[Inscription] II. For a Statue of CHAUCER at WOODSTOCK. Mark Akenside Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T131163 K104099.006 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. VI. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] pp. 30-31. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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[Inscription] II . For a Statue of CHAUCER at WOODSTOCK . SUCH was old Chaucer . such the placid mien Of him who first with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers . Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day . these ancient walls Have often heard him , while his legends blithe He sang ; of love , or knighthood , or the wiles Of homely life : through each estate and age , The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying . Though perchance From Blenheim's towers , O stranger , thou art come Glowing with Churchill's trophies ; yet in vain Dost thou applaud them , if thy breast be cold To him , this other heroe ; who , in times Dark and untaught , began with charming verse To tame the rudeness of his native land .