The Works of Anna Lætitia Barbauld: With a Memoir, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825 - 814 pages V. 1. Memoir. Poems -- v. 2. Correspondence. Miscellaneous pieces. |
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Aikin ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD arms art thou awful Barbauld bend beneath bless blest bloom bosom bowers breast breath bright brow Ceres charms cheerful controul Corsica courser Cupid Cyrnus dear death deep delight drest earth eyes fair fame fancy Farewell fate fear feel fire flame flow flowers fond genius gentle glowing golden grace groves hand hast heart heaven honoured hope hour HYMN Kibworth light live lyre maid midst mind mourn Muse Muse's Nature's never numbers nymph o'er pale passions peace pilgrim pity pomp praise racter rage reign RICHARD TAYLOR rise round scenes scorn Scythian shade shining shore sighs silent smile soft song soothe soul sound spirit spread spring sting STONNE storm strains stream sweet swelling taught tears tender thee thine thou thought toil trembling vale vext virtues Warrington weep wings wound youth
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Page 321 - II. PRAISE to God, immortal praise,* For the love that crowns our days; Bounteous source of every joy, Let thy praise our tongues employ; For the blessings of the field, For the stores the gardens yield, For the vine's exalted juice, For the generous olive's use ; * Although the
Page 316 - Farewell, conflicting joys and fears, Where light and shade alternate dwell; How bright the' unchanging morn appears ! Farewell, inconstant world, Farewell! Its duty done,—as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies; While heaven and earth combine to say, " Sweet is the scene when Virtue dies!
Page 321 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat, the flocks shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.—HABAKKUK iii.
Page 344 - From marble domes and gilded spires Shall curling clouds of incense rise ? And gems, and gold, and garlands deck The costly pomp of sacrifice ? Vain sinful man! Creation's lord Thy golden offerings well may spare; But give thy heart, and thou shalt find, Here dwells a God who heareth prayer.
Page 262 - t will cost a sigh, a tear; Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not Good night, but in some brighter clime Bid me Good morning. ON
Page 343 - HYMN XI. SLEEP, sleep today, tormenting cares Of earth and folly born! Ye shall not dim the light that streams From this celestial morn. Tomorrow will be time enough To feel your harsh controul; Ye shall not violate this day, The sabbath of my soul. Sleep, sleep
Page 333 - Together both they seek the place Where God reveals his awful face; How high, how strong, their raptures swell, There's none but kindred souls can tell. Nor shall the glowing flame expire When nature droops her sickening fire; Then shall they meet in realms above, A heaven of joy—because of love. HYMN VII. Come unto me all ye that are
Page 262 - ve been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; Tis hard to part when friends are dear; Perhaps 't will cost a sigh, a tear; Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not Good night, but in some brighter clime Bid me Good morning. ON THE KING'S ILLNESS: 1811. REST, rest, afflicted spirit, quickly pass Thine hour of bitter suffering
Page 35 - O HEAR a pensive prisoner's prayer, For liberty that sighs ; And never let thine heart be shut Against the wretch's cries! For here forlorn and sad I sit, Within the wiry grate; And tremble at the' approaching morn, Which brings impending fate. * Found in the trap where he had been confined all night by Dr.
Page 338 - Our powers are oft dissolved away "In ecstasies of love ; And while our bodies wander here. Our souls are fixed above : " We purge our mortal dross away. Refining as we run; But while we die to earth and sense, Our heaven is begun.