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Appendices. Verses

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Written At Bath In 1840, For A Little Boy Who Kept An Album, And Was A Great Admirer Of Robin Hood And His Merry Men.

Had
the kind Muse, young friend, on me

Her pleasing gifts bestowed,

And taught to tread of poesy

The smooth and flowery road;
Then should the deeds of Robin Hood,

And Little John, so bold,

And of the Friar, stout and good,

In numbers high be told.
The merry greenwood should resound

With feats of archery,

And antlered deer along should bound

So light and gracefully!
But vain the hopes: 'gainst Fate's decrees

To struggle I must cease;

I only can write histories

Of England, Rome, and Greece.
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