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We both have run o'er half the space

Listed for mortal's earthly race;

We both have crossed life's fervid line,

And other stars before us shine:

May they be bright and prosperous As those that have been stars for us! Our course by Milton's light was sped, And Shakespeare shining overhead: Chatting on deck was Dryden too, The Bacon of the rhyming crew; None ever crossed our mystic sea More richly stored with thought than he; Though never tender nor sublime, He wrestles with and conquers Time. To learn my lore on Chaucer's knee, I left much prouder company; Thee gentle Spenser fondly led, But me he mostly sent to bed.

W. S. Landor. Miscellaneous Poems.