Who is William Broome

William Broome (c. April 1689 – 16 November 1745) was an English poet and translator. He was born in Haslington, near Crewe, Cheshire and died in Bath.EducationHe was educated at Eton and Cambridge, entered the Church, and became rector of Sturston and later Pulham in Norfolk and Eye in Suffolk.TranslationsBroome translated the Iliad in prose along with others, and was employed by Alexander Pope, whom he excelled as a Greek scholar, in translating the Odyssey, of which he Englished the 2nd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 18th, and 23rd books, catching the style of his master so exactly as almost to defy identification, and thus annoying him so as to earn a niche in The Dunciad. He also translated the Odes of Anacreon.The verses of his own that he published had very moderate poetical merit. ...
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William Broome Poems

  • The Rosebud
    Queen of fragrance, lovely Rose,
    The beauties of thy leaves disclose!
    -But thou, fair Nymph, thyself survey
    In this sweet offspring of a day....
  • Belinda's Recovery From Sickness
    Thus when the silent grave becomes
    Pregnant with life as fruitful wombs;
    When the wide seas and spacious earth
    Resign us to our second birth;...
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Sickness 2 Grave 1 Short 1 Queen 1 Miracle 1 Face 1 Sweet 1 Evening 1 Time 1 Rose 1


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Pressconnects: william macclure built his log cabin, castle william, on the banks of ononquaga creek in what became broome county.      
Richniceleeds: get in there broome william waited to long on the favourite should had gone 250 meters earlier. great race
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Joyce_broome: kate is acting like diana. she's protecting her children and letting william know she is quie capable of making a life without him. why would william follow in the footsteps of his father in being unfaithful to his wife? she is beautiful and has the characteristics of a queen.
Pennvetwdc: k9 rockie (donated by sgt william rodstein, morton police), broome county sheriff's office pc: wise k9 photography
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Sonnet Xvi. To Kosciusko
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Good Kosciusko, thy great name alone
Is a full harvest whence to reap high feeling;
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Of the wide spheres -- an everlasting tone.
And now it tells me, that in worlds unknown,
The names of heroes, burst from clouds concealing,
And changed to harmonies, for ever stealing
Through cloudless blue, and round each silver throne.
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