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Shout! for the Lord hath triumphed gloriously!Upon the shores of that renowned land,Where erst His mighty arm and outstretched handHe lifted high,And..

Smooth went our boat upon the summer seas,Leaving, for so it seemed, the world behind,Its sounds of mingled uproar: we, reclinedUpon the sunny deck..

SCENE--NETLEY ABBEY.There was a morrice on the moonlight plain,And music echoed in the woody glade,For fay-like forms, as of Titania's train,Upon a..

O TWEED! a stranger, that with wand'ring feetO'er hill and dale has journey'd many a mile,(If so his weary thoughts he might beguile)Delighted turns..

Spirit of Death! whose outstretched pennons dreadWave o'er the world beneath their shadow spread;Who darkly speedest on thy destined way,Midst..

O Tweed! a stranger, that with wandering feetO'er hill and dale has journeyed many a mile,(If so his weary thoughts he might beguile),Delighted turns..

O, Poverty! though from thy haggard eye,Thy cheerless mien, of every charm bereft,Thy brow that Hope's last traces long have left,Vain Fortune's..

IN ALVERSTOKE CHURCH, HANTS.Oh! they shall ne'er forget thee, they who knewThy soul benevolent, sincere, and true;The poor thy kindness cheered, thy..

Yes! from mine eyes the tears unbidden start,As thee, my country, and the long-lost sightOf thy own cliffs, that lift their summits whiteAbove the..

Since last I saw that countenance so mild,Slow-stealing age, and a faint line of care,Had gently touched, methought, some features there;Yet looked..

Go, then, and join the murmuring city's throng!Me thou dost leave to solitude and tears;To busy phantasies, and boding fears,Lest ill betide thee;..

I thought 'twas a toy of the fancy, a dreamThat leads with illusion the senses astray,And I sighed with delight as we stole down the stream,While the..

I stood upon the stone where ELA lay,The widowed founder of these ancient walls,Where fancy still on meek devotion calls,Marking the ivied arch, and..

Faint-gazing on the burning orb of day,When Afric's injured son expiring lay,His forehead cold, his labouring bosom bare,His dewy temples, and his..

Such are thy views, DISCOVERY! The great worldRolls to thine eye revealed; to thee the DeepSubmits its awful empire; IndustryAwakes, and Commerce to..

O NORTH! as thy romantic vales I leave,And bid farewell to each retiring hill,Where thoughtful fancy seems to linger still,Tracing the broad bright..

Thou camest with kind looks, when on the brinkAlmost of death I strove, and with mild voiceDidst soothe me, bidding my poor heart rejoice,Though..

Mortal! who, armed with holy fortitude,The path of good right onward hast pursued;May HE, to whose eternal throne on highThe sufferers of the earth..

Languid, and sad, and slow, from day to dayI journey on, yet pensive turn to view(Where the rich landscape gleams with softer hue)The streams and..

On these white cliffs, that calm above the floodUplift their shadowing heads, and, at their feet,Scarce hear the surge that has for ages beat,Sure..

How blessed with thee the path could I have trodOf quiet life, above cold want's hard fate,(And little wishing more) nor of the greatEnvious, or..

Why mourns the ingenuous Moralist, whose mindScience has stored, and Piety refined,That fading Chivalry displays no moreHer pomp and stately..

BY THE REV. NEWTON OGLE, DEAN OF MANCHESTER.Oh thou, that prattling on thy pebbled wayThrough my paternal vale dost stray,Working thy shallow passage..

When dark November bade the leaves adieu,And the gale sung amid the sea-boy's shrouds,Methought I saw four winged forms, that flew,With garments..

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..