'Tis said, that jealous of a name
We all would praise confine,
And choke the leading path to fame
In our peculiar line.

But vainly should detraction preach
If once I made it known,
The art of pleasing thou would'st teach
Acknowledg'd for thy own.

(C) Matilda Betham
01/01/2000


Best Poems of Matilda Betham

• The Fraternal Duel
• Rhapsody
• On A Fan
• Philemon
• Fragment
• Sonetto
• To M.i. (ii)
• To M.i.
• On The Eve Of Departure From O
• La Fortuna Dello Stesso
• Written In London, On The 19th Of March, 1796
• Written April The 18th, 1796
• Invitation, To J.b.c.
• Written On Whitsun-monday, 1795
• Cantata Dello Stesso
• The Lonely Walk
• Editha
• Fragment (ii)
• Human Pleasure Or Pain
• In A Letter To Arc On Her Wishing To Be Called Anna
• In Memory Of Mr Agostino Isola, Of Cambridge, Who Died On The 5th Of June, 1797