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TO EDMUND GOSSE, WITH VINCENT BOURNE'S POETICAL WORKS by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: GOSSIP, MAY WE LIVE AS NOW
Last Line: FRIENDSHIP AND URBANITY.
Subject(s): BOURNE, VINCENT (1656-1747); GOSSE, SIR EDMUND (1849-1928);
GOSSIP, may we live as now,
Brothers ever, I and thou;
Us may never Envy's mesh hold,
Anger never cross our threshold;
Let our modest Lares be
Friendship and Urbanity.



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