On Friendship (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
FRIENDSHIP's the greater bliss we mortals share,It heightens pleasure, softens ev'ry care;Expands the heart, each thought severe disarms,And in the ...
FRIENDSHIP's the greater bliss we mortals share,It heightens pleasure, softens ev'ry care;Expands the heart, each thought severe disarms,And in the ...
By water's edge, quiet willows stand,And from the steep bank, high noon flingsWhite fleecy clouds into the pondAs if they ...
When the scheming Fusion fewSought to snare the Lib'ral crew,It was plain for all to view ...
AND does yon dome its lord revered deplore?The friend, the patron of th' industrious poor;Whose bounty in no narrow sphere ...
Tempora labuntur, tacitisque senescimus annis, Et fugiunt freno non remorante dies. Ovid, Fastorum, Lib. vi. "O C?sar, we who are ...
Leafy-with-love banks and the green waters of the canal Pouring redemption for me, that I do The will of God, ...
OFT have I seen in wedlock with surprise, That most forgot from which true bliss would rise When marriage for ...
SOME wit, handsome form and gen'rous mind; A triple engine prove in love we find; By these the strongest fortresses ...
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold. Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold. To this the god ...
IN Lombardy's fair land, in days of yore, Once dwelt a prince, of youthful charms, a store; Each FAIR, with ...
YOUR name with ev'ry pleasure here I place, The last effusions of my muse to grace. O charming Phillis! may ...
Would but indulgent Fortune send To me a kind, and faithful Friend, One who to Virtue's Laws is true, And ...
Notus in fratres animi paterni. Hor. Carm. lib.II.2. A bless?d lot hath he, who having passed His youth and early ...
This is a day of happiness, sweet peace, And heavenly sunshine; upon which conven'd In full assembly fair, once more ...
THE SIMPLE Bard, rough at the rustic plough, Learning his tuneful trade from ev'ry bough; The chanting linnet, or the ...
The punishment of luxury and intemperance. When Isr'el sins, the Lord reproves And fills their hearts with dread; Yet he ...
The blessings of the liberal man. That man is blest who stands in awe Of God, and loves his sacred ...
v.7ff C. M. The goodness of God. Sweet is the memory of thy grace, My God, my heav'nly King; Let ...
v.16,21,26-31 C. M. Charity to the poor. Why do the wealthy wicked boast, And grow profanely bold? The meanest portion ...
"Yes, LAURA, yes, pure as the virgin snow's "That on the bosom of the whirlwind move,, "For thee my faithful ...
[As a Tribute of Esteem and Admiration this Poem is inscribed to ROBERT MERRY, Esq. A. M. Member of the ...
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