us - Mag us , ▁a ▁poem , ▁in ▁three ▁cant os ,’ ▁She ff ield , ▁ 1 8 3 6 , ▁ 1 2 mo , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁dep icted ▁the ▁man ners , ▁hab its , ▁and ▁limited ▁intelligence , ▁in ▁the ▁more ▁remote ▁parts ▁of ▁Derby shire , ▁the ▁local ▁terms ▁being ▁el uc id ated ▁by ▁a ▁gl oss ary . ▁The ▁title ▁was ▁afterwards ▁alter ed ▁to ▁‘ The ▁Ast ro lo ger .’ ▁Many ▁of ▁his ▁mis cell aneous ▁po ems ▁were ▁printed ▁in ▁the ▁‘ She ff ield ▁I ris .’ ▁After ▁his ▁death ▁a ▁collected ▁edition ▁of ▁his ▁‘ Po et ical ▁Works ,’ ▁with ▁a ▁sketch ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁by ▁Dr . ▁G . ▁Cal vert ▁Holland , ▁was ▁published ▁( She ff ield , ▁ 1 8 5 8 , ▁ 8 vo ). ▁His ▁verse ▁is ▁anti qu ated ▁but ▁for cible . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁short ▁pieces , ▁the ▁‘ Old ▁Year ' s ▁Fun eral ,’ ▁was ▁thought ▁by ▁James ▁Mont gom ery ▁to ▁be ▁worthy ▁of ▁comparison ▁with ▁Col er idge ' s ▁o de ▁‘ On ▁the ▁Depart ing ▁Year .’ ▁ ▁His ▁wife ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 4 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 0 ▁he ▁took ▁as ▁a ▁second ▁wife , ▁Mary , ▁wid ow ▁of ▁John ▁L unn ▁of ▁St ave ley , ▁Derby shire . ▁He ▁died ▁on ▁ 1 3 ▁Dec . ▁ 1 8 5 7 ,