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Poems by William Kendall

Kendall, William (fl. 1791-1816)

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VII. To INSENSIBILITY.

V. To LAURA.

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IX. To FORTUNE.

OCCASIONAL VERSES.

I. To LAURA.

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VI. To Mr. JACKSON, Of Exeter.

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XII.

I. SONNET. To a poetical friend.

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II. SONNET. In the manner of the earlier poets.

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III. SONNET. To a dissolute character.

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IV. SONNET.

V. SONNET.

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VI. SONNET. On LAURA's illness.

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VII. SONNET.

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VIII. SONNET. To the SPIRIT of LAURA.

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IX. SONNET. On the dismemberment of Poland, and the events of 1793.

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III. BURNING MOUNTAIN.

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IMITATIONS OF CATULLUS.

To Lesbia's Sparrow.

On the Death of Lesbia's Sparrow.

To Lesbia.

On the Nuptials of Julia and Manlius.

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I. To LAURA.

ON HER PORTRAIT.

Let baffled art her skill forego—
She fails thy form to trace.
How faint reflected beauties glow,
How lifeless pictured grace!

Nymph of delight! what heavenly dies
Can looks of love display?
Impassion'd blushes, speaking eyes,
What pencil can pourtray?

Compared with thee, can language tell
How coldly colours shine?
Cold as they seem, they yet excel
All mortal charms but thine!