Sonnet on Reading Burns’ Mountain Daisy (Helen Maria Williams Poems)
While soon the "garden's flaunting flowers" decay,And, scatter'd on the earth, neglected lie, The "Mountain Daisy," cherish'd by the rayA poet ...
While soon the "garden's flaunting flowers" decay,And, scatter'd on the earth, neglected lie, The "Mountain Daisy," cherish'd by the rayA poet ...
Whence came the blemish on thy face?Did Hebe cause the stain,Did Nature's self her work disgraceLest Kitty should be vain?No, ...
LOUISATOEMMA. APRIL 25th, 1781. OH! my lov'd EMMA , I have much ...
In that soft season, when descending show'rsCall forth the greens, and wake the rising flow'rs;When op'ning buds salute the welcome ...
A TALE, FROM MARMONTEL'S INCAS OF PERUWHEN o'er the western world IBERIA'S bandsWith blood and rapine stain'd their guilty hands;When ...
What holy rites Mohammed's laws ordain,What various duties bind his faithful train,—What pious zeal his scatter'd tribes unitesIn fix'd observance ...
COME , then, explore with me each winding glen,Far from the noisy haunts of busy men;Let us with stedfast eye ...
King Diderik sits in the halls of Bern, And he boasts of his deeds of might;So many a swain in ...
COM'ST thou with swift wing in thy strength, O Wind!Wilt thou not to my helpless age be kind?And lightly o'er ...
FOR three long nights had King Arthur watch'd,The light from the turret shone !For three long nights had King Arthur ...
OH , soft and sweet the evening sunWas gleaming o'er the meadows green,The ploughman's weary task was done,And peaceful was ...
Astrea, eldest born of Jove, Whom all the gods revere and love, Was sent, while man deserv'd their care, On ...
LYSANDER.THE sun had thrown its noontide ray Amid the flowers, and scorch'd the plains, Which panted for refreshing rains; While ...
THUS Tapistry of old, the Walls adorn'd, Ere noblest Dames the artful Shuttle scorn'd: Arachne, then, with Pallas did contest, ...
Fair Celia! when I prais'd your Charms,Your lovely Face and circling Arms;Your sparkling Eyes so full of Fire,That kindle at ...
Wildly and mournfully the Indian drum On the deep hush of moonlight forests broke;"Sing us a death-song, for thine hour ...
Fair Estelle.* * * * *Thy gentle nature, owns no sense, Estelle!Like that which Warriors feel when arrows rattle,Nor can ...
WHILE on the meadowy banks of Spey ,Slow steals along the rural muse,And sees the bordering flowers displayTheir native sweets ...
SAMUEL, Chap. xvii. YE martial pow'rs, and all ye tuneful nine, Inspire my song, and aid my high design. The ...
Shall the great soul of Newton quit this earth, To mingle with his stars; and every muse, Astonish'd into silence, ...
A farmer's wife, both young and gay, And fresh as op'ning buds of May; Had taken to herself, a Spouse, ...
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