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John Critchley Prince

I lived from 1808-1866. I was from England, and am in the English category.

I influenced poet George Hull.

John Critchley Prince (1808-1866) was well known in his prime for his strong dialect verse of the Lancashire cotton working area.

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Links of interest include http://www.gerald-massey.org.uk/prince/index.htm

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  • Death Of A Factory Child
    Hear me! ye firm and uncorrupted few,
    Followers of freedom! and of virtue too!
    145 lines
  • Poetry: An Acrostic
    Pure and unstained, I live in Cowper's lore;
    On heavenward pinions I with Milton soar;
    5 lines, 1 comment
  • A Night Thought
    How grandly solemn is this arch of night,
            How wonderfully beautiful and vast,
    13 lines
  • A Fragment
    “Maiden, as bright as the Hunter's star,
    When it shines in its cloudless home afar;
    38 lines
  • Winter Thoughts
    Stern Winter! stormy, sullen, cold, and dun,
    Thou joyless outcast from the genial sun,
    149 lines
  • Kindly Words
    The wild rose, mingled with the fragrant bine,
    Is calmly graceful, beautiful to me,
    23 lines
  • A Voice From The Factory
    I HEAR men laud the coming Exhibition,
          I read its promise in the printed page,
    61 lines
  • Inauguration Of Ashton-Under-Lyne Infirmary
    Fair town of toil, whose enterprise and power
    Expand and strengthen every day and hour,
    78 lines
  • SONNET: TO MR. JOHN HEYWOOD
    Heywood, to thee, friend I have not yet seen,
    I dedicate these lastlings of my muse,
    13 lines
  • A Thought On War
    'Tis strange, profanely strange, but men will stand
          Upon some spot of blighted happiness,
    13 lines
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