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Sonnets by the Rev. Charles Strong

Second Edition
Strong, Charles (1784-1864)
  
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II. ON PRESENTING THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL WITH “SPECIMENS OF ITALIAN SONNETS WITH TRANSLATIONS.”
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XL. THE ROCK-WALK.
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XLIV. Psalm 119, v. 71.
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LIV. THE EVENING STAR.
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LV. BIRDIE.
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LVI. ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. HENRY ALFORD, M.A., FORMERLY FELLOW OF WADHAM COLLEGE, OXFORD.
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LVII. AFTER READING “EUSEBIUS,” B. V., CH. I.
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LXI. TO THE REV. W. R. DAWES, F.R.A.S.
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LXII. THE TWO GARDENS.
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LXVI. THE ARBOR VITÆ.
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LXVII. THE CLIMBING BOY AND PRIMROSES.
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LXX. THE FIRST LEAF OF THE ALBUM.
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LXXIV. MORETON CHURCH REPAIRED, 1847–8.
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LXXV. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON.
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LXXVIII. TO THE REVEREND CHARLES STRONG.
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LXXIX. BEATRICE CENCI AND CHARLOTTE CORDAY.
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LXXX. TO MY DEAD PAROQUET.
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LXXXIV. THOMAS DRUMMOND, ESQ., FORMERLY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR IRELAND.
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LXXXV. ON THE APPEARANCE OF THE FIRST VOLUME OF “ARIOSTO.”
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LXXXVII. MISS HOLFORD, AUTHOR OF “WALLACE,” “MARGARET OF ANJOU,” AND OTHER POEMS.
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LXXVI.

Lady, would'st thou be blest as Britain's Queen,
And worthily the lofty task fulfil,
Upholding good, discountenancing ill,
And thus bear golden fruit on stem so green;
Shun, shun the Flatterer, whose lips unclean,
Poison of asps in honied words distil,
Whose wiles with Pleasure's phantom cheat the will,
Wreathing with flowers the gulf that yawns unseen;
And know thyself—hence is thy weakness known,
Thy want of other help, want best supplied
By earnest kneelings at the heavenly throne:
Thus shalt thou walk serene by virtue's side,
At once the Nation's Ruler and thine own;
Yea—to thy very Counsellors a Guide.
1837.
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