F. Rolleston, Poet
The Pilgrimage of Harmonia: a Legend of Youth, a book-length poem in the Spenserian stanza, which FR began writing in 1814 at the age of 33, was published posthumously. See 1874 review.
Ballads. FR wrote a number of ballads reflecting her interest in the history and traditions of the British Isles. Six of them—"S. Patrick's Staff, An Irish Legend;" "Braithwell Cross;" "The Three Ravens;" "Bessie Bell and Mary Gray;" "The Flower of the Prairie;" and "The Ferry"— may be read online in Original Ballads by Living Authors edited by the Rev. Henry Thompson.
Sonnets. FR's sonnets often grew out of the scenery she so enjoyed. "Yesterday I brought in two purple crocuses from Walla Wood, and two sonnets. . . ." Sometimes a sonnet arose from a philosophy she was pondering, for example "Attar" on Platonism, and another on Berkeleyianism.
Handbook of Verse for the English Lakes and Light and Shadows on the Sunny Side of Skiddaw, the second edition, published in 1859, had good sales in the Lake District and some in America.
The poems included in Mazzaroth have titles beginning with "Memorial Lines," and are apparently intended to review and perhaps help a reader memorize the information contained in the book.
Ballads. FR wrote a number of ballads reflecting her interest in the history and traditions of the British Isles. Six of them—"S. Patrick's Staff, An Irish Legend;" "Braithwell Cross;" "The Three Ravens;" "Bessie Bell and Mary Gray;" "The Flower of the Prairie;" and "The Ferry"— may be read online in Original Ballads by Living Authors edited by the Rev. Henry Thompson.
Sonnets. FR's sonnets often grew out of the scenery she so enjoyed. "Yesterday I brought in two purple crocuses from Walla Wood, and two sonnets. . . ." Sometimes a sonnet arose from a philosophy she was pondering, for example "Attar" on Platonism, and another on Berkeleyianism.
Handbook of Verse for the English Lakes and Light and Shadows on the Sunny Side of Skiddaw, the second edition, published in 1859, had good sales in the Lake District and some in America.
The poems included in Mazzaroth have titles beginning with "Memorial Lines," and are apparently intended to review and perhaps help a reader memorize the information contained in the book.
