On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield, 1770 (Phillis Wheatley Poems)
AN ELEGIAC POEM, On the DEATH of that celebrated Divine, and eminent Servant of JESUS CHRIST, the late Reverend, and ...
AN ELEGIAC POEM, On the DEATH of that celebrated Divine, and eminent Servant of JESUS CHRIST, the late Reverend, and ...
I.TUSCARA! thou art lovely now,Thy woods, that frown'd in sullen strengthLike plumage on a giant's brow,Have bowed their massy pride ...
ITuscara! thou art lovely now,Thy woods, that frown'd in sullen strengthLike plumage on a giant's brow,Have bowed their massy pride ...
NOW silent Evening gently smiles around,And cooling dews refresh the thirsty ground,Departing Sol adorns the west afar,With gentle lustre shines ...
He's not the happy man, to whom is givenA plenteous fortune by indulgent Heaven;Whose gilded roofs on shining columns rise,And ...
Say, my Hortensia, in this silent Hour,When the pale Queen of Night exerts her Pow'r,What Guardian--Angels on thy Slumbers wait,To ...
Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes,The Saviour promised long!Let every heart prepare a throne,And every voice a song.On him ...
He, when young Spring protrudes the bursting gems,Into his freshened soul; her genial hoursHe full enjoys; and not a beauty ...
Far off (no matter whether east or west,A real country, or one made in jest,Nor yet by modern Mandevilles disgraced,Nor ...
I.HERE, where the rain-drops may not fall, the sunshine doth not play, Where the unfelt and distant breeze in whispers ...
Name, my Laura, name the whirl-compelling Bodies to unite in one blest whole—Name, my Laura, name the wondrous magic By ...
Stranger, approach! within this iron doorThrice locked and bolted, this rude arch beneathThat vaults with ponderous stone the cell; confinedBy ...
LORD of the year! whose word commandsThe seasons o'er what favour'd landsTo shed profuse their stores;Or where to turn the ...
A brown sad-coloured hillside, where the soil,Fresh from the frequent harrow, deep and fine,Lies bare; no break in the remote ...
WHEN infant Reason first exerts her sway,And new-form'd thoughts their earlier charms display;Then let the growing race employ your care,Then ...
NEAR Rome, of yore, close to the Florence road, Was seen a humble innkeeper's abode; Small sums were charged; few ...
IF once in love, you'll soon invention find And not to cunning tricks and freaks be blind; The youngest 'prentice, ...
Begin, my muse, the imitative lay, Aonian doxies sound the thrumming string; Attempt no number of the plaintive Gay, Let ...
This is a day of happiness, sweet peace, And heavenly sunshine; upon which conven'd In full assembly fair, once more ...
HAIL, happy saint, on thine immortal throne, Possest of glory, life, and bliss unknown; We hear no more the music ...
Name, my Laura, name the whirl-compelling Bodies to unite in one blest whole-- Name, my Laura, name the wondrous magic ...
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