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 Thought & Thinking (23 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 Outlaw (Matilda Betham Poems)
BEFORE the fair Aurora spreadHer azure mantle o'er the skies,While sleep its pleasing influence shed,On grateful mortals weary eyes.Emerg'd from ...
Vignette – XXVI (Matilda Betham Poems)
ELEGY ON EDWARD BETHAM,_Lost in the Duchess of Gordon East Indiaman, off the Cape of Good Hope_. --------Lovely as are the ...
The Daughter (Matilda Betham Poems)
"Come, mournful lute! dear echo of my woe! No stranger's tread in this lone spot I fear, Sweeter thy notes in such ...
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 ...
The Terrors Of Guilt (Matilda Betham Poems)
YON coward, with the streaming hair,And visage, madden'd to despair,With step convuls'd, unsettled eye,And bosom lab'ring with a sigh,Is Guilt! ...
Elegy On Sophia Graham (Matilda Betham Poems)
WHO DIED JAN. 21, 1800. Sweet is the voice of Friendship to the ear, Sweet is Affection's mildly-beaming eye, Sweet the applause which ...
Vignette – XXI (Matilda Betham Poems)
LINES._Written for a Young Gentleman to speak at the Audit at St. Saviour'sSchool, Southwark, after the Battle of Trafalgar_. --------While others, ...
L’Homme De L’Ennui (Matilda Betham Poems)
Forlornly I wander, forlornly I sigh, And droop my head sadly, I cannot tell why: When the first breeze of morning blows ...
Vignette – XX (Matilda Betham Poems)
_On reading in Savary's Travels the death of Ali Bey, who, it isthere represented, in the midst of enlightened and ...
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, ...
The Lonely Walk (Matilda Betham Poems)
To W. S. B.WHEN the grey evening spreads a calm around,Tell me, has thy bewilder'd fancy sought,Retir'd in some sequestered ...
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 ...
To The Nuns Of Bodney (Matilda Betham Poems)
YE holy women, say! will ye acceptThe passing tribute of a humble friend?Stranger indeed to you and to your faith,But ...
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 ...
Rhapsody (Matilda Betham Poems)
LO! here a cloud comes sailing, richly cladIn royal purple, which the parting beamsOf bounteous Phoebus edge with tints of ...
Vignette – V (Matilda Betham Poems)
VALENTINE_FROM A YOUNG LADY TO HER MOTHER._Hope has her emblem, so has Love, But I have vainly soughtFor one, that might ...
Human Pleasure Or Pain (Matilda Betham Poems)
WHEN clouds and rain deform the sky,And light'nings glare around,Amidst the dreary, cheerless scene,Some comfort may be found.There will, at ...