...Gray, and says that " the only part of it, which is of any value, is the lines printed in Italics."* In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening...join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire. * We repeat this sonnet with the less hesitation, because it does not appear in the usual editions...

...best and most original of his compositions. It was written on the death of his friend Richard West. These ears alas ! for other notes repine, A different...require, My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine, And in my breast the imperfect joyt expire! Yet morning smiles tbe busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure...

...die? l-'or these I feel : — and feel that they are LOVE. 2. ex. GRAY. ON THE DEATH OP WEST. ELEGIAC. IN vain to me, the smiling Mornings shine And reddening...Phoebus lifts his golden fire: The Birds in vain their am'orons descant join ; Or cheerful Fields resume their sreen attire ; These ears, alas, for other...

...curiously elaborate in the structure of his own poetic diction. In vain to me the smiling mornings sliine. And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden fire : The...require; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire ; Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure...

...is the lines printed in Italics :" * In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phcebus lifts his golden fire ; The birds in vain their amorous...require, My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine, And in my breast the imperfect joys expire ; Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure...

...was more than any other man curiously elaborate in the structure of his own poetic diction. In rain to me the smiling mornings shine. And reddening Phoebus...alas ! for other notes repine ; A different object da these eyes require; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ; And in my breast the imperfect joys...

...best and most original of his compositions. It was written on the death of his friend Richard West. These ears alas ! for other notes repine, A different object do these eyes require, l\fy lonely anguish melts no heart but mine, And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet morning...

...have opened his fourth book De Principiit Cogitandi, commenced in 1742. They are both subjoined: * In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening...require: My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine, And in my breast th' imperfect joys expire. • > Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born...

...SONNET THE DEATH OF MR. RICHARD WEST. IN vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And redd'ning Phrebus lifts his golden fire : The birds' in vain their amorous descant join; Or chearful fields resume their green attire: These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, 5 A different...

...passages from almost all the poetical writings even of Milton himself." He then quotes Gray's sonnet — " In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening...require ; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine, And in my breast the imperfect joys expire ! Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new born pleasure...