Richard Glover (poet)

thumb|Richard Glover Richard Glover (1712 – 25 November 1785) was an English poet and politician. Quotes thumb|I am Hosier's injur'd ghost. As, near Porto Bello lying,    On the gently swelling flood, At midnight, with streamers flying,    Our triumphant navy rode. "Admiral Hosier's Ghost", st. 1 (1739) Heed, oh heed! my fatal story,    I am Hosier's injur'd ghost; You who now have purchas'd glory    At this place where I was lost. "Admiral Hosier's Ghost", st. 4 To have fall'n, my country crying,    He has play'd an English part, Had been better far than dying    Of a griev'd and broken heart. "Admiral Hosier's Ghost", st. 8 Sent in this foul clime to languish    Think what thousands fell in vain, Wasted with disease and anguish,    Not in glorious battle slain. "Admiral Hosier's Ghost", st. 9 Hence with all my train attending    From their oozy tombs below, Through the hoary foam ascending    Here I feed my constant woe. "Admiral Hosier's Ghost", st. 10 After this proud foe subduing,    When your patriot friends you see, Think on vengeance for my ruin,    And for England sham'd in me. "Admiral Hosier's Ghost", st. 11 See also Junius External links Thomas Park (ed.) The Poetical Works of Richard Glover (London: printed by Charles Whittingham for John Sharpe, 1806) 2 vols. in 1 Category:1712 births Category:1785 deaths Category:Poets from England Category:Playwrights from England Category:Members of the Parliament of Great Britain