ADVERTISEMENT. ly this :-A lady, fond of blank verse, demanded a poem of that kind from the Author, and gave him the sofa for a subject. He obeyed; and, having much leisure, connected another subject with it ; and, pursuing the train of thought to which his situation instead of the trifle which he at first intended, a serious affair—a VOLUME ! In the Poem on the subject of Education, he would be very sorry to stand suspected of having aimed his censure at any particular school. His objections are such as naturally apply themselves to schools in general. If there were not, as for the most part there is, wilful neglect in those who manage them, and an omission even of such discipline as they are susceptible of, the objects are yet too numerous for minute attention; and the aching hearts of ten thousand parents, mourning under the bitterest of all disappointments, attest the truth of the allegation. His quarrel, therefore, is with the mischief at large, and not with any particular instance of it. · CONTENTS. THE TASK, IN SIX BOOKS. ........ 19.5 .. Book 1. The Sofa ............. .... 11. The Time-Piece ........ . . . 111. The Garden .......... . . . . iv. The Winter Evening ........ ....v. The Winter Morning Walk ...... .... vi. The Winter Walk at Noon....... Tirocinium; or, a Review of Schools ... An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. ................. 229 Verses printed at the bottom of the Yearly Bill of Mortal-' ity for the Town of Northampton ....... 233—239 Pity for poor Africans. .................... 242 Lines addressed to Dr. Darwin .......... On Mrs. Montague's Feather-Hangings ..... Sonnet addressed to Henry Cowper, Esq. .,.. 250 252 |