Contest Between Beauty And Wealth, (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
For the Sovereignty of the Island of Barbados.WHERE high Olympus lifts his head in clouds,And his majestic form in darkness ...
For the Sovereignty of the Island of Barbados.WHERE high Olympus lifts his head in clouds,And his majestic form in darkness ...
Suggested by a Dream.TRANSPORT me, Fancy, to those milder skies,Where "the whole year in gay confusion lies,"Where rich cascades in ...
THE theme my verse unfolds, ye Bridgetown Fair,Is one which late has claimed your constant care,Tis one so dear to ...
OH ! I thou! whose Genius as thy Virtue shines,Around whose brows the wreath of Fame entwines;Benign Preceptress of thy ...
In the garden at Clevedale, whose waters havebeen immortalized from a Young Lady's fallinginto them.In imitation of Petrarch's Ode to ...
THE wide Creation now is hush'd in sleep,And undisturb'd repose pervades the deep;While yon bright Moon pursues her starry way,And ...
1.YE fabled Sisters of th' Aonian Mount,Who strike the harp, and touch the golden lyre,Be present here as at Castalia's ...
Being diffused among the Inhabitants of Africa.1.As the mild lustre of the rising day,Thro' morn's grey twilight sheds a living ...
NOW silent Evening gently smiles around,And cooling dews refresh the thirsty ground,Departing Sol adorns the west afar,With gentle lustre shines ...
1.WITHIN this lonely beauteous spot retir'd,Far from the world and fashion's giddy throng,My youthful muse, by Nature's charms inspir'd,Has learn'd ...
1.CELESTIAL Hope, fair Sister of Delight,What nameless pleasures on thy course attend!Thy smile can cheer Affliction's darkest night,And ev'ry solace, ...
DESCEND , oh muse! and guide my feeble laysMy weak attempts to sing a Father's praise,And thou, my Father, dearest ...
On my quitting Clevedale to return to Barbados.1.AND must the Muse collect her feeble powers,And strike the lyre in Friendship's ...
1.WHEN changing Fancy waves her airy wand,And o'er the mind extends her brilliant reign,Beauty's ideal forms, a floating band,Swim in ...
1.HOW sweet the silence of the twilight hour,When the still zephyr softly breathes around,When Contemplation, in her fav'rite bower,Sooths the ...
1.LET us love now , my charming Fair!For Youth's bright days must soon depart,Swift as the dart which cleaves the ...
Whose brilliancy of talent, strength of mind,and undeviating regard to Truth at the ageof eight years, merit admiration and applause.1.IF ...
1.YE Sons of the Lyre! gay Anacreon's train,Now descended with him to the regions below,While in bowers Elysian ye wake ...
FAIR Star of Genius, which with tow'ring blaze,Ascends from earth, and soars above our praise!Immortal talent and amazing fire!What laws ...
1.WHEN Beauty's hand awakes th' harmonious chord,And lifts the soul on rapture's trembling wings,Each list'ning ear will join with quick ...
1.SWEET gem of Evening's placid sky!A stream of radiance round me pour;For oft thy golden lamp on high,Has o'er me ...
1.FAIR daughter of the smiling Spring,Retir'd within the Vale,Oh, let the morning Zephyr bringThy fragrance to the Dale;And may the ...
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