Carlos Wilcox

Carlos Wilcox (22 October 1794 – 29 May 1827) was a minor American poet. He wrote a poem, "The Age of Benevolence", which was left unfinished, and which was clearly influenced by the work of William Cowper.

Poetry

 * Remains of the Rev. Carlos Wilcox: with a memoir of his life (Hartford: Edward Hopkins, 1828)


 * Of true benevolence, its charms divine, With other motives to call forth its power, And its grand triumphs, multiplied beyond All former bounds, in this its golden age, Humbly I sing, awed by the holy theme; A theme exalted, though as yet unsung, In beauty rich, of inspiration full, And worthy of a nobler harp than that From which heroic strains sublimely sound.
 * "The Age of Benevolence", Book I, line 1; p. 99


 * Time well employed is Satan's deadliest foe: It leaves no opening for the lurking fiend.
 * "The Age of Benevolence", Extracts from Book II, p. 148


 * The sultry summer past, September comes, Soft twilight of the soft-declining year. All mildness, soothing loneliness and peace, The fading season ere the falling come.
 * "The Age of Benevolence", Extracts from Book II, p. 153


 * Be thy best thoughts to work divine addressed; Do something — do it soon — will all thy might; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest, And God Himself inactive were no longer blessed.
 * "The Religion of Taste", Stanza CII, p. 206


 * 'Tis infamy to die and not be missed.
 * "The Religion of Taste", Stanza CVI, p. 207


 * Rouse to some work of high and holy love, And thou an angel's happiness shall know.
 * "The Religion of Taste", Stanza CVII, p. 208