Joanna Baillie Quotes


A good man's prayers will from the deepest dungeon climb heaven's height, and bring a blessing down.


Citations

Baillie, Joanna. The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851.

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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.