The Rose.-April 13. 1807. (Margaretta Wedderburn Poems)
A FAV'RITE flow'r, while on its genial bed,Salubrious air, from noxious vapours free,And screen'd from piercing cold, or drifting show'r,For ...
Poems about fost (21 Poems)
Weaning (Margaret Holford Poems)
WHAT is the earliest task of woeOur nature struggles with below?Oh! when does man begin to learnOf human lot the ...
Yon Lass O’ Top O’ Mellor (John Pickup Poems)
Aw've heeard a deeol o' toke abeawt the Belles o' Sunny France;An' Spanish maidens, dark and tall, wi' fierce an' ...
Adare (Gerald Griffin Poems)
Oh, sweet Adare! oh, lovely vale!Oh, soft retreat of sylvan splendour!Nor summer sun nor morning galeE'er hail'd a scene more ...
Cards of Fortune (Eliza Acton Poems)
MANY a graven gem, besetWith gold, is worn as an amuletIn the far-off climes of the East,—a charmTo preserve the ...
The pilgrimage to Mecca (George Canning Poems)
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 ...
Retrospect; (Charles Tompson Poems)
Or,A Review of my Scholastic Days"O, Festus Dies Hominis!"-O, the Joyful Day of Man!Why, (when the hours of school-day bliss ...
Introductory Verses (Christian Milne Poems)
WHILE worth and taste with generous hand entwineA wreath to bind this humble brow of mine,Kind ABERDONIA 's sons and ...
To My Mother (Felicia Dorothea Hemans Poems)
"IF e'er for human bliss or woe I feel the sympathetic glow; If e'er my heart has learn'd to know ...
On The Death Of The Rev. Mr. Walker (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
WHAT means, alas! that sudden burst of tears?Oh Death! no common victim dost thou crave;No vulgar spirit mounts th' ethereal ...
Deo Opt. Max. Votum. C. P. Auctore (Christopher Anstey Poems)
Parent supreme! whose all discerning mind Appoints the various portions of mankind, On me, my country, and on all, bestow ...
Ode On Sympathy (Emma Lyon Poems)
WHERE is the fount of sweeter flow, Replenish'd by the fost'ring skies,Than that which springs at others' woe ...
TO HIS VERSES (Robert Herrick Poem)
What will ye, my poor orphans, do, When I must leave the world and you; Who'll give ye then a ...
The Sompnour’s Tale (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
THE PROLOGUE. The Sompnour in his stirrups high he stood, Upon this Friar his hearte was so wood,* *furious That ...
Thoughts On The Works Of Providence (Phillis Wheatley Poems)
A R I S E, my soul, on wings enraptur'd, rise To praise the monarch of the earth and skies, ...
The Reply to Time (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
O TIME, forgive the mournful song That on thy pinions stole along, When the rude hand of pain severe Chas'd ...
To the Muse of Poetry (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
EXULT MY MUSE! exult to see Each envious, waspish, jealous thing, Around its harmless venom fling, And dart its powerless ...
Ainsi Va le Monde (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
[As a Tribute of Esteem and Admiration this Poem is inscribed to ROBERT MERRY, Esq. A. M. Member of the ...
Ode to Eloquence (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
HAIL! GODDESS of persuasive art! The magic of whose tuneful tongue Lulls to soft harmony the wand'ring heart With fascinating ...
Ode to Health (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
Come, bright-eyed maid, Pure offspring of the tranquil mind, Haste, my fev'rish temples bind With olive wreaths of em'rald hue ...
The Adieu to Love (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
LOVE, I renounce thy tyrant sway, I mock thy fascinating art, MINE, be the calm unruffled day, That brings no ...