Caroline Maxwell Poems on Joy & Excitement Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

STOP , lady stop, my wretched tale attend,And to my wants your kind assistance lend:So may kind fortune e'er propitious ...

IN Gallia's kingdom, near a forest wild,There liv'd a peasant, and his only child;A female, to whom Nature, most unkind,Had ...

NOW seated secure round this bright cheery fire,A ditty from me why so earnest require?A tale full of horrors, you ...

A LITTLE old man, who was cloathed in blue,Whose wants they were many, and friends very few,And whose grief at ...

HARK ! heard you not yon mournful bell,Slow sounding thro' the gloom;A lovely victim's fate to tell,Call'd early to the ...

A GOTHIC BALLAD. MOURNING muse, record a ditty,Of two tender lovers dear:A heart of marble sure must pity,The woes of ...

THE LAMENTATION OF A CANARY BIRD IN HIS CAGE. OH ! happy kindred, tenants of the air,Ye wing'd inhabitants of ...

HARSH Poverty! why dost thou lourOn this my dwelling place?Why cast on me thy looks so sour?Have I not always ...

DELUSIVE Hope, thou flattering fairy,I will not thy soft tales believe;Fill not my mind with dreams so airy,Of thee I ...

ON PORT ROYAL SHORE. SIX months had William skulking been,About fair Britain's Isle;Six months--and scarce a friend had seen,Poor William ...

A BALLAD. SIX months had William absent been,From fair Jamaica's Isle;Six months had pass'd, and few had seen,His lovely Janet ...

WHEN friendship's voice so strongly pleadsTo raise the dormant muse,Howe'er my humble lay succeeds,Can I the task refuse?Too partial friends--why ...

Caroline Maxwell Poems on Joy & Excitement (12 Poems)