Mary Darby Robinson
1758–1800
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AbsenceWHEN from the craggy mountain's pathless steep,Whose flinty brow hangs o'er the raging sea,48 linesAinsi Va le Monde[As a Tribute of Esteem and Admiration this Poem is inscribed to ROBERT MERRY, Esq. A. M. Member of the Royal Academy at Florence, and Author of the Laurel of Liberty, and the Della Crusca Poems.]O THOU, to whom superior worth's allied,341 linesElegy on the Death of Lady MiddletonTHE knell of death, that on the twilight gale,Swells its deep murmur to the pensive ear;44 linesElegy to the Memory of David Garrick, Esq.DEAR SHADE OF HIM, who grac'd the mimick scene,And charm'd attention with resistless pow'r;64 linesElegy to the Memory of Richard Boyle, Esq.NEAR yon bleak mountain's dizzy height,That hangs o'er AVON's silent wave;68 lines
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