Poems

Specula When He appoints to meet thee, go thou forth— It matters not If south or north, Bleak waste or sunny plot. Nor think, if haply […]

Autumn A touch of cold in the Autumn night — I walked abroad, And saw the ruddy moon lean over a hedge Like a red-faced farmer. […]

The Embankment (The fantasia of a fallen gentleman on a cold, bitter night.) Once, in finesse of fiddles found I ecstasy, In the flash of gold […]

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea, The plowman homeward plods […]

Hymn to Adversity Daughter of Jove, relentless Power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and tort’ring hour The Bad affright, afflict the Best! […]

Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton College Ye distant spires, ye antique towers, That crown the watry glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry’s […]

Ode on the death of a favorite cat Twas on a lofty vase’s side, Where China’s gayest art had dyed The azure flowers that blow; Demurest […]

Ode On The Pleasure Arising From Vicissitude Now the golden Morn aloft Waves her dew-bespangled wing, With vermeil cheek, and whisper soft She woos the tardy […]

Ode On The Spring Lo! where the rosy-bosom’d Hours, Fair Venus’ train appear, Disclose the long-expecting flowers, And wake the purple year! The Attic warbler pours […]

On the Death of Richard West In vain to me the smiling Mornings shine, And reddening Phœbus lifts his golden fire; The birds in vain their […]