To Mrs. Ward. By The Same. (Mary Barber Poems)
O thou, my beauteous, ever tender Friend,Thou, on whom all my worldly Joys depend,Accept these Numbers; and with Pleasure hearUnstudy'd ...
O thou, my beauteous, ever tender Friend,Thou, on whom all my worldly Joys depend,Accept these Numbers; and with Pleasure hearUnstudy'd ...
Tho' great Longinus claims thy aiding Hand,And hopes, thro' thee, t'instruct a barb'rous Land,Where vile Conceits the Pow'r of Wit ...
A wretch, in smoaky Dublin pent,Who rarely sees the Firmament,You graciously invite, to viewThe Sun's enliv'ning Rays with you;To change ...
With Joy your Summons we obey,And come to celebrate this Day.Yet I, alas! despair to please;For you require exalted Lays:And, ...
Return, brave Youth! suspend thy Martial Fire,Nor, like great Berwick, in the Field expire.Illustrious Exile! thou art gone at last;Thy ...
'Tis said, for ev'ry common GriefThe Muses can afford Relief:And, surely, on that heav'nly TrainA Boyle can never call in ...
A Curious Statue, we are told,Is priz'd above its Weight in Gold;If the fair Form the Hand confessOf Phidias, or ...
Believe me, Rose, howe'er this Con. may please,With flowing Numbers, and an easy Phrase;With Wit, with Humour, and with ev'ry ...
Tho' the Plumb, and the Peach, with Apollo conspire,To present you their Softness, and Sweetness, and Fire;Their Aid is in ...
Goddess of Health, where--e'er you dwell,To Philomela fly;O hasten from your rural Cell,Nor let the Fair one die.Again her Voice ...
Go, Jealousy, Tormentress dire;On Lovers only seize:In Love, like Winds, you fan the Fire,And make it higher blaze.But Friendship's calmer, ...
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