The Vision. Canto First. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
ON Kilda's rock a man of pensive mien,Sat thoughtful, gazing on the restless deep,And as he mark'd with what a ...
ON Kilda's rock a man of pensive mien,Sat thoughtful, gazing on the restless deep,And as he mark'd with what a ...
Favour'd of heav'n, awhile my speech attend:On brighter visions now unclose thine eyes,Again shall Europe's realms before thee rise.Of this ...
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 ...
HAIL lovely light of this material world!Bright orb of day! from thy pavilion darkOf wintry clouds now breaking forth again;Once ...
MY native vale! with heighten'd pleasure stillI trace thy simple scenes, my partial eyeSurveys new beauties each returning spring,Each summer ...
WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF A FRIEND.ALCANOR bids me hail the welcome morn,Seven times return'd, since, when in youthful pride,While ...
OH you who hither oft with pilgrim feet,Have o'er the pathless common trac'd your way;This scene of savage grandeur to ...
OH Sensibility, thou dangerous gift,Which, like Pandora's fabled box, containsCompounded good and ill, the fountain headAnd source whence flow the ...
OH! can there be on earth a lovelier sight,One that endears us more to human kind,Than a young groupe of ...
COME blest Urania! thou alone canst soarWith dauntless wing through regions unexplor'dBy mortal eye, and thou alone canst paintThe wonders ...
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 ...
ONCE more the swift wheels of old Time's rapid chariotHave hastily roll'd months and seasons away;Once more we take leave ...
HOPE, blest, and dearest gift of heaven,Thy smile can all our griefs assuage;To man by kind indulgence given,To cheer his ...
BELOV'D companion of my early years!My friend in solitude, my secret joy!Dear were the soothing whispers of thy voice,Dear were ...
IN this lone unfrequented spot-Amongst these dwellings of the dead,Does spring her beauteous charms display,And here her fragrant odours shed.She ...
O GENTLE Peace! celestial visitant!Thou friend to virtue, charity, and love,Whose smile can make a paradise on earth,Without whose presence ...
FROM fertile Gallia's peopled shoreAround what countless millions pour,(Where'er her threat'ning eagles soar,)To spread the reign of anarchy.Proud Gallia's flag ...
SWEET Cumbrian Bard, esteem'd and honour'd long,In youth belov'd respected in thy age,Thine is each title to mankind endear'd,The social ...
TRAV'LLER of th' etherial round,Hast'ning o'er yon starry plain,Tell us whither art thou bound,What far distant goal to gain?Say by ...
OH! happy lone retreat!Where my forefathers sleep;Though the rough surging billows beatAgainst thy woody steep,Peace dwells for ever there,Beneath thy ...
THAT sun which rose o'er Judah's land,On this auspicious day,Shall shine for ages yet to come,With never-setting ray.The Sun of ...
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