To William Drummond of Hawthornden (Mary Oxlie of Morpet Poems)
I never rested on the Muses bed,Nor dipt my Quill in the Thessalian Fountaine,My rustick Muse was rudely fostered,And flies ...
I never rested on the Muses bed,Nor dipt my Quill in the Thessalian Fountaine,My rustick Muse was rudely fostered,And flies ...
In youth exalted high in air,Or bathing in the waters fair,Nature to form me took delight,And clad my body all ...
Oh weep not o'er thy children's tomb,Oh Rachel, weep not so!The bud is cropt by martyrdom,The flower in heaven shall ...
Neere to the place where Nilus channels runne, There stood a town by loue long since vndone For ...
Pellam the King, who held and lost with LotIn that first war, and had his realm restoredBut rendered tributary, failed ...
The RECAPITULATION.And Pourtrait of a Heav'nly breathing Soul. Whoso delights to burn in holy Fire Of Virgin fair Theophila, Joy, ...
Ask not the Cause why all the tuneful Swains, Who us'd to fill the Vales with tender Strains, In deep ...
As still, with Hope's delusion gay,AMANTOR traced his devious way,A stately Palace rose to view;The walls were gold ...
Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North. A Description of the Ball, with an Episode on Beau ...
DEEPLY INTERESTED IN THE SUBJECT OF THEFOLLOWING POEM. But soft, but see, or rather do not see,My fair rose wither.SHAKSPEARE. ...
FROM the recesses of this wild domain,Where artless truth and simple manners reign,The blushing Muse conveys the humble pleaOf modest ...
OF thee, pale monarch, death! my verse shall sing, Though chilling moisture dews each tuneful string;And thou, sad willow, ...
O heighth! o Depthe! upon my bended kneesWho dare Expound these Wondrous Mysteries:That this rare plant is cropt before mine ...
No sooner come, but gone, and fal'n asleep,Acquaintance short, yet parting caus'd us weep,Three flours, two searcely blown, the last ...
PART I On Susquehanna's side, fair Wyoming! Although the wild-flower on thy ruin'd wall, And roofless homes, a sad remembrance ...
I saw her crop a rose Right early in the day, And I went to kiss the place Where she ...
Come queen of months in company Wi all thy merry minstrelsy The restless cuckoo absent long And twittering swallows chimney ...
Summer pleasures they are gone like to visions every one And the cloudy days of autumn and of winter cometh ...
Pellam the King, who held and lost with Lot In that first war, and had his realm restored But rendered ...
Calm was the day, and through the trembling air Sweet-breathing Zephyrus did softly play A gentle spirit, that lightly did ...
Now Morn, her rosy steps in the eastern clime Advancing, sowed the earth with orient pearl, When Adam waked, so ...
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