M’Fingal – Canto II
The Sun, who never stops to dine, Two hours had pass’d the mid-way line, And driving at his usual rate, […]
Author: John Trumbull
M’Fingal – Canto III
Now warm with ministerial ire, Fierce sallied forth our loyal ‘Squire, And on his striding steps attends His desperate clan […]
M’Fingal – Canto I
When Yankies, skill’d in martial rule, First put the British troops to school; Instructed them in warlike trade, And new […]
M’Fingal – Canto IV
Now Night came down, and rose full soon That patroness of rogues, the Moon; Beneath whose kind protecting ray, Wolves, […]
To A Young Lady
In vain, fair Maid, you ask in vain, My pen should try th’ advent’rous strain, And following truth’s unalter’d law, […]
To Ladies Of A Certain Age
Ye ancient Maids, who ne’er must prove The early joys of youth and love, Whose names grim Fate (to whom […]
The Owl And The Sparrow
In elder days, in Saturn’s prime, Ere baldness seized the head of Time, While truant Jove, in infant pride, Play’d […]