Chauncy Hare Townshend

thumb| Chauncy Hare Townshend (whose surname was spelt by his parents as Townsend; 20 April 1798 – 25 February 1868) was a 19th-century English poet, clergyman, mesmerist, collector, dilettante and hypochondriac. He is mostly remembered for bequeathing his collections to the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum) and the Wisbech & Fenland Museum in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Quotes Thus heavenly Hope is all serene,    But earthly Hope, how bright soe’er, Still fluctuates o’er this changing scene,    As false and fleeting as ’tis fair. "An Evening Thought", in Poems (London: Thomas Boys, 1821) pp. 158–59 Cf. Reginald Heber#Disputed External links Category:ndị nwụrụ anwụ