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 ...
WHEN first Alcanzar to the town did come,The people all believ'd that he was dumb:In troops, with hasty steps to ...
DIREFUL indeed are thy effects, O love!When Reason's voice deserts thy frantic shrine;Platonic lessons no asylum prove;His dictates must obsequious ...
SOME folk in courts for pleasure sue,An' some ransack the theatre:The airy nymph is won by few;She's of so coy ...
MY ever dear an' worthy aunty,Wha ne'er o' wit nor lear was vaunty;Yet often could, like honest grandam,Unravel dreams; an' ...
WILL gentle LOUDOUN deign to lend an ear,When nature speaks, and sorrow drops a tear?Within your walls my happiness I ...
WHERE can the wretched find relief from wo,Or sue for comfort in life's dreary vale?Here can philosophy no aid bestow,And ...
LATE on an evening I chanced to roam,The night it was dark, and the streets they were dirty;It was to ...
TRANSIENT proves our sweetest pleasure,Short our moments of delight;While we grasp the darling treasure,O how rapid is its flight?Oft at ...
AS Venus by night, so MONTAGUE brightLong in the gay circle did shine:She tun'd well the lyre, mankind did admire;They ...
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