Poems by Mather Byles
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To a Friend, on the Death of a Relative.
... In heav'nly Tunes, with fresh Delights, shall sing, ...
On a very profane Compliment in a noble and devout Poem.
... And endless Darkness spreads its brooding Horrors round ...
GOLIAH'S Defeat. In the Manner of Lucan.
... Streak'd Rainbows on the Clouds, and flash'd about the Skies ...
To an ingenious young Gentleman, on his dedicating a Poem to the Author.
... While she, with flutt'ring Wings, hovers,-and drops to Earth ...
Written in Milton's PARADISE LOST.
... Dash'd to the Ground, and crush'd beneath his Wheels ...
HYMN to CHRIST for our Regeneration and Resurrection.
... III. Death, the grim Tyrant, seiz'd my Frame, ...
The GOD of Tempest.
... XIII. "Around thy Wheels, in the glad Throng ...
ODE, for Palatine Tune.
... IV. Oh! thy Love our Passion warms! ...
To Thee the tuneful Anthem soars
... Lord, extend Where farther Western Suns descend ...
To the Memory of a young Commander slain in a Battle with the Indians, 1724.
... In quick short pants ebb'd out his quiv'ring Breath, ...
The Almighty Conqueror.
... XIII. Cease, cease my Tongue, be still, my Lyre, ...
An Elegy address'd to His Excellency Governour BELCHER: On the Death of his Brother-in-Law, the
... Witness, ye conscious Nights, whose Shades he chose, ...
The Altogether Lovely.
... Forgive: In the dead Pale that spreads his Cheeks ...
The Complaint and the Consolation.
... X. Then shall my flutt'ring Heart be fixt, ...
The Bloom of Life, fading in a happy Death.
... III. His Eyes their sparkling Pleasure speak, ...
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