CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
Title: Poems (1786), Volume I.
Author: Helen Maria Williams
Language: English
Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Carol David and PG Distributed Proofreaders
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POEMS,
BY HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
MDCCLXXXVI.
TO HER MAJESTY.
MADAM,
I am too sensible of the distinguished honour conferred upon me, in your Majesty's gracious protection of these Poems, to abuse it by adopting the common strain of dedication.
That praise corresponds best to your Majesty's generous feelings, which is poured without restraint from the heart, and is repeated where you cannot hear.
I suppress therefore, in delicacy to those feelings, the warmth of my own, and subscribe myself,
MADAM,
With profound respect,
Your MAJESTY'S
Devoted servant,
HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS.
PREFACE.
The apprehension which it becomes me to feel, in submitting these Poems to the judgment of the Public, may perhaps plead my excuse, for detaining the reader to relate, that they were written under the disadvantages of a confined education, and at an age too young for the attainment of an accurate taste. My first production, the Legendary Tale of Edwin and Eltruda, was composed to amuse some solitary hours, and without any view to publication. Being shewn to Dr. Kippis, he declared that it deserved to be committed to the press, and offered to take upon himself the task of introducing it to the world. I could not hesitate to publish a composition which had received the sanction of his approbation. By the favourable reception this little poem met with, I was encouraged still farther to meet the public eye, in the "Ode on the Peace," and the poem which has the title of "Peru." These poems are inserted in the present collection, but not exactly in their original form. I have felt it my duty to exert my endeavours in such a revision and improvement of them, as may render them somewhat more worthy of perusal. It will, I am afraid, still be found, that there are several things in them which would shrink at the approach of severe criticism. The other poems that now for the first time appear in print, are offered with a degree of humility rather increased than diminished, by the powerful patronage with which they have been honoured, in consequence of the character given of them by partial friends. Knowing how strongly affection can influence opinion, the kindness which excites my warmest gratitude has not inspired me with confidence.
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When I survey such an evidence of the zeal of my friends to serve me, as the following honourable and extensive list affords, I have cause for exultation in having published this work by subscription. They who know my disposition, will readily believe that the tear which fills my eye, while I thank them for their generous exertions, flows not from the consideration of the benefits that have arisen from their friendship. It is to that friendship itself, that my heart pays a tribute of affection which I will not attempt to express—for my pen is unfaithful to my purpose.—While I am employed in testifying my thankfulness for the favours I have received, it is impossible that I should forget how much I owe to one Gentleman in particular, whose exertions in my behalf, though I was a stranger to him, have been so marked, so generous, and indeed so unexampled, that it is a very painful task which his delicacy has imposed upon me, in not permitting me to mention his name. But such goodness cannot be concealed. The gratitude of my own heart has proclaimed it to my private friends; and the noble and honourable subscribers his zeal has procured, cannot avoid being sensible to whom I am indebted for so illustrious a patronage.
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His Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES.
A.
Her Grace the Dutchess of Ancaster.
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The Right Hon. the Earl of Aylesford, Captain of the Yeomen of the
Guards.
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Houshold.
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Second Troop of Horse Guards, and Governor of the Isle of
Guernsey.
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Lady Affleck.
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Chief Justice of Chester.
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Miss Askew.
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B.
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Lady Bacon.
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Miss Caroline Balmain.
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Miss Barry.
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Miss Billingsley.
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C.
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Miss Cleaver.
The late Mrs. Clive.
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Richard Cockran, Esq.
Miss Coles.
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College Library, Edinburgh.
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Mrs. Cooper.
Mrs. Cosser.
Miss Cosser.
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Miss Cotton.
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John Cornwall, Esq.
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Miss Corbet, St. Alban's.
Thomas Coutts, Esq.
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Mrs. T. Cowper.
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The Rev. Mr. Cowper.
Mrs. Cox.
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Miss Crawford, Chiswick.
Charles Alexander Crickett, Esq.
Thomas Croft, Esq.
Mrs. Croftes.
George Crow, Esq. Netherbyres.
Mr. Thomas Cruikshank.
Mrs. Cumberland.
Alexander Cunningham, Esq.
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Miss Curre.
William Curteis, Esq.
D.
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire.
Her Grace the Dutchess of Devonshire.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Dumfries.
The Right Hon. Lady Viscountess Duncannon.
The Right Rev. the Bishop of St. David's.
The late Lord Dacre.
The Dowager Lady Dacre.
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Lord Dunsinan, one of the Senators of the College of Justice.
The Hon. George Damer.
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Lady Don.
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Mr. Edmund Darby.
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Robert Darell, Esq.
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Mrs. Dawkins.
John Dawson, Esq.
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Miss Maria De Burgh, Southampton.
Miss Deering, Ripon.
John Degruchy, Esq.
John Delamain, Esq.
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George Dempster, Esq. Secretary to the Order of the Thistle.
Mrs. Dempster.
John Hamilton Dempster, a Captain in the Naval Service of the East-India
Company.
Mrs. J.H. Dempster.
Major Dennis.
Mrs. Ann Dennis.
Mrs. Derbie, Bridgewater, Somersetshire.
Edward Desborough, Esq.
Miss Des Champs.
William Devaynes, Esq. Chairman of the East-India Company.
Court D'ewes, Esq. Wellsburn, Warwickshire.
Barnard D'ewes, Esq. Hagley, Worcestershire.
Mrs. Dickson, Ednam House.
Mrs. Dickson.
Miss Dickson, Taunton, Somerset.
Miss Dickson.
Miss Dickson.
Capt. Mark Dickens.
Rev. Dr. Dickens, Archdeacon of Durham.
Mr. William Dick, Dunse.
The Rev. Dr. Digby, Dean of Durham.
Mrs. Digby.
The Rev. Dr. Disney, Chelsea.
Michael Dobson, Esq.
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Mr. George Dominicus.
Silvester Douglas, Esq. Barrister at Law.
Miss Douglas, Springwood Park.
Mrs. Douglas.
Mrs. Douglas.
Miss Douglas.
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Miss M. Douglas.
Captain Douglas, Berwick.
Mrs. Douglas, Edinburgh.
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Mrs. D'Oyley, St. Alban's.
George Drake, Esq.
Mrs. Drake.
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—— Drury, jun. Esq.
Col. Drummond, of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Captain Duddingston.
The Rev. Dr. Dumaresque, Yeovilton, Somerset.
William Dunbar, Esq.
Miss Dunn.
Alexander Duncan, South Port.
Francis Duroure, Esq.
Colonel Duroure.
Miss Dutens.
Miss Dutton.
The Rev. Dr. Duval, Canon of Windsor, Treasurer and Secretary to his
Royal Highness the Duke of Glocester.
E.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Effingham, Master of the Mint.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Egremont.
The Right Rev. the Bishop of Ely.
The Hon. Thomas Erskine, King's Counsel, and Attorney-General to the
Prince of Wales.
The Hon. Mrs. T. Erskine.
The Hon. Andrew Erskine.
Mrs. Eade.
Henry Earle, Esq.
Mrs. K. Edgar, Ipswich.
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Miss Elizabeth Edmeston, Berwick.
—— Edmonds, Esq.
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Frederick Ekins, Esq. Winchester.
John Ellill, Esq. Totteridge.
Luther Elliott, Esq. Colchester.
Miss Elliott, ditto.
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Mrs. Elliston.
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Miss Emes.
Mrs. Emlyn.
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George Ernest, Esq.
Miss Ernest.
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Colonel Etherington, Jamaica.
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Miss Evans, ditto.
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Miss Evans.
Miss Evans.
Miss M. Evans.
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—— Evens, Esq.
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Miss Ewer.
Mrs. A. Eyres.
F.
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Second Regiment of Horse.
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Miss M. C. Fanshawe.
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Miss Finch.
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Miss Ford.
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Mrs. Furie.
G.
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Lady Gooch.
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Miss Henrietta Gavillar.
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of King's College, Cambridge.
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Miss Herbert.
Mrs. Hewitt, Colchester.
—— Higden, Esq.
Mr. Hill, Professor of Humanity, Edinburgh.
Miss Hill.
Mrs. Hill.
The Rev. Mr. Hill.
Miss Hill.
R. M. Hills, Esq. Colchester.
Mrs. Hodgson.
Miss Hoffman.
Mr. G. Hoggarth, Lennelhill,
James Hogbin, Esq.
Mrs. Holden.
Robert Holder, Esq.
John Holiday, Esq.
Mrs. Holman.
—— Holman, Esq.
Mrs. Hood.
John Hoole, Esq.
Mrs. Hoole.
The Rev. Mr. J. Hoole.
B. Bond Hopkins, Esq. Wimbledon.
Dr. John Hope, Professor of Botany, Edinburgh.
T. Hopkins, Esq.
William Hornbey, Esq.
Mrs. Hornbey.
Mrs. Houblon.
Dr. Houlston, Liverpool.
Mr. Houlston.
Miss Howel, of Yeovil, Somerset.
Miss Hughes, Berwick.
Henry Hughes, Esq.
—— Hume, Esq.
David Hume, Esq. Edinburgh.
Mrs. Hume.
Mrs. Hunter.
Mrs. John Hunter.
Joseph Hurlock, Esq.
The Rev. Mr. Hutcheson, Suffolk.
Miss Hutcheson, Putney.
The Rev. Mr. Hutson.
E. H.
J.
Sir William Jerningham, Bart.
Miss Jackson, Nicholas-Field, Kelso.
Henry Jackson, Esq.
Thomas Scott Jackson, Esq.
Mrs. T. S. Jackson.
Charles Jackson, jun. Esq.
Miss Jackson.
William Jameson, Esq.
Mrs. Jameson.
Mr. Jameson, Haggerston.
Gilbert James, Esq. Stowe.
Miss James, East Harptry, Somerset.
Mrs. Mary Jeffries.
Miss M. Jeffries.
John Jeffreys, Esq.
John Jeffreys, Esq. Berwick.
William Jeffreys, Esq. ditto.
Edward Jeffries, Esq. Treasurer of St. Thomas's Hospital.
—— Jeffries, Esq. Sherborne, Dorset.
Joseph Jekyll, Esq. Barrister at Law.
Robert Jenner, Esq.
Mrs. Jenner.
Edward Jerningham, Esq.
Jervoise Clark Jervoise, Esq.
The Rev. T. Jerwis.
Mrs. Jesser, Hackney.
Miss Jillard, Bishop Hall, Somerset.
Hugh Inglis, Esq.
Mrs. Inglis.
Hugh Inglis, Esq.
Mr. Robert Ingram, Sidney College, Cambridge.
Mrs. Ingram,
Mrs. Ingram.
William Innes, Esq.
Miss Johnsone.
Mifs Johnson, Bromley.
Mrs. Johnson.
Mrs. Jones.
William Jones, Esq.
Mrs. Jones.
Mr. Jones.
Daniel Jones, Esq.
Mrs. D. Jones.
Valentine Jones, Esq.
Miss Jones.
John Jonson, Esq.
T. Jordan, Esq.
—— Jordan, Esq.
Mrs. Jordan, Oakhill, Somerset.
Miss Julliott.
Mrs. Jupp.
K.
Lady Kent.
George Keate, Esq.
Miss Keene.
Edmund Kelly, Esq.
Kelso Library.
John Kemble, Esq.
Miss Kemble.
J. W. Kendall, Esq.
Miss Kenniesley.
Cranmer Kenrick, Esq. Southgate, Middlesex.
Mrs. Kerr.
Mr. William Kerr, Cornhill.
The Rev. Mr. Kesterman, Christ's College, Cambridge.
Miss Kesterman, Colchester.
Miss Mary Kesterman, ditto.
William Keymer, Esq.
Miss Kidney, Knuston Hall, Northampton.
James King, Esq.
Mrs. E. King.
Shaw King, Esq. Colchester.
Miss Kinlock, Gilmerton.
John Kingsman, Esq.
The Rev. Dr. Kippis.
Mrs. Kippis.
John Kirkpatrick, Esq.
Mrs. Knapp.
E. Knight, Esq.
Samuel Knight, Esq.
Mrs. Knight.
John Knill, Esq.
L.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Leicester, Captain of the Band of Pensioners,
President of the Antiquarian Society, and F.R.S.
The Right Hon. the Countess of Leicester.
The Right Rev. the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.
The Right Rev. the Bishop of Llandaff.
The Right Hon. Lady Charlotte Legge.
Sir William Loraine, Bart.
Lady Loraine.
Mrs. Labarte, Clonmel, Ireland.
A Lady.
Multon Lambard, Esq.
The Rev. Thomas Lambard, Vicar of Ash in Kent.
Mrs. F. Lambard.
Mrs. Lambert.
Mrs. Landels, Etal.
Thomas Langley, Esq.
—— Landseer, Esq.
John Lane, Esq.
Mrs. Lane.
Miss E. Lane.
The Rev. Mr. Lane.
Miss Larpent.
Miss F. Larpent.
The Rev. Mr. Law, Preb. of Carlisle.
Mrs. Laws, Poulton-House, Wilts.
Mrs. Allan Lawrence.
French Lawrence, Esq.
—— Lawrence, Esq.
Herbert Lawrence, Esq.
The Rev. C. P. Layard, F.R.S. F.A.S.
Mrs. Layard.
Mrs. Layton, Weymouth.
Mrs. Leather.
Mrs. Lee, of Totteridge Park.
Miss Lee.
Miss Louisa Lee.
Harman Leece, Esq.
William N. Leeves, Esq. Tonton, Sussex.
Hugh Leicester, Esq. Barrister at Law.
Rev. John Lettice, Pearsemarsh, Sussex.
Robert Lewin, Esq.
S. Lewin, Esq. Hackney.
C. Lewis, Esq.
T. Lewis, Esq.
Mrs. Lewis.
Miss Lewis.
R. Lewis, Esq; Colchester.
Rev. Mr. Linsey.
Mr. James Lind, Gosport.
—— Livingstone, Esq.
Colonel Livingstone, Edinburgh.
Mr. F. Lloyd.
—— Lloyd, Esq.
William Locke, Esq.
Mrs. Locke.
Mrs. Lockwood.
George Logan, Esq. Ednom.
—— Lomax, Esq.
Mr. William Long.
Mrs. Robert Long.
Thomas Longlands, Esq.
Mrs. Losack.
Miss Losack.
Capt. George Losack, of the Navy.
Mrs. Love.
Mr. John Lowdell.
J. D. Lucadon, Esq.
Miss Lucas.
Mrs. Ludbey.
Rev. Dr. Lullerton.
Rev. William Lush, Warminster, Wilts.
—— Luttley, Esq.
Henry Lyell, Esq.
Mrs. Lyell.
Rev. Mr. Daniel Lysons.
Samuel Lysons, Esq.
Miss G. L.
M.
His Grace the Duke of Montagu, Master of the Horse to the King.
The Right Hon. Lord Milton.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Maitland.
The Right Hon. Lady Viscountess Maitland.
The Right Hon. Lady Louisa Macdonald.
The Right Hon. Lady Augusta Murray.
The Right Hon. Lady Hay Macdougal.
Major General Lord McLeod.
The Hon. Mrs. Mackay.
The Hon. Miss Murray.
The Hon. Miss —— Murray.
The Hon. Archibald Macdonald, Solicitor General to the King, and a Welch
Judge.
The Hon. Capt. William Maitland.
The Hon. Frederick Montague.
Sir Hector Munro, Knight of the Bath.
Mrs. Montagu.
Miss Maclean.
E. L. Mackurds, Esq.
George Macauley, Esq.
Capt. Macbride.
Archibald Macdonald, Esq. Edinburgh.
Mr. T. McDonald, Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh.
General Macnab, ditto.
Capt. Hector Mac Neal, Hugdale.
H. Macneil, Esq. Stirling.
James Macpherson, Esq.
Mrs. Madan.
John Madocks, Esq. King's Counsel.
John Madocks, jun. Esq.
Mrs. J. Madocks.
John Madelison, Esq.
Capt. Alex. Charles Maitland.
Mrs. Majorebanks, Lees.
John Malliet, Esq.
Mrs. Malliet.
Miss Malliet.
Edward Mason, Esq.
James Mansfield, Esq.
Rev. W. L. Mansel, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Mrs. Manson, Berwick.
Mrs. Manster.
Mrs. Mathias.
Miss Albinia Mathias.
Miss C. Mathias.
Thomas James Mathias, Esq.
Charles Matthew, Esq. Colchester.
Mrs. Maty.
John Marton, Esq.
Mrs. Marsh, Ford.
Mrs. Marshall, St. Alban's.
Joseph Marshal, Esq. Edrington.
—— Maud, Esq.
Miss Maud.
John Maughen, Esq.
—— Maurice, Esq. Bristol.
Miss Mayaffre.
Mrs. Maynard.
Mrs. Meech, Dorchester.
Francis Menet, Esq.
Mrs. Menet.
C. Metcalfe, Esq.
Mrs. Meynell.
Miss Harriot Meynell.
William Middleton, Esq.
Mrs. Middleton, Stockald.
Charles Mills, Esq.
T. Mills, Esq. Colchester.
Mrs. Miller, Glenlee.
Mrs. Mingay.
Isaac Minors, Esq.
T. Minors, jun. Esq.
Mrs. Mitchell, Kinghand, Norfolk.
John Mitford, Esq. Barrister at Law.
Mrs. Mitchell.
Miss Moffat.
T. Monk, Esq.
Mrs. Monoux.
James Montague, Esq.
Mrs. Moncaster, Wallsend.
Mrs. Moore, Lambeth House.
Dr. Moore, M. D.
Mrs. Moore.
Miss Moore.
Major Moore.
James Moore, Esq.
Graham Moore, Esq.
Francis Moore, Esq.
Mr. Charles Moore.
—— Moore, Esq.
Mrs. Hannah More.
Rev. Mr. Morrison.
T. Hooper Morrison, Esq. Winchester.
Mrs. Morgan, Enfield.
Rev. Thomas Morgan.
Thomas Morgan, Esq. Chigwell, Essex.
James Morley, Esq.
Mrs. Morris, St. Neots.
Mrs. Caroline Morris.
John Morthland, Esq. Advocate, Edinburgh.
Lieutenant Colonel Morse.
Mrs. R. Morse.
Thomas Morton, Esq.
Mrs. Motto.
Rev. Mr. Mountain, Colchester.
F.R.C. Mundy, Esq. Marton, Derbyshire.
Mrs. Mundy.
Mrs. Munn, Greenwich.
Mrs. M. Munn, Bromley.
Mrs. Munster.
Miss Murray, Edinburgh.
Hutcheson Mure, Esq.
Daniel Mussenden, Esq.
N.
Hon. Miss North.
Lady Norcliffe.
Major Nesbit.
John Nesham, Esq.
Francis Newberry, Esq.
Mrs. Newell, Oxon.
G. L. Newnham, Esq. King's Counsel.
Andrew Newton, Esq. Lichfield.
Nicholas Nicholas, Esq.
William Nicholl, Esq.
Dr. John Nicholl, LL.D.
The Rev. Norton Nicholls, Vicar of Blandestone, Suffolk.
Mrs. Nicholls.
George Nicol, Esq.
Monsieur Nichea, Docteur en Medecine, & MaÎtre en Chirurgie, au Service
de S.A.R. Monseigneur Archiduc Ferdinand d'Autriche, &c. À
Milan.
Miss Noake, Bristol.
Miss Noble.
Miss Norton, Ipswich.
O.
Mrs. Oliphant.
Mrs. Ord, Lonridge.
Mr. Ord.
Robert Orme, Esq.
Robert Orme, Esq.
Rev. Mr. Orme.
Robert Osborne, Esq.
William Osgood, Esq. Barrister at Law.
Miss Aurca Ottway.
Robert Ouchterteny, jun. Esq. Montrose.
Rev. Mr. Owen.
P.
The Right Hon. Lady Catharine Powlett.
The Hon. John J. Pratt, a Lord of the Admiralty.
The Hon. Mrs. Pratt.
The Hon. Miss Pratt.
The Hon. Miss Pitt.
Sir James Pringle, Bart.
Lady Pringle.
Sir Ralph Payne, Knight of the Bath.
Lady Phillips.
Sir T. B. Proctor, Bart.
Lady B. Proctor.
Sir William Pepperell, Bart.
Lady Peyton.
The Hon. —— Pelham.
The Hon. Mr. Baron Perryn.
The Hon. Spencer Perceval.
Arthur Piggott, Esq. King's Counsel, and Solicitor General to the Prince
of Wales.
Thomas Palmer, Esq.
William Palmer, Esq.
John Palmer, Esq.
Astley Palmer, Essq.
Miss Palmer.
The Rev. Mr. Panton.
Mrs. Parker.
Robert Parker, jun. Esq. Hallifax.
Mrs. Parminster, Koninster, Somerset.
Mrs. Parsons, Blagden, Somerset.
Mrs. Parkhurst, Epsom.
Mrs. T. Pare, Salisbury.
The Rev. Mr. Pashwood.
Mrs. Patrick.
Mrs. Pattinson.
Miss Paul.
The Rev. Mr. Peach, Minister of East Shene in Surrey.
Miss Pearce.
Miss Ann Peareth, Ryton.
Mrs. Peck.
Miss Pedley.
Mrs. Pegg, Beachcliff, Derbyshire.
Rev. T. B. Peirson, Lichfield.
Henry Pelham, Esq. a Commissioner of the Customs.
Mrs. Pelham.
Thomas Penrose, Esq. Winchester.
Miss Pepperell.
Mrs. Pepys.
Mrs. Perkins, Oakhill, Somerset.
Mr. Perkins.
Miss Perrott.
Miss Perryn.
James Perryn, Esq.
Mrs. Phiby, Edinburgh.
Miss Phillips.
Miss C. Phillips.
Miss Joyce Phillips.
Miss L. Phillips.
Mrs. Pickard, Enfield.
Miss Pickard, Colchester.
Rev. Mr. Pickbourne.
Mrs. Pierce.
Miss Pigott.
Dr. Pitcairne, M.D.
Lieutenant S. Pleydell, Edinburgh.
Hall Plumer, Esq.
Mrs. Plumer.
Thomas Plumer, Esq. Barrister at Law.
Miss Pole.
Miss E. Pole.
Miss Poole, Hooke, Sussex.
Miss Poole, Hull.
Mrs. Pope.
Miss Pope.
Miss Porter.
James Potts, Esq. Kelso.
Thomas Potts, Esq. ditto.
Mrs. Povoleri.
—— Powell, Esq. Clare Hall.
James Powell, Esq.
Mrs. Powell.
Miss Powell.
Colonel Pownall.
Mrs. Pownall.
Thomas Powys, Esq. Berwick.
Mrs. Powys.
John Pratt, Esq. Bayham Abbey.
Mrs. E. Pratt.
S. J. Pratt, Esq.
Miss Pratt, Haibledown, Canterbury.
W. M. Praed, jun. Esq.
Miss Martha Preton, Sherborne, Dorset.
Jacob Presten, Esq.
Mrs. Presten.
Rev. Richard Price, D.D. and F.R.S.
Nicholas Price, Esq.
Samuel Price, Esq.
Miss Price.
Lacey Primatt, Esq.
Miss Pringle.
Mark Pringle, Esq.
Mrs. Pringle, Torwoodlee.
Mrs. Pringle, Bowland.
Capt. John Pringle, Georgefield.
Mr. Samuel Pritchard.
Miss Proctor.
G. B. Proctor, Esq.
William Pulteney, Esq.
Miss Pye.
Anthony Pyne, Esq. Winchester.
R.
His Grace the Duke of Roxburgh.
The Right Hon. the Dowager Marchioness of Rockingham.
The Right Hon. the Countess of Rothes.
Hon. Baron Rutherford.
Lady Rich.
Lady Robinson.
Sir Joshua Reynolds.
E. Radcliffe, Esq.
Abraham Ragueneau, Esq.
Rev. Mr. Raikes, Measden.
Mrs. Rich. Raikes, Measden.
Charles Raikes, Esq.
William Raikes, Esq.
William Matthew Raikes, Esq.
Mrs. Thomas Raikes.
William Ramsey, Esq. Edinburgh.
William Ramsey, jun. Esq.
William Ramus, Esq.
Miss Ramus.
W. C. Ranspack, Esq.
Miss Randall, Southgate, Middlesex.
Rev. A. Randolph, Wimbledon, Surrey.
John Ranby, Esq.
Miss Ruth Raper.
Peter Rashleigh, Esq.
T. Rashleigh, Esq.
Miss Rashleigh.
Rev. Mr. Ratheram, Houghton le Spring.
Mrs. Ravaud.
Rev. Mr. Rauth.
Capt. Raymond, Gloucester.
Richard Raynsford, Esq.
—— Ready, Esq. Gloucester.
Mr. Redpath.
Miss Reeves.
Isaac Reed, Esq.
The Rev. Dr. Rees.
Mrs. Reid.
Mr. James Renton, Berwick.
Mr. R. Renton, Aymouth.
Miss Reynells.
Dr. Reynolds, M.D.
Richard Richards, Esq. Barrister at Law.
Rev. David Richards, South Petherton, Somerset.
Miss Richardson.
Miss Richardson, Stratford.
R. Richardson, Esq.
Samuel Richardson, Esq.
Miss Riddock.
Mrs. Ridout, Moortown, Devon.
Mr. William Riddle, Berwick,
Miss Riddle, ditto.
Captain Rigg.
—— Ringstead, Esq.
Horatio Ripley, Esq.
John Roberts, Esq.
Mrs. Roberts.
Miss Roberts.
Thomas Robber, Esq.
William Robinson, Esq. Edinburgh.
Rev. Mr. Robertson, Vicar of Horncastle.
Mrs. Robertson.
Mrs. Robertson, Prenderguest.
Dr. Rodbert.
Henry Rodbart, Esq. Merriott, Somerset.
Miss Rogers.
Miss C. Rogers, Frenchay, Glocestershire.
Edward Rogers, Esq.
Thomas Rogers, Esq.
George Romney, Esq.
J. Roope, Esq.
James Tyrell Ross, Esq.
Mrs. W. Ross.
Miss Ross.
Miss Charlotte Ross.
George Rofe, Esq. Winchester.
T. Round, Esq. Colchester.
Mr. James Round, St. John's College, Cambridge.
John Rowe, Esq.
J. Royal, Esq.
John Royds, Esq. Knapton.
—— Royere, Esq. Liverpool.
Edward Rudge, Esq. jun.
Mrs. Henry Russell.
Mrs. Russell.
—— Russell, Esq.
Miss Rushbrook.
Major Rutherford, Edgerstone.
Miss Ryves.
Mrs. R——, St. Alban's.
S.
The Right Hon. the Countess Dowager Spencer.
The Right Hon. Lord Robert Spencer.
The Right Hon. Lady Sheffield.
Lord Chief Baron Skynner.
Lady Skynner.
Sir John Sheffield, Bart.
Sir Joseph Senhouse.
Sir Edward Smythe.
Thomas Steele, Esq. Secretary of the Treasury,
Miss A. C. Saddell, Edinburgh.
James Sager, Esq.
Samuel Salte, Esq.
Mr. Samwell.
Dr. Sander, M.D. Chichester.
Miss Sands.
Miss Harriot Sands.
Mrs. Sandys, Lexden.
Rev. Dr. Sandford.
John Sargent, Esq,
Mrs. Sargent.
John Sargent, jun. Esq. Lavington, Sussex.
Mrs. Saunderson.
William Scafe, Esq. Barrister at Law.
Mrs. Schroder, Enfield.
Mrs. Scot.
Miss Scot, Hull.
Rev. Russell Scot, Milbourne Port, Somerset.
Miss Scot, ditto.
John Scot, Esq. King's Counsel.
Mrs. Scot, Sherborne, Dorset.
Miss Scot, Chigwell.
William Scullard, Esq.
F. N. Searanche, Esq. Hatfield, Herts.
Humphrey Senhause, Esq. Netherhall.
Mrs. Senhause.
Miss Seward, Lichfield.
William Seward, Esq.
Mrs. Sharp, Bamborough Castle,
Rev. Dr. Sharp, Archdeacon of Northumberland.
Mr. Richard Sharp.
Miss Shadwell.
Robert Shafto, Esq.
Mrs. Shafto.
R. Shaw, Esq.
Samuel Shepherd, Esq.
Mrs. Shepherd.
Miss Shells.
Mrs. Shelly, Bath.
Samuel Shore, jun. Esq.
Mrs. Short.
Henry Shrine, Esq.
R. Shute, Esq.
James Sibbald, Esq.
Mrs. Sibbald.
Mrs. A. Sibbet, Shoreswood.
William Siddons, Esq.
Mrs. Siddons.
George Silvertop, Esq. Stella.
Mrs. Silvertop.
John Simson, Esq.
William Simpson, Esq.
Rev. Mr. Simpson.
Miss Simpson, Bradley.
Miss Simmons.
Lieutenant General Skene.
Mrs. Slater, Hasselbury, Somerset.
Mrs. Smail, Mains.
Alexander Small, Esq.
Mrs. Smith, Whittlebury Forest.
Mrs. Smith.
Mr. John Smith, Dunse.
Miss Smith.
Mr. Edward Smith, Cornhill.
Mrs. Smith.
Miss J. Smith.
Robert Orme Smith, Esq.
William Smiekshanks, Esq.
Nathaniel Smythe, Esq. Deputy-Chairman of the East-India Company.
Mrs. Smythe.
Rev. Mr. Y. Smythies, Colchester.
Charles Snell, Esq. Snetisham, Norfolk.
Society at the Academy, Soho.
Robert Sparrow, Esq.
Mrs. Sperling, Colchester.
John Spranger, Esq. Barrister at Law.
George Stainforth, Esq.
Mrs. Stainforth.
John Stanley, Esq. Barrister at Law.
William Star, jun. Esq.
Mrs. Starke, Epsom.
Miss Starke, ditto.
Mrs. Staward, Berwick.
Col. Stehelin, of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
R. Sterling, Esq. Colchester.
Miss Stephens, Lawell House, Devon.
Robert Stephenson, Esq.
Dr. Stevenson, Berwick.
Miss Stevenson.
David Stevenson, Esq.
David Stewart, Esq. Edinburgh.
Mrs. Stewart, Stewart Hall.
Mr. Stewart, Professor of Moral Philosophy, Edinburgh.
Thomas Stewart, Esq.
David Stewart, Esq.
Francis Stevens, Esq.
Mrs. F. Steele.
Miss Steele, Broughton, Hants.
Andrew Stirling, Esq. Drumpeller.
John Stirling, Esq.
James Stirling, Esq.
Miss Stiell.
Thomas Stillingfleet, Esq.
Miss Stisted, Ipswich.
John Hurford Stone, Esq. Hackney.
Hardinge Stracey, Esq.
Mrs. Stracey.
Miss Strangeways, Chiswick.
Mrs. Strachey.
Mrs. Stride.
—— Sturch, Esq.
Miss Summer.
A. H. Sutherland, Esq.
A. M. Sutton, Esq. Barrister at Law.
John Swale, Esq.
Mrs. J. Swale.
Henry Swan, Esq. Kelso.
Rev. Mr. Swedley.
Miss Sykes, Westella, Yorkshire.
Mrs. Symes, Weymouth.
T.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Tracey.
The Right Hon. Lady Viscountess Tracey.
The Right Hon. Lady Elizabeth Tufton.
The Right Hon. Lady Charlotte Tufton.
The Hon. Mrs. Tracey, Bedchamber Woman to the Queen.
Mrs. Talbot, Fulham.
Rev. Richard Taprell, Milborne Port, Somerset.
Mrs. Tasburgh.
George Taswell, Esq.
John Taylor, Esq. Birmingham.
The Rev. John Taylor.
Miss Taylor.
Henry Templer, Esq.
Capt. Terrot, Berwick.
Miss Terrot, ditto.
Peter Thellusson, Esq.
Mrs. Thellusson.
James Theobald, Esq.
Mrs. Theobald.
Thomas Thomas, Esq.
Miss Thomas.
David Thomas.
Miss Thornton.
Miss Thompson.
Alexander Thompson, Esq.
Richard Thompson, Esq.
Mr. Robert Thompson, Ayton.
George Thompson, Esq. Barrister at Law.
Mr. James Thompson, Boyend.
Edward Thorley, Esq. Colchester.
Mrs. G. Thornton.
—— Tilsen, Esq. Watlington Park.
Mr. Tilsen.
John Tod, Esq. Kirklands.
Rev. Mr. Toller, Islington.
Mrs. Toller, South Petherton, Somerset.
James Toogood, Esq. Sherborne, Dorset.
Mrs. Toogood, Ilton, Somerset.
Matthew Toogood, Esq.
John Toogood, Esq.
Dr. Topping, M.D.
The Rev. Joshua Toulmin, Taunton, Somerset.
Samuel Toulmin, Esq.
Miss Toulmin, Hackney.
John Touchett, Esq. Barrister at Law.
Miss Touchett.
The Rev. Dr. Towers.
Miss Townsend.
Mrs. D. Trotman, Ipswich.
Mrs. R. Trotman.
The Rev. Mr. Troxoide.
Henry Tucker, Esq. Bermuda.
Dr. Tucker, M.D. Hull.
John Turnbull, Esq.
Miss Turnbull, Berwick.
Miss Turner, Uxbridge.
Miss Margaret Turner,
William Turner, Esq. Lexden.
F. Twiss, Esq.
V.
Hon. Miss Verney.
William Vachell, Esq.
Mrs. Vachell.
Miss Vachell.
Miss. F. Valliant.
William Vanbrugh, Esq.
Mrs. Vanbrugh.
Arthur Vansittart, Esq.
Miss Vansittart.
Edward Vansittart, Esq. Winchester.
Edward Van Harthalls, Esq.
William Varey, Esq.
Benjamin Vaughan, Esq.
Miss Vickery.
—— Vowel, Esq. Sherborn, Dorset.
Rev. Mr. Uredale, Suffolk.
Rev. Mr. Urquart.
The Rev. Dr. Vyse, Lambeth.
W.
The Right Rev. the Bishop of Winchester.
The Right Hon. Lord Willoughby de Broke, a Lord of the Bedchamber.
The Right Hon. Lord Walsmgham, one of the five Commissioners for the
Management of the Affairs of the East Indies.
The Hon. Horace Walpole.
The late Lady Whitworth.
The Rev. Mr. Wakefield, Minister of Richmond in Surrey.
Mrs. T. Wakefield.
Rev. Mr. G. Wakefield, Nottingham.
Mrs. Wakefield.
Miss Walker.
Dr. Wall, L.L.D. of Christ-Church in the University of Oxford.
Capell Wall, Esq.
William Waller, Esq. Barrister at Law.
Mrs. Walker, Southgate.
—— Walker, Esq. jun. ditto.
Rev. William Walker, Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
William Walker, Esq.
Mr. Wanostrocht, Kensington.
Mrs. Wansey, jun. Warminster, Wilts.
George Wansey, Esq. ditto.
Dr. Warren, M.D.
Miss Warren.
Miss Ward.
Miss Ward, Marlborough.
Mr. Thomas Ward, ditto.
John Watherston, Esq. of the Navy.
Miss Watson, Bridgewater, Somerset.
Henry Watson, Esq. F.R.S.
Mrs. Webster.
Miss Webster.
Miss F. Webster.
Mr. James Webber, Chichester.
Mrs. Wegg, Colchester.
Miss S. Wegg.
Miss Welby.
R. E. Welby, Esq.
Mrs. Welman, Poundsford Park, Somerset.
Simon Welman, Esq. Taunton, Somerset.
William Welbank, Esq.
Miss Weston, Ludlow.
Mrs. West,
Rev. Dr. Wharton, Winchester College.
Rev. Mr. Tho. Wharton, Trinity College, Oxford.
Rev. Thomas Sed. Whalley, A.M. Longford Court, Somerset.
Mrs. Whatley.
Mrs. Whatman.
Miss Whatman.
Mrs. White.
Rev. Henry White, Lichfield.
J. White, Esq. Barrister at Law.
Miss White.
Mrs. T. White.
Mrs. White.
Miss Whitworth.
Miss Whitworth.
Mrs. W. Wightman, Eymouth.
—— Wiggin, Esq.
Rev. Thomas William Wighte, A.M. Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge.
Capt. Wilkie, Ladythorn.
Mrs. Wilkie, Foulden.
Miss Wilkie, ditto.
Miss Wilberforce, Hull.
Dr. Willan, M.D.
Thomas Willerter, Esq.
Miss Willis.
Miss M. B. Williams.
Mrs. Ann Haylings Williams.
Alexander Wills, Esq.
Edward Wilmot, Esq.
Henry Wilmot, Esq.
Mrs. Wilmot.
Mr. Wilson.
Miss Wilson.
Mrs. Wilson, Coldstream.
Rev. F. Wilson, Sulhamstead.
Henry Wilkinson, Esq. Newbottle.
William Winter, Esq.
Colonel Windus.
Miss Wishaw.
Rev. Dr. George Wollaston.
Miss Wollaston.
Thomas Woodthorp, Esq. Bilesden, Ongar, Essex.
Mr. Wood, Edinburgh.
Mrs. Wood, Berwick.
Miss Wood, ditto.
Capt. Wood, of the 29th Regiment.
Lieutenant Edward Wood, Royal Regiment of Artillery.
James Wood, jun. Esq. Berwick.
John Wood, Esq. Beadnell.
Mrs. Wood, Bamborough.
Mr. Wood, Preston.
Dr. Wood, M.D. Colchester.
Mrs. Wood, Putney.
Miss Wood, ditto.
Mrs. Wray.
William Wright, Esq.
James Wyatt, Esq.
Mrs. Wyatt.
Y.
His Grace the Archbishop of York,
The Hon. John Yorke.
Richard Yates, Esq.
John Yeoman, Esq. Murice.
Mrs. Yorke.
Charles Yorke, Esq.
Mr. Robert Young, Edinburgh.
Mrs. Young.
Miss Young.
Mrs. Younghusband, Elwick.
T. P. Yvounet, Esq.
The following names have been received since the List was printed.
The Right Hon. the Countess of Uxbridge.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Duncannon.
Mrs. Alves, Edinburgh.
Mrs. Buckley.
Mr. Drury, Shields.
Mrs. Haswell, Tinmouth.
Mrs. Huddleston, Shields.
Mrs. Hudson, Whitby.
Robert Trotman, Esq.
CONTENTS
OF THE
FIRST VOLUME.
An American Tale.
Sonnet to Mrs. Bates.
Sonnet to Twilight.
To Sensibility.
A Song.
An Ode on the Peace.
Edwin and Eltruda, a Legendary Tale.
A Hymn.
Paraphrases from Scripture.
AN AMERICAN TALE.
"Ah! pity all the pangs I feel,
If pity e'er ye knew;—
An aged father's wounds to heal,
Thro' scenes of death I flew.
Perhaps my hast'ning steps are vain,
Perhaps the warrior dies!—
Yet let me sooth each parting pain—
Yet lead me where he lies."
Thus to the list'ning band she calls,
Nor fruitless her desire,
They lead her, panting, to the walls
That hold her captive sire.
"And is a daughter come to bless
These aged eyes once more?
Thy father's pains will now be less—
His pains will now be o'er!"
"My father! by this waining lamp
Thy form I faintly trace:—
Yet sure thy brow is cold, and damp,
And pale thy honour'd face.
In vain thy wretched child is come,
She comes too late to save!
And only now can share thy doom,
And share thy peaceful grave!"
Soft, as amid the lunar beams,
The falling shadows bend,
Upon the bosom of the streams,
So soft her tears descend,
"Those tears a father ill can bear,
He lives, my child, for thee!
A gentle youth, with pitying care,
Has lent his aid to me.
Born in the western world, his hand
Maintains its hostile cause,
And fierce against Britannia's band
His erring sword he draws;
Yet feels the captive Briton's woe;
For his ennobled mind,
Forgets the name of Britain's foe,
In love of human kind.
Yet know, my child, a dearer tie
Has link'd his heart to mine;
He mourns with Friendship's holy sigh,
The youth belov'd of thine!
But hark! his welcome feet are near—
Thy rising grief suppress—
By darkness veil'd, he hastens here
To comfort, and to bless."—
"Stranger! for that dear father's sake
She cry'd, in accents mild,
Who lives by thy kind pity, take
The blessings of his child!
Oh, if in heaven, my Edward's breast
This deed of mercy knew,
That gives my tortur'd bosom rest,
He sure would bless thee too!
Oh tell me where my lover fell!
The fatal scene recall,
His last, dear accents, stranger, tell,
Oh haste and tell me all!
Say, if he gave to love the sigh,
That set his spirit free;
Say, did he raise his closing eye,
As if it sought for me."
"Ask not, her father cry'd, to know
What known were added pain;
Nor think, my child, the tale of woe
Thy softness can sustain."
"Tho' every joy with Edward fled,
When Edward's friend is near,
It sooths my breaking heart, she said,
To tell those joys were dear.
The western ocean roll'd in vain
Its parting waves between,
My Edward brav'd the dang'rous main,
And bless'd our native scene.
Soft Isis heard his artless tale,
Ah, stream for ever dear!
Whose waters, as they pass'd the vale,
Receiv'd a lover's tear.
How could a heart, that virtue lov'd,
(And sure that heart is mine)
Lamented youth! behold unmov'd,
The virtues that were thine?
Calm, as the surface of the lake,
When all the winds are still,
Mild, as the beams of morning break,
When first they light the hill;
So calm was his unruffled soul,
Where no rude passion strove;
So mild his soothing accents stole,
Upon the ear of love.
Where are the dear illusions fled
Which sooth'd my former hours?
Where is the path that fancy spread,
Ah, vainly spread with flowers!
I heard the battle's fearful sounds,
They seem'd my lover's knell—
I heard, that pierc'd with ghastly wounds,
My vent'rous lover fell!—
My sorrows shall with life endure,
For he I lov'd is gone;
But something tells my heart, that sure
My life will not be long."—
"My panting soul can bear no more,
The youth, impatient cried,
'Tis Edward bids thy griefs be o'er,
My love! my destin'd bride!
The life which heav'n preserv'd, how blest,
How fondly priz'd by me,
Since dear to my Amelia's breast,
Since valued still by thee!
My father saw my constant pain,
When thee I left behind,
Nor longer will his power restrain,
The ties my soul would bind.
And soon thy honor'd sire shall cease
The captive's lot to bear,
And we, my love, will soothe to peace
His griefs, with filial care.
Then come for ever to my soul!
Amelia come, and prove!
How calm our blissful years will roll,
Along a life of love!—
SONNET,
To MRS. BATES.
Oh, thou whose melody the heart obeys,
Thou who can'st all its subject passions move,
Whose notes to heav'n the list'ning soul can raise,
Can thrill with pity, or can melt with love!
Happy! whom nature lent this native charm;
Whose melting tones can shed with magic power,
A sweeter pleasure o'er the social hour,
The breast to softness sooth, to virtue warm—But
yet more happy! that thy life as clear
From discord, as thy perfect cadence flows;
That tun'd to sympathy, thy faithful tear,
In mild accordance falls for others woes;
That all the tender, pure affections bind
In chains of harmony, thy willing mind!
SONNET
To TWILIGHT.
Meek Twilight! soften the declining day,
And bring the hour my pensive spirit loves;
When, o'er the mountain flow descends the ray
That gives to silence the deserted groves.
Ah, let the happy court the morning still,
When, in her blooming loveliness array'd,
She bids fresh beauty light the vale, or hill,
And rapture warble in the vocal shade.
Sweet is the odour of the morning's flower,
And rich in melody her accents rise;
Yet dearer to my soul the shadowy hour,
At which her blossoms close, her music dies—
For then, while languid nature droops her head,
She wakes the tear 'tis luxury to shed.
TO SENSIBILITY.
In Sensibility's lov'd praise
I tune my trembling reed;
And seek to deck her shrine with bays,
On which my heart must bleed!
No cold exemption from her pain
I ever wish'd to know;
Cheer'd with her transport, I sustain
Without complaint her woe.
Above whate'er content can give,
Above the charm of ease,
The restless hopes, and fears that live
With her, have power to please.
Where but for her, were Friendship's power
To heal the wounded heart,
To shorten sorrow's ling'ring hour,
And bid its gloom depart?
'Tis she that lights the melting eye
With looks to anguish dear;
She knows the price of ev'ry sigh,
The value of a tear.
She prompts the tender marks of love
Which words can scarce express;
The heart alone their force can prove,
And feel how much they bless.
Of every finer bliss the source!
'Tis she on love bestows
The softer grace, the boundless force
Confiding passion knows;
When to another, the fond breast
Each thought for ever gives;
When on another, leans for rest.
And in another lives!
Quick, as the trembling metal flies,
When heat or cold impels,
Her anxious heart to joy can rise,
Or sink where anguish dwells!
Yet tho' her soul must griefs sustain
Which she alone, can know;
And feel that keener sense of pain
Which sharpens every woe;
Tho' she the mourner's grief to calm,
Still shares each pang they feel,
And, like the tree distilling balm,
Bleeds, others wounds to heal;
While she, whose bosom fondly true,
Has never wish'd to range;
One alter'd look will trembling view,
And scarce can bear the change;
Tho' she, if death the bands should tear,
She vainly thought secure;
Thro' life must languish in despair
That never hopes a cure;
Tho' wounded by some vulgar mind,
Unconscious of the deed,
Who never seeks those wounds to bind
But wonders why they bleed;—
She oft will heave a secret sigh,
Will shed a lonely tear,
O'er feelings nature wrought so high,
And gave on terms so dear;
Yet who would hard INDIFFERENCE choose,
Whose breast no tears can steep?
Who, for her apathy, would lose
The sacred power to weep?
Tho' in a thousand objects, pain,
And pleasure tremble nigh,
Those objects strive to reach, in vain,
The circle of her eye.
Cold, as the fabled god appears
To the poor suppliant's grief,
Who bathes the marble form in tears,
And vainly hopes relief.
Ah Greville! why the gifts refuse
To souls like thine allied?
No more thy nature seem to lose
No more thy softness hide.
No more invoke the playful sprite
To chill, with magic spell,
The tender feelings of delight,
And anguish sung so well;
That envied ease thy heart would prove
Were sure too dearly bought
With friendship, sympathy, and love,
And every finer thought.
A SONG.
I.
No riches from his scanty store
My lover could impart;
He gave a boon I valued more—
He gave me all his heart!
II.
His soul sincere, his gen'rous worth,
Might well this bosom move;
And when I ask'd for bliss on earth,
I only meant his love.
III.
But now for me, in search of gain
From shore to shore he flies:
Why wander riches to obtain,
When love is all I prize?
IV.
The frugal meal, the lowly cot
If blest my love with thee!
That simple fare, that humble lot,
Were more than wealth to me.
V.
While he the dang'rous ocean braves,
My tears but vainly flow:
Is pity in the faithless waves
To which I pour my woe?
VI.
The night is dark, the waters deep,
Yet soft the billows roll;
Alas! at every breeze I weep—
The storm is in my soul.
AN ODE ON THE PEACE.
I.
As wand'ring late on Albion's shore
That chains the rude tempestuous deep,
I heard the hollow surges roar
And vainly beat her guardian steep;
I heard the rising sounds of woe
Loud on the storm's wild pinion flow;
And still they vibrate on the mournful lyre,
That tunes to grief its sympathetic wire.
II.
From shores the wide Atlantic laves,
The spirit of the ocean bears
In moans, along his western waves,
Afflicted nature's hopeless cares:
Enchanting scenes of young delight,
How chang'd since first ye rose to sight;
Since first ye rose in infant glories drest
Fresh from the wave, and rear'd your ample breast.
III.
Her crested serpents, discord throws
O'er scenes which love with roses grac'd;
The flow'ry chain his hands compose,
She wildly scatters o'er the waste:
Her glance his playful smile deforms,
Her frantic voice awakes the storms,
From land to land, her torches spread their fires,
While love's pure flame in streams of blood expires.
IV.
Now burns the savage soul of war,
While terror flashes from his eyes,
Lo! waving o'er his fiery car
Aloft his bloody banner flies:
The battle wakes—with awful sound
He thunders o'er the echoing ground,
He grasps his reeking blade, while streams of blood
Tinge the vast plain, and swell the purple flood.
V.
But softer sounds of sorrow flow;
On drooping wing the murm'ring gales
Have borne the deep complaints of woe
That rose along the lonely vales—
Those breezes waft the orphan's cries,
They tremble to parental sighs,
And drink a tear for keener anguish shed,
The tear of faithful love when hope is fled.
VI.
The object of her anxious fear
Lies pale on earth, expiring, cold,
Ere, wing'd by happy love, one year
Too rapid in its course, has roll'd;
In vain the dying hand she grasps,
Hangs on the quiv'ring lip, and clasps
The fainting form, that slowly sinks in death,
To catch the parting glance, the fleeting breath.
VII.
Pale as the livid corse her cheek,
Her tresses torn, her glances wild,—
How fearful was her frantic shriek!
She wept—and then in horrors smil'd:
She gazes now with wild affright,
Lo! bleeding phantoms rush in sight—
Hark! on yon mangled form the mourner calls,
Then on the earth a senseless weight she falls.
VIII.
And see! o'er gentle AndrÉ's tomb,
The victim of his own despair,
Who fell in life's exulting bloom,
Nor deem'd that life deserv'd a care;
O'er the cold earth his relicks prest,
Lo! Britain's drooping legions rest;
For him the swords they sternly grasp, appear
Dim with a sigh, and sullied with a tear.
IX.
While Seward sweeps her plaintive strings,
While pensive round his sable shrine,
A radiant zone she graceful flings,
Where full emblaz'd his virtues shine;
The mournful loves that tremble nigh
Shall catch her warm melodious sigh;
The mournful loves shall drink the tears that flow
From Pity's hov'ring soul, dissolv'd in woe.
X.
And hark, in Albion's flow'ry vale
A parent's deep complaint I hear!
A sister calls the western gale
To waft her soul-expressive tear;
'Tis Asgill claims that piercing sigh,
That drop which dims the beauteous eye,
While on the rack of Doubt Affection proves
How strong the force which binds the ties she loves.
XI.
How oft in every dawning grace
That blossom'd in his early hours,
Her soul some comfort lov'd to trace,
And deck'd futurity in flowers!
But lo! in Fancy's troubled sight
The dear illusions sink in night;
She views the murder'd form—the quiv'ring breath,
The rising virtues chill'd in shades of death.
XII.
Cease, cease ye throbs of hopeless woe;
He lives the future hours to bless,
He lives, the purest joy to know,
Parental transports fond excess;
His sight a father's eye shall chear,
A sister's drooping charms endear:—
The private pang was Albion's gen'rous care,
For him she breath'd a warm accepted prayer.
XIII.
And lo! a radiant stream of light
Defending, gilds the murky cloud,
Where Desolation's gloomy night
Retiring, folds her sable shroud;
It flashes o'er the bright'ning deep,
It softens Britain's frowning steep—
'Tis mild benignant Peace, enchanting form!
That gilds the black abyss, that lulls the storm.
XIV.
So thro' the dark, impending sky,
Where clouds, and fallen vapours roll'd,
Their curling wreaths dissolving fly
As the faint hues of light unfold—
The air with spreading azure streams,
The sun now darts his orient beams—
And now the mountains glow—the woods are bright—
While nature hails the season of delight.
XV.
