LAURENCE EUSDEN
\lˈɒɹəns jˈuːsdən], \lˈɒɹəns jˈuːsdən], \l_ˈɒ_ɹ_ə_n_s j_ˈuː_s_d_ə_n]\
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An English poet; born in Spofforth, Yorkshire (?), 1688; died at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, Sept. 27, 1730. He attracted much attention by his "Original Poems" (1714), "Ode for the New Year" (1720), and other poems, resulting in his appointment in 1718 as poet laureate.
By Charles Dudley Warner
