Poems (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
Musing on the changes that are observable in many of the scenes we contemplate, the circumstance of the spot on ...
Musing on the changes that are observable in many of the scenes we contemplate, the circumstance of the spot on ...
SWEET girl! affection's pleading voice attend,And hear the tender counsels of a friend;By friendship's pen impress'd, these lines receive,And tho' ...
On the Sudden Death of my muchrespected and highly valuedFriend, Susannah Davidson, Sen. of London. READER tho' health, and strength, ...
BEHOLD the sod where the tir'd pilgrim rests,Death, sole proprietor, his sceptre rears,And reigns triumphant o'er the conquer'd dust.Silent and ...
THOU tranquil friend! to thee I'll fly, When foes my peace invade;With thee shall ev'ry care subside, Nor ...
AS early o'er the dewy lawn I took my pensive way;The brilliants of the opening morn Adorn'd each ...
Descriptive of the character of an ingenious Youth, whose brilliant talents shone conspicuously among his admiringfriends, who were unexpectedly called ...
HOW cold are the dead in the depths of the grave, Still and dark is their gloomy abode;And long ...
THERE is a king which all the world must own,From him who begs to him who fills the throne;There is ...
ENCHANTRESS of the rocks! in accents sweet,Again those deep mysterious notes repeat;Once more thy vocal efforts I engage,To swell with ...
METHINKS I hear the band of saints above, In holy anthem join'd, their voices raise,Tuning their golden harps to ...
HOW rapid is the speed of time, That bears us on our way;And offers to the anxious ...
Written after the departure of a Friend with her Infant. HAIL , sov'reign Memory, hail! I court thy pow'r,I love ...
FAIR deceiver, smiling phantom, By thy false, thy treach'rous light;How we paint each distant object, Dazzling to the ...
CELESTIAL guest whose holy touch, True beauty can bestow;From thee youth's sweet expanding flower, Receives its finest glow.Thine ...
SWEET Poesy, whose soothing pow'r can chace The fiendlike forms which all our joys invade,When in thy flowing numbers ...
WITHDRAWN from busy man, the mind regainsIts wonted strength when solemn stillness reigns;For silence proves a shelter for the mind,When ...
TAKE the landscape and beholdWaving forests ting'd with gold,Rosy health with ruddy glow,Seated on the mountain's brow;Or upon its steep ...
HAIL glorious arch in Heav'n, whose varied diesGilds the dark vapours that obscure the skies;Whose matchless colours charm th' attentive ...
WHAT are all our promis'd pleasures, But the dew drops of the morn;Little, trembling, glittering treasures, Transient gems ...
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