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Bryan Waller Procter

I lived from 1787-1874. I was from England, and am in the English category.

I was influenced by poet Charles Lamb.

He wrote under the pen name Barry Cornwall.

His sentimental songs were much in vogue during his lifetime. Included among Cornwall's longer works are Dramatic Scenes (1819) and Mirandola (1821)

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  • The Sea
    THE SEA! the sea! the open sea!
    The blue, the fresh, the ever free!
    41 lines
  • Life
    WE are born; we laugh; we weep;
    We love; we droop; we die!
    20 lines, 1 comment
  • Pre-Existence
    I laid me down upon the shore
    And dreamed a little space;
    39 lines, 1 comment
  • Sit Down, Sad Soul
    SIT down, sad soul, and count
    The moments flying:
    23 lines
  • The Watch
    I wakened on my hot, hard bed;
    Upon the pillow lay my head;
    10 lines, 1 comment
  • Golden-Tressed Adelaide
    SING, I pray, a little song,
    Mother dear!
    23 lines
  • A Song For The Seasons
    When the merry lark doth gild
    With his song the summer hours,
    30 lines
  • A Petition To Time
    TOUCH us gently, Time!
    Let us glide adown thy stream
    17 lines
  • Autumn Morning at Cambridge
    I ran out in the morning when the air was clean and new,
    And all the grass was glittering, grey with autumn dew,
    8 lines, 2 comments
  • A Poet’s Thought
    TELL me, what is a poet’s thought?
    Is it on the sudden born?
    17 lines, 1 comment
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