The Petition of An Old Uninhabited House in Penzance to its Master in Town ::

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]

Le Grice, C. V. (1773-1858)

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SONNET ON MOUNT'S BAY.

THE PETITION OF AN OLD UNINHABITED HOUSE IN PENZANCE.

APPENDIX.

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SONNET ON MOUNT'S BAY.

(Written in 1796.)

O Sacri Fontes! &c.
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.

Two lights formerly at the Lizard Light House.

The only Bookseller then in Penzance.

University of Virginia Library

SONNET ON MOUNT'S BAY.