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 ...
Mark Akenside Poems on Power (19 Poems)
Ode XVIII: To The Right Honourable Francis Earl Of Huntington (Mark Akenside Poems)
I. 1.The wise and great of every clime,Through all the spacious walks of Time,Where'er the Muse her power display'd,With joy ...
Ode IX: To Curio (Mark Akenside Poems)
I.Thrice hath the spring beheld thy faded fame Since I exulting grasp'd the tuneful shell: Eager through endless years to sound thy ...
Ode XI: To The Country Gentlemen Of England (Mark Akenside Poems)
I.Whither is Europe's ancient spirit fled?Where are those valiant tenants of her shore,Who from the warrior bow the strong dart ...
The Poet (Mark Akenside Poems)
-A RhapsodyOf all the various lots around the ball,Which fate to man distributes, absolute;Avert, ye gods! that of the Muse's ...
Ode IV: To The Honourable Charles Townshend In The Country (Mark Akenside Poems)
I. 1.How oft shall i surveyThis humble roof, the lawn, the greenwood shade,The vale with sheaves o'erspread,The glassy brook, the ...
Ode I: The Remonstrance (Mark Akenside Poems)
If, yet regardful of your native land,Old Shakespeare's tongue you deign to understand,Lo, from the blissful bowers where heaven rewardsInstructive ...
Ode VII: To The Right Reverend Benjamin Lord Bishop Of Winchester (Mark Akenside Poems)
I. 1.For toils which patriots have endur'd,For treason quell'd and laws secur'd,In every nation Time displaysThe palm of honourable praise.Envy ...
Ode XII: To Sir Francis Henry Drake, Baronet (Mark Akenside Poems)
I.Behold; the Balance in the skySwift on the wintry scale inclines:To earthy caves the Dryads fly,And the bare pastures Pan ...
Ode XV: To The Evening-Star (Mark Akenside Poems)
I.To-night retir'd the queen of heavenWith young Endymion stays:And now to Hesper is it givenAwhile to rule the vacant sky,Till ...
Ode XI: On Love, To A Friend (Mark Akenside Poems)
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 ...
Ode V: Against Suspicion (Mark Akenside Poems)
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 ...
Ode II: To Sleep (Mark Akenside Poems)
I.Thou silent power, whose welcome swayCharms every anxious thought away;In whose divine oblivion drown'd,Sore pain and weary toil grow mild,Love ...
The Nightingale (Mark Akenside Poems)
To-night retired, the queen of heaven With young Endymion stays;And now to Hesper it is givenAwhile to rule the vacant sky,Till ...
Nightingale, The (Mark Akenside Poems)
To-night retired, the queen of heavenWith young Endymion stays;And now to Hesper it is givenAwhile to rule the vacant sky,Till ...
To Cordelia (Mark Akenside Poems)
JULY, 1740.From pompous life's dull masquerade,From Pride's pursuits, and Passion's war,Far, my Cordelia, very far,To thee and me may Heaven ...
Ode VIII: If Rightly Tuneful Bards Decide (Mark Akenside Poems)
I.If rightly tuneful bards decide,If it be fix'd in love's decrees,That beauty ought not to be triedBut by its native ...
Ode X: To The Muse (Mark Akenside Poems)
I.Queen of my songs, harmonious maid,Ah why hast thou withdrawn thy aid?Ah why forsaken thus my breastWith inauspicious damps oppress'd?Where ...
Amoret (Mark Akenside Poems)
IF rightly tuneful bards decide,If it be fix'd in Love's decrees,That Beauty ought not to be triedBut by its native ...