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William Somervile or Somerville was an English poet who wrote in many genres and is especially remembered for "The Chace", in which he pioneered an early English georgic. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. September 1675 – 19. July 1742
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Famous William Somervile Quotes

“My hoarse-sounding horn
Invites thee to the chase, the sport of kings.”

William Somervile

The Chace (1735)

“He taught them how to live and how to die.”

William Somervile

In Memory of the Rev. Mr. Moore, line 21.

“For the next inn he spurs amain,
In haste alights, and skuds away,
But time and tide for no man stay.”

William Somervile

The Sweet-Scented Miser, line 98.

“The bird
That glads the night had cheer'd the listening groves with sweet complainings.”

William Somervile

The Chace (1735)

“Hail, blooming Youth!
May all your virtues with your years improve,
Till in consummate worth you shine the pride
Of these our days, and succeeding times
A bright example.”

William Somervile

Book III, line 389.
The Chace (1735)

“Whate'er of earth is form'd, to earth returns,
* * * * The soul
Of man alone, that particle divine,
Escapes the wreck of worlds, when all things fail.”

William Somervile

Bk. IV. L. 1.
The Chace (1735)

“Fortune is like a widow won,
And truckles to the bold alone.”

William Somervile

The Fortune-Hunter, Canto II.

“Prostrate on earth the bleeding warrior lies,
And Isr'el's beauty on the mountains dies.
How are the mighty fallen!
Hush'd be my sorrow, gently fall my tears,
Lest my sad tale should reach the alien's ears:
Bid Fame be dumb, and tremble to proclaim
In heathen Gath, or Ascalon, our shame
Lest proud Philistia, lest our haughty foe,
With impious scorn insult our solemn woe.”

William Somervile

The Lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan.

“Hail, gentle Dawn! mild blushing goddess, hail!
Rejoic'd I see thy purple mantle spread
O'er half the skies, gems pave thy radiant way,
And orient pearls from ev'ry shrub depend.”

William Somervile

Bk. II, line 79.
The Chace (1735)

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