The Lay Of Marie – Canto First (Matilda Betham Poems)
The guests are met, the feast is near, But Marie does not yet appear! And to her vacant seat on high Is lifted ...
Matilda Betham Poems on Joy & Excitement (24 Poems)
The Lay Of Marie – Canto Second (Matilda Betham Poems)
Some, fearing Marie's tale was o'er, Lamented that they heard no more; While Brehan, from her broken lay, Portended what she yet might ...
The Lay Of Marie – Canto Third (Matilda Betham Poems)
"Careless alike who went or came, I seldom ask'd the stranger's name, When such a being came in view As eagerly the question ...
The Old Sheperd’s Recollections (Matilda Betham Poems)
Low, heavy clouds are hanging on the hills, And half-impatient of the sun's approach, Shake sullenly their cold and languid wings! Oh! it ...
Cen’lin, Prince Of Mercia (Matilda Betham Poems)
WHEN Britain many chiefs obey'd,And seven Saxon princes sway'd,The Mercian monarch, fam'd afar,In peace respected, fear'd in war,Favour'd by heav'n ...
The Fraternal Duel (Matilda Betham Poems)
'OH! hide me from the sun! I loath the sight!I cannot bear his bright, obtrusive ray:Nought is so dreadful to ...
Philemon (Matilda Betham Poems)
YE blooming youth, possest of every grace,Which can delight the eye, or please the ear,Who boast a polish'd mind and ...
Written April The 18th, 1796 (Matilda Betham Poems)
THE beauteous queen of social love,Descending from the realms above,Through the wide space of ether flew,With care this little world ...
Vignette – XXIII (Matilda Betham Poems)
_On the Death of Master Frederic Thomson_.1810. --------In the first dawn of youth I much admireThe lively boy of ruddy countenance,Strong-built, ...
Reflections Occasioned By The Death Of Friends (Matilda Betham Poems)
My happiness was once a goodly tree, Which promis'd every day to grow more fair, And rear'd its lofty branches in the ...
Written On Whitsun-Monday 1795 (Matilda Betham Poems)
AT an open window sitting,On this day of mirth and glee,'Cross a flow'ry vista flitting,Many passing forms I see.Ah! lovely ...
On The Regret Of Youth (Matilda Betham Poems)
Before a rose is fully blown, The outward leaves announce decay; So, ere the spring of Youth is flown, Its tiny pleasures die ...
The Mother (Matilda Betham Poems)
"And beats my heart again with joy! And dances now my spirit light! The skiff that holds my darling boy This moment burst ...
The Grandfather’s Departure (Matilda Betham Poems)
The Old Man press'd Palemon's hand; To Lucy nodded with a smile; Kiss'd all the little ones around; Then clos'd the gate, and ...
Vignette – XVI (Matilda Betham Poems)
To MRS. A.An Hour was before me, no creature more bright,More airy, more joyous, e'er sprang on my sight.To catch ...
Fragment 1 (Matilda Betham Poems)
They, ere he left them, had attain'd their primeAnd were less alter'd by the hand of Time;But, the slim youth ...
On The Eve Of Departure From O—— (Matilda Betham Poems)
LOUD beats the rain! The hollow groanOf rushing winds I hear,That with a deep and sullen moan,Pass slowly by the ...
To M.I. (Matilda Betham Poems)
THOU, Margaret, lov'st the secret shade,The murmuring brook, or tow'ring tree;The village cot within the glade,And lonely walk have charms ...
Vignette – IV (Matilda Betham Poems)
"Come, Edmund, now the sun goes down, Thy many wanderings tell!Say, after all thine eyes have seen, If home appears so well!""So ...
Vignette – II (Matilda Betham Poems)
Lucy, I think not of thy beauty, I praise not each peculiar grace; To see thee in the path of duty, And with ...
Song II (Matilda Betham Poems)
SET TO MUSIC BY MR. VOIGHT. What do I love? A polish'd mind, A temper cheerful, meek, and kind; A graceful air, unsway'd ...
The Same, (Matilda Betham Poems)
ON RECEIVING FROM HER A FEW FLOWERS OUT OF A BOUQUET, FROM MELCHBOURNE,1807. Hail! sweet Louisa! o'er these votive flow'rs Friendship and ...
Written In Zimmermanns Solitude. (Matilda Betham Poems)
HAIL, melancholy sage! whose thoughtful eye,Shrunk from the mere spectator's careless gaze,And, in retirement sought the social smile,The heart-endearing aspect, ...
Song III (Matilda Betham Poems)
SET TO MUSIC BY MR. A. PETTIT, OF NORWICH. Once more then farewell! and whilst I'm away, Oh! let not another entangle ...