Sea-Weeds Gathered at Aldborough, Suffolk: in the Autumn of 1846. By Bernard Barton |
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TO SIR ROBERT PEEL, Bart. |
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TO SIR ROBERT PEEL, Bart.
Small as my Offering is, in size,
It may not worthless be;
If, gather'd as its name implies
Beside the billowy Sea,
Unto Thy Spirit it shall bear
Aught of the freshness stirring there.
It may not worthless be;
If, gather'd as its name implies
Beside the billowy Sea,
Unto Thy Spirit it shall bear
Aught of the freshness stirring there.
I owe thee much, for kindness shown,
When grave affairs of state
Over that Spirit might have thrown
More than enough of weight
To cancel, in most hearts but thine,
A claim so brief and slight as mine.
When grave affairs of state
Over that Spirit might have thrown
More than enough of weight
To cancel, in most hearts but thine,
A claim so brief and slight as mine.
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In thine it did not! and I now
This tribute offer Thee;
For none can better feel than Thou
Its most persuasive plea;
If to thy own it may impart
Proof of a Poet's grateful heart.
This tribute offer Thee;
For none can better feel than Thou
Its most persuasive plea;
If to thy own it may impart
Proof of a Poet's grateful heart.
BERNARD BARTON.
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