The Pleasures Of The Mind (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
IN Life's first dawn, ere Reason's rayRising sheds the promis'd day,Gay Novelty officious flies,With mantle dipt in heav'nly dies;Trifles than ...
Elizabeth Bentley Poems on Eternity (8 Poems)
A Tribute To Friendship (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEAR DECEASED FRIEND,MRS. SUCKLING,WIFE of ROBERT SUCKLING, Esq. of WOODTON HALL, Norfolk. ARE these sad ...
On The Renewal Of Virtuous Friendship In A Future State (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
IF, when the Spirit quits her clay-built cell,With incorporeal essences to dwell,Attachments form'd on earth their force retain,And with increasing ...
The Prospect Of Plenty (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
YE sons of men! with reverence bowBefore th' Almighty's throne!With adoration's hallow'd glow;His ceaseless goodness own:Obedient to his dread controul,Famine, ...
The Prospect (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
WHEN Spring luxuriant scatters new delights,The mountain's verdant slope our steps invites,To crown whose lofty brow o'er-bending treesWave their thick ...
Ode To Spring (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
WELCOME, sweet season of delight,What beauties charm the wond'ring sightIn thy enchanting reign!How fresh descends the morning dew,Whilst op'ning flow'rs ...
On Eternity (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
ETERNITY! how dread thy sound!It strikes with sacred awe profound;Can I thy theme pursue?What thoughts sublime thy name conveys,What prospects ...
On The Death Of Jeremiah Ives, Esq. (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
SLOW to the silent mansions of the dead,Yon train in sad funereal pomp draws near;That solemn knell proclaims a spirit ...