Godly Exhortations To A Child (Rees Prichard Poems)
MY dearest child, to me draw near,Unto my precepts lend an ear,And, all thy life, to them attend,If thou wou'dst ...
MY dearest child, to me draw near,Unto my precepts lend an ear,And, all thy life, to them attend,If thou wou'dst ...
Light my lone passage thro' this vale of life,And raise the seige of Care! This silent hourTo thee is sacred, ...
Well; 'tis as Bickerstaff has guess'd, Though we all took it for a jest: Partridge is dead; nay more, he died Ere he ...
This is he, who, felled by foes, Sprung harmless up, refreshed by blows He to captivity was sold, But him ...
Belshazzar! from the banquet turn, Nor in thy sensual fulness fall;Behold! while yet before thee burn The graven words, the glowing wall.Many ...
Mentre m' attrista.Mid weariness and woe I find some cheer In thinking of the past, when I recall My weakness and my ...
In youth's impeteous days thy heart was warm,Thy tongue uncheck'd, thy spirit bold and high,With such blind zeal for miscall'd ...
The Bedouins Of The SkiesYON clouds that roam the deserts of the air, On wind-swift barbs, o'er many an azure plain,Scarce ...
Seven days accomplished,--unto Pharaoh's court The sons of Amram went; by Voice Divine Commanded; and, in presence of the king, ...
The enchanted island rose before me, drawnMore beautiful than words of mine may reach;It lay magnificent in a magic dawn,And ...
Mary of Modena d. 1718 {1}Dark was the shade where only cou'd be seenDisasterous Yew that ever balefull greenDistructive in ...
Ay, shout! 'Tis the day of your pride,Ye despots and tyrants of earth! Tell your serfs the American name to ...
As he that sees a dark and shadie grove, Stayes not, but looks beyond it on the skie; ...
As he that sees a dark and shady grove, Stays not, but looks beyond it on the sky; So when ...
A Fragment of a Turkish Tale The tale which these disjointed fragments present, is founded upon circumstances now less common ...
I 'Tis done -- but yesterday a King! And arm'd with Kings to strive -- And now thou art a ...
I weep for Adonais -he is dead! O, weep for Adonais! though our tears Thaw not the frost which binds ...
I weep for Adonais--he is dead! Oh, weep for Adonais! though our tears Thaw not the frost which binds so ...
Tired with all these, for restful death I cry, As, to behold desert a beggar born, And needy nothing trimm'd ...
Like the vain Curlings of the Watry maze, Which in smooth streams a sinking Weight does raise; So Man, declining ...
From cold Norse caves or buccaneer Southern seas Oft come repenting tempests here to die; Bewailing old-time wrecks and robberies, ...
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