
Mary Darby Robinson
Oberon to the Queen of the Fairies
My
ON, with ev'ry sprite"That gilds the vapours of the night,"Shall dance and weave the verdant ring"With joy that mortals thus can sing; "And when thou sigh'st
IA'S name, "And mourn'st to feel a hopeless flame, ...
Female Fashions for 1799
A form, as any taper, fine ; A head like half-pint bason ; Where golden cords, and bands entwine, As rich as fleece of
ON
A pair of shoulders strong and wide, Like country clown enlisting ; Bare arms long dangling by the side, And shoes ...
Sonnet I Favourd by Heavn
Favour'd by Heav'n are those, ordain'd to
The bliss supreme that kindles fancy's fire;
Whose magic fingers sweep the muses' lyre,
In varying cadence, eloquently chaste
The Negro Girl
I
Dark was the dawn, and o'er the deep The boist'rous whirlwinds blew;
The Sea-bird wheel'd its circling sweep, And all was drear to view—When on the beach that binds the western
The love-lorn
The Origin of Cupid -- A Fable
ON
DA'S mount the gods were met,
A sportive, jolly, noisy set,
Resolving nectar bowls to quaff,
Mistress Gurtons Cat
Old
SS
ON had a Cat, A Tabby, loveliest of the race,
Sleek as a doe, and tame, and fat With velvet paws, and whisker'd face;
Lines to Him Who Will Understand Them
OU art no more my bosom's
ND;
Here must the sweet delusion end,
That charm'd my senses many a year,
Deborahs Parrot a Village Tale
'Twas in a little western town An ancient Maiden dwelt:
Her name was
SS, or
SS,
Sonnet VII Come Reason
Come,
Reason, come
each nerve rebellious bind,
Lull the fierce tempest of my fev'rish soul;
Londons Summer Morning
Who has not waked to list the busy sounds Of summer's morning, in the sultry smoke Of noisy London
On the pavement hot The sooty chimney-boy, with dingy face And tatter'd covering, shrilly bawls his trade,
Rousing the sleepy housemaid
Sonnet XXXIII I Wake
I wake
delusive phantoms hence, away
Tempt not the weakness of a lover's breast;
The softest breeze can shake the halcyon's nest,
Ode to the Nightingale
ET
RD OF
OW
why complain In such soft melody of Song, That