Enigma XXVI. (Elizabeth Hitchener Poems)
SOUTHWARD of Borneo's isle there lies A little cluster fair,Fam'd for the produce of sweet spice, And England ...
SOUTHWARD of Borneo's isle there lies A little cluster fair,Fam'd for the produce of sweet spice, And England ...
OF virtuous Agrippina's son,Who on proud Rome's imperial throne, Succeeds Tiberius dead;The muse with unfeign'd sorrow sings,And all-reluctant tunes ...
NOW o'er the vast waves of the northern Pacific,Prepare for a speedy and prosperous sail;And land on the coast of ...
TOUCH at the island of Ceylon,And northward seek a spot of ground,Where roving fragrant woods among,Large docile elephants are found.In ...
FIRST mention that land where the Nile, overflowing,Spreads beauty, and health, and fertility round,Then think of that region, where torrid ...
THE daughter of Augustus name, Who, though belov'd and fair,Was sent to mourn her spotted fame, Far from ...
WHAT virtuous philosophic Greek,Of whom mankind with rev'rence speak, By poison doomed to die,Rejects the favourable hour,To thwart capricious ...
THE author of some political letters, Who took a feigned name,And under this mask traduces his betters, Without ...
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