Poems

The Coranna Fast by his wild resounding River The listless Coran lingers ever; Still drives his heifers forth to feed, Soothed by the gorrah’s humming reed; […]

The Hottentot Mild, melancholy, and sedate, he stands, Tending another’s flock upon the fields, His father’s once, where now the White Man builds His home, and […]

The Kosa The free-born Kosa still doth hold The fields his fathers held of old; With club and spear, in jocund ranks, Still hunts the elk […]

The Lion Hunt Mount — mount for the hunting — with musket and spear! Call our friends to the field — for the Lion is near! […]

The Slave Dealer From ocean’s wave a Wanderer came, With visage tanned and dun: His Mother, when he told his name, Scarce knew her long-lost son; […]

To Sir Walter Scott From deserts wild and many a pathless wood Of savage climes where I have wandered long, Whose hills and streams are yet […]

A Devout Lover I have a mistress, for perfections rare In every eye, but in my thoughts most fair. Like tapers on the altar shine her […]

A Pastorall Courtship Behold these woods, and mark my Sweet How all these boughes together meet! The Cedar his fair arms displayes; And mixes branches with […]

An Ode to Master Anthony Stafford… COME, spur away, I have no patience for a longer stay, But must go down And leave the chargeable noise […]

Fairy Song We the fairies blithe and antic, Of Dimensions not gigantic, Though the moonshine mostly keep us, Oft in orchards frisk and peep us, Stolen […]