Original poems : with notes /
Burdon, George.
Hexham : Printed and sold by I. Dickenson & Son, Fore Street; also, sold by W. Suttaby and Co. London; A. Constable and Co. Edinburgh; Emerson Charnley, Newcastle upon Tyne; and A. Rutherford, Kelso,
[1821]?
A very rare publication of poems by the Rev. George Burdon. He was doubtless related to the Sir Thomas Burdon of Jesmond, to whom the book is dedicated. The poems include one supposedly by the Albrighton Postman, written for Christmas 1794 (it was a tradition for the postman to compose a poem for his customers); one entitled "A quadrille party" and another addressed to Miss Maria Greenhow, "On viewing her classic vase". Burdon must have been at least middle aged, as two of these poems relate to the 1790s, so he is clearly not the George Burdon who matriculated at Cambridge in 1817. In his preface he gives special mention to the "Courage and nautical skill of the seamen of the Tyne ... who remain firm in the midst of danger, whether the battle rages, or the ocean is agitated by storms".
A very rare publication of poems by the Rev. George Burdon. He was doubtless related to the Sir Thomas Burdon of Jesmond, to whom the book is dedicated. The poems include one supposedly by the Albrighton Postman, written for Christmas 1794 (it was a tradition for the postman to compose a poem for his customers); one entitled "A quadrille party" and another addressed to Miss Maria Greenhow, "On viewing her classic vase". Burdon must have been at least middle aged, as two of these poems relate to the 1790s, so he is clearly not the George Burdon who matriculated at Cambridge in 1817. In his preface he gives special mention to the "Courage and nautical skill of the seamen of the Tyne ... who remain firm in the midst of danger, whether the battle rages, or the ocean is agitated by storms".
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