Invitation, To J.B.C. (Matilda Betham Poems)
NOW spring appears, with beauty crown'd,And all is light and life around,Why comes not Jane? When friendship calls,Why leaves she ...
Matilda Betham Poems (90 Poems)
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, ...
Retrospect Of Youth (Matilda Betham Poems)
I wander'd forth amid the flow'rs, And careless sipp'd the morning air; Nor hail'd the angel-winged hours, Nor saw that Happiness was there! Alas! ...
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 ...
To Miss Rouse Boughton (Matilda Betham Poems)
NOW THE RIGHT HON. LADY ST. JOHN.Aberystwith, July 5th, 17-- Louisa, while thy pliant fingers trace The solemn beauties of the prospect ...
Vignette – VI (Matilda Betham Poems)
THE LOVER'S APOLOGY.I look'd into her eyes, And saw something divine,For there, like summer lightning, Swift coruscations shine.Still flashing, and still changing, Attemper'd ...
Written In London, On The 19th Of March 1796 (Matilda Betham Poems)
A lov'd companion, chosen friend,Does at this hour depart,Whom the dear name of father bindsStill closer to my heart.On him ...
Youth Unsuspicious Of Evil (Matilda Betham Poems)
O bend thy head, sweet morning flow'r! And look not up so fresh and bright! The keen, harsh wind, the heavy show'r, Will ...
Reflection (Matilda Betham Poems)
Why should we think the years of life Will pass serenely by, When, for a day, the Sun himself Ne'er sees a cloudless ...
The Heir (Matilda Betham Poems)
See yon tall stripling! how he droops forlorn! How slow his pace! how spiritless his eye! Like a dark cloud in summer's ...
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 ...
Sonnet I (Matilda Betham Poems)
Urge me no more! nor think, because I seem Tame and unsorrowing in the world's rude strife, That anguish and resentment have ...
Vignette – XV (Matilda Betham Poems)
TO THE HON. LADY J----,_With the Picture of her Grand-daughter, the present Lady Petre._1813.Behold the semblance of thy flower! I could ...
Vignette – VIII (Matilda Betham Poems)
_The Spanish Lady's Farewell_, 1809.Manuel, I do not shed a tear, Our parting to delay!I dare not listen to my fear! I ...
To A Llangollen Rose, (Matilda Betham Poems)
THE DAY AFTER IT HAD BEEN GIVEN BY MISS PONSONBY. Soft blushing flow'r! my bosom grieves, To view thy sadly drooping leaves: For, ...
Vignette – XI (Matilda Betham Poems)
TO THE SAME.Go forth, my voice, through the wild air, In the lone stillness of the night, Beneath the cold moon's pale ...
Vignette – XXII (Matilda Betham Poems)
TO THE HETMAN, PLATOFF. --------O ancient warrior! as we hail thee, And behold thy cordial smile,We hope that greetings ne'er may fail ...
Vignette – IX (Matilda Betham Poems)
SONNET. I am unskill'd in speech: my tongue is slowThe graceful courtesies of life to pay;To deck kind meanings up in ...
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 ...
Vignette – VII (Matilda Betham Poems)
Come, Magdalen, and bind my hair, And put me on my sad array;I to my father's house repair, And hear his final ...
Vignette – X (Matilda Betham Poems)
ALL' AMICA.And didst thou think that worldly artWould mould anew this shrinking heart?No! as a bird, by storms opprest,Is sheltered ...
In A Letter To A.R.C On Her Wishing To Be Called Anna (Matilda Betham Poems)
FORGIVE me, if I wound your ear,By calling of you Nancy,Which is the name of my sweet friend,The other's but ...
On A Letter To A.R.C. On Her Wishing To Be Called Anna (Matilda Betham Poems)
FORGIVE me, if I wound your ear,By calling of you Nancy,Which is the name of my sweet friend,The other's but ...
On A Fan (Matilda Betham Poems)
NOW I've painted these flowers, say what can I do,To render them worthy acceptance from you?I know of no sybil, ...
Cantata. Dello Metastaiso (Matilda Betham Poems)
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Cantata Dello Stesso (Matilda Betham Poems)
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La Fortuna. Dello Stesso (Matilda Betham Poems)
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Vignette – XII (Matilda Betham Poems)
_To the late Lady Rouse Boughton_.'Tis said, that jealous of a name We all would praise confine,And choke the leading path ...
To ——– With Arthur And Albina (Matilda Betham Poems)
AH! if your eye should e'er these lines survey,Dismiss from thence its penetrating ray:Let Criticism then her distance keep,And dreaded ...