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❊ Lord Byron’s tribute to “Boatswain,” on a monument in the garden of Newstead Abbey.

𝐍𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬

𝐎𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲,

𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞,

𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲,

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐧

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲

𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬,

𝐈𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟

“𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐧,” 𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐠

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝,

𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟑,

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐲,

𝐍𝐨𝐯. 𝟏𝟖, 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟖.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡,

𝐔𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡,

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐦𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐞,

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧,

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠, 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝,

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝,

𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧,

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞,

𝐔𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡,

𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 –

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭! 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧,

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧.

𝐎𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐧! 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫,

𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 –

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭,

𝐃𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭!

𝐓𝐡𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭,

𝐓𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐭!

𝐁𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞,

𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞.

𝐘𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐧,

𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 – 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧.

𝐓𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞;

Plans lodged for 50 homes near Ravenshead

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An application has been submitted to built almost 50 homes in Ravenshead. 

The development would be made up of 47 bungalows, maisonettes and two to five-bed houses. 

A single access point off Longdale Lane has already been approved.

The homes at Cornwater Field, would also have access to the Ravenshead Leisure Centre.

Planning officers have recommended the plans for approval at a…