Poems

Sonnet The Lord of Life shakes off his drowsihed, And ‘gins to sprinkle on the earth below Those rays that from his shaken locks do flow; […]

Sonnet To A Friend Friend of my earliest years and childish days, My joys, my sorrows, thou with me hast shared, Companion dear, and we alike […]

Sonnet to Mathew Wood, Esq., Alderman and M. P. Hold on thy course uncheck’d, heroic Wood! Regardless what the player’s son may prate, Saint Stephens’ fool, […]

Sonnet VIII As when a child on some long winter’s night Affrighted clinging to its Grandam’s knees With eager wond’ring and perturb’d delight Listens strange tales […]

Suffer Little Children, And Forbid Them Not, To Come Unto Me To Jesus our Saviour some parents presented Their children–what fears and what hopes they must […]

The Ape To the Editor [of the “London Magazine”] Mr. Editor,–The riddling lines which I send you, were written upon a young lady who, from her […]

The Beasts In The Tower Within the precincts of this yard, Each in his narrow confines barred, Dwells every beast that can be found On Afric […]

The Beggar-Man Abject, stooping, old, and wan, See yon wretched beggar-man; Once a father’s hopeful heir, Once a mother’s tender care. When too young to understand […]

The Boy And The Skylark A FABLE. “A wicked action fear to do, When you are by yourself; for though You think you can conceal it, […]

The Boy And The Snake Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread. One day the boy his breakfast took, And […]