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 (60 Poems)
Lines Adressed To A Young Friend, During A Visit At The Sea Coast (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
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' ...
Lines, (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
On the Sudden Death of my muchrespected and highly valuedFriend, Susannah Davidson, Sen. of London. READER tho' health, and strength, ...
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 ...
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 ...
False Friendship Delineated (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
HE never yet consulted friendship's laws,Who would not suffer in her glorious cause;Who would not sacrifice the proffer'd gain,But let ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Reflections Of A Serious Moment (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
HOW cold are the dead in the depths of the grave, Still and dark is their gloomy abode;And long ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Written At Close Of Day (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
WAKED to reflection at this solemn hour, When day retiring leaves the mind to tread ...
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 ...
Expectation (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
Occasioned by a Friend's revisiting her native City, with herinfant Boy. CEASE to flutter round my heart, Hope too ...
Address To Happiness (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
FOR ever seeking, never found, In this wide varied scene;Sole object of unceasing search, While in this low ...
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 The Bee (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
HAIL harbinger of spring! Already on the wing,Humming thy lengthen'd notes along the vale; ...
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 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 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 ...
On Reading Some Elegant Commendations Of A Character, To Which They Were Not Appropriate (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
TH ' unfading wreath by Genius only won,Pleas'd I return to grace her favour'd son;For truth forbids her votaries to ...