Honor Poems (1825 Poems)
The Brus Book XII (John Barbour Poems)
[The king prepares his division] Now Douglas furth his wayis tais,And in that selff tyme fell throw caisThat the king off Ingland quhen heWas cummyn with his gret menyeNer to the place, as I said ar,Quhar Scottismen arayit war,He gert … Continue reading
Joconde (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
IN Lombardy’s fair land, in days of yore,Once dwelt a prince, of youthful charms, a store;Each FAIR, with anxious look, his favours sought,And ev’ry heart within his net was caught.Quite proud of beauteous form and smart address,In which the world … Continue reading
The Magic Cup (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
THE worst of ills, with jealousy compared,Are trifling torments ev’ry where declared. IMAGINE, to yourself a silly fool,To dark suspicion grown an easy tool;No soft repose he finds, by night or day;But rings his ear, he’s wretched ev’ry way!Continually he … Continue reading
Rhodon And Iris. Act IV (Ralph Knevet Poems)
SCEN. 1.Iris, Panace, Violetta.Ir. Curst was the wight that did in murther first Embrue his guilty hands: curst was that hand Which first was taught by damned hellish art To forge the killing blade in Vulcans flames: What raging fury raignes in mortall brests, That man should … Continue reading
Mary Queen Of Scots, An Historical Poem (Margaretta Wedderburn Poems)
DEPARTED shade of MARY, much reproach’d,How oft I’ve view’d thy sufferings severe,With faults contrasted: in my mind revolv’d,And them arranged have, in dubious thought. When thou appear’dst again in Scotland’s Isle,At thy return from France, in widow’d state,And in the … Continue reading
Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind. In Three Cantos. – Canto II. (Matthew Prior Poems)
But shall we take the Muse abroad,To drop her idly on the road,And leave our subject in the middle,As Butler did his Bear and Fiddle?Yet he, consummate master, knewWhen to recede and where pursue:His noble negligence teachWhat others’ toils despair … Continue reading
The Famous Historie: Cap. V (Patrick Gordon Poems)
The Argument.The south and North crownes ioynd by that great KingWho of all Kinges hea’uns blissinges most embraceHis works his witt heauens care him saif to bringTo happie end: his two rair impes of graceIn whom heis bles’d more then … Continue reading
The Traveller; or, A Prospect of Society (Oliver Goldsmith Poems)
Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slowOr by the lazy Scheldt or wandering Po,OR onward, where the rude Corinthian boorAgainst the houseless stranger shuts the door,OR where Campania’s plain forsaken liesA weary waste expanding to the skies -Where’er I roam, whatever realms to … Continue reading
The Progress Of A Divine: Satire (Richard Savage Poems)
All priests are not the same, be understood!Priests are, like other folks, some bad, some good.What’s vice or virtue, sure admits no doubt;Then, clergy, with church mission, or without;When good, or bad, annex we to your name,The greater honour, or … Continue reading
Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind. In Three Cantos. – Canto I. (Matthew Prior Poems)
Matthew met Richard, when or whereFrom story is not mighty clear:Of many knotty points they spoke,And pro and con by turns they took:Rats half the manuscript have ate;Dire hunger! which we still regret;O! may they ne’er again digestThe horrors of … Continue reading