han OF THE BRITISH POETS, , IN A CHRONOLOGICAL SERIES FROM FALCONER TO SIR WALTER SCOTT. WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES. DESIGNED AS A CONTINUATION OF DR. AIKIN'S BRITISH POETS. BY JOHN FROST, A.M. PHILADELPHIA: THOMAS WARDLE, 15 MINOR STREET. STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON 1/2-6.32 ADVERTISEMENT. The following work has been executed with a view of completing the original design of Doctor Aikin, whose volume comprised “a chronological series of the classical poets of Great Britain, from Ben Jonson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of the authors.” The present volume commences with Falconer and ends with Scott. In the task of selecting, the compiler has kept in view, accord'ing to the best of his judgment, what appears to have been the leading principle of his predecessor, namely, to choose the most popular works of the best poets. The notices have been necessarily compiled entirely from British authorities. It is intended to add one more volume to the series, which will commence with Southey, and include the principal works of all the classical poets of Great Britain, subsequent in chronological order to those comprised in the preceding volumes. 3 CONTENTS. Page . Page Tales:- I. The Dumb Orators; or, the Benefit of So- VI. The Frank Courtship 97 101 IX. Arabella 107 Corsica. Written in the year 1769. Anlnventory of the Furniture in Dr. Priestley's Study 39 XII. Squire Thomas ; or, the Precipitate Choice 117 XIV. The Strus les of Conscience XV. Advice; or, the 'Squire and the Priest 129 What do the Futures speak of? In answer to a To Mr. S. T. Coleridge.' 1797. 45 Bristow Tragedie; or, the Dethe of Syr Charles On the Death of the Princess Charlotte 48 The Baviad: a paraphrastic Imitation of the first 51 Death and Dr. Hornbook. A true Story 51 | The Brizs of Ayr, a Poein. Inscribed io J. B******, The Death and Dying Words of Poor Jailie, the Au. thor's only Pet Yowe. An unco mournfu' Tale 195 Caissa ; or, the Game of Chess An Ode in imitation of Callistratus The First Nomean Ode of Pindar 59 Address to the unco Guid, or the Rigidly Righteous Two Hymns to Pracriti. The auld Farmer's New.year Morning Salutation to his auld Mare Maggie, on giving her accustomed 63 Ripp of Corn to hansel in ihe New-year 66 To a Misuse. On turping her up in her Nest with 70 The Cotter's Saturday Night: Inscribed to R. A****, 73 Man was made to mourn. A Dirse A Prayer in the Prospect of Death 210 |