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 ...
Mary Barber Poems on Mind (26 Poems)
To A Lady Who Commanded Me To Send Her An Account In Verse (Mary Barber Poems)
How I succeed, you kindly ask;Yet set me on a grievous Task,When you oblige me to rehearse,The Censures past upon ...
The Prodigy. (Mary Barber Poems)
Tho' Rhyme serves the Thoughts of great Poets to fetter,It sets off the Sense of small Poets the better.When I've ...
To Mrs. Strangeways Horner, With A Letter From My Son; (Mary Barber Poems)
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 ...
To The Reverend Mr. Mabell, Of Cambridge (Mary Barber Poems)
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 ...
Written For A Gentlewoman In Distress, To Her Grace Adelida, Dutchess Of Shrewsbury. (Mary Barber Poems)
Might I inquire the Reasons of my Fate,Or with my Maker dare expostulate;Did I, in prosp'rous Days, despise the Poor,Or ...
To A Lady, Who Invited The Author Into The Country. (Mary Barber Poems)
How gladly, Madam, would I go,To see your Gardens, and Chateau;From thence the fine Improvements view,Or walk your verdant Avenue;Delighted, ...
To Mrs. Frances–Arabella Kelly. (Mary Barber Poems)
To Day, as at my Glass I stood,To set my Head--cloaths, and my Hood;I saw my grizzled Locks with Dread,And ...
To Dr. Richard Helsham Upon My Recovery From A Dangerous Fit Of Sickness. (Mary Barber Poems)
For fleeting Life recall'd, for Health restor'd,Be first the God of Life and Health ador'd;Whose boundless Mercy claims this Tribute ...
NewsFfrom St. James’s. (Mary Barber Poems)
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 ...
To The Right Honble. The Lady Dowager Torrington, (Mary Barber Poems)
When you command, the Muse obeys,Proud to present her humble Lays.Of writing I'll no more repent,Nor think my Time unwisely ...
To His Excellency The Lord Carteret. (Mary Barber Poems)
The Picture strikes--'tis drawn with won d'rous Art;Well has the Poet play'd the Painter's Part.Tho' 'tis your Glory, yet, my ...
Epilogue To A Comedy Acted At Bath, (Mary Barber Poems)
Ladies, this Entertainment we have shown,Has not been rightly suited, I must own.Heroic Virtue should have been display'd,And Homage to ...
Advice To Her Son On Marriage (Mary Barber Poems)
from The Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr C-When you gain her Affection, take care to preserve it;Lest ...
To A Gentleman, Who Had Abus’d Waller. (Mary Barber Poems)
I grieve to think that Waller's blam'd,Waller, so long, so justly, fam'd.Then own your Verses writ in Haste,Or I shall ...
Written Upon The Rocks At Tunbridge, (Mary Barber Poems)
Hither, amongst the Crouds, that shunThe smoaky Town, and sultry Sun,In cooling Springs to seek for Health,Or throw away superfluous ...
To The Rt. Hon. Charlotte Lady Conway, On Her Resolving To Leave Bath. (Mary Barber Poems)
O Charlotte, truly pious, early wise!The Pleasures sought by others, you despise:Nor Bath, nor Bath's Allurements thee detain;Unmov'd, you quit ...
Stella And Flavia. (Mary Barber Poems)
Stella and Flavia, ev'ry Hour,Unnumber'd Hearts surprize:In Stella's Soul lies all her Pow'r,And Flavia's, in her Eyes.More boundless Flavia's Conquests ...
To Mrs. Armine Cartwright, At Bath. (Mary Barber Poems)
Lovely Armina, o'er her Books reclin'd,Impairs her Body, to improve her Mind:Of Wisdom fond, as others are of Wealth,In that ...
To Mrs. S—. Written In My Sickness. (Mary Barber Poems)
Dear Psyche, come, with chearful Face,And bless this desolated Place.O come! my sickly Couch attend,And ease the Anguish of your ...
To His Grace The Duke Of Chandos. (Mary Barber Poems)
Were Princes grac'd with Souls like thine,Princes had still been deem'd divine.Such Merit as we find in thee,First introduc'd Idolatry;When ...
By A Person Of Quality. (Mary Barber Poems)
Remote from Strife, from urban Throngs, and Noise.Here dwells my Soul amidst domestic Joys:No ratling Coaches serious Thoughts annoy;Nor busy ...
ToThe Right Honourable The Lady Elizabeth Germain, Upon Seeing Her Do A Generous Action (Mary Barber Poems)
When Ruin threaten'd me of late,With all its ghastly Train;Some Pow'r, in Pity to my Fate,Sent bountiful Germain,Her Soul is ...
Verses Sent To A Lady, Who Took Delight In Ridiculing A Person (Mary Barber Poems)
Should you employ your Ridicule,On those who Pity claim?Think, Birtha, is the native FoolFor Wit a proper Theme?On Vice your ...
To Dr. Mead, On His Cape Wine. (Mary Barber Poems)
Your Wine, by Southern Suns refin'd,Is a just Emblem of your Mind:Like You, the gen'rous Juice displaysIts Influence a thousand ...
The Recantation: To The Same Lady (Mary Barber Poems)
For give me, fair One, nor resentThe Lines to you I lately sent.They seem, as if your Form you priz'd,And ...