William Kerr
Who is William Kerr
William Kerr is the name of:Politics and nobilityWilliam Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian (c. 1605–1675), Scottish noblemanWilliam Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian (1661–1722), Scottish peer and soldierWilliam Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian (c. 1690–1767), Scottish noblemanWilliam Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian (1710–1775), also a Member of ParliamentWilliam Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian (1737–1815), British soldier and peerWilliam Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian (1763–1824), son of William Kerr, 5th Marquess of LothianSir William Kerr, 3rd Baronet (died 1716), one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great BritainSir William Kerr, 4th Baronet (died 1741), of the Kerr baronetsSir William Kerr, 6th Baronet (died 1755), of the Kerr baronetsWilliam Johnson Kerr (1787–184...
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William Kerr Poems
- In Memoriam D. O. M
Chestnut candles are lit again
For the dead that died in spring:
Dead lovers walk the orchard ways,
And the dead cuckoos sing.
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- Counting Sheep
Half-awake I walked
A dimly-seen sweet hawthorn lane
Until sleep came;
I lingered at a gate and talked
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- The Audit
Mere living wears the most of life away:
Even the lilies take thought for many things,
For frost in April and for drought in May,
And from no careless heart the skylark sings.
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- Her New-year Posy
When I seek the world through
For images of you,
Though apple-blossom is glad
And the lily stately-sad,
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- Past And Present
Daisies are over Nyren, and Hambledon
Hardly remembers any summer gone:
And never again the Kentish elms shall see
Mynn, or Fuller Pilch, or Colin Blythe.
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