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Born in March 17, 1781 / Died in December 1, 1849 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Ebenezer Elliott

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A Poet's Epitaph

... His teachers were the torn heart's wail, ...

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Rural Rambles - The Village

... Oh! poor man's pathway! where, "at evening's close," ...

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Battle Song

... Wrongs, vengeance, and the Cause are ours, ...

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The People's Anthem

... "Man's clouded sun shall brightly rise, ...

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Plaint

... Why shrieks for help yon wretch, who goes ...

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In these days . . .

...  And worth, per ream, a hare, when you have caught her ...

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The Builders

... Read them, earth's tyrants I ponder well ...

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To the Bramble Flower

... The fresh green days of life's fair spring, ...

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Steam In the Desert

... E'en when they climb from ocean's breast, ...

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Epigram

... Companionship in toil or sorrow Makes every man a brother:Till we have work'd or wept together We do not know each other. ...

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Song

... one!Father clamm'd thrice a week -- God's will be done!Long for work did he seek, Work he found none ...

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Written with a Pencil in Darfield Churchyard

... Man draws his fleeting breathIn doubt and fear,Though life for ever blooms,And smiling ev'n on tombs,Bids beauty say to death,"What dost thou here?" ...