Hymn To The Naiads (Mark Akenside Poems)
ARGUMENT. The Nymphs, who preside over springs and rivulets, are addressed at day-break, in honor of their several functions, and ...
ARGUMENT. The Nymphs, who preside over springs and rivulets, are addressed at day-break, in honor of their several functions, and ...
I. 1.How oft shall i surveyThis humble roof, the lawn, the greenwood shade,The vale with sheaves o'erspread,The glassy brook, the ...
I.Thy verdant scenes, O Goulder's hill,Once more i seek, a languid guest:With throbbing temples and with burden'd breastOnce more i ...
I.Behold; the Balance in the skySwift on the wintry scale inclines:To earthy caves the Dryads fly,And the bare pastures Pan ...
I.No, foolish youth-To virtuous fameIf now thy early hopes be vow'd,If true ambition's nobler flameCommand thy footsteps from the croud,Lean ...
I.Oh fly! 'tis dire Suspicion's mien; And, meditating plagues unseen, The sorceress hither bends:Behold her torch in gall imbrued:Behold - her garment ...
A DIALOGUE: Addressed to a young Lady.Friendship:In vain thy lawless Fires contend with mine,Tho' Crouds unnumber'd fall before thy Shrine;Let ...
I.Meek honor, female shame, O! whither, sweetest offspring of the sky, From Albion dost thou fly;Of Albion's daughters once the favorite fame? O ...
I.Say, Townshend, what can London boastTo pay thee for the pleasures lost,The health to-day resign'd,When spring from this her favorite ...
Approach in silence. 'tis no vulgar taleWhich I, the Dryad of this hoary oak,Pronounce to mortal ears. The second ageNow ...
I.Of all the springs within the mindWhich prompt her steps in fortune's maze,From none more pleasing aid we findThan from ...
I.Yes: you contemn the perjur'd maidWho all your favorite hopes betray'd:Nor, though her heart should home return,Her tuneful tongue it's ...
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