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 World (12 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 ...
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 ...
Written From Dublin, To A Lady In The Country. (Mary Barber Poems)
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 ...
Occasion’d By Seeing Some Verses Written By Mrs. Constantia Grierson, Upon The Death Of Her Son. (Mary Barber Poems)
This mourning Mother can with Ease exploreThe Arts of Latium, and the Grecian Store:Was early learn'd, nay more, was early ...
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 Honourable The Lady Elizabeth Boyle On Her Birth-Day (Mary Barber Poems)
May each new Year some new Perfection give,Till all the Mother in the Daughter live!May'st Thou her Virtues to the ...
To Sophronia. (Mary Barber Poems)
Sophronia, all the World agree,The Soul of Friendship dwells in Thee:Let Envy other Gifts dispute,Since here the Fury must be ...
Upon Seeing A Raffle For Addison’s Works Unfill’d (Mary Barber Poems)
Ye gentle Beaux, and thoughtless Belles,Who gaily rove at Tunbridge--Wells,With Pockets full; and empty Looks,Raffling for ev'ry Toy--but Books:Should Addison's ...
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, ...
Verses Occasion’d By The Sickness Of Mrs. Anne Donnellan. (Mary Barber Poems)
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 ...