Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . k^^^^m.^^. M THOMAS BLACKLOCK. 1721—1791. This poet, who was born blind, was the son of a Cumberlandbricklayer who had settled in Dumfriesshire ; he became a clergy-man, but the parishioners objecting with a rather brutish intole-rance to a blind minister, he settled in Edinburgh, and lived bytaking lodgers. He seems to have been a happy and amiable man,and cheerful, in spite of his deprivation. He was an early andgenerous admirer of the genius of Burns. ODE
Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . k^^^^m.^^. M THOMAS BLACKLOCK. 1721—1791. This poet, who was born blind, was the son of a Cumberlandbricklayer who had settled in Dumfriesshire ; he became a clergy-man, but the parishioners objecting with a rather brutish intole-rance to a blind minister, he settled in Edinburgh, and lived bytaking lodgers. He seems to have been a happy and amiable man,and cheerful, in spite of his deprivation. He was an early andgenerous admirer of the genius of Burns. ODE TO AURORA ON MELISSAS BIRTH-DAY. .> ^\ 1 .Qi Of Time and Nature eldest born, Emerge, thou rosy-lingered Morn ; Emerge, in purest dress arrayed, And chase from heaven Nights envious shade, That I once more may pleased survey, And hail Melissas natal-day. Of Time and Nature eldest born,Emerge, thou rosy-fingered Morn ;In order at the eastern gateThe hours to draw thy chariot wait ;Whilst Zephyr, on his balmy wings,Mild Natures fragrant tribute odours sweet to strew thy way,And grace the bland revolving day. But, as
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