...dedicated to his memory, alludes to this deficiency, and seems to admit the subject as an apology : — " O early ripe ! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more! It might (what natur% never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those,...

...St. Cecilia's Day. You will not, after these few specimens of Oldham's talents*, wonder at Dryden"s eloquent eulogy; an eulogy, so warm with the heart...to Madame LE In that white snow which overspreads your skin We trace the whiter soul that dwells within. He beseeches Destiny, To twine All her smooth...

...place, "Whilst his young friend perform'd, and won O early ripe ! to thy abundant store [the race. What could advancing age have added more? It might...young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. A noble...

...slippery place, Whilst his young friend perform'd, and won O early ripe ! to thy ahundant store [the race. What could advancing age have added more? It might...(what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numhers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence...

...a penny in the world. 'Tis fifty years since Burns was buried in the kirkyard of St. Michael's : " O early ripe, to thy abundant store, What could advancing age have added more!" While the poet of the Ode to Superstilion is still among us, full of years and full of health, and...

...penny in the world. 'Tie fifty years since Burns was buried in the kirkyard of St. Michael's : " О early ripe, to thy abundant store, What could advancing age have added more!" While the poet of the Ode to Superstition is still among us, full of years and full of health, and...

...dedicated to his memory, alludes to this deficiency, and seems to admit the subject as aa apology : — " O early ripe ! to thy abundant store What could advancing...young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line." Yet the...

...arrive. Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, Whilst his youugfriend perform'd, and won the race. 0 early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing...more ? It might (what nature never gives the young) 1 Farewell, too little] This short elegy is finished with the most exquisite art and skill. Not an...

...arrive. Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, Whilst his young friend performed, and won the race. O early ripe ! to thy abundant store What could advancing...young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. UPON THE DEATH OF THE EARL OP DUNDEE. 151 But satire needs not those, and •wit will shine Through...

...arrive : Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, While his young friend performed and won the race. O early ripe ! to thy abundant store What could advancing...young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue ; But satire needs not these, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line : A noble...