Paraphrases From David’s Psalms (Emma Lyon Poems)
Paraphrased From David's Psalms. Psalm XIX.THE arched heavens ere since the birth of timeInstruct the earth, in characters sublime, ...
Emma Lyon Poems on Life (15 Poems)
Lines To D. F*****, Esq. Barrister (Emma Lyon Poems)
IS there on earth a charm more firmly binds,Than gentle gratitude congenial minds?That Goddess now, at whose soft shrine I ...
Stanzas To The Moon (Emma Lyon Poems)
TO thee, bright Orb, my humid eyes I raise; To thee I sigh, reflecting as I gaze,How dark earth's ...
An Ode To Indifference (Emma Lyon Poems)
BE thou, Indifference! my song,And as life's days glide careless on, I'll shed no sorrowing tear;If thou wilt in ...
Stanzas, Sung With Great Applause At The Anniversary Meeting Of The Society Of Friends Of Foreigner (Emma Lyon Poems)
ARISE ! O generous band, rejoice, Awake the lyre's melodious voice!Who glory in the fostering care That cheers ...
Lines On Envy (Emma Lyon Poems)
OH ! that amid this wandering maze of care,Where short-liv'd pleasure meets o'erwhelming woeAt every turn; e'en where bright virtue ...
Ode To Autumn (Emma Lyon Poems)
FAREWEL , sweet shelter of the vernal grove, For lo! sad Autumn, desolating pow'r!Along the vales thy faded beauties ...
An Ode On Ambition (Emma Lyon Poems)
HOW glorious the breast that in life's early morn, Ambition! enkindles thy flame;Who pants for thy trophies, and longs ...
Ode To Summer (Emma Lyon Poems)
NOW smiling nature gay appears, Sweet emblem of our happy years,When thoughtless of the wintry gloom, Old age, ...
An Ode To Ingratitude (Emma Lyon Poems)
THE sigh that struggles in my breast,The tear that fain would give it rest, Can no relief impart;Since first ...
Ode on the Fear of Criticism (Emma Lyon Poems)
OH ! where amid this dreary scene Of enmity and strife,Unvex'd with many a thorn between, Can spring ...
An Ode To Sorrow (Emma Lyon Poems)
PALE sorrow's cloud rests on my Muse's bow'r, And mourns the drooping of each vernal flow'r;"Their early fall," she ...
Sonnet On Hope (Emma Lyon Poems)
REMAIN , thou deceiver! still deep in my breast, Thy anchor I view as the anchor of peace;To thee ...
Lines to Melancholy (Emma Lyon Poems)
SORCERESS , why with magic spellStill in plaintive bosoms dwell?Sure 'tis thine with sombre pleasure,Days and years of grief to ...
An Ode On Solitude (Emma Lyon Poems)
HAIL , Solitude! whose silent sphereIs music to th' harmonious ear.O! waft me from the realms of pride,And let me ...