On Reading Walter Scot’s “Marmion.” (Joanna Baillie Poems)
CHARM'D by the patriot muse of Flodden Field,My country's dearer claims the while forgot,I almost wish'd that Surry's host might ...
CHARM'D by the patriot muse of Flodden Field,My country's dearer claims the while forgot,I almost wish'd that Surry's host might ...
FIRST of invaders, Hannibal, thy nameIs proud as chief may claim, or man bestow,For thy historian is the conquer'd foe,And ...
THE marks of death were on him, and he boreIn every feature that sharp, clear, cold look,Which is not of ...
ONCE more, ye Pleiads of the Ionian deep,Welcome! in misty distance, 'midst the roarOf warring waves and winds, that fiercely ...
NOT love, nor war, nor the tumultuous swellOf civil conflicts, nor the wrecks of change,And duty struggling with afflictions strange,Not ...
THE REFORMER OF NEWGATE.HELP , Master, help!—we sink—our toil is vain—We perish—help!—the faint disciples cried:The Saviour rose and look'd upon ...
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