Joanna Baillie Quotes


There is a sight all hearts beguiling--
A youthful mother to her infant smiling,
Who with spread arms and dancing feet,
A cooing voice, returns its answer sweet.


Citations

Baillie, Joanna. Fugitive Verses. Edward Moxon, 1840, p. 223.

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Joanna Baillie
Joanna Baillie
  • Born: September 11, 1762
  • Died: February 23, 1851
  • Nationality: Scottish
  • Profession: Tragedy Writer

Joanna Baillie was a Scottish poet and dramatist, known for such works as Plays on the Passions (three volumes, 1798–1812) and Fugitive Verses (1840). She shows her interest in moral philosophy and the Gothic. She was critically acclaimed in her lifetime, and while living in Hampstead, associated with literary contemporaries such as Anna Barbauld, Lucy Aikin, and Walter Scott. She died at the age of 88.