To Ladies Of A Certain Age (John Trumbull Poems)
Ye ancient Maids, who ne'er must proveThe early joys of youth and love,Whose names grim Fate (to whom 'twas given,When ...
Ye ancient Maids, who ne'er must proveThe early joys of youth and love,Whose names grim Fate (to whom 'twas given,When ...
O thou, my beauteous, ever tender Friend,Thou, on whom all my worldly Joys depend,Accept these Numbers; and with Pleasure hearUnstudy'd ...
LET all thy words a Christian import bear,Let them, with grace, at all times season'd be,That they may knowledge give ...
I. The HOLY LAW: or, The Ten Commandments, Exod. xx. 3—17.1. No God but me thou shalt adore.2. No image ...
She loved him--but she heeded not-- Her heart had only room for pride:All other feelings were forgot, When she became another's bride.As ...
One fox-faced virgin, word for word,Repeats each sland'rous thing she's heard,And sourly smiles as scandal slipsWith gusto from her thin ...
Coelo Musa beat.Hor. Carm. Lib. 4. Od. 8.—Nec meus audetRem tentare pudor, quam Vires serre recusent.Hor. Ep. 1. Lib. 2.I ...
PROLOGUE. Woe! to the just occasion that compels My verse to satire, when my soul rebels; Must I, unskill'd her ...
A state of nature and of grace. 1 Cor. 6:10,11. Not the malicious or profane, The wanton or the proud, ...
Ye ancient Maids, who ne'er must prove The early joys of youth and love, Whose names grim Fate (to whom ...
In the old age black was not counted fair, Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name; But now ...
Deep in th' abyss where frantic horror bides, In thickest mists of vapours fell, Where wily Serpents hissing glare And ...
My lover died a century ago, Her dear heart stricken by my sland'rous breath, Wherefore the Gods forbade that I ...
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