Poems by William Shenstone
Comparison
... With flowers enamell'd, blooming reigns, ...
To a Friend
... " Sal thought, and thought, and miss'd her aim, ...
Valentine's Day
... The swain surveys her pleased, afraid, ...
Elegy I. He Arrives at His Retirement in the Country
... He Arrives at His Retirement in the Country, and Takes Occasion To Expatiate in Praise of Simplicity ...
Elegy XVIII. He Repeats the Song of Colin, a Discerning Shepherd
... HE REPEATS THE SONG OF COLIN, A DISCERNING SHEPHERD, LAMENTING THE STATE OF THE WOOLLEN MANUFACTORY ...
Elegy V. He Compares the Turbulence of Love With the Tranquillity of Friendship
... HE COMPARES THE TURBULENCE OF LOVE WITH THE TRANQUILLITY OF FRIENDSHIP ...
Elegy XIX. - Written in Spring, 1743
... Brand thou their lives, and brand their lifeless day-" ...
Love and Honor
... if any fraud Might to her love the pleasing scenes prolong, ...
Elegy XXVI. Describing the Sorrow of An Ingeneous Mind
... DESCRIBING THE SORROW OF AN INGENUOUS MIND ON THE MELANCHOLY EVENT OF A LICENTIOUS AMOUR ...
Elegy XXII. Written in the Year ----, When the Rights of Sepulture Were So Frequently Violated
... "Yet hard it seems, when Guilt's last fine is paid, ...
Hint From Voiture
... Confess, through all the globe, 'twou'd pose him, ...
Elegy XII. His Recantation
... While, cloy'd to find the scenes of life the same, ...
Song XVIII. - Imitated from the French
... Yes, these are the meadows, the shrubs, and the plains, ...
Elegy X. To Fortune, Suggesting His Motive for Repining at Her Dispensations
... " See the small stream, that pours its murmuring tide ...
Elegy XXV. To Delia, With Some Flowers
... COMPLAINING HOW MUCH HIS BENEVOLENCE SUFFERS ON ACCOUNT OF HIS HUMBLE FORTUNE ...
