THE DESERTED VILLAGE.
The following imitation was originally published by Messrs. Parker, of 377, Strand, London, but no date is given.
The Doomed Village.
A Poem, dedicated to the Right Honourable John Bright.
“Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain,”
Could thy true Poet visit earth again,
How would his patriot spirit grieve to see
A hundred Auburns doomed to die like thee!
The decent church abandoned to the owl,