The Orphin Twins. A Tale (James Hurdis Poems)
'Twas on a lofty mountain's side Half up the verdant steep, A gen'rous Vicar wedded, died, And left his spouse to weep. And still ...
'Twas on a lofty mountain's side Half up the verdant steep, A gen'rous Vicar wedded, died, And left his spouse to weep. And still ...
Season of darkness and contracted day, Inclement Winter, whose approaching foot Treads on the heel of Autumn, pause; nor strew With thy rude ...
Why, O Spring, so in vain are display'd Thy sweet blossoms that us'd to delight?And thy branches in beauty array'd, Why attract ...
When Hebe the Charming was banish'd from Heav'n,Notwithstanding her beauty and birth,And her office by Jove to another was given,She ...
I love to see the little goldfinch pluckThe groundsel's feather'd seed, and twit and twit,And soon in bower of apple ...
Oyez, my good people draw near, My story surpasses belief,Yet deign for a moment to hear,And assist me to catch a ...
Replenish'd moon, whose unobstructed beam Once more upon the windows of my cot Shines with such sweet indulgence, welcome still. I bid thee ...
O happiness, thou puny short-liv'd plant, Whose tender branch this world's inclement sky But ill endures, and bears abundant bloom In the pacific ...
Go, little book, I charge thee post away; To the fair hand of her I love depart, And in soft numbers to ...
Behold that vale, whose sides are cloth'd with wood; And here and there a pleasurable spot Of intersected pasture, with its stack,Cottage ...
Cease, Eliza, thy locks to despoil,Nor remove the bright steel from thy hair;For fruitless and fond is the toil,Since nature ...
Could Nature do no more for this fair flower?Assert it not, fair maid-it is not true;To make a fairer she ...
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