Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. I. (Education – Eloquence ) (Henry Baker Poems)
Education.See Example. Parents and Children.Let no indecent Speech, or Action vile,Be known within the Walls where Youth is bred:Far, far ...
Education.See Example. Parents and Children.Let no indecent Speech, or Action vile,Be known within the Walls where Youth is bred:Far, far ...
Agriculture.--The Sire of Gods himselfWill'd not that Tillage should be free from Toil.He first sollicited the restive MoldBy Art: and ...
Shall for the Man of Ross thy Lyre be strung,And sleeps illustrious Thanet yet unsung?Since to distinguish Merit is thy ...
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 ...
IN life's gay morn, while undepress'd by grief,The heart quick vibrates to the sense of joy;And mounting vig'rous, yet uncheck'd ...
BUT few the Delian god inspiresWith genuine true poetic fires;But few who bear the poet's name,Shall share the lasting wreath ...
YE , who Britain's soldiers be,Freemen, children of the free,Who freely come at danger's callFrom shop and palace, cot and ...
W'EN de clouds is hangin' heavy in de sky,An' de win's 's a-taihin' moughty vig'rous by,I don' go a-sighin' all ...
THE PLEASVRE OF RETIREMENT. The Reinvitation. THEOPHISA's fill'd wth Sweetness, & so Fair: Her Eyes so mild, her Breath perfumes ...
Mean while loquacious Fame the News thro'--out Each Corner of the Land had spread about. The Monster Fame; by Stealth ...
Thy forests, Windsor! and thy green retreats,At once the Monarch's and the Muse's seats,Invite my lays. Be present, sylvan maids!Unlock ...
The maid begins.-Where fam'd Coaspes lavesRich Elam's borders with his sacred waves,Along the fields their tents the shepherds spread,By them ...
Originally addressed to a Young Gentleman, who, entering under the banners of Mars, signalized himself in the service of his ...
No Cautions of a Matron, Old and Sage, Young Rattlehead to Prudence cou'd engage; But forth the Offspring of her ...
As no man sets up marks that he may miss, So no such real thing as ill there is:For should ...
Give me the naked heavens above,The broad bare heath below, A merry glance from her I love,My fleet hound and ...
Since the Road of Life's so ill; I, to pass it, use this Skill, My frail Carriage driving home To ...
Sprung from the arid rock devoid of soil,In vig'rous life I saw one blade of wheat,Bearing its precious grain, full-lobed ...
CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts or slow decline Our ...
Since the Road of Life's so ill; I, to pass it, use this Skill, My frail Carriage driving home To ...
The nameless shadowy female rose from out the breast of Orc, Her snaky hair brandishing in the winds of Enitharmon; ...
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