The finest of the Rowley poems – Eclogues, Ballad of Charity &c rank absolutely with the finest poetry in the language...He was an absolute and untarnished hero. (Thomas Chatterton)

The finest of the Rowley poems – Eclogues, Ballad of Charity &c rank absolutely with the finest poetry in the language...He was an absolute and untarnished hero.

Thomas Chatterton

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