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Namely, The English Orator; An Address to Thomas Pennant Sonnets; An Epistle to a College Friend; and The Lock Transformed. With notes on The English Orator. By Mr. Polwhele

Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)

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ADDRESS to THOMAS PENNANT, Esq.

SONNETS.

SONNET the FIRST. To Laura. Written 1782.

SONNET the SECOND. On being prevented, by a sudden Shower, from meeting Laura. Written 1782.

SONNET the THIRD. To his Wife. Written 1784.

SONNET the FOURTH. To the same. Written 1784.

SONNET the FIFTH. Written at Mamhead, beneath an Evergreen Oak—May, 1785.

SONNET the SIXTH. Written at the Belvidere—Powderham, May, 1785.

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SONNET the THIRTEENTH.

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SONNET the FOURTEENTH.

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SONNET the SEVENTEENTH. To Mr. Pratt, on reading his “Landscapes in Verse.” Written September, 1785.

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SONNET the EIGHTEENTH. To the Reverend Mr. Whitaker, Author of the History of Manchester, On his expressing his Approbation of the “Art of Eloquence.” Written November, 1785.

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SONNET the NINETEENTH. Presented to Major Drewe, with a Translation of the Military Poems of Tyrtæus.—January 26, 1786.

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SONNET the TWENTIETH. To the AUTHOR, on seeing his Plan for a History of Devonshire, 1790.

EPISTLE TO A COLLEGE-FRIEND,

THE LOCK TRANSFORMED.

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SONNET the FIRST. To Laura. Written 1782.

Survey, my Laura, yonder Rose,
Its central Folds so sickly-pale;
While round its outward Leaves disclose
A lively Crimson to the Gale!
Yet as the secret Canker-Worm
Preys inly on its fainting Heart;
From the cold Floweret's fallen Form
Shall all that Glow of Color part!
Ah! on thy Lover turn thine Eyes—
The blooming Cheek may Laura see!
Yet know this pining Bosom dies—
And read the Rose's Fate in me!