, ' l u, "Sh Cowjmr, the poet, had attack.; of despondency and religious gloom which at limes shattered his reason, he could write ilu; wonderful talc ot ‘‘John Gilpin,’" and wind up a letter to tlie Kcv. .John iNiewton with such ■•■(.ulf as this;—‘'Ann now 1 have writ, in a rhyming fit, what will make you dance, as yon advance, or will keep you still, though against, your will, ’til you come to the end of wh t I have penned; which that you may do, ere madam and you, arc guite worn out by jigging about, I take my leave, and here you receive, a bow profound, down to the ground, from your humble me, W.C,”
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Evening Star, Issue 3911, 6 September 1875, Page 2
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116Untitled Evening Star, Issue 3911, 6 September 1875, Page 2
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