Richard Gifford

Richard Gifford (1725–1807), poet, was educated at Oxford . He was the author of a poem, Contemplation. He also wrote theological and controversial works.

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• Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound;
  She feels no biting pang the while she sings;
  Nor, as she turns the giddy wheel around,
  Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things.
  • Contemplation. Compare: "The sad vicissitude of things", Laurence Sterne, Sermon xvi.