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Far in the centre of the deepest wood,The assembled fathers of their country stood.'Twas midnight now; the pine-wood fire burned red,And to the..

APUD KNOYLE, VILLAM AMOENISSIMAM.Stranger! a while beneath this aged treeRest thee, the hills beyond, and flowery meads,Surveying; and if Nature's..

God of the battle, hear our prayer!By the lifted falchion's glare;By the uncouth fane sublime,Marked with many a Runic rhyme;By the 'weird sisters'..

Milton, our noblest poet, in the graceOf youth, in those fair eyes and clustering hair,That brow untouched by one faint line of care,To mar its..

AS slow I climb the cliff's ascending side,Much musing on the track of terror pastWhen o'er the dark wave rode the howling blastPleas'd I look back..

FORMING A COLD BATH, AT COOMBE, NEAR DONHEAD, BELONGING TO MY BROTHER,CHAS. BOWLES, ESQ.Fountain, that sparklest through the shady place,Making a..

I am the comforter of them that mourn;My scenes well shadowed, and my carol sweet,Cheer the poor passengers of life's rude bourne,Till they are..

Come,--for the sun yet hangs above the bay,--And whilst our time may brook a brief delayWith other thoughts, and, haply with a tear,An old man's tale..

God said, Let there be light, and there was light!At once the glorious sun, at his command,From space illimitable, void and dark,Sprang jubilant, and..

Oh! lend that lute, sweet Archimage, to me!Enough of care and heavinessThe weary lids of life depress,And doubly blest that gentle heart shall..

Look, Christian, on thy Bible, and that glassThat sheds its sand through minutes, hours, and days,And years; it speaks not, yet, methinks, it says,To..

The spring shall visit thee again,Itchin! and yonder ancient fane,That casts its shadow on thy breast,As if, by many winters beat,The blooming season..

IF chance some pensive stranger, hither led,His bosom glowing from majestic views,The gorgeous dome, or the proud landscape's hues,Should ask who..

Awake a louder and a loftier strain!Beloved harp, whose tones have oft beguiledMy solitary sorrows, when I leftThe scene of happier hours, and..

O harmony! thou tenderest nurse of pain,If that thy note's sweet magic e'er can healGriefs which the patient spirit oft may feel,Oh! let me listen to..

AS slowly wanders thy forsaken stream,Wenbeck! the mossy-scatter'd rocks among,In fancy's ear still making plaintive songTo the dark woods above: ah!..

To every gentle Muse in vain allied,In youth's full early morning HEADLEY died!Too long had sickness left her pining trace,With slow, still touch, on..

O TIME! who know'st a lenient hand to laySoftest on sorrow's wound, and slowly thence,(Lulling to sad repose the weary sense)Stealest the..

Nay, let us gaze, ev'n till the sense is full,Upon the rich creation, shadowed soThat not great Nature, in her loftiest pompOf living beauty, ever on..

The watchman on the tower his bugle blew,And swelling to the morn the streamers flew;The rampart-guns a dread alarum gave,Smoke rolled, and thunder..

My heart has sighed in secret, when I thoughtThat the dark tide of time might one day close,England, o'er thee, as long since it has closedOn Egypt..

O THOU, whose stern command and precepts pure(Tho' agony in every vein should start,And slowly drain the blood-drops from the heart)Have bade the..

A PICTURESQUE COTTAGE AND GROUNDS BELONGING TO J. LEMON, ESQ.Stranger! mark this lovely scene,When the evening sets serene,And starting o'er the..

Old man, I saw thee in thy garden chairSitting in silence 'mid the shrubs and treesOf thy small cottage-croft, whilst murmuring beesWent by, and..

AND RETIRING TO A COUNTRY CURACY.Farewell! a long farewell! O Poverty,Affection's fondest dream how hast thou reft!But though, on thy stern brow no..