The Heir Of Tyrconnel; Or, The Threatening Spectre (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
NOW seated secure round this bright cheery fire,A ditty from me why so earnest require?A tale full of horrors, you ...
Caroline Maxwell Poems (31 Poems)
The Suppliant (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
STOP , lady stop, my wretched tale attend,And to my wants your kind assistance lend:So may kind fortune e'er propitious ...
Gowry’s Conspiracy (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
AS Scotland's monarch forth did goTo hunt in Falkland's wood;Then Ruthven Gowry, bowing low,Before the king there stood.This youth was ...
Rosetta (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
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 ...
The Old Man In Blue (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
A LITTLE old man, who was cloathed in blue,Whose wants they were many, and friends very few,And whose grief at ...
Sir Stephen – Part II (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
NOW sad and slow with solemn paces,She wanders thro the castle's courts;Sighing as she the scene retraces,Where silence reigns, instead ...
Edwin And Isabel; Or The Nabob (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
HARK ! heard you not yon mournful bell,Slow sounding thro' the gloom;A lovely victim's fate to tell,Call'd early to the ...
Egbert; Or Ingratitude (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
LATE was the hour; and hush'd each sound,When Egbert sought his downy bed;Tho' silence reign'd, yet balmy sleepHad from his ...
A Skein Of Thread (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
ON SEEING IT ENTANGLED ON THE TABLE OF A NEGLIGENT FEMALE. ON Celia's toilet, spread with trinkets gay,A skein of ...
Sir Stephen (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
A GOTHIC BALLAD. MOURNING muse, record a ditty,Of two tender lovers dear:A heart of marble sure must pity,The woes of ...
David’s Dependance (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
WRITTEN AT A TIME OF GREAT MENTAL DISTRESS. AND art thou he? said Saul, so young, so fair,Stripling, can'st thou ...
Insanity (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
HUSH , see you not my true love sleeps,Oh! cease that noisy bell:For see you not how much my loveDoth ...
Liberty (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
THE SPARROW'S ADDRESS TO THE COOK MAIDS. YE gentle cookmaids, oh! in pity spare,The various fragments from your plenteous boardThe ...
Captivity (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
THE LAMENTATION OF A CANARY BIRD IN HIS CAGE. OH ! happy kindred, tenants of the air,Ye wing'd inhabitants of ...
To A Gentleman, Who Disliked Cats (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
YOU blame me, dear friend, for admiring of cats,Which (except for destroying of mice and of rats)You say is a ...
Poverty (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
HARSH Poverty! why dost thou lourOn this my dwelling place?Why cast on me thy looks so sour?Have I not always ...
The Complaint (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
WHEN Emma, in my humble cot,Her smiles bestow'd on me;Ah! then I thought, a happier lotThan mine could never be.The ...
The Lily Of The Valley (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
SOFT , gentle flower, of silver pale,Retiring lily of the vale;Graceful thy trembling blossoms blow,Fair rivals to unsullied snow:Secure within ...
Hope (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
DELUSIVE Hope, thou flattering fairy,I will not thy soft tales believe;Fill not my mind with dreams so airy,Of thee I ...
A Parody (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
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 ...
Port Royal Shore (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
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 ...
To A Poetic Friend (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
WHO DECLARED AN INTENTION OF LEAVING OFF WRITING IN FUTURE. OFT ' doth the mournful muse complain,And will, I wean, ...
To A Friend, With A Present Of A Purse (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
THIS purse which you see was intended for you,In its nature is firm, in its principle true:And when the same ...
Consolation (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
WHEN forc'd to leave my lovely Sue,What sorrow tore my heart;How did I ever bid adieu?How could I ever part?Still ...
The Farewell (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
DOOM 'D by my fates, unhappy star,Dear maid, I seek the dang'rous wave;Condemn'd by thee to wander far,To love and ...
Song #2 (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
HOW sweet is the breath of the morn,And the flowers all spangled with dew;But I'm a poor wanderer forlorn,And I ...
Song #1 (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
THE sun had ting'd the sky with red,Fast sinking to his wat'ry bed,When Colin touch'd the trembling strings,Of her he ...
Epitaph (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
ON THE DEATH OF AN AMIABLE AND ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG GENTLEMAN. COULD soundest judgment, tho' in manhood's prime,Could truth or merit ...
To A Friend, On His Poetical Productions (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
THE glow-worm with its glittering light,Bright shining on a moonless night,Attracts the traveller's ardent gaze,Who stop, admire, inspect, and praise:But ...
Addressed To Friends, Who Requested The Author To Write Some Songs (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
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 ...