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 50 Pope's Works, ed. Elwin and Courthope, iv. 407. 'Written at about twelve years old.'—Pope. A statement that the editors distrust somewhat, vi. 82 n.

52 Mickle's Sir Martyn, 'in the manner of Spenser (1767, originally called The Concubine), is in Anderson's British Poets, xi. 640-653. W. modernizes the Chattertonian spelling. This first extract is from Canto ii, stanzas 30 and 31. The second extract is from the same Canto, stanzas 3 and 3.

53 1. 19 rock

54 From Armstrong's Art of Preserving Health (1774), Bk. ii, in Anderson's British Poets, x. 972.

1. 3 th' enthusiastic

1. 12 reclin'd,

55 1. 18 th' impending

1. 20 fairy

56 Akenside's Poems (Aldine ed., p. 274). ' Inscriptions,' no. ix, two stanzas of eight lines each. W. omits the second, which runs:

57 Another of Akenside's ' Inscriptions,' no. i (Poems, Aldine ed., p. 268 ; Anderson, vol. ix. p. 803).

1. 9 Lull'd by

58 Akenside's Poems (Aldine ed., p. 160; Anderson, ix), 'Odes,' Bk. i. Ode v, eleven stanzas, of which W. selects the eighth.

1. 1 Thron'd in

1. 2 diffuseth

59 Akenside's Poems, Inscription no. iii (Aldine ed., p. 269; Anderson, ix. 803). 1. 4 Imbosoms. 1. 7 a silent rivulet. (Rivulets, AV. knew, were never silent, at least in the north countree.)

60 1. 18 tears, with sharp remorse, Rh