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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

Ireland, W. H. (1777-1835)

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Monody UPON THE DEATH OF THE MOST NOBLE WILLIAM CAVENDISH, Late Duke of Devonshire.

Invocation to Genius.

Prologue to Lillo's Elmeric.

Bristol and Richard Savage.

THE WRITER'S ADDRESS TO Richard Savage.

Thomas Chatterton.

IMITATION OF THE Rowleian Style of Poetry.

The Tourneie, CLEPED CHEVAULERIE OFF THE POYNTELLES.

THE Foregoing Stanzas, IN THE MODERN STYLE OF VERSIFICATION.

[In strains like these erst sung the fire-fraught child]

Acrostic.

THE Foregoing Acrostic, IN THE MODERN STYLE OF VERSIFICATION.

THE Poet's Entry into Bristol.

ELEGY.

ELEGIAC STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF Thomas Chatterton.

[Unconscious while I thus gave sadness sway]

THE WRITER'S ADDRESS TO Thomas Chatterton.

EPITAPH, INSCRIBED BY FAME UPON THE TOMB OF GENIUS.

DELINEATION OF THE FATE OF A Modern Poet.

Sonnet IN IMITATION OF THE STYLE OF EDMUND SPENSER.

Lines IN IMITATION OF THE STYLE OF MILTON;

IMITATION OF THE STYLE OF Butler.

Stanzas IN IMITATION OF CHATTERTON'S ROWLEY MANUSCRIPTS.

THE Foregoing Stanzas IN THE MODERN STYLE OF VERSIFICATION.

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Stanzas IN IMITATION OF CHATTERTON'S ROWLEY MANUSCRIPTS.

Splete ys my heart, ne gelten joye I finde,
Thy levynde bronde , O misiree, reignes yn mee;
The glommed sprytes enalse mye pynant mynde,
Moneynge , I kenne thy boleynge poesie;
With dew-dank'd eine the merrie lay forgett,
And seeme lyke Wynnterr's sonn forr evirr set.
Sad sownds mye minstrelsee;
The poyntelle's glowe
Lyes cale belowe,
All nethe the cypress tree.

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Brighte was hys eine as glestreynge star onn hygh,
Aborne the crine thatt wav'd hys fronte arounde,
Erect hys semlykene mett kindred skie,
Hee cawghte enthoghteynge the seraphique sownde;
Thenn seized the lyre and tun'd the adynge laye,
Bot now in storthe iss levynde fancie's ray.
Sad sowndes mye minstrellsee;
The poyntelle's glowe
Lyes cale belowe,
All nethe the cypress tree.

Chill'd ys thatt forme whych mannhode scant proclaim'd,
Acal'd the perpled stremes off dawnynge yoth ;
Fledd ys thatt spryte bye alle the muses fam'd,
Loste ys the berne of poesie and sothe ;

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Mute ande unstrong beholde hys mytte lyre,
No hond lyke hys to wake enjoyous fire.
Sad sowndes mye minstrelsee;
The poyntelle's glow
Lyes cale belowe,
All nethe the cypress tree.

Here then with moneynge mynde I'll weepe mye doome,
And sylente shedd the dernie groted teare;
Cherysh, O cypress tree, thy mysterk gloome,
Ande hallowe styll the spott thatt shrynes thye biere;
And as mye lamentes greete the houton wynde,
Yn teneing lees I thos wyll breathe mye minde:
Sadd sowndes mye minstrelsee;
The poyntelle's glow
Lyes cale belowe,
All nethe the cypress tree.

SPLETE — RIV'D.

GELTEN — GILDED.

LEVYNDE — BLASTED.

BRONDE — SHAFT.

GLOMMED — CLOUDED.

SPRYTES — SPIRITS.

ENALSE — EMBRACE.

PYNANT — PINING.

MONEYNGE — LAMENTING.

KENNE — FEEL, KNOW.

BOLEYNGE — SWELLING.

DANK'D — DAMP'D.

EINE — EYE.

SONN — SUN.

POYNTELLE'S — POET'S.

CALE — COLD.

NETHE — BENEATH.

EINE — EYE.

GLESTREYNGE — SHINING.

ABORNE — BURNISHED.

CRINE — HAIR.

SEMLYKENE — VISAGE.

ETHOGHTEYNGE — THINKING.

ADYNGE — NERVOUS.

BOT — BUT.

STORTHE — DEATH.

LEVYNDE — BLASTED.

SCANT — SCARCE.

ACALD — FROZE.

PERPLED — PURPLE.

YOTH — YOUTH.

SPRYTE — SPIRIT.

BERNE — CHILD.

SOTHE — TRUTH.

MYTTE — MIGHTY.

HOND — HAND.

ENJOYOUS — ENRAPTURED.

MONEYNGE — LAMENTING.

DERNIE — CRUEL.

GROTED — SWOLLEN.

MYSTERK — MYSTIC.

LAMENTES — LAMENTATIONS.

HOUTON — HOLLOW.

TENEING — SORROWING.

LEES — LAYS, SONGS.

THOS — THUS.