Written Early in Spring (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
HAIL lovely light of this material world!Bright orb of day! from thy pavilion darkOf wintry clouds now breaking forth again;Once ...
HAIL lovely light of this material world!Bright orb of day! from thy pavilion darkOf wintry clouds now breaking forth again;Once ...
KIND shepherd! if thy hoary locks,Bespeaking venerable age,May trust and confidence inspire,Oh! wilt thou, with thy counsel sage,Assist a sad ...
WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF A FRIEND.ALCANOR bids me hail the welcome morn,Seven times return'd, since, when in youthful pride,While ...
FAME, and honour, wealth, and friendship,All are objects of desire,Frequent sought with ceaseless trouble,All can ardent hopes inspire.Fame is but ...
COME ye deep shades of night, that from the viewOf an unpitying world the wretched shroud,That give the harass'd limbs ...
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 ...
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 ...
HOPE, blest, and dearest gift of heaven,Thy smile can all our griefs assuage;To man by kind indulgence given,To cheer his ...
BUT few the Delian god inspiresWith genuine true poetic fires;But few who bear the poet's name,Shall share the lasting wreath ...
BELOV'D companion of my early years!My friend in solitude, my secret joy!Dear were the soothing whispers of thy voice,Dear were ...
O GENTLE Peace! celestial visitant!Thou friend to virtue, charity, and love,Whose smile can make a paradise on earth,Without whose presence ...
WHEN fair Amelia's artless smiles,At first my youthful bosom fir'd;I looked and sigh'd from day to day,But durst not say ...
BLOW lovely rose-the breath of ZephyrSoftly fans thy glowing breast:Blow, lovely rose, the bush adorning,Till by Chloe's hand carest,She place ...
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 ...
SWEET babe! how peaceful is thy sleep,That sleep which wakes to pain no more;No more thy little eyes shall weep,For ...
SHE comes, the poet's fav'rite theme,The pride of all the circling year;She comes, but tearful is her eye,No smiles upon ...
MY Henry! ah why would'st thou leave me behind thee,And cross the wide waves of the ocean alone,This sweet little ...
PALE lamp of night, on this low worldHow canst thou look so wond'rous fair?How canst thou on its horrors smile,Its ...
YOU sigh, Maria, hapless maid,The tear stands trembling in your eye;My bosom, touch'd by kindred woes,Re-echoes ev'ry pensive sigh.You grieve ...
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