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The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott

Edited by his Son Edwin Elliott ... A New and Revised Edition: Two Volumes
Elliott, Ebenezer (1781-1849)

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VOL. I.
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VOL. II.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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RHYMED RAMBLES.
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Part First.
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Part Second.
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Part Third.
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LYRICS FOR MY DAUGHTERS.
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THE YEAR OF SEEDS.
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BALLADS.
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ETHELINE.
  
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MAUSOLEUM AT WENTWORTH.

Hither I came—when life itself was new,
And new this form of greatness dead and gone—
To tremble in the gloom which draws and drew
A purple veil o'er deathlike life in stone.
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This man a pitying look on frailty threw:
Have I not heard a matron, good and true,
Speak of him, with a tear upon her cheek?
Knaves call'd him weak—but when was virtue weak?
O ye who wring the heart until it break,
And scourge pale nations with the wealth ye steal!
Here, if late pardon for your crimes ye seek,
To your cold souls the thoughts ye dread reveal;
Think of our vulture with the gory beak!
And of meek Rockingham, with humbled malice, speak.
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