Damon And Philander (Janet Little Poems)
DAMON.THE sun with keenness darts his sultry ray;To some cool shade Philander haste away,Nigh yon smooth riv'let, where the southern ...
DAMON.THE sun with keenness darts his sultry ray;To some cool shade Philander haste away,Nigh yon smooth riv'let, where the southern ...
AS Celia, who a coquette was,O'er fading charms lamented,She frown'd upon her looking-glass,And thus her spleen she vented."Thou silly, stupid, ...
SOME folk in courts for pleasure sue,An' some ransack the theatre:The airy nymph is won by few;She's of so coy ...
NOW from before Aurora's rays,Stern darkness with its horror flies;The mountain tops begin to blaze,And Phoebus gilds the eastern skies.See ...
WHERE can the wretched find relief from wo,Or sue for comfort in life's dreary vale?Here can philosophy no aid bestow,And ...
SIR, I your letter did peruse;So elegant the style you use,Abash'd, confounded I did museStruck with amaze;Great wit and learning ...
WROTE FROMLOUDOUN CASTLE.DEAR Nell with your long silence griev'd,Your welcome missive I receiv'd,And have in haste tane up the pen,Some ...
WHAT means this silent, solitary gloom?All nature in her dishabille appears;Contracted flow'rets yield no sweet perfume,And ev'ry grove a dismal ...
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 ...
TRANSIENT proves our sweetest pleasure,Short our moments of delight;While we grasp the darling treasure,O how rapid is its flight?Oft at ...
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