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Restoration & Augustan

Richard Glover

1712–1785

Richard Glover was a London merchant, politician and poet, best known for the epic Leonidas (1737) and for the ballad Admiral Hosier's Ghost (1739), which he wrote on the capture of Porto Bello.

Gilfillan prints the ballad in full.

Major Works (2)

  1. The Athenaid — Epic poem, 1787
  2. Leonidas — Epic poem, 1737

Poems (2)

  1. Admiral Hosier's Ghost
  2. London; or, the Progress of Commerce

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