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TO WARREN HASTINGS, ESQ.; BY AN OLD SCHOOLFELLOW OF HIS by WILLIAM COWPER

Poet Analysis

First Line: HASTINGS! I KNEW THEE YOUNG, AND OF A MIND
Last Line: AND WORRIED THEE, AS NOT THEMSELVES THE BEST.
Subject(s): HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818);
HASTINGS! I knew thee young, and of a mind,
While young, humane, conversable, and kind;
Nor can I well believe thee, gentle then,
Now grown a villain, and the worst of men;
But rather some suspect who have oppressed
And worried thee, as not themselves the best.



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