James Williams Verse Poems
- 1. The Squire's Daughter
We crawled about the nursery
In tenderest years in tether,
At six we waded in the sea
And caught our colds together.
... - 2. Justinian At Windermere
We took a hundredweight of books
To Windermere between us,
Our dons had blessed our studious looks,
Had they by chance but seen us.
... - 3. The Poet And The Advocate
Glory and gain thus mixed distract the thought,
We owe to honour all, to fortune nought;
The poet, like the soldier, scorns for pay
Peruvian gold, but seeks the wreath of bay.
... - 4. A Greek Libel
ARCHILOCHUS.
Neobule, yesternight
Saw I thee in beauty dight,
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