In elegies, that shall silence this crude prose, they shall celebrate thy praise.

They may serve for the loves of Tibullus, or the dear Author of the Schoolmistress; for passions that creep and whine in Elegies and Pastoral Ballads.

I call to mind the epitaph made on him, to guide me to juster thoughts of him; and I repose upon the beautiful lines in the "Friend's Passion for his Astrophel," printed with the Elegies of Spenser and others.

On p. 301, after mentioning Rasselas, he continues:'Did I tell you I had a letter from Johnson, inclosing Vernon's Parish-clerk?' 'The truth is these elegies have neither passion, nature, nor manners.

1719, with the addition of elegies upon the author by several persons.

Next in importance to the narrative poems are the elegies, "Thyrsis," "The Scholar-Gipsy," "Memorial Verses," "A Southern Night," "Obermann," "Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse," and "Rugby Chapel."

They consist of translations from the Greek and Latin poets, Epistles to several persons, prologues, and epilogues to several plays, elegies, epitaphs, and songs.

Mr. Walsh's other pieces consist chiefly of Elegies, Epitaphs, Odes, and Songs; they are elegant, tho' not great, and he seems to have had a well cultivated,

Mr. Creech's works, besides his Lucretius already mentioned, are chiefly these, The Second Elegy of Ovid's First Book of Elegies.

The 6th, 7th, 8th, and 12th Elegies of Ovid's Second Book of Elegies.

The 6th, 7th, 8th, and 12th Elegies of Ovid's Second Book of Elegies.

His Elegies and funeral Odes, such as those on "Mrs Killigrew" and "Eleonora," are eloquent; but they move you to admiration, not to tears.

To my friend, Mr J. Northleigh, author of "The Parallel" on his "Triumph of the British Monarchy" ELEGIES AND EPITAPHS.

* ELEGIES AND EPITAPHS.

"Though we have Tibullus's elegies, there is not a word in them about Glyc~era."Id.

The Walk, one of the finest elegies in the German language, is a pensive retrospect of the origins of civilization, loving contemplation of Nature giving rise to reflections on man and his estate.

KENNEDY, CHARLES W. Old English elegies.

And upon my going into Wills I found their Discourse was gone off from the Death of the French King to that of Monsieur Boileau, Racine, Corneile, and several other Poets, whom they regretted on this Occasion, as Persons who would have obliged the World with very noble Elegies on the Death of so great a Prince, and so eminent a Patron of Learning.

But seriously, he, Mr. Mason, my Lord Lyttelton, and one or two more, whose taste the world allows, are in love with your Erse elegies: I cannot say in general they are so much admiredbut Mr. Gray alone is worth satisfying.

The greatest part are evidently elegies; and though I should not expect a bard to write by the rules of Aristotle, I would not, on the other hand, give to any work a title that must convey so different an idea to every common reader.

I have the pleasure of assuring him that his information is correct, and that they are the "Three Pastoral Elegies" mentioned by Ritson.

The title-page runs thus: "Three Pastoral Elegies of Anander, Anetor, and Muridella, by William Bas.

" Then follows a dedication, "To the Honourable {349} and Virtuous Lady, the Lady Tasburgh;" from which dedication it appears that these Pastoral Elegies were among the early efforts of his Muse.

" This notice of these elegies cannot fail to be highly interesting to your correspondent on Basse and his works, and others of your readers who feel an interest in recovering the lost works of our early poets.

GARCILASO DE LA VEGA, a Spanish poet, born in Toledo, a soldier by profession; accompanied Charles V. on his expeditions; died fighting bravely in battle; his poems consist of sonnets, elegies, &c., and reveal an unexpected tenderness (1503-1536).