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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGIAC SONNET: 18. TO THE EARL OF EGREMONT, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Wyndham! 'tis not thy blood, tho' pure it runs
Last Line: A soul like thine -- is true nobility!
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner
Subject(s): Wyndham, George. 3d Earl Of Egremont
First Line: Wyndham! 'tis not thy blood, tho' pure it runs
Last Line: A soul like thine -- is true nobility!
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner
Subject(s): Wyndham, George. 3d Earl Of Egremont
Wyndham! 'tis not thy blood, tho' pure it runs,
Thro'a long line of glorious ancestry,
Percys and Seymours, Britain's boasted sons,
Who trust the honors of their race to thee:
'Tis not thy splendid domes, where Science loves
To touch the canvas, and the bust to raise;
Thy rich domains, fair fields, and spreading groves,
'Tis not all these the Muse delights to praise:
In birth, and wealth, and honors, great thou art!
But nobler in thy independent mind;
And in that liberal hand and feeling heart
Given thee by Heaven -- a blessing to mankind!
Unworthy oft may titled fortune be;
A soul like thine -- is true Nobility!
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