The Sufferings of Faro Parts I, II (Margaret Chalmers Poems)
The following lines were suggested by the circumstance of a boat, from the Faro Islands, stopping at Lerwick, on her ...
The following lines were suggested by the circumstance of a boat, from the Faro Islands, stopping at Lerwick, on her ...
THE hallowed morn faint glimmering in the East,Dawns on a slumb'ring and a ransom'd world;How dearly ransom'd! wonderful the priceBy ...
THE low'ring, leaden-colour'd evening cloud,The chilling frost, the billows breaking loud,The wish excite, contented to retire,"To pause from toil, and ...
SWEET scene, on me full often hast thou smil'd,And for a while my pressing cares beguil'd;In thee have I spent ...
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,And waste its sweetness on the desert air.--GRAY. "THE summer blooms, let ...
WHILE Tweed's fam'd stream in numbers rolls along,And Tay's meanders sweetly glide in song;Thy windings Esk, in silence should not ...
HAPPY Britannia, favour'd Isle! Fate on thee delights to smile; Even amid the woes of war, Thund'ring dreadful from afar; Let no discordant voice ...
WHAT will this warld come to belyve!The rhyming trade does briskly thriveIt wad appear;They're ane tane't now, ye sanna guess,In ...
LET this acquaint my dearest friend,That I to make a glove intend,Or pair of gloves; and, therefore, IFor your directions ...
WHEN public occasions of general joy Give patriots a jovial night;When loyalty reigns, and "Illumine's" the word, And Lerwick, all sparkling, shines ...
DREARY November! now thy gloom,In heighten'd gloom is darker roll'd, Thy wintry wing, The tidings bring,Which fair Amelia's fate unfold.Each varied object, ...
HAIL , precious drops! may you relief impartUnto the Royal Mourner's gentle heart.Hail, precious drops! by nature kindly lent,Grief's overpow'ring ...
NOW tranquil beauty is no more,The crowding billows seek the shore;And while against the rock they dash,See! the blue fire ...
THOU brightest queen of myriads bright, Again thy lustre dost renew!Again thou gild'st the brow of night, And thee again I'm spar'd ...
WHILE every muse impatient waits To meet the hero on the strand,And welcome Collingwood's return, Triumphant! to his native land,Will he forgive ...
Oh! do not break the Thulian lyre's rude strings;Nor clip the Pegasean poney's wings.MUCH honour'd Gentlemen,--AllowYour suppliant a word or ...
WELCOME , auspicious morn,Aurora fair adorn Thy rising bright;Let our proud banners stream,Grac'd by lov'd Charlotte's* name,And cannon loud proclaim, Loyal delight.Sol, ...
'TWAS on a happy Fourth of June, When fields and flowers bloom gay;A social, friendly circle met To celebrate the day.The blazing ...
THOU master of the tuneful art!Who only Nature can impart;Though on thy temples blooms the bayScorn not my gratulating lay.Describ'd ...
SISTER vot'ry of the Nine,Seeking oft their tuneful shrine;Gentle Mary, as you strayOn the banks of winding Tay,While the feather'd ...
AVAUNT ! ye Nine; no more I sue For your capricious aid,Since you could thus its power deny To an invoking maid.So ...
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