To The Moon (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
THOU loveliest far of all the Heavenly Train!Thou bright attendant on Night's solemn reign!In whom created Beauty's charms combine,With excellence ...
Mary Abel Clinckett Poems on Mind (23 Poems)
The Assembly (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
THE theme my verse unfolds, ye Bridgetown Fair,Is one which late has claimed your constant care,Tis one so dear to ...
On Reading Mrs. Hannah More’s Essay On St. Paul (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
OH ! I thou! whose Genius as thy Virtue shines,Around whose brows the wreath of Fame entwines;Benign Preceptress of thy ...
On Clevedale (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
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 ...
To My Mother In Heaven (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
1.THOU sainted Spirit! from the realms of lightLook down propitious on thy child below,Direct my thoughts, and guide my steps ...
On Hearing Of The Death Of A Beloved And Lamented Aunt (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
Mrs. Anne Whitaker in Barbados.ON wings of Angels borne unto her God,This blessed Saint has gained the bright abode:Serene thro' ...
Reflections By Moonlight At Midnight (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
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 ...
Retrospective Reflections (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
1.WHEN soften'd sadness steals upon the mind,And Memory's hand has touched each finer chord,What joy so pure, what rapture so ...
On The Blessings Of Christianity, (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
Being diffused among the Inhabitants of Africa.1.As the mild lustre of the rising day,Thro' morn's grey twilight sheds a living ...
Written At Clevedale In June, 1812, (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
When The Author Was Indulging In The Fancy That SheShould Leave England That Year To Return ToBarbados.1.NOW hush'd and tranquil ...
Affection (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
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 ...
Reflections On The Uncertainty Of Human Life (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
1.WHY do we rest our anxious hopes below,And fancy bliss beyond misfortune's reach,While every "light affliction," every woeDoes some new ...
To Retirement (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
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 ...
Hope (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
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, ...
To Miss Cumberpatch, (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
On my quitting Clevedale to return to Barbados.1.AND must the Muse collect her feeble powers,And strike the lyre in Friendship's ...
On A Beautiful Rose Which From Its Peculiar Elegance, Was Denominated The Nymph Of Vaucluse (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
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 ...
To Fancy (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
1.HAIL , brilliant Fancy, wildly-pleasing power,Whose forms still vary with the changing hour;To worlds unseen thou wingst thy rapid flight,Through ...
Twilight (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
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 ...
Lines Addressed To A Brother, (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
Whose brilliancy of talent, strength of mind,and undeviating regard to Truth at the ageof eight years, merit admiration and applause.1.IF ...
An Evening Effusion (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
1.HAST thou not seen in April's changeful skyThe sudden cloud o'ercast the smiling day?So steals the tear into the pensive ...
On Hearing S. E. G Sing And Play (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
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 ...
Disappointment (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
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 ...
A Song (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
1.WHY do clouds deform the sky,Which youth's high hopes adorn,And why is early friendship's sighAs sweet as Summer's morn?2.Ah! where ...