Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHARACTERS: MR. AND MRS. EDWARDS, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Blest pair! Form'd for delight, and born to please Last Line: And friendship steal a sigh for your return. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia | ||||||||
Blest pair! form'd for delight, and born to please, Whose looks are gladness, and whose manners ease, In each gay trifle skill'd, and happy art To raise the fancy, and to sooth the heart; O yet belov'd! Farewel, tho Wisdom frown, Tho Prudence blush the careless hours to own, Yet shall indulgent Pity softly mourn, And Friendship steal a sigh for your return. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD WASHING-DAY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD A SUMMER EVENING'S MEDITATION by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD HYMN: 2 by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LIFE [AND DEATH] by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ON THE EXPECTED GENERAL RISING OF THE FRENCH NATION IN 1792 by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE MOUSE'S PETITION TO DOCTOR PRIESTLY FOUND IN THE TRAP .. by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE SABBATH OF THE SOUL by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD TO A LITTLE INVISIBLE BEING WHO IS EXPECTED SOON TO BECOME VISIBLE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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