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My Mind and its Thoughts, in Sketches, Fragments, and Essays

Morton, Sarah Wentworth (1759-1846)

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My Mind AND ITS THOUGHTS, IN SKETCHES, FRAGMENTS, AND ESSAYS;

LINES TO POVERTY.

TO GEORGE HENRY APTHORP.

PRAYER TO PATIENCE.

CHARACTER FROM LIFE.

LINES TO JOHN C. WARREN, M. D. OF BOSTON, MASS.

STANZAS TO DISAPPOINTMENT.

INSCRIPTION,

INSCRIPTIONS. Intended for a little Island upon the Schuylkill, belonging to the proprietor of the Woodlands; at whose request the following were hastily written.

SONG OF THE RUNIC BARD.

SECOND ODE TO TIME.

DISINTERESTEDNESS,

TO LEWIS HERVEY, ESQ.

INJUNCTION TO D. W. L.

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CHARACTERISTIC SONGS.

SUCCESSFUL LOVER.

TO A BEAUTIFUL INFANT.

LINES TO A LADY, DANCING.

LINES IMPROMPTU,

TRIBUTARY LINES

TO THE HON. JOHN JAY.

TO HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN JAY,

SONNET, TO MAJOR GENERAL LINCOLN.

SONNET TO THE FULL SUMMER MOON.

SONNET TO ADVERSITY.

STANZAS TO AARON BURR.

LINES TO MRS. MONTGOMERY.

THE AFRICAN CHIEF.

CHARACTERISTIC PORTRAIT.

THE STAR GAZER.

MORTAL AND IMMORTAL.

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DEDICATION HYMN.

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MONODIES, Elegies, and Stanzas.

AUX MANES DE JULIE.

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INSCRIPTION,

FOR THE PORTRAIT OF FISHER AMES, PAINTED CON AMORE BY STUART.

Such is the man!—inspired the artist wrought,
And reached with soaring mind his flight of thought.
Then bid the brow's reflective calm declare,
Majestic honour dwells unquestioned there.

Mild from that eye the rays of kindness flow,
Warm on those lips the words of fervour glow,
Yet with persuasion's pensive charm appear,
To win the plaudit of a nation's tear.
Sublime of soul! in speaking features shine,
Feeling's fine flame, and eloquence divine.

Such is the man; beheld, approached, approved!
Born to excel—yet less admired than loved.

See his pathetic speech on the British Treaty, as published in his works.