The Pictures Of Memory (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
LIKE fairy groupes beneath the forest shade,With moonlight faintly scatter'd o'er the scene,In long perspective stretching to the view,The shadowy ...
Isabella Lickbarrow Poems on Mind (27 Poems)
Lady Hamilton (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
Round Sizergh's antique, massy walls,Full frequent swept the whistling blast;It sigh'd along the spacious halls,And through the tap'stried chambers past.The ...
An Elegy (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
SWEET Child of Sensibility!Haste thee from mirth and noise and folly,And o'er sad scenes of melancholy,Come, and muse, and mourn ...
The Pilgrim (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
KIND shepherd! if thy hoary locks,Bespeaking venerable age,May trust and confidence inspire,Oh! wilt thou, with thy counsel sage,Assist a sad ...
On Domestic Happiness (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF A FRIEND.ALCANOR bids me hail the welcome morn,Seven times return'd, since, when in youthful pride,While ...
Thoughts On Friendship. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
FAME, and honour, wealth, and friendship,All are objects of desire,Frequent sought with ceaseless trouble,All can ardent hopes inspire.Fame is but ...
On Underbarrow Scar. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
OH you who hither oft with pilgrim feet,Have o'er the pathless common trac'd your way;This scene of savage grandeur to ...
Reflections (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
IN life's gay morn, while undepress'd by grief,The heart quick vibrates to the sense of joy;And mounting vig'rous, yet uncheck'd ...
On Sleep (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
COME ye deep shades of night, that from the viewOf an unpitying world the wretched shroud,That give the harass'd limbs ...
On Seeing Some Children Playing (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
OH! can there be on earth a lovelier sight,One that endears us more to human kind,Than a young groupe of ...
On The Approach Of Winter. Addressed To A Friend. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
ALAS my friend, how quickly pleasure flies!Life's brightest hours the swiftest fade away:Hope's distant prospects glad our longing eyes;We reach ...
The Nun’s Soliloquy (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
YON sun, who runs his annual courseAbout earth's varied bound,While slow revolving seasons roll,Their never-ceasing round-Yon rising sun, whose early ...
Reflections On Visiting The Monument Of Miss Smith, Of Coinstone (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
A PHILOSOPHIC maid, with tranquil mind,Life's gayer scenes and youth's fond hopes resign'd,Left Piercefield's lov'd retreats, from childhood dear,And came ...
On Music (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
THOU spirit, lodg'd in tender breathing airsOf plaintive melancholy, soft and wild!Source of delight to every feeling heart,Long hast thou ...
On The Difficulty Of Attaining Poetical Excellence (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
BUT few the Delian god inspiresWith genuine true poetic fires;But few who bear the poet's name,Shall share the lasting wreath ...
To The Memory Of A Friend. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
COME thou sweet Muse my lay inspire,That wak'st to pensive strains the lyre,Come thy mournful numbers pour;Oh be thy notes ...
Written In A Cemetery. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
IN this lone unfrequented spot-Amongst these dwellings of the dead,Does spring her beauteous charms display,And here her fragrant odours shed.She ...
Invocation To Peace (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
O GENTLE Peace! celestial visitant!Thou friend to virtue, charity, and love,Whose smile can make a paradise on earth,Without whose presence ...
On The Fate Of Newspapers. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
WHAT changes time's swift motion brings!What sad reverse of human things!What once was valu'd, highly priz'd,Is in a few short ...
The Disappointment (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
A BARD, unlike the bards of yore,Who drew from Aganippe's well,Inspiring draughts of poesy,As their harmonious numbers tell;Unlike the Roman ...
Anna (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
THE wintry wind blew loud and cold,And whirl'd in drifted heaps the snow;No moon-beam cheer'd the gloomy night,No trembling star ...
On The Death Of An Infant. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
SWEET babe! how peaceful is thy sleep,That sleep which wakes to pain no more;No more thy little eyes shall weep,For ...
Lines Written On The Banks Of The Eden, Near Kirkby Stephen. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
FROM distant moor-land heights descending,How swiftly rolls this stream away!Say, whither, Eden, art thou hasting?Stay, impetuous river, stay,And hear a ...
To Forgetfulness. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
OH sweet forgetfulnessOf earth-born care and woe,Did ever Lethe's silent streamIn earthly channels flow,Soon would I taste of thee,And from ...
The Enquiry. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
WHAT is love? a compound strange,Made of mingled hopes and fears;Subject to perpetual change,Quick succeeding smiles and tears.What is love? ...
To A Friend. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
PEACEFUL as thy gentle spirit,May thy lot in life still be;And may heav'n its choicest blessings,Shower through future years on ...
Verses Intended For A Watch-Paper (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
THE mind of man, like this machine,Has various moving springs unseen;Strong feelings which affect him still,And prompt him both to ...