1789 ENGLISH POETRY 1579-1830: SPENSER AND THE TRADITION

Ann Yearsley

Armida, "To G. G., alias Redcrosse Knight, alluding to Mrs. Yearsley in Baldwin's Paper" Morning Star (8 June 1789).

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No "affectation," needs LACTILLA'S line,
Her native glories hide the rays of thine!
So, little streams stealing from either shore,
Great ocean drinks amid his awful roar.
Lambeth, London,
June 5.