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TO EDMUND GOSSE, WITH VINCENT BOURNE'S POETICAL WORKS, by             Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Gossip, may we live as now
Last Line: Friendship and urbanity.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Bourne, Vincent (1656-1747); Gosse, Sir Edmund (1849-1928)


GOSSIP, may we live as now,
Brothers ever, I and thou;
Us may never Envy's mesh hold,
Anger never cross our threshold;
Let our modest Lares be
Friendship and Urbanity.





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