The Universe (Henry Baker Poems)
A POEM. Intended to restrain the Pride of Man.Thy Works, Eternal Power by whom she sings!The Muse attempts, and tunes ...
Henry Baker Poems on Wisdom & Knowledge (14 Poems)
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. II. (Love – Lover) (Henry Baker Poems)
Love.See Lover. Venus.Great Love! thy Empire o'er the World extends!To thy soft Charms the whole Creation bends!On Hills, in Streams, ...
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. I. (Flood – Fountain) (Henry Baker Poems)
Flood.See Deluge.-- Eridanus supreme of FloodsRush'd thro' the Forests, tore the lofty Woods,And rolling onward with a sweepy Sway,Bore Houses, ...
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. II. (Virtue – War) (Henry Baker Poems)
Virtue.See Man Upright. Pleasure.'Tis Virtue, Friend, to be averse to Vice,And the first Step towards being really wise,Is to be ...
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. II. (Policy – Prayers) (Henry Baker Poems)
Policy of State.To strictest Justice many Ills belong,And Honesty is often in the Wrong:Chiefly when stubborn Rules her Zealots push,To ...
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. I. (Avarice – Banquet) (Henry Baker Poems)
Avarice.See Miser. Money.Hence almost ev'ry Crime, nor do we find,That any Passion of the human Mind,So oft has plung'd the ...
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. I. (Chance – Chastity) (Henry Baker Poems)
Chance.See God. Providence.If Chance these Things bestow'd, and rules the Whole,Why do the Signs in constant Order roll?Observe set Times ...
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. I. (Cow – Darkness) (Henry Baker Poems)
Cow.--Best the CowOf Aspect sour: her Head unshap'd and large,Her hanging Neck enormous: from her ChinHer swagging Dewlaps to her ...
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. II. (Plunder – Poets) (Henry Baker Poems)
Plunder.Now in the empty Isles of Juno's FanePhoenix, and dire Ulysses, chosen Guards,Watch o'er the Prey. There Trojan Treasure snatch'dFrom ...
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. I. (Absence – Advice) (Henry Baker Poems)
Absence.Neglected, now, behold my Tresses flow:Nor sparkling Diamonds on my Fingers glow.All plain, and cheap, the humble Weeds I wear:No ...
A Case Of Conscience. (Henry Baker Poems)
'Twas said, by those of old, Beware,Consider well before you swear.The Counsel's good without dispute,And ev'ry prudent Man will do't.But, ...
A Soliloquy (Henry Baker Poems)
My God! whence comes it, that the human Soul,Unsatisfy'd with all Things here below,From Wish to Wish must discontented roll,Nor ...
Thyrsis And Damon. (Henry Baker Poems)
I.Thyrsis. Simple Damon! tell me whyDost thou not reveal thy anguish,But in Silence pine and languish?To thy self an Enemy.If she ...
Clarinda (Henry Baker Poems)
Grateful, sincere, good--natur'd, mild, humane,Wise, and yet humble: witty, but not vain:Above her Sex divine Clarinda soars,Faultless herself, she Others ...