PATRIOT AND POET.
. The 0b server. London, reprints from its ,s sue of July 3, 1831, the announcement ®f the death of an almost-forgotten poet: feel much regret in perceiving in the Liverpool Mercury the announcement of l? d ea *h of the venerable Mr. Roscoe, *ho was long known to the public as a distinguished poet, an elegant historian and an honest, patriot. Among the first, P e «iaps the most beautiful, of his poetical Niictions, is • o' er t ) le Vine-covered ~ 3 ! 'n the second we may mention rp e histories of ' Lorenzo ' and ' Leo the enth,' as known to all literary men; nh 1 lD "lav be reckoned the Philanthropic vote he had tlie satisfaction as one of the members for Liver§7. ft" - the abolition of slavery in the lament of 1806-7. He had reached Irs vpar and diod «->•• 31 1 # tß hoUse LLobd b i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20988, 26 September 1931, Page 9 (Supplement)
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