Enigma XLV. (Elizabeth Hitchener Poems)
WHEN Judas betray'dHis master and Lord,And the sum that was paidThrough compunction restor'd,The priests met in council,Sought mutual advice--They dar'd ...
WHEN Judas betray'dHis master and Lord,And the sum that was paidThrough compunction restor'd,The priests met in council,Sought mutual advice--They dar'd ...
THAT ne'er-to-be-forgotten dayYou came to see my cottage,My honest Mate adores you since,With fervor next to dotage.He said, you could ...
PILATE and Ca?aphas They have brought this thing to pass— That a Christ the Father gave, Should be guest within ...
FOR Socrates a House was built, Of but inferiour Size; Not highly Arch'd, nor Carv'd, nor Gilt; The ...
Why is the Ass so stubborn grown !How many mount and then are thown !Oh say ! that men forget, ...
Melibæus. WElcome fair Nymphs, most welcome to this shade, Distemp'ring Heats do now the Plains invade: But you may sit, ...
OF all the Poisons that the fruitful Earth E'er yet brought forth, or Monsters she gave Birth, Nought to Mankind ...
1 Let observation with extensive view, 2 Survey mankind, from China to Peru; 3 Remark each anxious toil, each eager ...
Through ev'ry Age some Tyrant Passion reigns: Now Love prevails, and now Ambition gains Reason's lost Throne, and sov'reign Rule ...
FOR Socrates a House was built, Of but inferiour Size; Not highly Arch'd, nor Carv'd, nor Gilt; The Man, 'tis ...
Melissa: I've still rever'd your Order as Divine; And when I see unblemish'd Virtue ...
Almighty Framer of the Skies! O let our pure devotion rise, Like Incense in thy Sight! Wrapt in impenetrable Shade ...
Thus heav'nward all things tend. For all were once Perfect, and all must be at length restor'd. So God has ...
Its mother being tethered near it Poor little Foal of an oppress?d race! I love the languid patience of thy ...
REVERED defender of beauteous Stuart, Of Stuart, a name once respected; A name, which to love was the mark of ...
Here Stranger rest thee! from the neighbouring towers Of Oxford, haply thou hast forced thy bark Up this strong stream, ...
Argument. To leap from the promontory of LEUCADIA was believed by the Greeks to be a remedy for hopeless love, ...
'Twas in a little western town An ancient Maiden dwelt: Her name was MISS, or MISTRESS, Brown, Or DEBORAH, or ...
THOU! whose sublime poetic art Can pierce the pulses of the heart, Can force the treasur'd tear to flow In ...
'Tis hard to say, if greater Want of Skill Appear in Writing or in Judging ill, But, of the two, ...
Hail sov'reign love that first began, The scheme to rescue fallen man; Hail matchless, free, eternal grace, That gave my ...
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