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 ...
On the second Anniversary of our arrival inBarbados.1.TWO years have fled on downy wings away,Since we together hail'd this western ...
OH ! I thou! whose Genius as thy Virtue shines,Around whose brows the wreath of Fame entwines;Benign Preceptress of thy ...
1.WHATE'ER Arcadian scenes in fancy's dreams,Delight the eye and rise before the view,Stupendous rocks, wild woods, meand'ring streams,And lakes adorn'd ...
1.THOU sainted Spirit! from the realms of lightLook down propitious on thy child below,Direct my thoughts, and guide my steps ...
Mrs. Anne Whitaker in Barbados.ON wings of Angels borne unto her God,This blessed Saint has gained the bright abode:Serene thro' ...
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 ...
When The Author Was Indulging In The Fancy That SheShould Leave England That Year To Return ToBarbados.1.NOW hush'd and tranquil ...
1.SWEET is the Cottage on the hill,Sweet the wild flow'ret of the Vale,Sweet is the dear mellifluous rill,And sweeter still ...
1.WHY do we rest our anxious hopes below,And fancy bliss beyond misfortune's reach,While every "light affliction," every woeDoes some new ...
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.SACRED Retirement! friend to ev'ry muse,Come, aid my pen, a flow'ry wreath to weave,Gay fancy, deck it with thy brightest ...
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.WHAT glorious scenes of bliss untoldHas God reveal'd to sinful dust,What sweet rewards does Christ unfoldTo all the righteous and ...
1.OH ! come from classic scenes, and sylvan glades,Ye sportive nymphs who tune Parnassian lyres,Attend my lays, ye bright celestial ...
From Angels to a departed Spirit hoveringon the brink of Eternity, written at the sametime with the above.1.SPIRIT ! haste ...
1.HOW blest, how happy are the favoured few,In sweet seclusion from the World retired;Without regret who bid that World adieu,By ...
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 ...
COLD Disappointment! by kind Heaven design'd,To mend the heart, by softening the mind;With brow severe to temper Fancy's fire,And, by ...
1.MORE bright than Morning's brightest glowIs Friendship's pure and ambient fire,Pure as the bliss which Angels know,Which Seraphs feel, and ...
Where some young Ladies assembled to study.1.APPROACH , ye lovers of the classic lore,And softly tread this literary bower,For Learning ...
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