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Born in January 5, 1789 / Died in December 5, 1834 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Thomas Pringle

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The Coranna

...   To feast on milk and game, and wake the moon-light dance ...

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To Sir Walter Scott

...   Whose hills and streams are yet ungraced by song, ...

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The Caffer

...   Between the black-skinned bandit and the white ...

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The Lion Hunt

...   And hark that hoarse sound - like the deep thunder growling ...

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The Hottentot

...   "He's a base-hearted hound - not worth his food" - ...

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The Bechuana Boy

...   "While, friendless thus, my master's flocks ...

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The Bushman

...   With the proud 'Christian-Men' - for they are fiends! ...

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The Caffer Commando

...   And the tiger-wolf laughs in his bone-strewed brake, ...

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Makanna's Gathering

...   Your herds, your wives, your comrades lost - ...

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The Slave Dealer

... "Such murder foul thou ne'er hast done &emsp ...

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The Kosa

...   And now come smiles, and now come sighs, ...

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Song Of The Wild Bushman

...   And none who there his sting provokes, ...

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Afar In The Desert

...   Where the gnu, the gazelle, and the hartèbeest graze, ...