fuch vicinity. No man could have felt greater horror at the scenes of democratic France, the papal fanatics, and rebellious diforganizers of Ireland, and the projected, but baffled, plots of the Jacobins in Great Britain, than Mr. Pope. "To fuppofe, indeed, that the fpirits of departed poets are acquainted with the paffing fcenes of this lower world, is an indulgence which has always been granted. I think no apology for the fuppofition can be required or expected: but if any perfon fhould be fo very reasonable, and fo very unpoetical, as to demand it, I must consign him to the cuftody of the governor of Tilbury Fort in the days of Queen Elizabeth, who declared, that no man can fee what is not to be feen, or hear what is not to be heard *. A fentence indeed of great truth, but which, I fear, would overthrow from their foundation fome of the beft poe. tical fabrics in every language. "It has been declared of Satire t, that She alone of all her poetical fifters is unconquerable, never to be filenced, when truly infpired and animated (as fhould feem) from above, for this very purpose, to oppofe (the power and influence of) dulneis (conceit, democracy, and wickednels), to her very laft breath.' In thefe days, the various objects which offer, or rather force themfelves upon our notice, are very numerous, and many of them are confidered in this poem. But no fubject whatfoever is introduced which has not fome reference to the welfare, fupport, and ftability of these kingdoms, and their conftitutional government, in this hour of danger and experiment. There is no fubject in it which the great moral and national Poet, who is fuppofed to fpeak, would not have thought worthy either of his cafual notice, or of mature con fideration, or of jocular allufion and eafy pleafantry, or of his moft severe and most powerful fatire. If I have read Mr. Pope's works aright, I think "WHAT accents, murmur'd o'er this hallow'd tomb, Break my repofe, deep-founding thro the gloom? Would mortal ftrains immortal fpirits reach, Or earthly wisdom truth celestial teachi Ah! 'tis no holy calm that breathes around; Some warning voice invites to yonder ground, Where once with impulfe bold, and manly fire, I rous'd to notes of war my patriot lyre; While Thames with ev'ry gale, or bland or strong, Sigh'd through my grotto, and diffus'd my fong. "Whence burfts that voice indig. nant on my ear? To Britain ever faithful, ever dear, E'en now my long-lov'd, grateful Country's caufe, Her fam'd pre-eminence, her ftate, her laws, Can touch my temper of ethereal mould, Free as great Dryden, and as Milton bold. Sadly the scene I view; how chang'd, how loft! The statesman's refuge once, and poet's boat; I hear the raven's hoarfe funereal cry, Since all, whom Ireland fpares, to Twitnam fly. "The polifh'd Neftor of the claffic fhore, Mendip, my green domain can guard no more; "Warburton." Mr. Sheridan's Critic, act ii." "Fragment. Orationis in Clodium: ap. Cicer. Epift. ad Attic. L. 1. E. 16." "Mr. Pope generally fpelt the word in this manner." "The Right Hon. Welbore Ellis, Baron Mendip, the prefent poffeffor of Mr. Pope's villa at Twitnam." "Richard Owen Cambridge, Efq. a diftinguifhed veteran in literature and the polite arts. His poem entitled "The Scribleriad," is a work of great fancy, juft compofition, and poetical elegance; but, above all, of mature judgment confpicuous throughout. It fhould be read as well for inftruction as amufement. The preface is entitled to much attention." +"George Hardinge, Efq. a man of genius and eloquence, M. P. one of the Welsh Judges. He is the prefent poffeffor of the villa called “Rag"man's Caftle," at Twitnam, by the banks of the Thames." "The English have been conquered, first, by the Minifter, and afterwards by the French.' Henry Grattan's Addrefs to his Fellow-Citizens of Dublin, p. 37." In the people it would only be rebellion against their creature (the King); in the other (i. e. in the King) it would be rebellion against his creator, the 'people.' Grattan, p. 12." See an admirable piece of ridicule on the German nonfenfe of the day, VOL. III.-No, XX. L by No Congrefs props our Drama's falling ftate, The modern ultimatum is, Tranf. late.' Thence fprout the morals of the German fchool; The Chriftian finks, the Jacobin bears rule: No. virtue fhines, but in the peasant's mien, No vice, but in patrician robes, is feen * ; Through four dull acts the Drama The fifth is ftage-trick, and the curtain by a man of parts and wit, in a pamphlet entitled, My Night-gown and Slippers; or, Tales in Verfe, written in an Elbow-chair, by George Colman the younger. (Printed 1797.) It is called, The Maid of the Moor; or, the Water-fiend, concerning Lord Hoppergollop's Country Houfe. 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