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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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LVIII. TO L. L.
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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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LXIII. BARON.
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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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LXXI. THE LAST 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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LXXXV. ON THE APPEARANCE OF THE FIRST VOLUME OF “ARIOSTO.”

Rose, I would copy from the olden time,
When deeds of courtesy and love prevailed,
And none did win the Muses, but was hailed
By all their sacred sons with grateful rhyme.
For thou hast not mis-spent thy youthful prime,
Nor to th' Hesperian regions vainly sailed,
Like Him who first the fleece's guard assailed,
Thou, too, bring'st treasures from the Sun's own clime.
May prosperous gales still breathe upon thy way,
And cheering thousands crowd the fading shore,
Eager to catch again thy jocund lay.
Orpheus, high-seated on thy gallant prow,
Shall echo from his harp unwonted lore,
Whilst I fresh bays will gather for thy brow.
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