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Up, up my friend, and clear your looks-
Why all this toil and trouble?
Up, up my friend, and quit your books,
Or surely you'll grow double.

"Awake a louder and a loftier strain." [p. "Awake a louder. and a loftier strain," is the first line in Bowles's "Spirit of Discovery very spirited and pretty Dwarf Epic. Among other exquisite lines we have the following:--A Kiss

Stole on the list ning silence, never yet Here heard; they trembled even as if the pover That is, the woods of Madeira trembled to a y from the dialogue between kiss, very much astonished, as well they might Spirits of Flood and Fell, in the be, at such a phenomenon. Then we have the amiable William Bowles's Strictures on Pope.") "a stark mosstrooper," videlicet,

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every natural disguise of a wain of hay, Marmion, the hero of the latter romance, is exactly what William of Deloraine would have beea, had he been able to read or write. The Poem was manufactured for Messrs. Constable, Murray, and Miller, worshipful Booksellers, in Consideration of the receipt of a sum of money, See Bowles's late edition of Pope's works, for and, truly, considering the inspiration, it is a which he received 300 l.: thus Mr. B. bas very creditable production. If Mr. Scott will perienced how much easier it is to profit by the write for hire, let him do his best for his pay-reputation of another, than to elevate his own.

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NOTES TO ENGLISH BARDS AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS

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Boccace, in his life Chi è costui, che in dura pietra scolta,
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Le labbia si, che le parole ascolte?
-e Tal era allor, che le sonanti, e vaste
Onor del mento, el doppio raggie in fronte
Quest' è Mosè, quando scendea dell monte,
E gran parte del Nume avea nel volte.

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Quando il mar chiuse, e ne fe temba altre!
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Herbert shall wield Thor's hammer, and some-
(p. 598.
Mr. Herbert is a translator of Icelandic and
other Poetry. One of the principal pieces is a
"Song on the Recovery of Thor's Hammer:" the
translation is a pleasant chaunt in the vulgar
tongue, and ended thus:-

Instead of money and rings, I wot,
The hammer's bruises were her lot;
Thus Odin's son his hammer got.

And classic Hallam, much renown'd for Greek.
[p. 598.
Mr. Hallam reviewed Payne Knight's Taste,
and was exceedingly severe on some Greek ver-
ses therein: it was not discovered that the lines
were Pindar's, till the press rendered it impos-
sible to cancel the critique, which still stands
an everlasting monument of Hallam's ingenuity.
The said Hallam is incensed, because he is
falsely accused, saying that he never dineth
at Holland-House. If this be true, I am sorry-
not for having said so, but on his account, as I
understand his lordship's feasts are preferable
to his compositions. If he did not review Lord
Holland's performance, I am glad, because it

pen in the last chapter of Don Quixote. Oh!
that our voluminous gentry would follow the
example of Cid Hamet Benengeli!

By Jeffrey's heart, or Lamb's Bæotian head.
[p. 593.
Messrs. Jeffrey and Lamb are the Alpha and
Omega, the first and last, of the Edinburgh-
Review; the others are mentioned hereafter.

While such are critics, why should I forbear? [P. 593. Stulta est clementia--perituræ parcere charte.

JUVENAL.

Then should you ask me, why I venture o'er The path which Pope and Gifford trod before? [p. 594. Cur tamen hoc potius libeat decurrere campo Per quem magnus equos Aurunca flexit alumnus: Si vacat, et placidi rationem admittitis, edam. JUVENAL.

masters, but not disgrace his genius, which is undoubtedly great, by a repetition of black-letter-ballad imitations.

The single wonder of a thousand years. (p.5%. As the Odyssey is so closely connected with the story of the Iliad, they may almost be class ed as one grand historical poem. In allg to Milton and Tasso, we consider the "Parador Lost," and "Gierusalemme Liberata," a dir standard efforts, since neither the "Jensen Conquered" of the Italian, nor the "Pan Regained" of the English Bard, obtained an portionate celebrity to their former poems. Which of Mr. Southey's will survive?

Next see tremendous Thalaba come on. (p. Thalaba, Mr. Southey's second poem, is v ten in open defiance of precedent and poetry. succeeded to a miracle. Joan of Åre was mar Mr. S. wished to produce something novel, ad vellous enough, but Thalaba was one of these poems "which (in the words of Porson) will be read when Homer and Virgil are forgotten, bat [p. 594.-not till then.”

From soaring Southey down to groveling Stott.

Stott, better known in the "Morning Post" by the name of Hafiz. This personage is at present the most profound explorer of the bathos. I remember, to the reigning family of Portugal, a special ode of Master Stott's, beginning thus: (Stott loquitur quoad Hibernia.)

Princely offspring of Braganza,

Erin greets thee with a stanza. ***
Also a Sonnet to Rats, well worthy of the sub-
ject, and a most thundering ode commencing as
follows:

Oh! for a lay! loud as the surge
That lashes Lapland's sounding shore.
Lord have mercy on us! the "Lay of the Last
Minstrel" was nothing to this.

Thus Lays of Minstrels—may they be the last! See the "Lay of the Last Minstrel," passim. [p. 594. Never was any plan so incongruous and absurd as the ground-work of this production. The entrance of Thunder and Lightning, prologuising to Bayes' tragedy, unfortunately takes away the merit of originality from the dialogue between Messieurs the Spirits of Flood and Fell, in the first canto. Then we have the amiable William of Deloraine, "a stark mosstrooper," videlicet, a happy compound of poacher, sheepstealer, and highwayman. The propriety of his magical lady's injunction, not to read, can only be equalled by his candid acknowledgment of his independence of the trammels of spelling, although, to use his own elegant phrase, "twas his neckverse at hairibee," i. e. the gallows.

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-A Kiss Stole on the list ning silence, never yet Here heard; they trembled even as if the pover That is, the woods of Madeira trembled kiss, very much astonished, as well they mig be, at such a phenomenon. Bowles's Strictures on Pope.") (See "Letter a

Consult Lord Fanny, and confide in Carl

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Curl is one of the heroes of the Dunciad, was a Bookseller. Lord Fanny is the poetis name of Lord Hervey, author of "Lines to tr Imitator of Horace."

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Lord Bolingbroke hired Mallet to traduce P after his decease, because the Poet had retaine some copies of a work by Lord Bolingbroke Patriot King), which that splendid but j nant genius had ordered to be destroyed. To rave with Dennis, and with Ralph to r

And goblin brats, of Gilpin Horner's brood. [p. 594. The Biography of Gilpin Horner, and the marvellous pedestrian page, who travelled twice as fast as his master's horse, without the aid of seven-leagued boots, are chefs-d'auvre in the improvement of taste. For incident we have the invisible, but by no means sparing, box on the ear bestowed on the page, and the entrance of a Knight and Charger into the castle, under the very natural disguise of a wain of hay, Marmion, the hero of the latter romance, is exactly what William of Deloraine would have been, had he been able to read or write. The Poem was manufactured for Messrs. Constable, Murray, and Miller, worshipful Booksellers, in consideration of the receipt of a sum of money, See Bowles's late edition of Pope's works, and, truly, considering the inspiration, it is a which he received 300 : thus Mr. B. ba very creditable production. If Mr. Scott will perienced how much easier it is to profit by the write for hire, let him do his best for his pay-reputation of another, than to elevate his

Dennis the critic and Ralph the rhymester. Silence ye wolves! while Ralph to Cynthia how, Making night hideous-answer him ye ow DUNCIAR

And link'd thee to the Dunciad for thy p

Had Cottle still adorn'd the counter's side. [p. 597. Mr. Cottle, Amos or Joseph, I don't know hich, but one or both, once sellers of books hey did not write, and now writers of books hat do not sell, have published a pair of Epics. Alfred" (poor Alfred! Pye has been at him 00) and "the Fall of Cambria."

must have been painful to read, and irksome to praise it. If Mr. Hallam will tell me who did review it, the real name shall find a place in the text, provided, nevertheless, the said name be of two orthodox musical syllables and will come into the verse: till then, Hallam must stand for want of a better.

While gay Thalia's luckless votary, Lamb.

[p. 598. The Hon. G. Lamb reviewed "Beresford's Miseries," and is moreover author of a Farce enacted with much applause at the Priory, Stanmore, and damned with great expedition at the late Theatre Covent-Garden. It was enti

May no rude hand disturb their early sleep!
[p. 597.
Poor Montgomery, though praised by every
nglish Review, has been bitterly reviled by
e Edinburgh. After all, the Bard of Sheffield
a man of considerable genius: his “Wanderer
f Switzerland" is worth a thousand. “Lyrical | tled "Whistle for it."
Ballads," and at least fifty "Degraded Epics."

Nor hunt the bloodhounds back to Arthur's Seat?
(p. 597.
Arthur's Seat, the hill which overhangs Edin-
urgh.

Beware lest blundering Brougham destroy the

sale.

(p. 598. Mr. Brougham, in No XXV. of the EdinburghReview, throughout the article concerning Don Pedro de Cevallos, has displayed more politics than policy many of the worthy burgesses of Edinburgh being so incensed at the infamous principles it evinces, as to have withdrawn their subscriptions.

And Bow-street myrmidons stood laughing by?
[p. 598.
In 1806, Messrs. Jeffrey and Moore met at
balk-Farm. The duel was prevented by the
terference of the magistracy; and, on examin-I
tion, the balls of the pistols, like the courage
i the combatants, were found to have evaporat-
1. This incident gave occasion to much wag-
ery in the daily prints.

It seems that Mr. Brougham is not a Pict, as supposed, but a Borderer, and his name is pronounced Broom, from Trent to Tay. So be it.

Her son, and vanish'd in a Scottish mist. [p. 598. I ought to apologise to the worthy Deities for introducing a new Goddess with short petticoats The other half pursued its calm career. [p. 598. to their notice: but, alas! what was to be done? The Tweed here behaved with proper deco-I could not say Caledonia's Genius, it being

m: it would have been highly reprehensible the English half of the river to have shown he smallest symptom of apprehension.

If Jeffrey died, except within her arms. [p. 598. This display of sympathy on the part of the olbooth (the principal prison in Edinburgh), hich truly seems to have been most affected a this occasion, is much to be commended. It as to be apprehended, that the many unhappy riminals executed in the front, might have renered the edifice more callous. She is said to of the softer sex, because her delicacy of eling on this day was truly feminine, though, ke most feminine impulses, perhaps a little

lfish.

The travell'd Thane! Athenian Aberdeen. [p. 598. His lordship has been much abroad, is a memer of the Athenian Society, and reviewer of Gell's Topography of Troy."

Herbert shall wield Thor's hammer, and some-
times.
[p. 598.
Mr. Herbert is a translator of Icelandic and
ther Poetry. One of the principal pieces is a
Song on the Recovery of Thor's Hammer:" the
anslation is a pleasant chaunt in the vulgar
ngue, and ended thus:-

Instead of money and rings, I wot,
The hammer's bruises were her lot;
Thus Odin's son his hammer got.

And classic Hallam, much renown'd for Greek.
[p. 598.
Mr. Hallam reviewed Payne Knight's Taste,
nd was exceedingly severe on some Greek ver-
es therein it was not discovered that the lines
Tere Pindar's, till the press rendered it impos-
ible to cancel the critique, which still stands
n everlasting monument of Hallam's ingenuity.
The said Hallam is incensed, because he is
alsely accused, saying that he never dineth
t Holland-House. If this be true, I am sorry-
ot for having said so, but on his account, as 1
nderstand his lordship's feasts are preferable
o his compositions. If he did not review Lord
folland's performance, I am glad, because it

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well known there is no Genius to be found from Clackmannan to Caithness: yet, without supernatural agency, how was Jeffrey to be saved? The "national Kelpies," are too unpoetical, and the "Brownies" and "Gude Neighbours rits of a good disposition), refused to extricate him. A Goddess therefore has been called for the purpose, and great ought to be the gratitude of Jeffrey, seeing it is the only communication he ever held, or is likely to hold, with any thing heavenly.

Declare his landlord can translate, at least!

[p. 598. Lord Holland has translated some specimens of Lope de Vega, inserted in his life of the Author: both are bepraised by his disinterested guests.

Reforms each error and refines the whole.

[p. 598. Certain it is, her ladyship is suspected of having displayed her matchless wit in the EdinburghReview: however that may be, we know from good authority that the manuscripts are submitted to her perusal no doubt for correction.

Puns, and a prince within a barrel pent. [p. 598. In the melo-drame of Tekeli, that heroic prince is clapt into a barrel on the stage—a new asylum for distressed heroes.

While Reynolds vents his “dammes, poohs, and zounds." [p. 598. All these are favourite expressions of Mr. R. and prominent in his Comedies, living and defunct.

A tragedy complete in all but words? [p. 598. Mr. T. Sheridan, the new Manager of DruryLane Theatre, stripped the Tragedy of Bonduca of the Dialogue, and exhibited the scenes as the spectacles of Caractacus. Was this worthy of his sire, or of himself?

Her flight to garnish Greenwood's gay designs.

[p. 599.

Mr. Greenwood is, we believe, Scene-Painter to Drury-Lane Theatre: as such Mr. S. is much indebted to him.

In five facetious acts comes thundering on. [p. 599. Mr. S. is the illustrious author of the "Sleeping Beauty:" and some Comedies, particularly "Maids and Bachelors;" Baccalaurei baculo magis quam lauro digni.

And worship Catalani's pantaloons. (p. 599. Naldi and Catalani require little notice, for the visage of the one, and the salary of the other, will enable us long to recollect these amusing vagabonds; besides, we are still black and blue from the squeeze on the first night of the lady's appearance in trowsers.

Of vice and folly, Greville and Argyle! [p. 599. To prevent any blunder, such as mistaking a street for a man, I beg leave to state, that it is the Institution, and not the Duke, of that name, which is here alluded to.

A gentleman with whom I am slightly acquainted, lost in the Argyle Rooms several thousand pounds at Backgammon. It is but justice to the manager in this instance to say, that some degree of disapprobation was manifested. But why are the implements of gaming allowed in a place devoted to the society of both sexes? A pleasant thing for the wives and daughters of those who are blest or cursed with such connections, to hear the billiard-tables rattling in one room, and the dice in another! That this is the case I myself can testify, as a late unworthy member of an institution which materially affects the morals of the higher orders, while the lower may not even move to the sound of a tabor and fiddle, without a chance of indictment for riotous behaviour.

Behold the new Petronius of the day. [p. 599. Petronius, "arbiter elegantiarum to Nero, "and a very pretty fellow in his day," as Mr. Congreve's old Bachelor saith.

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To live like Clodius, and like Falkland fall.
[p. 600.

• Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.
I knew the late Lord Falkland well. On Sun-
day night I beheld him presiding at his own ta-
ble, in all the honest pride of hospitality; on
Wednesday morning at three o'clock, I saw,
stretched before me, all that remained of cour-
age, feeling, and a host of passions. He was a
gallant and successful officer; his faults were
the faults of a sailor-as such, Britons will for-
give them. He died like a brave man in a bet-
ter cause, for had he fallen in like manner on
the deck of the frigate to which he was just ap-
pointed, his last moments would have been held
up by his countrymen as an example to succeed-
ing heroes.

From silly Hafiz up to simple Bowles. [p. 600. What would be the sentiments of the Persian Anacreon, Hafiz, could he rise from his splendid sepulchre at Sheeraz, where he reposes with Ferdousi and Sadi, the Oriental Homer and Catullus, and behold his name assumed by one Stott of Dromore, the most impudent and execrable of literary poachers for the daily prints?

[p. 600.

Lord, rhymester, petit-maitre, pamphleteer! The Earl of Carlisle has lately published an eighteen-penny pamphlet on the state of the Stage, and offers his plan for building a new theatre: it is to be hoped his lordship will be permitted to bring forward any thing for the Stage, except his own tragedies.

And hang a calf-skin on those recreant lines.
[p. 600.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it, for shame,
And hang a calf's-skin on those recreant limbs.
SHAKSPEARE, King John.

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Unhappy White! while life was in its spring.

Henry Kirke White died at Cambridge, in Oc tober 1806, in consequence of too much exerting in the pursuit of studies, that would have ma tured a mind which disease and poverty could not impair, and which Death itself destroyed rather than subdued. His poems abound is beauties as must impress the reader with the liveliest regret that so short a period was alint ted to talents, which would have dignified even the sacred functions he was destined to assume

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