A Poem On The African Slave Trade. Addressed To Her Own Sex. Part II (Mary Birkett Card Poems)
ERST, when the Muse of Pity o'er me stole,And kindled new ideas in my soul;When Nature's rude effusions pour'd along,Impell'd ...
ERST, when the Muse of Pity o'er me stole,And kindled new ideas in my soul;When Nature's rude effusions pour'd along,Impell'd ...
Man's sad necessity, destructive War,Sweeps to the grave the surplus of his sons,Where'er the kindly clime and soil inviteTo Love; ...
Deep in the shady sadness of a valeFar sunken from the healthy breath of morn,Far from the fiery noon, and ...
AND can his antiquarian eyes,My Anglo-Saxon C despise?And does Lord Harcourt, day by day,Regret th' extinct initial K?And still, with ...
Remov'd thank God! from fierce contentions;Unknown to parties or Conventions;Alike averse to rage and folly,And foe to gloomy melancholy;Amid confusion, war, ...
YOUNG Edward was a noble youth,A finer ne'er was seen;He was his aged gran-dam's pride,And lov'd by all the green.Yet ...
WHEN first thou go'st to court a maid,If thou'dst succeed, implore God's aid,And take his Spirit for thy guide,Or thou'lt ...
YE blooming youth, possest of every grace,Which can delight the eye, or please the ear,Who boast a polish'd mind and ...
Moon that so fairly risest from the crown Of yon high oak, and wast so fondly pray'd To fill thy orb with ...
When rival nations first descried,Emerging from the boundless mainThis land by tyrants yet untried,On high was sung this lofty strain:Rise ...
OH Death! insatiate archer! why on mePour forth thy vengeance with a shaft so keen?Why was no other victim mark'd ...
How varied lies the chequer'd scene!-- Dunmait capt with snow;While humbler smiles, in vernal green, The sun-clad vale below:Gay spring her cheering ...
LO! here a cloud comes sailing, richly cladIn royal purple, which the parting beamsOf bounteous Phoebus edge with tints of ...
ON HIS BRINGING ME FLOWERS FROM VAUCLUSE, ANDWHICH HE HAD PRESERVED BY MEANS OFAN INGENIOUS PROCESS IN THEIRORIGINAL BEAUTY. SWEET spoils ...
LINES_Sent to a Brother on his leaving England_.May 2, 1816. --------FANCIFUL BOUQUET. --------_Hopes_ all glowing, _Wishes_ rare, _Blessings_ mixed with many a _Prayer_,Flowers ...
Part the First.When Flora 'gins to decke the fieldsWith colours fresh and fine,Then holy clerkes their mattins sing To good ...
There was a slave, who, born to days unbless'd,Drew from his parent blood the hard decreeOf ceaseless and unwilling servitude.His ...
WHO heeds thee, poor flower? No fragrance is thine, No sunbeam has dress'd thee with hues of delight,Thou hast ...
Though short thy span, God's unimpeach'd decrees,Which made that shorten'd span one long disease,Yet merciful in chastening, gave thee scopeFor ...
BOOK I Deep in the shady sadness of a vale Far sunken from the healthy breath of morn, Far from ...
The roses of Love glad the garden of life, Though nurtur'd 'mid weeds dropping pestilent dew, Till Time crops the ...
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