Ode To Contemplation (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
COME Contemplation, in whose mienAwful Wisdom sits serene,Pleas'd shall the eye thy form survey;No gaudy plumage decks thy brow,Nor dazzling ...
Poems about sequester (21 Poems)
Retirement (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
HAPPY the mind with self-enjoyment blest,Who makes the tranquil paths of life her choice;Seeks gentle Peace, 'mid tumults ne'er possest,And ...
The Pentland Hills (Carolina Oliphant Poems)
Air — "Martyrdom"—"Dundee."The pilgrim's feet here oft will treadO'er this sequestered scene,To mark whare Scotland's Maryrs lieIn lonely Rullion Green,—To ...
Lines To The Muse (Emma Lyon Poems)
ONCE more, O Muse, (though long my lyre unstrung,)Arise, and break the silence of my tongue:Come, join with fancy in ...
On Silence (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
WITHDRAWN from busy man, the mind regainsIts wonted strength when solemn stillness reigns;For silence proves a shelter for the mind,When ...
The Passionate Suburbanite To His Love (Arthur Guiterman Poems)
Commute with me, my Love, and be merry;How vain in the City to dwellWhen apple-trees blow in Dobbs' FerryAnd lilacs ...
Peaceful Shades (Anne MacVicar Grant Poems)
YE peaceful shades! that guard my dear lov'd homeFrom the chill blasts that strip the fading grove,While far from that ...
Sonnet II (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
FULL oft beneath the steril soil conceal'd, The richest veins of golden treasures lie;So genius may, her glory unreveal'd, ...
On Sleep (E P Poems)
Emblem of death! as is its couch, the grave,Doom'd to contain the coward and the brave;Where sleep reclin'd, the guilty ...
An Ode On Solitude (Emma Lyon Poems)
HAIL , Solitude! whose silent sphereIs music to th' harmonious ear.O! waft me from the realms of pride,And let me ...
Sonnet XXII. By The Same. To Solitude. (Charlotte Smith Poems)
OH, Solitude! to thy sequester'd valeI come to hide my sorrow and my tears,And to thy echoes tell the mournful ...
Epitaph On Agnes Jones (Archbishop William Alexander Poems)
BURIED IN FAHAN CHURCHYARDAlone with Christ in this sequester'd placeThy sweet soul learn'd its quietude of grace;On sufferers waiting in ...
The Vanity of Human Wishes (excerpts) (Samuel Johnson Poem)
1 Let observation with extensive view, 2 Survey mankind, from China to Peru; 3 Remark each anxious toil, each eager ...
To The Rev. George Coleridge (Samuel Coleridge Poem)
Notus in fratres animi paterni. Hor. Carm. lib.II.2. A bless?d lot hath he, who having passed His youth and early ...
83. The Cotter’s Saturday Night (Robert Burns Poems)
MY lov'd, my honour'd, much respected friend! No mercenary bard his homage pays; With honest pride, I scorn each selfish ...
198. Song-Braving Angry Winer’s Storms (Robert Burns Poems)
WHERE, braving angry winter's storms, The lofty Ochils rise, Far in their shade my Peggy's charms First blest my wondering ...
The Pleasures of Melancholy (Thomas Warton Poems)
Mother of musings, Contemplation sage, Whose grotto stands upon the topmost rock Of Teneriffe; 'mid the tempestuous night, On which, ...
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 Simplicity (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
SWEET blushing Nymph, who loves to dwell In the dark forest's silent gloom; Who smiles within ...
Ode to the Muse (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
O, let me seize thy pen sublime That paints, in melting dulcet rhyme, The glowing pow'r, the magic art, Th' ...
The Bee and the Butterfly (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
UPON a garden's perfum'd bed With various gaudy colours spread, Beneath the shelter of a ROSE A BUTTERFLY had sought ...