Volume 1

Poems / [Robert Bloomfield].

  • Bloomfield, Robert, 1766-1823
Date:
1809
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Poems / [Robert Bloomfield]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Not the worst subject of Poetry., ••v. 315. Foremost o'er fen or level mead to pass. And sweep the show'ring dew-drops from the grass; Then bright emerging from the mist below To climb the woodland hill's exulting brow. Pride of thy race'. with worth far less than thine. Full many human leaders daily shine ! Less faith, less constancy, less gen'rous zeal !— Then no disgrace my humble verse shall feel, Wliere not one lying line to riches bows. Or poison'd sentiments from rancour flows; Nor flowers are strewn around Ambition's car: An honest Dog's a nobler theme by far- Each sportsman heard the tidings with a sigh,' When Death's cold toucn oad stopthis tuneful cry,- And though high deeds, and fair exalted praise. In memory liv'd, and flow'd in rustic lays. Short was the strain of monumental wop: Foxes rejoice! here buried lies your foe!'