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 ...
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 ...
This mourning Mother can with Ease exploreThe Arts of Latium, and the Grecian Store:Was early learn'd, nay more, was early ...
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 ...
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 ...
Welcome, thou sacred, solemn Guest,Who com'st to guide me to the Blest.O Fountain of eternal Truth,Thou gracious Guardian of my ...
In vain you shew a happy Nation,The Gospel's gracious Dispensation;And plead from thence, to bring up YouthTo early Piety and ...
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