is the only known work by the seventeenth century English autobiographical, political, and religious poet, An Collins. The volume presents twenty-three of her poems plus one preface, “To the Reader”, written in prose. The book itself is an octavo composed of fifty-two leaves that was rebound in the early nineteenth century with English polished calf.
Divine Songs and Meditacions was published in 1653 by Richard Bishop, brother-in-law of Miles Flesher, who acquired William Stansby’s business in 1635 and was a printer in London at St. Peter’s Pauls Wharf from 1636-54. Of the more than one hundred books that Bishop produced during those years, this is the only volume of poetry and the only work written by a woman. The nature of Collins’s affiliation
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Citation: Howard, W. Scott. "Divine Songs and Meditacions". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 August 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=15444, accessed 24 November 2024.]
