Lines, (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
On the Sudden Death of my muchrespected and highly valuedFriend, Susannah Davidson, Sen. of London. READER tho' health, and strength, ...
Elizabeth Bath Poems on Smiling (22 Poems)
Reflections In A Burial Ground (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
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 ...
Lines (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
Descriptive of the character of an ingenious Youth, whose brilliant talents shone conspicuously among his admiringfriends, who were unexpectedly called ...
A Fragment (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
FANCY shall fix my lone abode, Where human foot ne'er trod;Peace shall surround my humble cot,For ever ...
On The Fading Enjoyments Of Time (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
ALTHO' to man's aspiring pride, It may appear degrading;Yet look on all the world around,And say what ...
To Echo (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
ENCHANTRESS of the rocks! in accents sweet,Again those deep mysterious notes repeat;Once more thy vocal efforts I engage,To swell with ...
Expectation (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
Occasioned by a Friend's revisiting her native City, with herinfant Boy. CEASE to flutter round my heart, Hope too ...
Written By Moonlight (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
SILVER Empress of the night,Smiling Cynthia chaste and bright,Listen to my artless lays,While I bless thy friendly rays.Solemn grandeur gilds ...
To Memory (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
Written after the departure of a Friend with her Infant. HAIL , sov'reign Memory, hail! I court thy pow'r,I love ...
To Hope (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
FAIR deceiver, smiling phantom, By thy false, thy treach'rous light;How we paint each distant object, Dazzling to the ...
To Sensibility (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
SOFT Sensibility! subduing power,Thy thorns are wounding while I pluck the flower;Thy influence all unseen, beyond controul,Rouses each finer feeling ...
An Address To Poetry (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
SWEET Poesy, whose soothing pow'r can chace The fiendlike forms which all our joys invade,When in thy flowing numbers ...
Imagination’s Picture (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
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 ...
Evening (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
SOFTLY , Evening shades the skies,Quick the golden lustre flies;Calm we see the day retire,While Evening's sober thoughts inspire.Pensive pleasures ...
To Charity (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
PARENT of good, thou essence from on high,Pure emanation from the Deity,Not to the favour'd sons of wealth confin'd,Thou humble ...
Written In Condemnation Of Satire (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
SHEATHE , sheathe the sword while yet you may,Be wise and harmless tho' you're gay.As once to sober thought inclin'd,This ...
Address To Beauty (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
ELOQUENT deceiver! say, With each soft, each fond endeavour;Canst thou bid the fragile clay, Live and last and ...
On Seeing The Portrait Of A Friend (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
THOU image of the dearest friend I love,If I remote in foreign scenes should rove,If such my unexpected lot should ...
To Conscience (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
THOU stern reprover of the midnight hour, When mortals slumber and the world retires;Then shall the sleepless wretch confess ...
Sonnet III (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
ON INFANCY.AH joyous period! when the opening mind Puts forth its buds of thought. I love to trace ...
Sonnet On Spring (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
HOW sweet to wander o'er th' enamell'd green, When spring returning, with a liberal hand,Sheds her rich bounty on ...
Sonnet II (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
FULL oft beneath the steril soil conceal'd, The richest veins of golden treasures lie;So genius may, her glory unreveal'd, ...