Miscellaneous poems (1861)

Prince, John Critchley (1808-1866)

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DEDICATORY SONNET,

LINES TO THE PEOPLE OF ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, ON THE INAUGURATION OF THEIR INFIRMARY.

ADDRESS SPOKEN AT A NEW RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY INSTITUTE, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.

KINDLY WORDS.

POETRY: AN ACROSTIC.

WINTER THOUGHTS.

LEGENDARY FRAGMENT.

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POETRY: AN ACROSTIC.

Pure and unstained, I live in Cowper's lore;
On heavenward pinions I with Milton soar;
Ever and anon I change with playful Burns,
The peasant's mirth, the lover's grief by turns;
Reft of all hope, with ill-starred White complain,
Yielding to Byron all my scornful strain.

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POETRY: AN ACROSTIC.