The Works of John Hookham Frere In Verse and Prose Now First Collected with a Prefatory Memoir by his Nephews W. E. and Sir Bartle Frere |
I. |
II. |
The Works of John Hookham Frere In Verse and Prose | ||
298
LINES ON ED. NUCELLA, ESQ., ÆT. 75.
DANCES; GOES LONG JOURNEYS; AND WALKS SIX MILES AN HOUR FOR TWO HOURS DAILY.
See the spirit and the vigourOf an aged hearty figure,
Fit to dance and fit to sing,
Fit for any kind of thing,
To be sober, to be sad,
To be merry, to be mad;
Never weary or afraid,
Undejected, undismayed,
With a manner and a tone,
A demeanour of his own,
Like a former age reviving,
Lingering among the living.
1833.
The Works of John Hookham Frere In Verse and Prose | ||