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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A QUADRUPLE ACROSTICK ON LONDON, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: L-o! What a chaos this unhappy fall
Last Line: "n-othing but clouds appear, the sun is go"
Subject(s): London Fire (1666); Great Fire Of 1666
First Line: L-o! What a chaos this unhappy fall
Last Line: "n-othing but clouds appear, the sun is go"
Subject(s): London Fire (1666); Great Fire Of 1666
L-o! what a Chaos this unhappy Fal L,
O-nly a dismal sight, and signs of W O,
N-ow Metamorphis'd, Ovid writeth o N
D-emocritus had wept too (doubtless) ha D
O-nly Melpomene's the Singer wh O
N-ow each, a Stoick look too putteth o N.
L-ends us instead of Englands Capital L.
O-ffers our Opticks objects, Things are s O
N-o such, not to, but from, Confusio N.
D-estiny rais'd an Object then so sa D.
O-rders my Muse, and best becomes it to O.
N-othing but Clouds appear, the Sun is go N.
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