First Line Index

First Line Author Title Last Line Library Shelfmark Folio

A warrior so bold and a virgin so bright Lewis, Matthew Gregory, 1775_1818 `Alonzo the brave and fair Imogene' And his consort, the fair Imogene! Yale c.141 p. 297

Again the morn I see return, Smyth, [ ] `Stanzas written with a pen given to the author by a lady who desired him to write verses with it' The pen that Lucy gave me. Yale c.141 p. 25

Ah! when so late I press'd this mossy sward Polwhele, Richard, 1760_1838 `Sonnet on a visit to P___ near Truro' Ye little heed my tears, along the green sod, gay. Yale c.141 p. 571

Alindor liv'd in yonder grove, Clay, Sophia Raymond Burrell, 1750_1802 `Alindor and Lubin. A story taken from an accident which happened at Tunbridge Wells in Sept. 1784' Bereft of him,__I wish to die. Yale c.141 p. 519

As in the woods, where leathery lichen weaves Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Verses, supposed to have been written in the New Forest, in early spring' Forgets his sorrows past, or gives them to the wind. Yale c.141 p. 85

At my command, when `Peace, be still,' I say, Scott, Job `Continuation of a passage in Job. Scott's journal....1791' To reign in life with me. Yale c.141 p. 313

At noon's approach, with toils of study tir'd Rack, Edmund, 1735?_1787 `The cell of contemplation, a vision' `Forever contemplate th' eternal Mind.' Yale c.141 p. 178

Awake, my soul! Lift up thine eyes, Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (Aikin), 1743_1825 `Hymn' Why should his faithful followers fear? Yale c.141 p. 154

Blow cruel blast, and from the forest tear Herd, Sarah `Sonnet to the north wind' The sorrowing pilgrims' thorny path can cheer. Yale c.141 p. 382

Chaotic pile of barren stone, Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `A descriptive ode...' With legal toils to drag me to my fate! Yale c.141 p. 78

Clouds, gold and purple, o'er the western ray Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet written at [Exmouth] on seeing a seaman return who had been imprisoned at Rochfort' Tho' poor and plunder'd, he absolves his fate! Yale c.141 p. 114

Come gentle Chloris! let us rove Clay, Sophia Raymond Burrell, 1750_1802 `The shepherd's courtship' Partake my lot__and be my mate. Yale c.141 p. 540

Creation's God! with thought elate, Williams, Helen Maria, 1762_1827 `A hymn written among the alps' Thee, Thee, my God, I trace! Yale c.141 p. 459

Cuckoo, the spring's swift-winged messenger, Thompson, Dr. [ ] `Ode to the cuckoo' Their youthful wings, and serenade the sky. Yale c.141 p. 347

Dark and conceal'd art thou, soft evening's queen, Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet to the invisible moon' And shine for beings less accurst than I. Yale c.141 p. 134

Earl Walter winds his bugle horn; `The chase, a poem from the German of Gottfried Augustus Bnrger' Th'infernal cry of holla, ho! Yale c.141 p. 479

Fair blossom of the snowy vest, Thompson, Dr. [ ] `The snowdrop. An ode' Disport it in thy praise. Yale c.141 p. 351

Fall, dews of heav'n, upon my burning breast, Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet written at Exmouth, midsummer 1795' To hearts o'erwhelm'd with grief, to eyes suffus'd with tears. Yale c.141 p. 112

For oft when sleep enwraps my wearied frame Roscoe, William, 1753_1831 `To Maria' The fairy landscape gently glides away. Yale c.141 p. 52

From visions of disastrous love Spencer, William Robert, 1769_1834 `Leonora, translated from the same author [Bnrger]' `And heav'n relenting take thy soul!' Yale c.141 p. 479

Go now, ingenuous youth!__the trying hour Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet to a young man entering the world' Mayst die, as Hampden or as Sidney died. Yale c.141 p. 128

Green o'er the copses spring's soft hues are spreading, Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `April' Rejoice to bid a world like this, adieu! Yale c.141 p. 95

Hail! ye sacred horrors hail! Shepherd, William, 1768_1847 `The negro incantation' Twice nerve the hero's arm, and make the coward brave. Yale c.141 p. 543

Hark! how the church-bell's thund'ring harmony `A war poem, on the late Mr. Blythe, a midshipman on board the Mars' Her comforter, who art the widow's friend. Yale c.141 p. 475

Has freedom's flame thy breast illum'd? Smyth, [ ] `Stanzas written at the close of the year 1794' With me for Kosciuszko mourn. Yale c.141 p. 11

He may be envied, who with tranquil breast Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet' By friendship hallow'd__rural happiness! Yale c.141 p. 136

Heard ye not the solemn strain? Boyd, Hugh, 1746_1794 `Ode on the performance of selected sacred music for the benefit of the male asylum' The orphan's grateful voice shall fill the choir. Yale c.141 p. 575

Here from the restless bed of lingering pain Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet written at Bristol in the summer of 1794' And whose sad inmate__is a broken heart? Yale c.141 p. 104

Here sleep the brave, who sink to rest, Collins, William, 1721_1759 `Ode on Westminster Abbey' To dwell a weeping hermit there. Yale c.141 p. 303; see also `How sleep the braveà'.

Here sleeps what was innocence once, but its snows Wolcot, John (`Peter Pindar'), 1738_1819 `Corinna's epitaph' And the lily will bloom on her sod. Yale c.141 p. 573

High o'er Tintagel's echoing tow'rs `The castle of Tintagel' And join the murmur of the restless wave. Yale c.141 p. 163

I flung my tuneful lyre away, Herd, Sarah `Fragment' Apollo's lavish hand adorns. Yale c.141 p. 384

If mirth alone to thee be dear, `Lines written in a garden seat' And made thy sorrows all its own. Yale c.141 p. 6

Ill-omen'd bird! whose cries portentous float Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet supposed to have been written in America' When from ideal ill, th'enfeebled spirit fails! Yale c.141 p. 100

In a cottage, embosom'd within a deep shade, Rushton, Edward, 1756_1814 `Blue-eyed Mary' And lo! her blue eyes are now seal'd up in death! Yale c.141 p. 471

In happier hours, ere yet so keenly blew Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet to Dr. Parry of Bath, with some botanic drawings which had been made some years' The unfading amaranth of gratitude. Yale c.141 p. 106

Ingratitude__how deadly is thy smart, Seward, Anna, 1742_1809 `Sonnet' Drags the loose knee, and intermitting step. Yale c.141 p. 267

Is there a solitary wretch who lies Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet on being cautioned against walking on a headland overlooking the sea, because it was frequented by a lunatic' The depth or the duration of his woe. Yale c.141 p. 116

Let pageant trophies heroes' urns adorn, `On the death of Joseph Rathbone of Liverpool__who died the 29th of 8th mo. 1790' And stand recorded at the throne of grace. Yale c.141 p. 557

Let wreaths of laurel deck the victor's tomb, Herd, Sarah `Written under a print of Dr. Fothergill' And her own radiance, light thee to mankind! Yale c.141 p. 390

Like a poor ghost the night I seek; Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Verses on the death of a lady, written in 1794' My Harriet!__may like thine be cold! Yale c.141 p. 91

Like some sweet flow'r, that scents the ambient air, Herd, Sarah `On the death of a lovely girl (Sarah Jepson) who died at the age of 9' Mortality may weep, but must resign. Yale c.141 p. 388

Luxuriant vale, thy country's early boast, Seward, Anna, 1742_1809 `Llangollen Vale' Llangollen's vanish'd pair, and wreath, their sacred urn. Yale c.141 p. 237

Mute is thy wild harp, now, O bard sublime! Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet to the shade of Burns' Enjoys with them `the liberty it lov'd'. Yale c.141 p. 138

My dear and much beloved wife Scott, Job `A farewell salutation on leaving home to visit the southern States in 1789' And be your sure defense. Yale c.141 p. 323

My soul is sad and much dismay'd; Cowper, William, 1731_1800 `The valley of the shadow of death' That I am foil'd, and thou art griev'd! Yale c.141 p. 585

No favorite of thy fickle pow'r, Herd, Sarah `To fortune' To heaven, ascends my pious pray'r. Yale c.141 p. 357

No selfish motive fires my breast, Roscoe, William, 1753_1831 `To the same [Maria]' Who knows no bliss unshar'd by thee. Yale c.141 p. 54

November's chill blast on the rough beach is howling, Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `The female exile. Written at Brighthelmstone in 1792' I can warm the cold heart of the wretched no more! Yale c.141 p. 60

Now, young-eyed spring, on gentle breezes borne, Seward, Anna, 1742_1809 `Sonnet' [1787] And gild existence in her dim decline. Yale c.141 p. 271

O'er faded heath-flow'rs spun, or thorny furze Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet. The gossamer' Leave but the wither'd heath, and barren thorn! Yale c.141 p. 102

Oft at the solitary rock, whose brow Polwhele, Richard, 1760_1838 `The monastery at St. Michael's Mount' As to the seaman's ear the melting murmur died. Yale c.141 p. 567

O Bean! whose fond connubial days `Petherton Bridge. An elegy' And wets it with a willing tear. Yale c.141 p. 146

O thou! who first attun'd my trembling lyre Herd, Sarah `Sonnet to the muse' And shew'd me peace and pensive joy were tenants of the shade. Yale c.141 p. 361

On thee, blest youth, a father's hand confers Rogers, Samuel, 1763_1855 `To a friend on his marriage' Gild the calm current of domestic hours! Yale c.141 p. 456

On tresses whiten'd o'er by time `Response du Duc de Nivernais [to `This hair by long time blanch'd...', by the MarTchale de Mirepoix, translated by a lady]' Could never bind my heart more fast. Yale c.141 p. 538

Pale planet of the night, whose silvery beam, Herd, Sarah `Sonnet to the moon' And tranquil nature sinks in soft repose! Yale c.141 p. 359

Praise to God, immortal praise, `Hymn' Love thee__for thyself alone. Yale c.141 p. 159

Proud of her ancient race, Britannia shows Seward, Anna, 1742_1809 `Verses on Wrexham and the inhabitants of its environs' And genius wakes thy Randal's harp divine. Yale c.141 p. 254

Shepherd! seek not wealth nor pow'r `To a shepherd' Nor exchange thy peace for gold. Yale c.141 p. 157

Since dark December shrouds the transient day, Seward, Anna, 1742_1809 `Invitation to a friend. Sonnet' Nor count the heavy eve-drops as they fall! Yale c.141 p. 273

`Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care' Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet. The winter night' I shall be laid, and feel that loss no more! Yale c.141 p. 124

Small, viewless aeronaut, that by the line Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet to the insect of the gossamer' Ah! soon at sorrow's touch the radiant dreams dissolve! Yale c.141 p. 130

Stranger pause__for thee the day Smyth, [ ] `For the blind asylum, Liverpool' Give thine alms__thou canst not heal. Yale c.141 p. 8

Swift fleet the billowy clouds along the sky Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet on passing a dreary tract of country, and near the ruins of a deserted chapel, during a tempest' Black as my fate, or cold as my despair. Yale c.141 p. 110

The chill waves whiten in the sharp northeast; Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet written at Weymouth in winter' All that gave me delight__ah! never to return! Yale c.141 p. 118

The dizzy dome be his, who will; Polwhele, Richard, 1760_1838 `Lines from Seneca' Yet to himself a stranger dies! Yale c.141 p. 563

The dreams that own thy soft control, Smyth, [ ] `Stanzas to fancy' Expose it, and like me, it dies! Yale c.141 p. 3

The evening shines in May's luxuriant pride, Seward, Anna, 1742_1809 `Sonnet written on rising ground near Lichfield' Poetic minds to life, with all her ills. Yale c.141 p. 269

The Lord receives his highest praise Cowper, William, 1731_1800 `A living and a dead faith' Unless that Grace has made him free? Yale c.141 p. 581

The Lord will happiness divine Cowper, William, 1731_1800 `The contrite heart' And heal it, if it be. Yale c.141 p. 579

The music of light-wafted sighs, Polwhele, Richard, 1760_1838 `To ___ written at Manacan, 1794' To envy we resign the rest. Yale c.141 p. 559

The night-flood rakes upon the stony shore; Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet written in a tempestuous night, on the coast of Sussex' And shuns the eyes, that only wake to weep! Yale c.141 p. 108

The soul, alive to joy and woe Polwhele, Richard, 1760_1838 `To the same' Suspend the tear, to dew my grave! Yale c.141 p. 561

The trees have now hid at the edge of the hurst, Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `The forest boy' When ye let loose the demons of war. Yale c.141 p. 64

The upland shepherd, as reclin'd he lies Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet. The sea view...from the high down called the Beacon Hill, near Brighthelmstone' Ah! thus man spoils heav'n's glorious works with blood! Yale c.141 p. 140

Thee! lucid arbiter 'twixt day and night, Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet to the morning star. Written near the sea' Once lent to light me on my thorny way! Yale c.141 p. 120

Thee, Stanley, thee, our gladden'd spirit hails Seward, Anna, 1742_1809 `Hoyle Lake...a poem written on that coast and addressed to its proprietor, Sir John Stanley' Diffus'd the blessings of her crystal shrine. Yale c.141 p. 259

Their branches the green willows wave, Clay, Sophia Raymond Burrell, 1750_1802 `Charlotte's lamentation' And died, in pronouncing his name. Yale c.141 p. 526

This hair by time long blanch'd receive `Translation of Vers de Madame la MarTchale de Mirepoix...by a lady' [answered by `On tresses whiten'd...', by the Duc du Nivernais] Age has its spring, which ne'er decays. Yale c.141 p. 536

Thou shining metal, which in baleful hour, Herd, Sarah `To gold' On kinder shores to light her hallow'd fires. Yale c.141 p. 395

Thou! whom prosperity has always led Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet to a querulous acquaintance' Mar the uncommon blessings of thy fate! Yale c.141 p. 122

Thou, with hurried step advancing, Smyth, [ ] `Ode to mirth' For if thy votary think__thy visions end. Yale c.141 p. 13

Tho' oft we shiver'd to the gale Polwhele, Richard, 1760_1838 `Verses__1736' On the pale bud, the fainting flower! Yale c.141 p. 569

Through groves sequestered, dark, and still, Hawkesworth, John, 1719_1773 `A moral thought' Nor honor's sanguinary palm. Yale c.141 p. 152 (incomplete?)

Thy shape and complexion how much I admire; Thompson, Dr. [ ] `The bird's egg. An ode' [1797] My pen's thy fair gift, well-employ'd in thy praise. Yale c.141 p. 349

To thee, sweet bird, the rustic muse is due Thompson, Dr. [ ] `The blackbird, an ode' Rejoicing in the shades of liberty. Yale c.141 p. 353

Transpierc'd with many a streaming wound, Holcroft, Thomas, 1745_1809 `The negro' Men feel who barter man for gold. Yale c.141 p. 549

Vile weed, irascible! whene'er I view `To the nettle' Like thee, when firmly grasp'd, to native nothing fall! Yale c.141 p. 305

Wake! rise! thy sleep of death is o'er, Smyth, [ ] `The seraph' Thy changing form__rise, rise__adieu! Yale c.141 p. 35

Wan heralds of the sun and summer gale! Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet. Snow drops' For fixt regret, and hopeless grief are mine. Yale c.141 p. 132

Whate'er of praise, and of regret attend Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Inscription on a stone in the churchyard at Boreham, in Essex raised by the honorable Elizabeth Olmins, to the memory of Ann Gardner' To share the eternal triumph of the just. Yale c.141 p. 144

When darkness long has veil'd my mind, Cowper, William, 1731_1800 `Peace after a storm' Be shame and self-abhorrence mine. Yale c.141 p. 583

When mournful evening's gradual vapors spread Merry, Robert, 1755_1798 `The pains of memory' Retain the love of liberty and truth. Yale c.141 p. 197

When, with a Reaumur's skill, thy curious mind Rogers, Samuel, 1763_1855 `An epistle to a friend' And, with the swallow, wings the year away! Yale c.141 p. 439

Where the wild woods and pathless forests frown, Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet' Then starting from his dream, he feels his woes again! Yale c.141 p. 126

Where thy broad branches brave the bitter north, Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Apostrophe to an old tree' And if he can't avert, endures the blast. Yale c.141 p. 87

While o'er the alpine cliff, I musing stray'd, Williams, Helen Maria, 1762_1827 `Verses...occasioned by a note on the glaciers in Dr. Darwin's Botanic garden &c.' She wept, and folded in a cloud, withdrew. Yale c.141 p. 466

Why, plaintive warbler! tell me why `To the nightingale. Translation of the 15th ode of Rousseau' The rapture of a single sigh! Yale c.141 p. 553

Wilt thou forsake me who in life's bright May Smith, Charlotte (Turner), 1749_1806 `Sonnet to the muse' Where pity and remembrance bend and weep! Yale c.141 p. 142

Ye airy sprites, who oft as fancy calls, Roscoe, William, 1753_1831 `The following address occasioned by the death of J. Palmer was spoken at the Theater Liverpool. 1798' A father's merits__still protect his child. Yale c.141 p. 307

Ye groves where I oft with Rosina have stray'd, Clay, Sophia Raymond Burrell, 1750_1802 `Henry and Rosina' `And let a low cottage and Henry be mine.' Yale c.141 p. 529

You crag precipitously wild, where frown Polwhele, Richard, 1760_1838 `St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall' [1796] The deep regard of ages be its claim! Yale c.141 p. 565

Youth of the year, ah! who shall hail Herd, Sarah `To spring, 1790' And 'midst thy works remember thee! Yale c.141 p. 391

Union First Line Index of English Verse

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Union First Line Index of English Verse

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