'RETIREMENT, A POEM'

'RETIREMENT, A POEM'

BY SAMUEL BOYSE (1702-1749), PUBLISHED 1735

'Retirement a Poem Occasioned by seeing the Palace and Park of Yester', Edinburgh, 'Printed Anno 1735'

20 x 13.2cm

Provenance

Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.

Catalogue Note

Samuel Boyse was an Irish poet and writer who was patronised by Sir Robert Walpole. His religious verse was very much valued and his poetry collected and re-printed.

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