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 ...
Shall for the Man of Ross thy Lyre be strung,And sleeps illustrious Thanet yet unsung?Since to distinguish Merit is thy ...
O thou, with ev'ry Virtue grac'd,Adorn'd with Wit, and Sense, and Taste;Who, with a Goodness unconfin'd,Delight'st in blessing human Kind,Whose ...
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 ...
Thou glorious Ruler of the beauteous Day!Have sev'nteen Years so swiftly roll'd away?Hast thou so oft the heav'nly Circle run,When ...
Might I inquire the Reasons of my Fate,Or with my Maker dare expostulate;Did I, in prosp'rous Days, despise the Poor,Or ...
A sight like this, who can unmov'd survey?Impartial Muse, can'st thou with--hold thy Lay?See the freed Captives hail their native ...
Let Others speak your Titles, and your Blood;Accept from Me the glorious Name of Good.This Honour only from fair Virtue ...
A courtier, summon'd hence of late,Was call'd to Minos' Judgment Seat.The Cretan Sage began the Charge,Recounted all his Crimes at ...
And will your Goodness never have an End?And will you still persist to be my Friend?To meet me still with ...
I little thought that honest DickWould slight me so, when I was sick.Is he a Friend, who only stays,Whilst Health ...
Let me the Honour soon obtain,For which I long have hop'd in vain;Since I, alas! am now confin'd,Your Visit would ...
'Tis said, for ev'ry common GriefThe Muses can afford Relief:And, surely, on that heav'nly TrainA Boyle can never call in ...
from The Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr C-When you gain her Affection, take care to preserve it;Lest ...
Sophronia, all the World agree,The Soul of Friendship dwells in Thee:Let Envy other Gifts dispute,Since here the Fury must be ...
I read in your delighted Face,The Nuptial Bands are ty'd:From me congratulate her Grace,Young Portland's lovely Bride.Tell her, an humble, ...
Since Phoebus makes your Verse divine,Since the God glows in ev'ry Line;Why should you think, but I, with Ease,Might write ...
I hope, Sir, by this you have found your Account,In visiting Airy, and seeing his Mount:If Froth can delight you, ...
I grieve to see you waste your Time,And turn your Thoughts so much to Rhyme,Be wise--your useless Views resign,And fly ...
Sincerity, what are thy Views;No more my Breast attend.By thee, alas! we often lose,But seldom gain a Friend.No more with ...
These Plains, so joyous once to me,Now sadly chang'd appear:Hortensia I no more can see,Who patroniz'd me here.Fair Excellence, where--e'er ...
Dear Psyche, come, with chearful Face,And bless this desolated Place.O come! my sickly Couch attend,And ease the Anguish of your ...
Tell me, my Patroness, and Friend,Can Age Parnassian Heights ascend?Sweet Poesy's light Footsteps trace?Ah no! I must give up the ...
Whilst Gay's unhappy Fate thy Ear attends,Thy Heart, indignant, scorns his faithless Friends;Thy gen'rous Heart, which never learnt the Way,A ...
Dear Philomela, oft you condescend,With Notes seraphic, to transport your Friend:Then in Return, let Verse your Soul rejoice,Wise, as your ...
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