▁a ▁poem ▁about ▁it ▁filled ▁with ▁nost alg ia ▁for ▁the ▁past . ▁She ▁celebrated ▁this ▁lost ▁domain ▁of ▁happiness ▁once ▁more ▁in ▁" E p ist le ▁to ▁Mr . ▁Newton , ▁the ▁Derby shire ▁M inst rel , ▁on ▁receiving ▁his ▁description ▁in ▁verse ▁of ▁an ▁aut umn al ▁scene ▁near ▁E y am , ▁September ▁ 1 7 9 1 ". ▁No ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁poem ▁by ▁William ▁Newton ▁now ▁exists . ▁The ▁author ▁was ▁a ▁labour ing ▁class ▁prot ég é ▁from ▁nearby , ▁originally ▁discovered ▁by ▁C unning ham ▁and ▁introduced ▁to ▁Miss ▁S ew ard ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 3 . ▁ ▁The ▁poet ▁Richard ▁F urn ess ▁belongs ▁to ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁and ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁' the ▁Po et ▁of ▁E y am ' ▁after ▁his ▁birth place , ▁but ▁the ▁bulk ▁of ▁his ▁poetry ▁too ▁was ▁written ▁after ▁he ▁had ▁left ▁the ▁district . ▁Among ▁the ▁several ▁references ▁to ▁the ▁village ▁there ▁are ▁his ▁" Lines ▁written ▁in ▁sight ▁of ▁the ▁rect ory ", ▁which ▁pra ises ▁both ▁Anna ▁S ew ard ▁and ▁her ▁father . ▁William ▁Wood , ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁The ▁History ▁and ▁Anti qu ities ▁of ▁E y am ▁was ▁a ▁village ▁resident . ▁At ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁chapter ▁there ▁is ▁an ▁ex cer pt ▁from ▁a ▁poem ▁that ▁links ▁the ▁place ▁with ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁pl ague . ▁Sim ply ▁initial led ▁W . ▁W ., ▁the ▁inference ▁to ▁be ▁drawn ▁is