Parnell. Oliver Goldsmith wrote a biography of Parnell which often accompanied later editions of Parnell's works. Poet Azizunnessa Khatun translated one of Parnell's works into the Bengali language under the title Udasīn Kabbo in 1884. Works Essay on the Different Stiles of Poetry (1713) Battle of the Frogs and Mice (1717 translation in heroic couplets of a comic epic then attributed to Homer) An example of his poetry is the opening stanza of his poem The Hermit:Far in the wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a revered hermit grew. The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well. Remote from man with God he passed his days Prayer all his business, all his pleasure, praise. References R. Woodman, Thomas Parnell (1985). External links Thomas Parnell at the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (ECPA) 18th-century Irish poets Christian writers 1679 births 1718 deaths Archdeacons of Clogher Writers from Dublin (city) 18th-century Irish male writers