Elizabeth Bath Quotes

Elizabeth Bath, née Paddy, was an English poet. She was the author of a collection of sixty-six poems published by subscription in 1806 in Bristol. She was a member of the Society of Friends. Wikipedia

✵ 17. February 1776 – 3. October 1844

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Elizabeth Bath Quotes

“Why, alas! is life decreed
Full of pain and full of sorrow?
All uncertain as it is,
Can we rest upon to-morrow?
Why should blessings yet in store,
Hold us still in expectation?
Leading thro' succeeding sorrows,
By some fond anticipation:
'Tis to give a tender interest
To the scenes in which we're moving:
While those hopes so often blasted,
Sensual pleasures are reproving.”

Elizabeth Bath

"An Effusion", from Poems, on Various Occasions (1806)

Life , Pain , Pleasure , Hope

“Forever seeking, never found,
In this wide varied scene;
Sole object of unceasing search,
While in this low terrene.
Yet vain the search, if in the heart
Some lurking passion dwell;
For this will hang with cypress wreath
Retirement's secret cell.
In vain the outward scene is calm,
In vain the world we fly;
If thou, in pure religion's garb,
Thy friendly aid deny.”

Elizabeth Bath

"Address to Happiness", from Poems, on Various Occasions (1806)

Secret , World , Religion , Search

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