Neglected Genius A Poem. Illustrating the Untimely And Unfortunate Fate Of Many British Poets; From the Period of Henry the Eighth to the Aera of the Unfortunate Chatterton. Containing Imitations of their Different Styles, &c. &c. By W. H. Ireland |
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Naham Tate.
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Naham Tate.
------FAMINE IS IN THY CHEEKS;
NEED AND OPPRESSION STARVETH IN THINE EYES;
UPON THY BACK HANGS RAGGED MISERY.
NEED AND OPPRESSION STARVETH IN THINE EYES;
UPON THY BACK HANGS RAGGED MISERY.
Friend of great Dryden, though of humble fame,
The Laureat Tate, shall here record his name;
Whose sorrowing numbers breath'd a nation's pain,
When death from mortal to immortal reign
Translated royal Anne, our island's boast,
Victorious sov'reign, dread of Gallia's host;
Whose arms by land and sea with fame were crown'd,
Whose statesmen grave for wisdom were renown'd,
Whose reign with science dignifies the page;
Bright noon of genius—great Augustan age.
Such was thy queen, and such th' illustrious time
That nurs'd thy muse, and tun'd thy soul to rhyme;
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Augmenting still this catalogue of care;
The gripe of penury thy bosom knew,
A gloomy jail obscur'd bright freedom's view:
So life's gay visions faded to thy sight,
Thy brilliant hopes enscarf'd in sorrow's night.
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