Packet E: Tossup 10

A member of this family replaced Richard Chenevix Trench as the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary after the latter was appointed Dean of Westminster. A poem asks a member of this family “What hast Thou to do with sorrow / Or the injuries of tomorrow?” and refers to that person as “a gem that glitters while it lives.” A poem addressed to a member of this family hopes for him to “wander like a breeze / By lakes and sandy (-5[1])shores” (-5[1])and declares (-5[1])that “all seasons shall be sweet” to that infant. (10[6])That poem, (10[3])which opens with a description (-5[1])of its (-5[1])title phenomenon’s “secret ministry,” (10[4])is (10[2])one of (10[1])the (10[1])“conversation poems” (10[1])by a (-5[1])member of this (10[1]-5[1])family. (10[4]-5[3])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])give this (10[1])surname of the author of the poems “Frost at Midnight” (10[3])and (-5[3])“Kubla (10[1])Khan.” (10[3])■END■ (10[37]0[11])

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