Almeda And Flavia (Janet Little Poems)
FLAVIA.WHILE dusky shades eclipse the solar ray,And fanning zephyrs 'mong the branches play,Where varied beauties deck the verdant groves,Let us ...
Janet Little Poems on Fate & Destiny (14 Poems)
A poem On Contentment (Janet Little Poems)
INSCRIBED TO JANET NICOL, A POOR OLD WAN-DERING WOMAN, WHO LIVES BY THE WALLAT LOUDOUN AND USED SOMETIMES TOBE VISITED ...
Alcanzar (Janet Little Poems)
WHEN first Alcanzar to the town did come,The people all believ'd that he was dumb:In troops, with hasty steps to ...
A Young Lady’s Lamentation (Janet Little Poems)
FOR THELOSS OF HER SISTER BY MARRIAGE.WHAT tongue can half my woes express?What force of eloquence can tell?The causes of ...
On Halloween (Janet Little Poems)
SOME folk in courts for pleasure sue,An' some ransack the theatre:The airy nymph is won by few;She's of so coy ...
To The Countess Of Loudoun (Janet Little Poems)
WILL gentle LOUDOUN deign to lend an ear,When nature speaks, and sorrow drops a tear?Within your walls my happiness I ...
Amanda: An Elegy On The Death Of Mrs. —–, Personating Her Husband (Janet Little Poems)
WHERE can the wretched find relief from wo,Or sue for comfort in life's dreary vale?Here can philosophy no aid bestow,And ...
To A Young Man Under Sentence Of Death For Forgery (Janet Little Poems)
FROM HIS MISTRESS.IN awful solitude, in direful chains,Where deep despair and sad reflection reigns,If yet thy breast another's woes can ...
Upon A Young Lady’s Breaking A Looking-Glass (Janet Little Poems)
AS round the room, with tentless speed,Young Delia tripp'd it finely,A looking-glass, so Fate decreed,She broke, but not design'dly.A looking-glass ...
The Unfortunate Rambler (Janet Little Poems)
LATE on an evening I chanced to roam,The night it was dark, and the streets they were dirty;It was to ...
To A Lady, A Patroness Of The Muses ,On Her Recovery From Sickness (Janet Little Poems)
WHILE sickness, madam, on your vitals prey'd,The sympathetic sisters shar'd your pain:I mark'd them then in sable weeds array'd,In concert ...
The Lottery Ticket (Janet Little Poems)
CELIA, fair, beyond description,Soon became the fav'rite toast;Charms unrival'd ev'n by fiction,Did the lovely maiden boast.Beaux and sages, panting, dying,Did ...
On An Unlooked-For Separation From A Friend (Janet Little Poems)
TRANSIENT proves our sweetest pleasure,Short our moments of delight;While we grasp the darling treasure,O how rapid is its flight?Oft at ...
To The Public (Janet Little Poems)
I.FROM the dull confines of a country shade,A rustic damsel issues forth her lays;There she, in secret, sought the Muse's ...