The Soldier’s Prayer (Rees Prichard Poems)
THOU God of might, who dost o'er hosts preside,Who dost alone the doubtful battle guide,Who dost alone the joyful vict'ry ...
THOU God of might, who dost o'er hosts preside,Who dost alone the doubtful battle guide,Who dost alone the joyful vict'ry ...
IN THE MANNER OF SWIFTLONG had I sought in vain to findA likeness for the scribbling kind;The modern scribbling kind, ...
Author of health, who all the plants that growHast form'd! who hast the tyrant Death subdu'd!Thy blessing on this medicine ...
A MONKEY-TRIBE that lately bred, By some odd chance in Britain's isle,When comb'd and drest, and wash'd and fed, With lap-dogs shar'd ...
Essex twice made unhappy by a Wife,Yet Marry'd worse unto the Peoples strife:He who by two Divorces did untieHis Bond ...
With toilsome steps I pass thro' life's dull road(No pack-horse half so tired of his load);And when this dirty journey ...
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!My hasting days fly on with ...
ADOWN yon fair sequester'd valeA silver stream meandering flows;Thick on its banks the primrose pale,And sweet the azure violet blows.Around ...
WHAT blest design in Albion's Council moves,Which earth with pleasure views, and heav'n approves?'Tis a design humanely just and kind,Worthy ...
IN Vulgar Minds what Errors do arise! How diff'ring are the Notions, they possess, From theirs, whom better Sense ...
What sweetnesse is in fruits, in Nectorine, Peach, cherry, apricocke, those lips of ...
COME, thou, who art by all pursu'd;Art thou with magic pow'rs endu'd,To charm each woe, each bliss impart,Fill with delight ...
THE million noises jangled In the streetConfused together (loud and clear apart:The rattling trains, the rhythmic clattering beatOf horses and ...
Melibæus. WElcome fair Nymphs, most welcome to this shade, Distemp'ring Heats do now the Plains invade: But you may sit, ...
Well then; the promis'd hour is come at last; The present age of wit obscures the past: Strong were our ...
Apollo's wrath to man the dreadful spring Of ills innum'rous, tuneful goddess, sing! Thou who did'st first th' ideal pencil ...
Sweet is the dew that falls betimes, And drops upon the leafy limes; Sweet Hermon's fragrant air: Sweet is the ...
Desponding Phillis was endu'd With ev'ry Talent of a Prude, She trembled when a Man drew near; Salute her, and ...
I O THOU, that sit'st upon a throne, With harp of high majestic tone, To praise the King of kings; ...
She said: the pitying audience melt in tears, But Fate and Jove had stopp'd the Baron's ears. In vain Thalestris ...
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stoln on his wing my three and twentieth year! My hasting ...
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