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Poems by William Kendall

Kendall, William (fl. 1791-1816)

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VII. To INSENSIBILITY.

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VI. To Mr. JACKSON, Of Exeter.

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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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III. BURNING MOUNTAIN.

Fierce-eyed Elves, attend my call!
Hear the task your Queen assigns;
Quit the caverns' chrystal hall,
Yawning gulphs, and gloomy mines;

Hither be your wanderings bent,
Pierce the mountains' secret cells:
Here mid struggling vapours pent,
Thunder forth terrific yells!

Thunder! till th' imprison'd steams
Hurl aloft the riven rock;
Till the kindled sulphur gleams
Bursting with redoubled shock:

Then with frowns affright the skies,
Thro' the deepening shadows stray,
Bid the smoky volume rise,
In the livid lightening play!

Swiftly down the mountain side
Floating flame in torrents urge,
Dreadful thro' the deluge ride,
Riot on the fiery surge!

When the work of fate is done,
Seek with me the central deep;
There the radiant horrors shun,
There in cooling grottoes sleep!