Joanna Baillie Quotes


Sweet sleep be with us, one and all!
And if upon its stillness fall
The visions of a busy brain,
We'll have our pleasure o'er again,
To warm the heart, to charm the sight,
Gay dreams to all! good night, good night.


Citations

Baillie, Joanna. Fugitive Verses. Edward Moxon, 1840, p. 270.

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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.