Poems

The Resignation O God, whose thunder shakes the sky, Whose eye this atom globe surveys, To thee, my only rock, I fly, Thy mercy in thy […]

The Romance Of The Knight The pleasing sweets of spring and summer past, The falling leaf flies in the sultry blast, The fields resign their spangling […]

Art Thou Poor Art thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers? O sweet content! Art thou rich, yet is thy mind perplexed? O punishment! Dost thou […]

Beauty Arise Beauty arise, show forth thy glorious shining, Thine eyes feed love, for them he standeth pining ; Honor and youth attend to do their […]

Cast away care Cast away care; he that loves sorrow Lengthens not a day, nor can buy to-morrow ; Money is trash, and he that will […]

Country Glee HAYMAKERS, rakers, reapers, and mowers, Wait on your Summer-queen; Dress up with musk-rose her eglantine bowers, Daffodils strew the green; Sing, dance, and play, […]

Fancies Are But Streams Fancies are but streams Of vain pleasure: They who by their dreams True joys measure Feasting, starve; laughing, weep; Playing, smart. Whilst […]

Fortune Smiles Fortune smiles, cry holiday, Dimples on her cheeks do dwell, Fortune frowns, cry welladay, Her love is heaven, her hate is hell: Since heaven […]

Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes Golden slumbers kiss your eyes, Smiles awake you when you rise ; Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry, And I will […]

Haymakers, Rakers, Reapers, And Mowers Haymakers, rakers, reapers, and mowers, Wait upon your summer queen. Dress up with musk-rose her eglantine bowers, Daffodils strew the green. […]