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Pensive poems and startling stories

1876 · 142 pages

Pensive Poems and Startling Stories by John Hartley (1876) This volume collects poetry and prose by Yorkshire dialect writer John Hartley, published in standard English rather than his characteristic dialect work. The poems include "A Voice from the Wood," a meditation on mortality prompted by encountering a marked oak tree; "Fancy's Bride," a lengthy romantic lament about a lost love represented by a golden tress of hair; "Poor Isabel," recounting a young woman's downfall and death beneath the moonlight; and "Starlight," an astronomical meditation on stars' eternal constancy. The collection demonstrates Hartley's sentimental Victorian sensibility, emphasizing themes of loss, melancholy reflection, natural imagery, and emotional introspection. The OCR degrades significantly toward the volume's end, obscuring later content. Prefatory materials indicate the work was published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co. in London and Thomas Brear in Bradford, with dedication to T. F. Hartley.

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