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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO EDMUND GOSSE, WITH CHURCHILL'S POEMS, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: When churchill wrote, th' aonian maid
Last Line: When churchill wrote.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)
First Line: When churchill wrote, th' aonian maid
Last Line: When churchill wrote.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)
WHEN CHURCHILL wrote, th' Aonian maid
He served was scarce of speech afraid;
She used no phrase to circumvent
The homely article she meant,
But plainly called a spade a spade.
Nor was the public much dismayed.
He but his age's law obeyed; --
They liked to see the bludgeon's dent
When CHURCHILL wrote.
'Tis not so now. To-day the trade
Demands the finest Sheffield blade;
We use a subtler instrument;
We cut for depth and not extent...
But would 'twere ours -- the Mark they made --
When CHURCHILL wrote.
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