Poems

Jubilate Agno: Fragment C Let Ramah rejoice with Cochineal. Let Gaba rejoice with the Prickly Pear, which the Cochineal feeds on. Let Nebo rejoice with the […]

Jubilate Agno: Fragment D Let Dew, house of Dew rejoice with Xanthenes a precious stone of an amber colour. Let Round, house of Round rejoice with […]

On a Lady Throwing Snow-Balls at Her Lover [From the Latin of Petronious Ascanius.] When, wanton fair, the snowy orb you throw, I feel a fire […]

On My Wife’s Birth-Day ‘Tis Nancy’s birth-day–raise your strains, Ye nymphs of the Parnassian plains, And sing with more than usual glee To Nancy, who was […]

Psalm XXIII The shepherd Christ from heav’n arriv’d, My flesh and spirit feeds; I shall not therefore be depriv’d Of all my nature needs. As slop’d […]

The Long-Nosed Fair Once on a time I fair Dorinda kiss’d, Whose nose was too distinguish’d to be miss’d; My dear, says I, I fain would […]

The Pig In ev’ry age, and each profession, Men err the most by prepossession; But when the thing is clearly shown, And fairly stated, fully known, […]

The Sweets of Evening The sweets of evening charm the mind, Sick of the sultry day; The body then no more confin’d, But exercise with freedom […]

Where’s the Poker? The poker lost, poor Susan storm’d, And all the rites of rage perform’d; As scolding, crying, swearing, sweating, Abusing, fidgetting, and fretting. “Nothing […]

A Yarn of Dan’s “Now ‘ere’s a yarn as is true,” said Dan, “An’ you can’t say that o’ most: I was in the packet Mogador […]