# The belle of a season

Author: Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849; Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780-1860 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75596

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+belle+of+a+season+Blessington&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Expect not, gentle readers, here to find Some wild romance,—effusion of a mind Imbued with pictures, which dark fancies give;— My Heroine, like yourselves doth act and live. No scenes of terror here you’ll see portrayed, To shock the feelings of a timid maid. No scowling wretches here with purpose dire, With dark-laid plots and fiendlike men conspire. No women, who, forgetful of their sex, Yielding to passion’s sway, their hearts perplex. No tyrant father, and no mother cross; No gamester desperate with heavy loss. No rivals using every wicked art, To rob a damsel of her lover’s heart. No murderous dagger, and no poisoned cup, To make pale readers full on horrors sup. No sinful love here...

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-belle-of-a-season-75596/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-belle-of-a-season-75596/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-belle-of-a-season-75596/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-belle-of-a-season-75596/chapters/4/index.md)