A Metrical History of England Or, Recollections, in Rhyme, Of some of the most prominent Features in our National Chronology, from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Commencement of the Regency, in 1812. In Two Volumes ... By Thomas Dibdin |
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[“Blow, blow thou winter's wind]
“Blow, blow thou winter's wind,
“Thou art not so unkind
“As man's ingratitude.”
“Thou art not so unkind
“As man's ingratitude.”
These lines my reader may have met before,
But they do honor to Sir Thomas More:
“When More some years had Chanc'lor been,
“No more suits did remain;
“The same shall never there be seen,
“'Till More be there again.
But they do honor to Sir Thomas More:
“When More some years had Chanc'lor been,
“No more suits did remain;
“The same shall never there be seen,
“'Till More be there again.
Poetry of the Times.
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