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William Shenstone was an English poet and one of the earliest practitioners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes.

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A Simile
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The Ruined Abbey, or, The Affects of Superstition
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Song XIII. - Winter
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Elegy XXVI. Describing the Sorrow of An Ingeneous Mind
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Jemmy Dawson
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Elegy XV. In Memory of a Private Family in Worcestershire
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Elegy XXII. Written in the Year ----, When the Rights of Sepulture Were So Frequently Violated
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Song IX. - The fatal hours are wondrous near
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The Rape of the Trap. A Ballad
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Elegy XIX. - Written in Spring, 1743
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Comparison
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A Parody
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Elegy V. He Compares the Turbulence of Love With the Tranquillity of Friendship
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Written in a Collection of Bacchanalian Songs
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Written in a Flower Book, of my own Colouring, designed for Lady Plymouth
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To the Virtuosi
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Elegy IX. He Describes His Disinterestedness to a Friend
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Song XVIII. - Imitated from the French
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Elegy XX. He Compares His Humble Fortune With the Distress of Others
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Love and Honor
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On Mr. C -- Of Kidderminster's Poetry
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Song XIX. - When bright Ophelia treads the green
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Elegy X. To Fortune, Suggesting His Motive for Repining at Her Dispensations
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Ode to Health, 1730
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To a Friend
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