This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: ...no less to die, As noble brother of the mystic tie; True to the ancient Church himself, yet known To give to all opinions of their own; And holds at heart one sterling virtue more--A lasting wish to educate the poor! For acts like these, his name will reach renown Beyond his coronet, beyond a crown--Where wealth and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: ...no less to die, As noble brother of the mystic tie; True to the ancient Church himself, yet known To give to all opinions of their own; And holds at heart one sterling virtue more--A lasting wish to educate the poor! For acts like these, his name will reach renown Beyond his coronet, beyond a crown--Where wealth and charity united dwell, Honour and titles fit their wearer well. 'Tis also just to raise great Yarborough's name High on the list of agricultural fame; As Chief of Lindsey, he unrivalled stands For num'rous pleasant farms and spacious lands, Although in senate pass'd his early years, Till call'd to higher seat in House of Peers; From great experience on his own estate We cannot err to term his judgment great. In ox, horse, heifer, fram'd in beauty's mould, And sheep that forms the most productive fold. The change in Lindsey fifty years have shown, To none than second Yarborough better known, When scarce an hedge-row for long miles was seen, Alternate fallows and green fields between; Half barren wolds, and deeply sunken fen, How much improved! the manner how, and when; Now scarce can Britain in her wide domain Boast nobler harvests or superior grain; 'Tis now, indeed, a richly cultured soil, From heads who guide the peasant in his toil. A grateful tenantry on every side, His yeomen, too, of whom he lives their pride, Ready to seiTe him, when soe'er he calls, With man and horse, sword, powder, and with balls! A warlike band, in evolutions true, And he their chief and their commandant too. Our peaceful nobleman, averse to strife, Hath led an active and an useful life, And what in after years will sound the best, No gory blood-drops ever stained his crest; Yet ever ready, with his heart and hand, To guard from every foe his native land, Not one to ha...
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