1793–1835. | Night-Blowing Flowers |
| Casabianca |
| A Dirge |
Sara Coleridge.
1802–1852. | O Sleep, my Babe |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
1806–1861. | To George Sand. I. A Desire |
| To George Sand. II. A Recognition |
| Sonnets from the Portuguese. i |
| Sonnets from the Portuguese. iii |
| Sonnets from the Portuguese. vi |
| Sonnets from the Portuguese. xxii |
| Sonnets from the Portuguese. xxviii |
| Sonnets from the Portuguese. xliii |
| A Musical Instrument |
| The Cry of the Children |
| To Flush, My Dog |
| The Deserted Garden |
| Grief |
Helen Selina, Lady Dufferin.
1807–1867. | Lament of the Irish Emigrant |
The Hon. Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton.
1808–1877. | I Do Not Love Thee |
Charlotte Brontë.
1816–1855. | He Saw My Heart’s Woe |
| Evening Solace |
| Speak of the North! |
Emily Brontë.
1818–1848. | Remembrance |
| The Visionary |
| Fall, Leaves, Fall |
| The Prisoner |
| Stanzas to [Branwell Brontë?] |
| Often Rebuked |
| Last Lines |
Julia Ward Howe.
1819–1911. | Battle-Hymn of the Republic |
| Our Orders |
Anne Brontë.
1820–1849. | If This Be All |
| In Memory of a Happy Day in February |
Phoebe Cary.
1824–1871. | One Sweetly Solemn Thought |
Christina Rossetti.
1830–1894. | Song: “When I am dead, my dearest” |
| Sonnet: “The irresponsive silence of the land” |
| Echo |
| A Soul |
| Good Friday |
| Twice |
| Rest |
| Up-hill |
| Remember |
| Bride-Song |
| A Birthday |
| Amor Mundi |
| In Progress |
| What would I give! |
Jean Ingelow.
1820–1897. | The High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire (1571) |
Lady Currie (Violet Fane).
1843–1905. | Forbidden Lave |
The Hon. Emily Lawless.
1845–1913. | Fontenoy (1745) |
Fanny Parnell.
1854–1882. | After Death |
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge.
1861–1907. | A Moment |
| Gone |
| Unwelcome |
Amy Levy.
1861–1889. | A London Plane-Tree |
| In September |
| In the Nower |
| Cambridge in the Long |
| New Love, New Life |
| London Poets |
Dora Sigerson Shorter.
1866–1918. | Sixteen Dead Men |
| Ireland |
Alice Meynell.
1847–1922. | In Manchester Square |
| Christ in the Universe |
| Renouncement |
| A Letter from a Girl to Her own Old Age |
| Chimes |
Margaret L. Woods.
1856–1945. | To the Forgotten Dead |
| Genius Loci |
| A Ballade of the Night |
Rose Terry Cooke.
1827–1892. | Arachne |
Violet Jacob.
1863–1946. | Tam i’ the Kirk |
| Anna Bunston De Bary | The Snowdrop |
Moira O’Neill.
1864–1955. | The Rachray Man |
| The Grand Match |
Frances Cornford.
1886–1960. | Autumn Evening |
| Autumn Morning at Cambridge |
| The Watch |
Eva Gore-Booth.
1870–1926. | The Little Waves of Breffny |
Katharine Tynan Hinkson.
1861–1931. | Sheep and Lambs |
| Rose Macaulay | The Devourers |
Sylvia Lynd.
1888–1952. | Hunting Song |
