John Kendall (dum-dum) Hard Poems
1. Haven
Here, in mine old-time harbourage installed,
Lulled by the murmurous hum of London's traffic
To that full calm which may be justly called
Seraphic,
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2. Farewell
'Farewell. What a subject! How sweet
It looks to the careless observer!
So simple; so easy to treat
With tenderness, mark you, and fervour.
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3. The Iron Hand
'The Government of India has been pleased to sanction the infliction of a fine of ..., etc.'
To him that reads with careless eyes
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4. The Finest View
Away, away! The plains of Ind
Have set their victim free;
I give my sorrows to the wind,
My sun-hat to the sea;
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5. Adam
After W. W.
An adventure of the Author's, and one designed to show that grievances may be met with in the cottages of the humblest, and may take the most unexpected forms.
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So many worlds, so much to do,
So little done, such things to be,
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