Famous Devonshire Poems by Famous Poets

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A Thought or Two on Reading Pomfrets

...did cares, new to my former state; 
And these 'twould far more fit me to admire, 
Borne by the graceful ease of noblest Devonshire. 
Such grounds, however, as I had should look 
Like "something" still; have seats, and walks, and brook; 
One spot for flowers, the rest all turf and trees; 
For I'd not grow my own bad lettuces. 
I'd build a cover'd path too against rain, 
Long, peradventure, as my whole domain, 
And so be sure of generous exercise, 
The youth of age and med'cine...Read more of this...
by Hunt, James Henry Leigh


Atalanta In Camden -Town

...s!"
And I noted with joy
Those sensational simpers:
And I said "This is scrumptious!" - a
phrase I had learned from the Devonshire shrimpers. 

And I vowed "'Twill be said
I'm a fortunate fellow,
When the breakfast is spread,
When the topers are mellow,
When the foam of the bride-cake is white,
and the fierce orange-blossoms are yellow!" 

O that languishing yawn!
O those eloquent eyes!
I was drunk with the dawn
Of a splendid surmise -
I was stung by a look, I was slain by a ...Read more of this...
by Carroll, Lewis

Cupid Sleeping

...[Inscribed to Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire.]


CLOSE in a woodbine's tangled shade, 
The BLOOMING GOD asleep was laid; 
His brows with mossy roses crown'd; 
His golden darts lay scatter'd round; 
To shade his auburn, curled head, 
A purple canopy was spread, 
Which gently with the breezes play'd, 
And shed around a soften'd shade. 
Upon his downy smiling cheek, 
Adorned with many a "dimple...Read more of this...
by Robinson, Mary Darby

Devonshire Street W.1

...ich, sympathetic, discreet. 
The sun still shines on this eighteenth-century scene
 With Edwardian faience adornment -- Devonshire Street. 

No hope. And the X-ray photographs under his arm
 Confirm the message. His wife stands timidly by.
The opposite brick-built house looks lofty and calm
 Its chimneys steady against the mackerel sky.

No hope. And the iron knob of this palisade
 So cold to the touch, is luckier now than he
"Oh merciless, hurrying Londoners! Why was I made
...Read more of this...
by Betjeman, John

Discontents In Devon

...More discontents I never had
Since I was born, than here;
Where I have been, and still am, sad,
In this dull Devonshire.
Yet justly too I must confess,
I ne'er invented such
Ennobled numbers for the press,
Than where I loath'd so much....Read more of this...
by Herrick, Robert


Sonnet. Inscribed to Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire

...'TIS NOT thy flowing hair of orient gold,
Nor those bright eyes, like sapphire gems that glow;
Nor cheek of blushing rose, nor breast of snow,
The varying passions of the heart could hold: 

Those locks, too soon, shall own a silv'ry ray,
Those radiant orbs their magic fires forego;
Insatiate TIME shall steal those tints away,
Warp thy fine form, and bend ...Read more of this...
by Robinson, Mary Darby

Sylvias Death

...into the sheet, 
into the roofbeam, into the dumb prayer, 
(Sylvia, Sylvia 
where did you go 
after you wrote me 
from Devonshire 
about rasing potatoes 
and keeping bees?) 
what did you stand by, 
just how did you lie down into? 
Thief -- 
how did you crawl into, 
crawl down alone 
into the death I wanted so badly and for so long, 
the death we said we both outgrew, 
the one we wore on our skinny breasts, 
the one we talked of so often each time 
we downed three extra dry m...Read more of this...
by Sexton, Anne

The Troubles of Matthew Mahoney

...In a little town in Devonshire, in the mellow September moonlight,
A gentleman passing along a street saw a pitiful sight,
A man bending over the form of a woman on the pavement.
He was uttering plaintive words and seemingly discontent. 

"What's the matter with the woman?" asked the gentleman,
As the poor, fallen woman he did narrowly scan.
"There's something the matter, as ye...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

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