A Thought on Death : manuscript poem : [place not specified], undated.

Record ID: 
130645
Accession number: 
MA 8880
Author: 
Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825.
Description: 
1 item (5 pages) ; 24.4 x 19.9 cm
Notes: 

First line: "When life as opening buds is sweet. . ."
The complete title of the poem is given as "A Thought on Death written by Mrs Barbauld in her 90th year".
There is a second poem, "The Sacrifice", written in the same hand, on pages 2-5 of the document. It begins: "The morning sun rose bright & clear/ On Abram's tent it gaily shone..."