Songs (Anna Laetitia Aikin Barbauld Poems)
COME here fond youth, whoe'er thou be, That boasts to love as well as me;And if thy breast have felt ...
COME here fond youth, whoe'er thou be, That boasts to love as well as me;And if thy breast have felt ...
The kindred arts to please thee shall conspire,One dip the pencil, and one string the lyre. ...
MY aged head now stoops its honours low, Bow'd with the load of fifty winters' snow; And for the raven's ...
EdwardHist, William! hist! what means that air so gay?Thy looks, thy dress, bespeak some holiday:Thy hat is brushed; thy hands, ...
WHEN Cupid, wanton boy, was young,His wings unfledg'd, and rude his tongue,He loiter'd in Arcadian bowers,And hid his bow in ...
PERFORMED BY A FAMILY PARTY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MR. AND MRS. C.'S MARRIAGE"To wake the soul by tender strokes ...
SUCH were the notes our chaster SAPPHO sung,And every muse dropt honey on her tongue.Blest shade ! how pure a ...
Rest, rest, afflicted spirit, quickly passThine hour of bitter suffering! Rest awaits thee,There, where, the load of weary life laid ...
OH! born to sooth distress, and lighten care;Lively as soft, and innocent as fair;Blest with that sweet simplicity of thoughtSo ...
Yes, injured Woman! rise, assert thy right!Woman! too long degraded, scorned, opprest;O born to rule in partial Law's despite,Resume thy ...
LIFE! I know not what thou art, But know that thou and I must part; And when, or how, or ...
——— The year has runIts round of seasons, has fulfilled its course,Absolved its destined period, and is borne,Silent and swift, ...
Gentle pilgrim, tell me whyDost thou fold thine arms and sigh,And wistful cast thine eyes around?-Whither, pilgrim, art thou bound?"The ...
Awake, my soul! lift up thine eyes,See where thy foes against thee rise,In long array, a numerous host;Awake, my soul! ...
Blest art! What magic powers with thine may vie,That brings (too seldom seen) a Brother nigh?That gives, by colours into ...
FLOWERS to the fair: To you these flowers I bring,And strive to greet you with an earlier spring.Flowers sweet, and ...
Dear faithful object of my tender care,Whom but my partial eyes none fancy fair;May I unblamed display thy social mirth,Thy ...
From rosy bowers we issue forth,From east to west, from south to north,Unseen, unfelt, by night, by day,Abroad we take ...
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