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 TO THE RIVER ANKOR

floods' queen, Thames, for ships and swans is crowned,

And stately Severn for her shore is praised;

The crystal Trent for fords and fish renowned,

And Avon's fame to Albion's cliff is raised.

Carlegion Chester vaunts her holy Dee;

York many wonders of her Ouse can tell;

The Peak, her Dove, whose banks so fertile be;

And Kent will say her Medway doth excel.

Cotswold commends her Isis to the Thame;

Our northern borders boast of Tweed's fair flood;

Our western parts extol their Wilis' fame;

And the old Lea brags of the Danish blood.

Arden's sweet Ankor, let thy glory be,

That fair Idea only lives by thee!