Christopher Anstey

I lived from 1724-1805. I was from England, and am in the English category.

Popular poetry

• Envy, A Poem

  Oh! hideous fiend, of form uncouth,
  With jaundic'd eye, and canker'd tooth,

  298 lines
• To The Citizens Of France

  Ye doubtful race! whom apes and foxes bred,
  And, drench'd with human gore, a tigress fed!

  15 lines
• On The Execution Of Mr. Coyghley For High Treason

  1 lines
• The Priest Dissected: A Poem

  CANTO I.
  Hush'd be the envious tongues that dare

  80 lines
• "From wealth, from honours, and from courts remov'd "

  From wealth, from honours, and from courts remov'd,
  I've kept the silent path my genius lov'd,

  8 lines
• "Woe! to the just occasion that compels"

  PROLOGUE.
  Woe! to the just occasion that compels

  389 lines
• "I ne'er (tho' fame applaud me to my wrong)"

  I ne'er (tho' fame applaud me to my wrong)
  Stood forth the champion of Heroic Song;

  22 lines
• Britian’s Genius; Written Upon The Occasion Of The Mutiny At The Nore

  ``Come and listen to my ditty.''
  On that fam'd and ancient station

  154 lines
• Lines Inscribed To The Memory Of Dr. Samuel Johnson

  O! Johnson, learned, venerable shade,
  What havock of thy fame hath friendship made,

  23 lines
• Epitaph On A Lady Who Died After A Lingering Illness, And Had Earnestly Prayed That Her Only Child Might Not Survive Her. The Child Died A Short Time After Its Mother.

  Sweet Saint! on thee when pining sickness prey'd,
  Thy beauty canker'd, and thy youth decay'd,

  11 lines

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