Old Tom of Bedlam (Anonymous British Poems)
Forth from my sad and darksome cell, Or from the deepe abysse of hell,Mad Tom is come into the world ...
Poems about madd (21 Poems)
Lines On Envy (Emma Lyon Poems)
OH ! that amid this wandering maze of care,Where short-liv'd pleasure meets o'erwhelming woeAt every turn; e'en where bright virtue ...
Superstition (Ann Radcliffe Poems)
High mid Alverna's awful steeps, Eternal shades, and silence dwell,Save, when the gale resounding sweeps, Sad straings are faintly heard ...
Passion Uninspired By Sentiment (Charlotte Dacre Poems)
"OH! Passion, seducer of heart and of soul! Thou transport tyrannic! half pleasure, half pain! Why consum'st thou the breast ...
My Last Dance (Julia Ward Howe Poem)
The shell of objects inwardly consumed Will stand, till some convulsive wind awakes; Such sense hath Fire to waste the ...
February (Thomas Chatterton Poem)
Begin, my muse, the imitative lay, Aonian doxies sound the thrumming string; Attempt no number of the plaintive Gay, Let ...
The Emigrants: Book I (Charlotte Smith Poems)
Scene, on the Cliffs to the Eastward of the Town of Brighthelmstone in Sussex. Time, a Morning in November, 1792. ...
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 ...
The Negro Girl (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
I. Dark was the dawn, and o'er the deep The boist'rous whirlwinds blew; The Sea-bird wheel'd its circling sweep, And ...
To Rinaldo (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
SOFT is the balmy breath of May, When from the op'ning lids of day Meek twilight steals; and from its ...
Lewin and Gynneth (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
"WHEN will my troubled soul have rest?" The beauteous LEWIN cried; As thro' the murky shade of night With frantic ...
Lines Written on the Sea-Coast (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
SWIFT o'er the bounding deep the VESSEL glides, Its streamers flutt'ring in the summer gales, The lofty mast the breezy ...
Ode on Adversity (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
WHERE o'er my head, the deaf'ning Tempest blew, And Night's cold lamp cast forth a feeble ray; Where o'er the ...
Ode to Della Crusca (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
ENLIGHTEN'D Patron of the sacred Lyre? Whose ever-varying, ever-witching song Revibrates on the heart With magic thrilling touch, Till ev'ry ...
Ode to Meditation (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
SWEET CHILD OF REASON! maid serene; With folded arms, and pensive mien, Who wand'ring near yon thorny wild, So oft, ...
Second Ode to the Nightingale (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
BLEST be thy song, sweet NIGHTINGALE, Lorn minstrel of the lonely vale ! Where oft I've heard thy dulcet strain ...
Sonnet IX: Ye, Who in Alleys Green (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
Ye, who in alleys green and leafy bow'rs, Sport, the rude children of fantastic birth; Where frolic nymphs, and shaggy ...
Sonnet XLI: Yes, I Will Go (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
Yes, I will go, where circling whirlwinds rise, Where threat'ning clouds in sable grandeur lour; Where the blast yells, the ...
Sonnet XXIV: O Thou! Meek Orb (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
O thou! meek Orb! that stealing o'er the dale Cheer'st with thy modest beams the noon of night! On the ...
Sonnet XXXIV: Venus! To Thee (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
Venus! to thee, the Lesbian Muse shall sing, The song, which Myttellenian youths admir'd, when Echo, am'rous of the strain ...
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 ...