Jacob Quirk did!

Eighth March 1828 by Walker 7 Centrill

EDMUND!!!

A SUBLIME, SENTIMENTAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE PIECE!!!

BY
JACOB QUIRK,

A modern Sonneteer.

A BURLESQUE.

THE CASTLE-CLOCK toll'd ONE! and all around,
Above,—below,—was solemnly serene—

Save when the Village Watch-Dog on the Green
Bay'd to the Moon—or the faint brawling sound
Of Brooklet, lapsing down the Mountain's Side,

Stole on the Ear—it was the dead of Night,
When wither'd Witches on their Brooms did ride,

And Goblins wander'd with their Lantern Light
Then EDMUND left his solitary Home,

By the old Abbey's moss-grown Walls to roam :
Sweet Contemplation lit his upturn'd Eye;

Alternate heav'd his breast with transports big;
When lo! a hooting Owl—then passing by,

Stole from his thoughtful Brow his—HAT and WIG.