Winthrop Mackworth Praed Friend Poems

  • 1.
    Some years ago, ere time and taste
    Had turned our parish topsy-turvy,
    When Darnel Park was Darnel Waste,
    And roads as little known as scurvy,
    ...
  • 2.
    Fallentis semita vit*. â?? Hor.


    Near a small village in the West,
    ...
  • 3.
    You tell me you're promised a lover,
    My own Araminta, next week;
    Why cannot my fancy discover
    The hue of his coat, and his cheek?
    ...
  • 4.
    SOME years ago, ere time and taste
    Had turnâ??d our parish topsy-turvy,
    When Darnel Park was Darnel Waste,
    And roads as little known as scurvy,
    ...
  • 5.
    Dear Alice! you'll laugh when you know it, --
    Last week, at the Duchess's ball,
    I danced with the clever new poet, --
    You've heard of him, -- Tully St. Paul.
    ...
  • 6.
    NOW the rite is duly done,
    Now the word is spoken,
    And the spell has made us one
    Which may ne-er be broken;
    ...
Total 6 Friend Poems by Winthrop Mackworth Praed

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