Jane Austen

Jane Austen Poetry

Jane Austen is best-remembered as a novelist, author of books like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Her writing is often ironic and witty, casting female characters in primary roles and featuring their strengths. She also wrote a few select poems throughout her life.

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When Stretch’d On One’s Bed

‘When Stretch’d On One’s Bed’ urges cherishing health for the joy and engagement it enables, highlighted through illness’s lens.

When stretch'd on one's bed

With a fierce-throbbing head,

Which precludes alike thought or repose,

How little one cares

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