Winthrop Mackworth Praed Knowledge Poems
- 1. Everyday Characters Iv - My Partner
'There is, perhaps, no subject of more universal interest in the whole range of natural knowledge, than that of the unceasing fluctuations which take place in the atmosphere in which we are immersed.'
-- British Almanack.
At Cheltenham, where one drinks one's fill
... - 2. Everyday Characters I - The Vicar
Some years ago, ere time and taste
Had turned our parish topsy-turvy,
When Darnel Park was Darnel Waste,
And roads as little known as scurvy,
... - 3. Everyday Characters Ii - Quince
Fallentis semita vit*. â?? Hor.
Near a small village in the West,
... - 4. The Vicar
SOME years ago, ere time and taste
Had turnâ??d our parish topsy-turvy,
When Darnel Park was Darnel Waste,
And roads as little known as scurvy,
... - 5. The Talented Man
Dear Alice! you'll laugh when you know it, --
Last week, at the Duchess's ball,
I danced with the clever new poet, --
You've heard of him, -- Tully St. Paul.
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