Poems by William Shenstone
Elegy XV. In Memory of a Private Family in Worcestershire
... Heart-chill'd with grief-"My thread," he cried, "is spun! ...
To the Virtuosi
... A friend, who, weigh'd with yours, must prize ...
The Poet and the Dun
... vexation! What whore that must paint, and must put on false locks, ...
Song V. - On every tree, in every plain
... Mine eyes from death shall court repose, ...
Verses, To William Lyttleton, Esq.
... And where sweet friendship's cordial mien, ...
Anacreontic
... And, robb'd of darts, and stript of power, ...
The Skylark
... Go, tuneful bird! that gladd'st the skies ...
Written in a Collection of Bacchanalian Songs
... And see, through yonder silent grove, ...
Elegy XVII. He Indulges the Suggestions of Spleen.-- An Elegy to the Winds
... AEole! namque tibi divûm Pater atque hominum rex, ...
A Parody
... The nymphs, how brisk, the swains, how gay, ...
Elegy XXI. Taking a View of the Country From His Retirement
... EW OF THE COUNTRY FROM HIS RETIREMENT, HE IS LED TO MEDITATE ON THE CHARACTER OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS ...
Extent of Cookery
... Read much, and look'd as though he meant ...
Written at an Inn at Henley
... Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, ...
A Pastoral Ballad. In Four Parts
... From the plains, from the woodlands and groves, ...
Song
... This, too, she heard, and smiled to hear ...
