We have scarcely time to tell thee
Of the strange and gifted Shelley,
Kind hearted man, but ill-fated,
So youthful drowned and cremated.
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James McIntyre
Original text: James McIntyre, Musings on the Banks of Canadian
Thames, including poems on local, Canadian and British subjects, and
lines on the great poets of England, Ireland, Scotland and America,
with a glance at the wars in Victoria's reign (Ingersoll: H. Rowland,
1884): 88. B-11 1857 Fisher Rare Books Library.
First publication date: 1884