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 Vice & Virtue (13 Poems)
To Alexander Pope, Esq. (Mary Barber Poems)
Shall for the Man of Ross thy Lyre be strung,And sleeps illustrious Thanet yet unsung?Since to distinguish Merit is thy ...
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 ...
A Letter Sent To Mrs. Barber (Mary Barber Poems)
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 ...
Occasion’d By Reading The Memoirs Of Anne Of Austria (Mary Barber Poems)
Ye heedless Fair, who pass the live--long Day,In Dress and Scandal, Gallantry and Play;Who thro' new Scenes of Pleasure hourly ...
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 ...
An Apology Written For My Son To The Reverend Mr. Sampson, (Mary Barber Poems)
With Joy your Summons we obey,And come to celebrate this Day.Yet I, alas! despair to please;For you require exalted Lays:And, ...
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 ...
To The Right Honourable John Earl Of Orrery, At Bath, After The Death Of The Late Earl. (Mary Barber Poems)
'Tis said, for ev'ry common GriefThe Muses can afford Relief:And, surely, on that heav'nly TrainA Boyle can never call in ...
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 ...
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 a Lady (Mary Barber Poems)
WELL you Sincerity display, A virtue wond'rous rare !Nor value, tho' the world should say, You're rude, so you're sincere.To be sincere, ...