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The Bard who sung of Starkey's death, in tearful strains and true, And planted on Bold Archy's grave the wreath ta'en from his brow; His local reed in dust he lays--farewell!--there trill'd its final s.h.i.+ver,-- It has been tun'd in Willie's praise, it now with him lies mute for ever.
_R. Gilchrist._
ACROSTIC
_On the Death of a celebrated eccentric Character of Newcastle upon Tyne._
=B=lithe Minstrel of the banks of Tyne, =L=o! o'er thy bier, for "auld langsyne,"
=I=n silent groups, each rolling year, =N=orthumbria's sons will drop a tear!
=D=eath cut thee down--the tyrant scream'd, =W=hen thy bright spirit o'er him beam'd!
=I=n vengeful mood he view'd his claim, =L=ost in the triumph of thy name.-- =L=et Tyne's fam'd sons proclaim afar-- =Y=ou shall outlive the Morning Star!
R. E.
William Purvis, more generally known by the name of BLIND w.i.l.l.y, died on Friday, the 20th July, 1832, aged 80 years.
Ill.u.s.tration
