Verses Written on Her Death-Bed (Mary Monck Poems)
Thou, who dost all my worldly thoughts employ,Thou pleasing source of all my earthly joy:Thou tend'rest husband, and thou best ...
Thou, who dost all my worldly thoughts employ,Thou pleasing source of all my earthly joy:Thou tend'rest husband, and thou best ...
EDWARD SHORE.Genius! thou gift of Heav'n! thou light divine!Amid what dangers art thou doom'd to shine!Oft will the body's weakness ...
Young Shechem all the night impatient lay;And sought with eager eyes the breaking day;With ardent longings waits the promis'd hour,And ...
Coelo Musa beat.Hor. Carm. Lib. 4. Od. 8.—Nec meus audetRem tentare pudor, quam Vires serre recusent.Hor. Ep. 1. Lib. 2.I ...
Celestial Muse that on the blissful plainArt oft invok'd, to guide th' immortal strain;Inspir'd by thee, the first-born sons of ...
OF manufactures, trade, inventions rare,Steam-towers and looms, you'd know our Borough's share -'Tis small: we boast not these rich subjects ...
Enter, as in the Temple of Jerusalem, ...
Carm. Lib. . Ode . Paraphrased.I. Ah! dearest Friend, the Years are flying; They flie alass! they pass away (Like ...
SOUTHWARD of Borneo's isle there lies A little cluster fair,Fam'd for the produce of sweet spice, And England ...
OF virtuous Agrippina's son,Who on proud Rome's imperial throne, Succeeds Tiberius dead;The muse with unfeign'd sorrow sings,And all-reluctant tunes ...
Where is he now?—that mightiest one, whose nameWas still the spell-word of the fray,—the soundWhich led his legions on untir'd, ...
As the raindrop on a flowerWhen the bow's behind a shower,As the breeze that fans the foreheadOf the sunset, when ...
ALAS! I fear I cannot longer steel My heart against the magic of thy pow'r;Unusual flutt'rings in my breast ...
SOUND the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea!JEHOVAH has triumph'd! His people are free Sing, for the pride of the ...
Long ago the Gladiators,When the call to combat came,Marching past the massed spectators,Hailed the Emp'ror with acclaim!Voices ringing with the ...
Enter, as in the Temple of Jerusalem, ATHALIA, MATHAN, ABNER WHY, to our Wonder, in this Place is seen, ...
In pious times, ere priest-craft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multipli'd his kind, ...
SAMUEL, Chap. xvii. YE martial pow'rs, and all ye tuneful nine, Inspire my song, and aid my high design. The ...
On Death's domain intent I fix my eyes, Where human nature in vast ruin lies, With pensive mind I search ...
The Sun, who never stops to dine, Two hours had pass'd the mid-way line, And driving at his usual rate, ...
Long ago the Gladiators, When the call to combat came, Marching past the massed spectators, Hailed the Emp'ror with acclaim! ...
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