Mary Barber Poems on God (18 Poems)

To Alexander Pope, Esq. (Mary Barber Poems)

Shall for the Man of Ross thy Lyre be strung,And sleeps illustrious Thanet yet unsung?Since to distinguish Merit is thy Care,Let Thanet in thy deathless Praises share:Let me, unequal to the Task, exciteThy matchless Muse, to do his Merit Right.Numbers, … Continue reading →

Occasion’d By Reading The Memoirs Of Anne Of Austria (Mary Barber Poems)

Ye heedless Fair, who pass the live–long Day,In Dress and Scandal, Gallantry and Play;Who thro’ new Scenes of Pleasure hourly run,Whilst Life’s important Business is undone;Look here, when guilty Conquests make you vain,And see, how sad Remorse shuts up the … Continue reading →

Written For A Gentlewoman In Distress, To Her Grace Adelida, Dutchess Of Shrewsbury. (Mary Barber Poems)

Might I inquire the Reasons of my Fate,Or with my Maker dare expostulate;Did I, in prosp’rous Days, despise the Poor,Or drive the friendless Stranger from my Door?Was not my Soul pour’d out for the Distress’d?Did I not vindicate the Poor … Continue reading →

On Seeing The Captives, Lately Redeem’d From Barbary By His Majesty. (Mary Barber Poems)

A sight like this, who can unmov’d survey?Impartial Muse, can’st thou with–hold thy Lay?See the freed Captives hail their native Shore,And tread the Land of Liberty once more:See, as they pass, the crouding People press,Joy in their Joy, and their … Continue reading →

To The Right Honourable The Earl Of Orrery In Dublin (Mary Barber Poems)

Let Others speak your Titles, and your Blood;Accept from Me the glorious Name of Good.This Honour only from fair Virtue springs,Ennobles Slaves, adds Dignity to Kings. O Born to shew Nobility design’dNot to insult, but to protect Mankind!Well you discern … Continue reading →

To Dr. Richard Helsham Upon My Recovery From A Dangerous Fit Of Sickness. (Mary Barber Poems)

For fleeting Life recall’d, for Health restor’d,Be first the God of Life and Health ador’d;Whose boundless Mercy claims this Tribute due:And next to Heav’n, I owe my Thanks to you;To you, who feel the Ease your Med’cines give,And, in reviving … Continue reading →

An Apology Written For My Son To The Reverend Mr. Sampson, (Mary Barber Poems)

With Joy your Summons we obey,And come to celebrate this Day.Yet I, alas! despair to please;For you require exalted Lays:And, let me write whate’er I will,You’ll think my Verse deficient still;Altho’ the Task I now decline,Asks no Assistance from the … Continue reading →

To Mrs. Barber (Mary Barber Poems)

See, the bright Sun renews his annual Course,Each Beam re–tinges, and revives its Force,By Years uninjur’d; so may’st thou remain,Not Time from thee, but thou from Time may’st gain:O might the Fates thy vital Thread prolong,And make thy Life immortal, … Continue reading →

To A Lady Who Was Libell’d. (Mary Barber Poems)

When Cynthia, Regent of the Tides,Pale in meridian Pride presides;A Sov’reign Pow’r the Goddess claimsO’er Seas, and Sea–supplying Streams;The River of the richest SourceWith Ease she turns, and checks his Course;His crystal Clearness can defileWith ev’ry Filth, and Salt as … Continue reading →

To The Right Hon. The Earl of Orrery, On His Promise To Sup With The Author. (Mary Barber Poems)

Tho’ the Muse had deny’d me so often before,I ventur’d this Day to invoke her once more.She ask’d what I wanted; I said, with Delight,Your Lordship had promis’d to sup here To–night;That on an Occasion so much to my Honour,I … Continue reading →