The Parsonage Improved (Henry James Pye Poems)
Where gentle Deva's lucid waters glide In slow meanders thro' the winding vale, And fertile Cestria's pastures green divide; Deep in the bosom ...
Henry James Pye Poems on Love (20 Poems)
Madness (Henry James Pye Poems)
An Epistle Yes, yes, my friend, I quit the fond pretence To cool reflection, and unbiass'd sense; Your hands have torn away the ...
Beauty. Part II (Henry James Pye Poems)
Of all that Nature's rural prospects yield, The chrystal fountain and the flow'ry field, Enough, my Muse!-the force of Beauty trace Now in ...
Aerophorion (Henry James Pye Poems)
When bold Ambition tempts the ingenuous mind To leave the beaten paths of life behind, Sublime on Glory's pinions to arise, Urg'd by ...
The Ninth Olympic Ode Of Pindar (Henry James Pye Poems)
To Epharmostus of Opus, on his Olympic and Pythian Victories. ARGUMENT. Pindar begins the Ode with mentioning the Hymn composed ...
On The Wreck Of The Halsewell (Henry James Pye Poems)
A FRAGMENT. Now the loud winds with angry pinions sweep The laboring bosom of the stormy deep, The face of day o'erspread by ...
Ode To Beauty (Henry James Pye Poems)
I. Enchanting power! whose influence blest O'er Nature reigns with pleasing sway, Whose mild command each gentler breast Enraptur'd glories to obey: O give my ...
Elegy I (Henry James Pye Poems)
O Happiness! thou wish of every mind, Whose form, more subtle than the fleeting air, Leaves all thy votaries wandering far behind, Eludes ...
October And May (Henry James Pye Poems)
ADDRESSED TO SAMUEL JAMES ARNOLD, Esq.: "Behold, with mild and matron mien, "With sober eye, and brow serene, "October sweep along; "Bright are ...
Elegy III (Henry James Pye Poems)
The dewy morn her saffron mantle spreads High o'er the brow of yonder eastern hill; Each blooming shrub a roseate fragrance sheds, And ...
Elegy II (Henry James Pye Poems)
Now the brown woods their leafy load resign And rage the tempests with resistless force? Mantled with snow the silver mountains shine, And ...
Elegy VI (Henry James Pye Poems)
Now has bright Sol fulfill'd his circling course, Again to Taurus roll'd his burning car, Since, cruel Prudence, thy resistless force Tore me ...
Elegy VIII (Henry James Pye Poems)
WRITTEN AT MINSTED IN THE NEW FOREST O rising Sun! on this auspicious day With brighter beams gild every hill and grove; Ye ...
Elegy VII (Henry James Pye Poems)
ADDRESSED TO A PINE-TREE. The ruffian North has spent his savage power, Collects his winds, and quits the mountain's side; And Auster mild, ...
The Myrtle And The Bramble (Henry James Pye Poems)
A FABLE. Luxuriant with perennial green A Myrtle young and lovely stood, Sole beauty of the wintry scene, The fairest daughter of the wood: Close ...
The Vine (Henry James Pye Poems)
Like clustering tents upon the embattled mead, See Vitis thick her small pavilions spread. Beneath each silken veil, with studious care Five amorous ...
Song: “Let no Shepherd sing to me ” (Henry James Pye Poems)
Let no Shepherd sing to me The stupid praise of Constancy, Nature bids her subjects range, All creation's full of change. See the varying ...
Song: “Fair Delia while each sighing swain ” (Henry James Pye Poems)
Fair Delia while each sighing swain Whose heart your charms adores, Fills with his tender vows the plain, And favoring smiles implores: My Wishes ...
Verses Addressed To A Lady (Henry James Pye Poems)
Of toil you say a moderate share In each pursuit should rise, Too much may make our hearts despair, Too little we despise: In ...
Epigram. Omnia Vincit Amor. (Henry James Pye Poems)
O Love, though Virgil's lays ascribe Resistless power to thee, Yet still I thought the happy tribe Of Dulness, ever free; Potent I deem'd ...