On The Abolition Of The African Slave-Trade (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
WHAT blest design in Albion's Council moves,Which earth with pleasure views, and heav'n approves?'Tis a design humanely just and kind,Worthy ...
WHAT blest design in Albion's Council moves,Which earth with pleasure views, and heav'n approves?'Tis a design humanely just and kind,Worthy ...
O MUSIC! soul-enchanting nymph, advance,Thro' magic maze to guide the measur'd dance,Or aid the tremulous voice,When fired with Nature's charms ...
COME, thou, who art by all pursu'd;Art thou with magic pow'rs endu'd,To charm each woe, each bliss impart,Fill with delight ...
DAUGHTER of Innocence! descend,Thou stranger to repining Care;Whose breast no furious passions rend,Let human hearts thy influence share:Why wilt thou ...
BRITANNIA's sons, once more rejoice,Let jocund mirth your cares dispel;Be it proclaim'd with cheerful voice,Each tongue the glad'ning tidings tell.Your ...
THE Mind, from Reason's earliest ray,Till freed from her imprisoning clay,Her every power employs,The aerial form of Happiness to gain,But ...
ETERNITY! how dread thy sound!It strikes with sacred awe profound;Can I thy theme pursue?What thoughts sublime thy name conveys,What prospects ...
AND hath thy soul forsook her suffering clay?Doth the chill tomb enwrap thy grief-worn frame?Closed are those eyes which beam'd ...
See where yon spacious structure meets the eye!When, wing'd with zeal, intent on mortals' good,Fair Charity, first offspring of the ...
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 ...
NUMBERS xxiii. 10"Let me die the death of the Righteous, and let my last end be like his." HOW vain, ...
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