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102 Lalage. It is not only by their depth and their vigour that we must judge of poets.

With these remarks we proceed to give some of the Nugæ Canoræ of our Laureate.

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Mr. Gifford is as extravagant in his praise as the world has been cold in its appreciation. He speaks of this song thus: "If it be not the most beautiful song in the language, I freely confess, for my own part, that I know not where it is to be found." Now, it is pretty enough, but from Waller to Moore we could quote many that would equal, and some that would surpass it. Much better known, and far more beautiful, is Jonson's "Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke."

And so are the three following verses, selected from some