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 ...
FLAVIA.WHILE dusky shades eclipse the solar ray,And fanning zephyrs 'mong the branches play,Where varied beauties deck the verdant groves,Let us ...
INSCRIBED TO JANET NICOL, A POOR OLD WAN-DERING WOMAN, WHO LIVES BY THE WALLAT LOUDOUN AND USED SOMETIMES TOBE VISITED ...
JOIN now Apollo the harmonious strain,O Muses, Graces, all ye gentle train;Once more conspire to aid my humble lays,And wake ...
JUNE, 1790.ERE Phoebus' beams exhal'd the pearly dew,While hoary moisture all the fields o'erspread,Where ozier cypress, and the drooping yew,Had ...
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 ...
WHILE o'er the plains stern winter bore the sway,And Sol from Capricorn diffus'd his ray,Nigh Bolton Gate, beneath a hawthorn ...
WHILE Morcham does your much lov'd presence share,And Lydia's health claims your maternal care,O Madam, deign with candour to peruseA ...
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 ...
YOUNG William once the blithest of the swains,That grac'd the flow'ry bank, or trode the plains;Not rustic, but from affectation ...
SIR, I your letter did peruse;So elegant the style you use,Abash'd, confounded I did museStruck with amaze;Great wit and learning ...
WITH pleasure I your welcome letter read,While Cupid for a little from me fled.With freedom write, dispel your trivial fears;There's ...
ARMEDA.WHY dost thou Sylvia pensive sit?Why hangs that cloud upon thy brow?Oft hast thou cheer'd us by thy wit,Why thus ...
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 ...
YE maidens attend to my tale,Of love that sly archer take care;His darts o'er all ranks do prevail,The wealthy, the ...
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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