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ON SOUTHEY'S BIRTHDAY, NOV 4 by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

Poet Analysis

First Line: NO ANGEL BORNE ON WHITER WING
Last Line: SHOW US THY LIGHT AND POINT THE WAY.
Subject(s): BIRTHDAYS; SOUTHEY, ROBERT (1774-1843);

No Angel borne on whiter wing
Hath visited the sons of men,
Teaching the song they ought to sing
And guiding right the unsteady pen.
Recorded not on earth alone,
O Southey! is thy natal day,
But there where stands the choral throne
Show us thy light and point the way.



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