The Virtues. An Ode. (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
WHAT angel forms, attired in robes of light,Pour their effulgence on my raptur'd sight?Th' ethereal VIRTUES! lo! the radiant band!Appal'd, ...
Elizabeth Bentley Poems on Vice & Virtue (17 Poems)
Ode To Happiness (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
O THOU! who dwell'st in heav'n alone,Whose beams surround th' Omniscient's throne,'Tis by his just decrees denied,That thou with mortals ...
Ode To Pleasure (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
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 ...
On The Death Of William Drake, Jun. Esq. (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
Late MEMBER for AMERSHAM, BUCKS. HOW does the voice of woe, in accents wild,To wound the list'ning ear sad sounds ...
Ode To Contemplation (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
COME Contemplation, in whose mienAwful Wisdom sits serene,Pleas'd shall the eye thy form survey;No gaudy plumage decks thy brow,Nor dazzling ...
On The Renewal Of Virtuous Friendship In A Future State (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
IF, when the Spirit quits her clay-built cell,With incorporeal essences to dwell,Attachments form'd on earth their force retain,And with increasing ...
Ode To Independence (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
THOU, by whose gen'rous mien, whose open brow,Thy unsubdued majestic heart we know;Whose god-like port proclaims thy race divine,Whose smiles ...
On The Death Of A Young Gentleman, In The Eighth Year Of His Life (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
DEAR suffering Friend, what anguish rends thy heart!Could Pity's voice but soothe thy pungent grief!Pierced with Affliction's keenest-pointed dart,What words ...
Ode To Spring (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
WELCOME, sweet season of delight,What beauties charm the wond'ring sightIn thy enchanting reign!How fresh descends the morning dew,Whilst op'ning flow'rs ...
On The Death Of The Rev. Mr. Suckling (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
ALAS! what mean those sudden plaints of woe,That strike my startled ear with accents wild?Relentless Death has aim'd th' unerring ...
On Friendship (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
FRIENDSHIP's the greater bliss we mortals share,It heightens pleasure, softens ev'ry care;Expands the heart, each thought severe disarms,And in the ...
On The Death Of The Rev. Mr. Walker (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
WHAT means, alas! that sudden burst of tears?Oh Death! no common victim dost thou crave;No vulgar spirit mounts th' ethereal ...
Stanzas On The New Year (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
HAIL, infant Year! my waking eyeWith rapture meets thy dawn;Hope, fairest offspring of the sky,Illumes thy cloudless morn.Vexation hence! and ...
On The Death Of Her Majesty (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
O'ER Royal Charlotte's sacred bierLet Britain pour the grateful tear;Ah! why should be represtSuch tears as pious children pay,When parent ...
On The Death Of Mrs. Bosanquet (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
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 ...
On Virtue (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
LET others sing, in soft, harmonious strain,The praise of Vice, and all her abject train;Or to pert Folly's whim devote ...
On The Death Of The Rev. Mr. Peele (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
Let Fame her trophies to Ambition raise,Of monumental and historic praise;Truth shall forbid the memory of the just,To sink unnotic'd ...