The Triumph Of Hope (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
THO' yet the clouds portentous low'r,The winds have hush'd their concert rude;Well suits the calm, the silent show'r,With Meditation's pensive ...
THO' yet the clouds portentous low'r,The winds have hush'd their concert rude;Well suits the calm, the silent show'r,With Meditation's pensive ...
WHY hang the shades of gloom on ev'ry brow?Why the melodious Nine in silent grief!Each tuneful instrument away they throw,And ...
RESPECTED Lady! whilst thy heartStill feels the recent wound,Some solace might the Muse impart,Or breath one soothing sound!Though early mingled ...
GREAT God! to whom the birds for foodStill raise the expecting eye;Thou whom the raven's callow broodImplore with ceaseless cry.Father! ...
WHAT means, alas! that sudden burst of tears?Oh Death! no common victim dost thou crave;No vulgar spirit mounts th' ethereal ...
BLIND goddess, whose capricious swayThe thoughtless race of man obey,Whose transient smiles they court;How hapless must thy vot'ries be,Who, lur'd ...
WHAT images arrest the mental view,As lonely I the rural path pursue!With sad regret fond Fancy hovers o'erThe shades of ...
WELCOME thy dawn, protracted day,With pleasures in thy train;Whilst thou and twilight share the sway,Night trembles for her reign.Rouzed from ...
FAR from the busy scenes of life,Remote from clamourous haunts of strife,What bliss salutes the mind!To search the depths of ...
WHERE'ER our pilgrim footsteps stray,Affliction's poignant shafts are hurl'd,But angel Hope still chears our way,She whispers, "there's a future world."When ...
FATE'S messenger the cup of joy o'erwhelms,Where beam'd benevolence and social love;Recalls a native of superior realms,Lent as a short-lived ...
THOU silent monitor, whose powersCan thus with truth display,How swiftly glide the fleeting hoursThat form Life's transient day.Thy hand yet ...
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