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  • An Inventory of the Furniture in Dr. Priestley's Study
    A map of every country known,
    With not a foot to&nb
    58 lines
  • To a Little Invisible Being
    Germ of new life, whose powers expanding slow
    For many a moon their full perfection wait,--
    37 lines
  • To Mrs. P********, With Some Drawings of Birds and Insects.
    I seize the pencil, or resume the pen;
    No other call my willing hand requires,
    131 lines, 2 comments
  • The Caterpillar
    No, helpless thing, I cannot harm thee now;
    Depart in peace, thy little life is safe,
    42 lines
  • Tormenting Cares
    Sleep, sleep today, tormenting cares
    Of earth and folly born!
    11 lines
  • Corsica
    ------ A manly race
    Of unsubmitting spirit, wise and brave;
    207 lines
  • Delia, An Elegy
    YES, DELIA loves! My fondest vows are blest ;
    Farewel the memory of her past disdain ;
    76 lines
  • The Invitation
    HEALTH to my friend, and long unbroken years,
    By storms unruffled and unstain'd by tears:
    188 lines
  • A Summer Evening's Meditation
    'TIS past ! The sultry tyrant of the south
    Has spent his short-liv'd rage ; more grateful hours
    123 lines, 1 comment
  • On The Death Of Mrs. Jennings
    'TIS past : dear venerable shade, farewel !
    Thy blameless life thy peaceful death shall tell.
    28 lines
  • Verses On Mrs Rowe
    SUCH were the notes our chaster SAPPHO sung,
    And every muse dropt honey on her tongue.
    44 lines
  • Ode To Spring
    SWEET daughter of a rough and stormy fire,
    Hoar Winter's blooming child ; delightful Spring !
    52 lines
  • To A Lady
    FLOWERS to the fair : To you these flowers I bring,
    And strive to greet you with an earlier spring.
    18 lines, 5 comments
  • Ovid To His Wife
    MY aged head now stoops its honours low,
    Bow'd with the load of fifty winters' snow;
    108 lines
  • Songs
    COME here fond youth, whoe'er thou be,
    That boasts to love as well as me ;
    217 lines
  • The Origin Of Song Writing
    WHEN Cupid, wanton boy, was young,
    His wings unfledg'd, and rude his tongue,
    92 lines
  • To Wisdom
    O WISDOM ! if thy soft controul
    Can sooth the sickness of the soul,
    28 lines
  • On A Lady's Writing
    HER even lines her steady temper show ;
    Neat as her dress, and polish'd as her brow ;
    6 lines
  • Hymn To Content
    O Thou, the Nymph with placid eye!
    O seldom found, yet ever nigh!
    54 lines
  • Characters
    OH ! born to sooth distress, and lighten care;
    Lively as soft, and innocent as fair;
    33 lines
  • The Mouse's Petition
    OH ! hear a pensive captive's prayer,
    For liberty that sighs ;
    48 lines
  • Verses Written In An Alcove
    NOW the moon-beam's trembling lustre
    Silvers o'er the dewy green,
    56 lines
  • On The Backwardness Of The Spring 1771
    IN vain the sprightly sun renews his course,
    Climbs up th' ascending signs and leads the day,
    28 lines
  • The Groans Of The Tankard
    OF strange events I sing, and portents dire;
    The wond'rous themes a reverent ear require;
    88 lines
  • To Mr. Barbauld
    NOVEMBER, 14, 1778.
    Come, clear thy studious looks awhile,
    38 lines
  • To Mrs. Marissal
    Whither, whither, wearied dove,
    Wilt thou fly to seek thy rest?
    20 lines
  • Epistle To William Wilberforce, Esq.
    ON THE REJECTION OF THE BILL FOR ABOLISHING THE SLAVE TRADE, 1791.
    Cease, Wilberforce, to urge thy generous aim!
    124 lines
  • The Rights of Woman
    Yes, injured Woman! rise, assert thy right!
    Woman! too long degraded, scorned, opprest;
    31 lines, 1 comment
  • To Doctor Priestley
    DECEMBER 29, 1792.
    Stirs not thy spirit, Priestley! as the train
    22 lines
  • An Autumnal Thought
    'Tis past! we breathe! assuaged at length
    The flames that drank our vital strength!
    28 lines
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