Poems (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
Musing on the changes that are observable in many of the scenes we contemplate, the circumstance of the spot on ...
Elizabeth Bath Poems on Soul (29 Poems)
Lines, (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
On the Sudden Death of my muchrespected and highly valuedFriend, Susannah Davidson, Sen. of London. READER tho' health, and strength, ...
Address To Solitude (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
THOU tranquil friend! to thee I'll fly, When foes my peace invade;With thee shall ev'ry care subside, Nor ...
An Effusion (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
AS early o'er the dewy lawn I took my pensive way;The brilliants of the opening morn Adorn'd each ...
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 Summer’s Evening’s Contemplation (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
THO ' around on creation I gaze, And am struck with its wonderful plan;Yet regret must be mingled with ...
On Death (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
THERE is a king which all the world must own,From him who begs to him who fills the throne;There is ...
The Advantages Of Resignation (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
ALL things are order'd for the best, In perfect love design'd;The sorrows that we so much dread, But ...
To Religion (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
RISE sacred dawn of everlasting day,And guide my spirit on its heavenward way.At thy approach the shades of night retire,We ...
On The Aeolian Harp (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
METHINKS I hear the band of saints above, In holy anthem join'd, their voices raise,Tuning their golden harps to ...
Addressed To A Friend (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
IF , when far distant, memory should pourtrayThe sweet enjoyments of a former day;If she should reign and by her ...
To Disappointment (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
RELENTLESS foe to human peace, Why fix thy dwelling here?Why triumph o'er the wounded heart, And force the ...
Written On New Year’s Day (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
HOW rapid is the speed of time, That bears us on our way;And offers to the anxious ...
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 The Memory Of A Much Loved Sister (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
DARK is the hour inscrib'd on memory's page, Too often drawn from sad affliction's store;Of future sorrows the too ...
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 ...
To Modesty (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
CELESTIAL guest whose holy touch, True beauty can bestow;From thee youth's sweet expanding flower, Receives its finest glow.Thine ...
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 ...
On Silence (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
WITHDRAWN from busy man, the mind regainsIts wonted strength when solemn stillness reigns;For silence proves a shelter for the mind,When ...
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 ...
Address To Emma, On Her Departure For The Country (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
WHEN to a distant scene remov'd, Louisa far away;Say, will not Emma, to her friend, One anxious thought ...
To The Rainbow (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
HAIL glorious arch in Heav'n, whose varied diesGilds the dark vapours that obscure the skies;Whose matchless colours charm th' attentive ...
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 ...
The Retrospect (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
PLEASANT it was when evening's soothing calm Invited us to loiter on the green, ...
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 VI (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
TO A PENSWEET comforter, how often have I sought Thy kind relief in sorrow's darkest day!Thou hast from friendship's ...
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 IV (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
DESCRIPTION OF APATHY.IS there a gloomy cavern where, remote,The weary soul, secluded from the world,Each fond attraction broken, rests secure?'Tis ...