Poems by William Shenstone
Elegy VIII. He Describes His Early Love of Poetry, and Its Consequences
... Thou know'st how transport thrills the tender breast ...
Ode to Indolence
... For why should lingering thought invade, ...
The Judgement of Hercules
... Yet made some faint efforts, and first approach'd the swain ...
The Extent of Cookery
... Read much, and look'd as though he meant ...
An Irregular Ode, After Sickness
... Scarce have my footsteps press'd the favour'd ground, ...
Elegy XIV. Declining an Invitation To Visit Foreign Countries
... NG AN INVITATION TO VISIT FOREIGN COUNTRIES, HE TAKES OCCASION TO INTIMATE THE ADVANTAGES OF HIS OWN ...
Flirt and Phil
... Her wit, her youth too, claim'd its share: ...
The Halcyon
... "Descend," she cries, "thou hated shower, ...
Elegy IV. Ophilia's Urn. To Mr. Graves
... "Why has such worth, without distinction, died ...
A Simile
... And bawls, and drinks, but chiefly stares: ...
Ode to Memory
... Those banks and streams appear'd more bright ...
To a Lady of Quality, Fitting Up Her Library
... Then, from the towering heights they scale, ...
Inscription for a Medicinal Fountain at the Leasowes
... Who guid'st the stream, and joy'st to dwell, ...
Elegy XXIII. Reflections Suggested By His Situation
... And where hoarse scream'd the strepent horn, succeed ...
Ode - So dear my Lucio is to me
... 'Tis thine, so richly graced, to prove ...
