George Williams Fulcher, Fulcher's Poetical Miscellany. 2nd Edition. (London: Suttaby & Co.; Sudbury: G.W. Fulcher, 1841)

Information about the collection: Published under the title "Poems from Fulcher's Ladies' Memorandum Book, and Poetical Miscellany," first edition 1831. There is no preface, and no biographical, critical, or bibliographic information given, though there are engravings interspersed throughout the volume: e.g. Clare Priory; Schombergh House, where Gainsborough died; Ballingdon Grove, near Sudbury, the residence of E. Allen, esq.; Lyston Hall, Essex, seat of Richard Lambert, esq.; View of the Deben; Chilton Dell, near Sudbury. The dimensions of the volume are that of a pocket book and thus quite small. The name of the author is printed after the title and before the poem itself. Again, the ordering appears to be random (i.e. it is not done by chronology or subject) and the collection seems to be a good example of a miscellany.

Advertisement to the Second Edition:

The early numbers of the Sudbury Pocket Book having been frequently enquired for, by many who were desirous of possessing the Book from its commencement in 1825, the Publisher has endeavoured to meet the wish of his friends by forming the present selection from the Original Poetry, which has appeared in it during the seventeen years it has been before the public. With one or two exceptions the Poems were written expressly for the Sudbury Pocket Book, and as several of them have been noticed with approbation in some of the leading Periodicals, it is hoped that it will not be considered as attaching undue importance to the little work in which they first appeared, by presenting them collectively in their present form.
Sudbury, Suffolk, May 6, 1841.

Table of Contents: 

The Village Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.W.F.
On a Drawing of Crabbe's Cottage, Aldborough. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
Solitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.W.F.
The Voice of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mrs. Hemans
The Convict. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
Sonnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barton
The Dying Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
The Snowdrop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Howitt
The Suicide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
And hast thou wept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
To * * * * * * *. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L.B.
The Shipwreck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.W.F.
The Violet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Miss Acton
Cephas' Tears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.W.F.
Stanzas to Helen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Miss Acton
Lazarus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.W.F.
All Seasons welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .William Howitt
Time and Conversation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S.
To Leiston Abbey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barton
Sonnet - to his Children at Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Millhouse
On a Landscape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barton
The Widow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
The Daughter of Herodias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barton
Responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Howitt
The Deluge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
St. Bartholomew's Chapel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barton
Woman's Tears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
The Village Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L.F.
Spring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
Sunset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
Stanzas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Howitt
Passages in the early History of England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Author of Historical Reveries
The Iron Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S.
To * * * * *. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
To a Portrait. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Howitt
Middleton Churchyard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barton
Lines to a bereaved Mother. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L.F.
The Revisiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Author of Historical Reveries
A Legend of Fancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barton
The Death of Eli. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
For a Little Album. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barton
Village Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Howitt
The approach of Winter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
The Villager's hymn to the Scriptures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Author of Historical Reveries
The Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Howitt
Stanzas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Montgomery
The Step-Mother. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
Lines on the death of Mrs. Hemans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonor
The Witness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Author of Historical Reveries
The Valley of Fern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barton
Departed Friends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
The passage of the Red Sea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barton
Stanzas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Howitt
Happiness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
The last Fight of Pelopidas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Howitt
The two Pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Author of Historical Reveries
Song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Acton
The Nun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
The Bride. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne
The Nightingale Flower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barton
Cowslips (addressed to A.H.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Howitt
The Queen's Cross. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Author of Historical Reveries
Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cecelia
Untitled Stanzas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
Mark yonder Bird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clara L.B.
The Jew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Author of Historical Reveries
The Traveller's Dirge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
A Summer Thought. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Bloodworth
Song of the Dying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Miss Acton
Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
Sonnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
A Grecian Funeral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.W.F.
The Flowers of Spring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
A Leaf from Milton's History of England. . . . . . . . Author of Historical Reveries
On the Death of the Countess Howe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rev. John Bickersteth
The Stars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F.S.M.
Wake Child of Heaven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Author of Historical Reveries
The Chrysanthemum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.W.F.
Garden Musings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
To a Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F.S.M.
Sonnet to the Deben. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
The Hebrew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Author of Historical Reveries
A Dirge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
On a Drawing of Crabbe's Birthplace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
Lines addressed to the Rev. J. Bickersteth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.W.F.
On a Painting of Napoleon crossing the Alps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Bloodworth
The Petition of 'the last of that Bright Band'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anne
A Lament. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
To C * * * * * *. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Miss Acton
Lines on the death of Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.W.F.
Antioch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clara L.B.
The Bayeux Tapestry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clara L.B.
A Spring Ditty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
When shall we meet again. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anne
Sonnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
Retrospection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Author of Historical Reveries
The Farewell of the Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F.S.M.
Memnonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
On leaving Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charles Feist
The earthly and heavenly temples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clara L.B.
The Poet's Visitants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Bloodworth
The Tongue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Montgomery
The Shepherd's Vigil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Author of Historical Reveries
The Poet's Grave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Bloodworth
Sounds of the Sabbath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charlotte White
The Skylark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F.S.M.
The Poet's return to Solitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Bloodworth
Death-bed of the Righteous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Z.Z.
Youthful Worship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Bloodworth
Stanzas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clara L.B.
The Two Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Author of Historical Reveries
The Mother's prayer for her Blind Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Bloodworth
'Chronomoros'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anon
The prayer the Mother taught. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Z.Z.
The Missionary's Death-bed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clara L.B.
Stanzas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barton
Sonnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Author of Historical Reveries
The Dove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.W.F.


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