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Ode XV: On Domestic Manners (Unfinished) (Mark Akenside Poems)

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 ...

Ode XIII: To The Author Of Memoirs Of The House of Brandenburgh (Mark Akenside Poems)

I.The men renown'd as chiefs of human race,And born to lead in counsels or in arms,Have seldom turn'd their feet ...

Ode XVI: To Caleb Hardinge, M.D. (Mark Akenside Poems)

I.With sordid floods the wintry UrnHath stain'd fair Richmond's level green:Her naked hill the Dryads mourn,No longer a poetic scene.No ...

Ode VI: To William Hall, Esquire: With The Works Of Chaulieu (Mark Akenside Poems)

I.Attend to Chaulieu's wanton lyre;While, fluent as the sky-lark singsWhen first the morn allures it's wings,The epicure his theme pursues:And ...

Ode XIV: To The Honourable Charles Townshend: From The Country (Mark Akenside Poems)

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 ...

Ode VII: On The Use Of Poetry (Mark Akenside Poems)

I.Not for themselves did human kindContrive the parts by heaven assign'd On life's wide scene to play:Not Scipio's force, nor C(Mark ...

Inscriptions: VIII: Ye Powers Unseen (Mark Akenside Poems)

Ye powers unseen, to whom, the bards of GreeceErected altars; ye who to the mindMore lofty views unfold, and prompt ...

Ode III: To The Cuckow (Mark Akenside Poems)

I.O rustic herald of the spring,At length in yonder woody valeFast by the brook I hear thee sing;And, studious of ...

Inscriptions: VII: The Wood Nymph (Mark Akenside Poems)

Approach in silence. 'tis no vulgar taleWhich I, the Dryad of this hoary oak,Pronounce to mortal ears. The second ageNow ...

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 ...

Inscriptions: III: Whoe’er Thou Art Whose Pat In Summer Lies (Mark Akenside Poems)

Whoe'er thou art whose path in summer liesThrough yonder village, turn thee where the groveOf branching oaks a rural palace ...

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 ...

Ode IX: At Study (Mark Akenside Poems)

I.Whither did my fancy stray?By what magic drawn awayHave I left my studious theme?From this philosophic page,From the problems of ...

Ode V: On Love Of Praise (Mark Akenside Poems)

I.Of all the springs within the mindWhich prompt her steps in fortune's maze,From none more pleasing aid we findThan from ...

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 ...

Inscriptions: IV: O Youths And Virgins (Mark Akenside Poems)

O youths and virgins: o declining eld:O pale misfortune's slaves: o ye who dwellUnknown with humble quiet; ye who waitIn ...

The Complaint (Mark Akenside Poems)

I.AWAY! away!Tempt me no more, insidious Love: Thy soothing sway Long did my youthful bosom prove: At length thy treason is discern'd, At length ...

A Song (Mark Akenside Poems)

The Shape alone let others prize,The Features of the Fair;I look for Spirit in her Eyes,And Meaning in her Air.A ...

Inscriptions: I: For A Grotto (Mark Akenside Poems)

To me, whom in their lays the shepherds callAct(Mark Akenside)

For a Column At Runnymede (Mark Akenside Poems)

Thou, who the verdant plain dost traverse hereWhile Thames among his willows from thy viewRetires; O stranger, stay thee, and ...

Ode IV: Affected Indifference. To The Same (Mark Akenside Poems)

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 ...

Complaint, The (Mark Akenside Poems)

Away! away!Tempt me no more, insidious Love:Thy soothing swayLong did my youthful bosom prove:At length thy treason is discern'd,At length ...

Inscriptions: VI: For A Column At Runnymede (Mark Akenside Poems)

Thou, who the verdant plain dost traverse here,While Thames among his willows from thy viewRetires; o stranger, stay thee, and ...

Inscriptions: II: For A Statue Of Chaucer At Woodstock (Mark Akenside Poems)

Such was old Chaucer. such the placid mienOf him who first with harmony inform'dThe language of our fathers. Here he ...

Ode XVII: On A Sermon Against Glory (Mark Akenside Poems)

I.Come then, tell me, sage divine,Is it an offence to ownThat our bosoms e'er inclineToward immortal glory's throne?For with me ...

Inscriptions: IX: Me Tho’ In Life’s Sequester’d Vale (Mark Akenside Poems)

Me tho' in life's sequester'd valeThe Almighty sire ordain'd to dwell,Remote from glory's toilsome ways,And the great scenes of public ...

Inscriptions (Mark Akenside Poems)