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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THE Foregoing Acrostic, IN THE MODERN STYLE OF VERSIFICATION.
Cold and neglected slumbers Fancy's bard,His mortal part now mould'ring with the dust;
Airy the mystic spirits pace the sward,
To join their moanings with each passing gust.
Thrilling's the screech-owl's note with bat's combin'd,
Encreasing deadly horrors of night's hour;
Reason, soft stealing o'er the sorrowing mind,
Triumphant cries—Death has no longer pow'r;
O'er earth's frail part his icy shaft had sway,
Nought can subdue fame's everlasting ray.
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