The Petition of An Old Uninhabited House in Penzance to its Master in Town With Hints to the Author of John Bull, A Comedy. To which is added an Appendix. Embellished with a View of the Old House. Second Edition [by C. V. Le Grice] |
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SONNET ON MOUNT'S BAY.
(Written in 1796.)
O Sacri Fontes! &c.
O Camus! &c.
Cowley to Alma Mater.
O Camus! &c.
Cowley to Alma Mater.
Bay of the Mount! whose op'ning coasts are spread
From Mousehole isfand to the twin-starr'd Lizard,
Whose waves are speckled with the mullet red,
From head to tail all good,—except the gizzard;
Whose sons the patriotic flame display,
Which warm'd the breast of Hampdens and of Sidneys,
Whose sloping headlands with potatoes gay
Bloom with the scarlet robe, and silv'ry kidneys:
O! Land of yellow ling, and powder'd hake!
O! Cornucopia of clouted cream;
O! Nurse of matrons skill'd the pie to bake
Beneath the furze-fir'd kettle! Not a ream
Of Folio paper from the stores of Hewett,
If I could write thy praise, would give me room to do it.
C. V. L.
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