Another Cleland see in Lewis rise. Why sleep the ministers … - Matthew Gregory Lewis

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Another Cleland see in Lewis rise.
Why sleep the ministers of truth and law?
Has the state no controul, no decent awe,
While each with each in madd'ning orgies vie
Pandars to lust and licens'd blasphemy?
Can senates hear without a kindred rage?
Oh may a poet's lightning blast the page,
Nor with the bolt of Nemesis in vain
Supply the laws, that wake not to restrain!

Matthew Gregory Lewis

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About Matthew Gregory Lewis

Matthew Gregory Lewis (9 July 1775 – 14 May 1818) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, translator and Member of Parliament. His novel The Monk, written at the age of 19, is an example of Gothic fiction, and led to his being commonly known as Monk Lewis.

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Pen Names: Monk Lewis

Native Name: Matthew Lewis

Alternative Names: "Monk" Lewis • M. G. Lewis • M.G. Lewis

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He was a child, and a spoiled child, but a child of high imagination; and so he wasted himself on ghost-stories and German romances.

A Warrior so bold, and a Virgin so bright
Conversed, as They sat on the green:
They gazed on each other with tender delight;
Alonzo the Brave was the name of the Knight,
The Maid's was the Fair Imogine.

Farewel, thou cruel world! – to morrow
No more thy scorn my heart shall tear: –
The grave will shield the child of sorrow,
And heaven will hear the orphan's prayer.

Another Cleland see in Lewis rise. Why sleep the ministers of truth and law? Has the state no controul, no decent awe, While each with each in madd'n… - Matthew Gregory Lewis

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