The Prodigal Son (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
BENEATH a father's roof two brethren dwelt,And each domestic comfort truly felt;What farther pleasure could their souls require?The happy sons ...
Elizabeth Bentley Poems on Youth (18 Poems)
An Ode, On The Glorious Victory Over The French & Spanish Fleets (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
AND THE DEATH OF LORD NELSON. HIGH on a rock, whose craggy browO'erlooks the subject main below,Her throne Britannia rears;And ...
On The Death Of The Rev. Dr. H. Harington (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
WHAT universal sadness glooms around!Oh! is he gone whose worth the heart reveres!That solemn bell's now doubly awful sound,Alas! too ...
The Pleasures Of The Mind (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
IN Life's first dawn, ere Reason's rayRising sheds the promis'd day,Gay Novelty officious flies,With mantle dipt in heav'nly dies;Trifles than ...
On Cruelty To Animals (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
SAY, lordly Man, of pow'rs possest,That no inferior creatures know;Say, can the mind with reason blest,Relentless fury show.To thy domain ...
The Flattery Of Winter (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
THE storms seem fled, the Sun's warm beamDarts chearful o'er the sparkling stream,And melts in tears the gelid snow,Stern Winter ...
Retirement (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
HAPPY the mind with self-enjoyment blest,Who makes the tranquil paths of life her choice;Seeks gentle Peace, 'mid tumults ne'er possest,And ...
Happiness Always Future (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
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 ...
The Prospect (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
WHEN Spring luxuriant scatters new delights,The mountain's verdant slope our steps invites,To crown whose lofty brow o'er-bending treesWave their thick ...
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 ...
To The Redbreast (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
HAIL! social bird, with ruddy breast,Thus early thou forsak'st thy rest;When first the morning twilight peeps,Thy little eye no longer ...
On The Death Of Mr. Bassett (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
WHEN Heav'n the soul requires, not florid youth,Nor Nature's gilts, by Art improv'd, can save;Yon awful knell proclaims the solemn ...
On The Death Of A Young Gentleman (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
THE bell has paused! to my reluctant earThis mournful truth its awful accents tell;Yon solemn train in silent sorrow bearA ...
Early Seasons (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
UNUSUALLY alert, young SpringIs stretching wide her purple wing,To renovate the Earth;Already o'er our wint'ry IsleShe sheds her joy-diffusing smile,And ...
The Gloomy Day (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
THE sun in mists his glory shrouds,The fields delight no more;November's brow is dark with clouds,The year's gay youth is ...
The Snowdrop (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
MEEK flow'ret! earliest child of Spring,Her bloomy tribe thy hand shall lead;Thou, first thy welcome boon to bring,From Winter's bondage ...
On Education (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
WHEN infant Reason first exerts her sway,And new-form'd thoughts their earlier charms display;Then let the growing race employ your care,Then ...
On The Death Of The Hon. Mrs. Frederick Irby (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
FROM all the ties of fond endearment torn,In vain earth's bands th' immortal mind would hold;Tho' flattering hope in youth's ...