Biography by Alix North Anna Seward 1747-1809 Anna Seward was a poet and a prolific correspondent of the late eighteenth century. She was the daughter of Thomas Seward, the canon of Lichfield, and Elizabeth Hunter. Elizabeth died and left Thomas…

Anna Seward (1742-1809) Poet, Biographer, Critic, Letter Writer. Born 1742; died 1809. Active 1776-1806 in England, Britain, Europe Article contributed by Harriet Devine, Edge Hill Celebrated in her lifetime as “the Swan of Lichfield”, Anna Seward was born in Eyam,…

Оригинал материала находится по адресу: www.glbtq.com/literature/seward_a.html by Marian Urquilla and Susan S. Lanser Seward, Anna (1742–1809), by Tilly Kettle, 1762 Dubbed the “Swan of Lichfield,” Anna Seward was eldest daughter of Thomas Seward, canon residentiary of Lichfield Cathedral. Encouraged to…

Оригинал материала находится по адресу: www.oxforddnb.com/public/dnb/25135.html Anna Seward (1742–1809), by Tilly Kettle, 1762 Seward, Anna [called the Swan of Lichfield] (1742–1809), poet and correspondent, was born on 12 December 1742 in Eyam, Derbyshire, the first of two surviving children of…

Llangollen vale, with other poems Seward, Anna Printed for G. Sael, London, 1796 This text was scanned from its original in the Shields Library Kohler Collection, University of California, Davis. Kohler ID no. ISuppl:813. Another copy available on microfilm as…

Elegy Written at the Sea-side, and Addressed to Miss Honora Sneyd I write, Honora, on the sparkling sand!- The envious waves forbid the trace to stay: Honora’s name again adorns the strand! Again the waters bear their prize away! So…