Ode To war (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
STERN Power! who long in distant lands,Has thunder'd out thy dire commands;And while no lenient thought thy rage restrain'd,Hast urged ...
Elizabeth Bentley Poems on Love (26 Poems)
On The Beauties Of Creation (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
AH! what enchanting scenes the eye beholds,When Spring her tender buds unfolds,To meet the rising blush of morn,And smiling green ...
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 ...
An Ode, On The Approach Of Invasion (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
O POWER Supreme! whose awful wordAgain commands th' avenging swordO'er guilty man to glare;Lord! while thy judgments yet impend,Before thy ...
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 ...
Ode To Solitude (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
O thou, each Muse's dearest friend,Pensive Solitude, attend;With musing thought and steadfast eye,All is peace when thou art nigh;Parent of ...
The Lot Of Content (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
FAR from contention, envy, strife,Be mine the tranquil path of life,To lift the cottage simple latch,Where woodbines climb the lowly ...
On Then Death Of The Princess Charlotte Of Wales (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
AND is that beauteous Star eclips'd in night,Which late in Brunswick's constellation shone?Whose rays with mild effulgence beam'd so bright,And ...
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, ...
On The Death Of A Young Gentleman, In The Eighth Year Of His Life (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
DEAR suffering Friend, what anguish rends thy heart!Could Pity's voice but soothe thy pungent grief!Pierced with Affliction's keenest-pointed dart,What words ...
Lines Addressed As A Tribute Of Gratitude To The Subscribers In General (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
WHAT glorious vision charms my wond'ring sight!A Goddess with benignant smile appears;Her graceful form, attir'd in robes of light,And in ...
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 ...
April (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
INFANT daughter of the Spring,The first thy simple gifts to bring;Thy modest flow'rs erect their heads,Her form the pale-eyed primrose ...
An Invocation To Summer (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
AH! Summer, why so long delay'dThy wonted influence? Why afraidThy laughing face to shew?Instead of full prolific beams,Thy countenance but ...
Ode To Peace (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
THOU, whose mild radiance all adore,O let not human-kind deploreThe loss of thy propitious smile:Why, Goddess, in such wild affright,Wilt ...
On A Summer Morning (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
AWAKE! my muse, expand thy gentle wing,And in thy flight the Morn's bright beauties scan;Nor e'er forget in grateful lay ...
On The Death Of The Rev. Dr. Lloyd, Dean Of Norwich (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
WHY hang the shades of gloom on ev'ry brow?Why the melodious Nine in silent grief!Each tuneful instrument away they throw,And ...
Harvest (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
LORD of the year! whose word commandsThe seasons o'er what favour'd landsTo shed profuse their stores;Or where to turn the ...
Welcome To Peace (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
'TIS done! the Despot's reign is o'er,The kingdoms freed, shall groan no moreBeneath his impious sway;Who, rais'd by the Almighty's ...
Stanzas To A Nightingale Singing (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
SWEET warbler! whose mellifluent strainThus nightly cheers the lonely plain,Who tun'st thy voice when all are mute,In that wild note ...
The Rural Life (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
HOW happy in his reed-roof'd cot,The rural peasant's humble lot,Who with the soaring lark foregoes,At early dawn his sweet repose:Round ...
A Walking Thought (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
HOW fresh the gentle vernal breeze,That softly moves the stately trees,Time-hallowed elms, which clustering meet,To form a canopy complete;A path ...
On The Death Of Mrs. Bosanquet (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
FATE'S messenger the cup of joy o'erwhelms,Where beam'd benevolence and social love;Recalls a native of superior realms,Lent as a short-lived ...
On The Death Of Dr. Lubbock (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
THE voice of public sorrow bursting forth,Mixt with the widow's sighs, the orphans' tears,Speaks the departure of a man of ...
The Sabbath (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
ON Meditation's wings up-borne,All meaner themes above,The soul should hail this sacred morn,With gratitude and love.Thou busy phantom, worldly Care,Avaunt ...
On The Death Of Miss Ives (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
THUS spake the Almighty Lord enthroned in light,To a pure Spirit of th' empyreal choir,"Thou, 'midst my seraph host divinely ...