Poetry of Elliott

Ebenezer Elliott
born 1781, died 1849

"The Corn Law Rhymer"

A Poet's Prayer

Almighty Father! let thy lowly child,
Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold -
A patriot bard, by sycophants revil'd,
Let him live usefully, and not to die old!
Let poor men's children, pleas'd to read his lays,
Love, for his sake, the scenes where he has been
And, when he ends his pilgrimage of days,
Let him be buried where the grass is green;
Where daisies, blooming earliest, linger late
To hear the bee his busy note prolong -
There let him slumber, and in peace await
The dawning morn, far from the sensual throng,
Who scorn the windflower's blush, the redbreast's lonely song.

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