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Restoration & Augustan

Sir Charles Hanbury Williams

1708–1759

Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (1708–1759) was a diplomat and member of parliament who served as British envoy at several European courts and wrote satirical and occasional verse that circulated widely in manuscript. His works were first collected in 1822.

The poem here is the fable that James Parton included in his anthology of English humorous poetry.

Poems (8)

  1. Flattery
  2. An Ode to the Earl of Bath
  3. The Statesman
  4. An Ode on Miss Harriet Hanbury, Six Years Old
  5. A Song upon Miss Harriet Hanbury, Addressed to the Rev. Mr. Birt
  6. On the Death of Matzel, a Favourite Bullfinch
  7. The Old General
  8. An Epigram of Martial, imitated

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