Susanna Blamire
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Susanna Blamire (12 January 1747 – 1794) was an English Romantic poet, sometimes known as 'The Muse of Cumberland'.
Quotes
[edit]- I’ve gotten a rock, I’ve gotten a reel,
I’ve gotten a wee bit spinning-wheel;
An’ by the whirling rim I’ve found
How the weary, weary warl goes round.- "I’ve Gotten a Rock, I’ve Gotten a Reel", l. 1
- Should we miss but a tree where we used to be playing,
Or find the wood cut where we sauntered a-Maying,—
If the yew-seat’s away, or the ivy’s a-wanting,
We hate the fine lawn and the new-fashioned planting.
Each thing called improvement seems blackened with crimes,
If it tears up one record of blissful old times.- "When Home We Return", l. 7
External links
[edit]- Henry Lonsdale (ed.), The Poetical Works of Miss Susanna Blamire (Edinburgh: John Menzies, 1847), pp. 191, 193