Poems

An Address To The Deity God of my life! and author of my days! Permit my feeble voice to lisp thy praise; And trembling, take upon […]

An Autumnal Thought ‘Tis past! we breathe! assuaged at length The flames that drank our vital strength! Smote with intolerable heat No more our throbbing temples […]

An Inventory of the Furniture in Dr. Priestley’s Study A map of every country known, With not a foot to call his own. A list of […]

Autumn FRAGMENT Farewell the softer hours, Spring’s opening blush And Summer’s deeper glow, the shepherd’s pipe Tuned to the murmurs of a weeping spring, And song […]

Awake My Soul! Awake, my soul! lift up thine eyes, See where thy foes against thee rise, In long array, a numerous host; Awake, my soul! […]

Behold Behold, where breathing love divine, Our dying Master stands! His weeping followers gathering round Receive his last commands. From that mild teacher’s parting lips What […]

Characters OH! born to sooth distress, and lighten care; Lively as soft, and innocent as fair; Blest with that sweet simplicity of thought So rarely found, […]

Come, Said Jesus Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Come, said Jesus’ sacred voice, Come […]

Corsica —— A manly race Of unsubmitting spirit, wise and brave; Who still through bleeding ages struggled hard To hold a generous undiminished state; Too much […]

Dejection When sickness clouds the languid eye, And seeds of sharp diseases fly Swift through the vital frame; Rich drugs are torn from earth and sea, […]