Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption.
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Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished.
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Birth: | 12th December, 1747 |
Death: | 25th March, 1809 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Poet |
Anna Seward was an English Romantic poet, often called the Swan of Lichfield. Her verses include elegies and sonnets, and she also wrote a poetical novel, Louisa, of which five editions were published. Seward's writings, which include a large number of letters, have been called "commonplace". However, it was here that Seward's talent was recognised and her work published in the annual volume of poems from the gatherings, a debt that Seward acknowledged in her Poem to the Memory of Lady Miller.
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