▁two ▁ser m ons ▁during ▁that ▁time ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁several ▁po ems ▁of ▁a ▁political ▁nature . ▁In ▁addition , ▁William ▁Wood ' s ▁account ▁speak s ▁of ▁" number less ▁stones ▁in ▁the ▁bur ial ▁place ▁that ▁contain ▁the ▁offer ings ▁of ▁his ▁muse ". ▁ ▁The ▁R ector ▁for ▁whom ▁C unning ham ▁deput ised ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁time , ▁Thomas ▁S ew ard , ▁published ▁inf re qu ently , ▁but ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁poem ▁written ▁during ▁his ▁ten ure ▁at ▁E y am ▁de als ▁with ▁personal ▁matters . ▁His ▁" O de ▁on ▁a ▁Lady ' s ▁Ill ness ▁after ▁the ▁Death ▁of ▁her ▁Child ", ▁dated ▁ 1 4 ▁April ▁ 1 7 4 8 , ▁concerns ▁the ▁death ▁in ▁inf ancy ▁of ▁his ▁daughter ▁Jen ny . ▁S ew ard ▁also ▁encourag ed ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁surv iving ▁daughters , ▁Anna ▁S ew ard , ▁to ▁write ▁poetry , ▁but ▁only ▁after ▁she ▁moved ▁with ▁her ▁father ▁to ▁L ich field . ▁A ▁pione er ▁of ▁Rom antic ism , ▁S ew ard ▁could ▁not ▁hide ▁from ▁herself ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁wild ▁natural ▁rocks ▁she ▁adm ired ▁were ▁daily ▁being ▁bl asted ▁for ▁util itar ian ▁purposes ▁and ▁the ▁" per pet ual ▁consumption ▁of ▁the ▁ever ▁burning ▁l ime ▁kil ns ", ▁while ▁the ▁view ▁was ▁hidden ▁behind ▁the ▁smoke ▁from ▁the ▁sm el ting ▁works . ▁Following ▁a ▁visit ▁to ▁her ▁birth place ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 8 , ▁she ▁wrote