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The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton

with an essay on the Rowley poems by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat and a memoir by Edward Bell
Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)

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Vol. I.
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I. Poems written before 1769.
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II. Poems written in 1769.
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III. Poems written in 1770.
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IV. Miscellaneous Poems, &c.
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VOL. II.

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THE ACCOUNTE OF W. CANYNGES FEAST.

By the same.
Thorowe the halle the Belle han sounde;
Byelecoyle doe the Grave beseeme;
The Ealdermenne doe sytte arounde,
Ande snoffelle oppe the cheorte steeme,
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Lyke asses wylde ynne desarte waste
Swotelye the Morneynge ayre doe taste.
Syche coyne thie ate, the Minstrels plaie,
The dynne of angelles doe theie kepe;
Heie stylle, the Guestes ha ne to saie,
Butte nodde yer thankes ande falle aslape.
Thos echone daie bee I to deene,
Gyf Rowley, Iscamm, or Tyb. Gorges be ne seene.
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