And leave these shades to silence and to me.
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This is also given in full in The Satirist for May 12, 1812, where it is attributed to Mr. J. Taylor, who had then recently published a volume of poems. Neither of the above is of sufficient interest to reprint in full, the first, indeed, is too coarse to please modern readers.
Written in the Temple Gardens.
The gard’ner rings the bell at close of day,
The motley crowd wind slowly home to tea;
Soft on the Thames the daylight fades away,
And leaves the walks to darkness and to me,
Now shine the glimmering gas-lights on the sight,