. GEORGE AXD THOM.\S W.\RT0X BEIXG KNOCKED OFF PEGASUS BY WOI,COT-S SATIRE. \ caricature by Rowlandson, illustrating Ode upon Ode, by Peltr Pindar. of his death he remained, infirm and blind, but still writing. It is possible to see him distinctly amongst his possessions in these last years. Behind the door, and opposite a broad window that opened to the ground, stood a square piano. On it lay his favourite Cremona violin, which is still preserved in a house in Canada. His aiTnchair faced the fire, the piano was on his right. A landscape by Wilson hung over the mantelpiece and two enamels by B
. GEORGE AXD THOM.\S W.\RT0X BEIXG KNOCKED OFF PEGASUS BY WOI,COT-S SATIRE. \ caricature by Rowlandson, illustrating Ode upon Ode, by Peltr Pindar. of his death he remained, infirm and blind, but still writing. It is possible to see him distinctly amongst his possessions in these last years. Behind the door, and opposite a broad window that opened to the ground, stood a square piano. On it lay his favourite Cremona violin, which is still preserved in a house in Canada. His aiTnchair faced the fire, the piano was on his right. A landscape by Wilson hung over the mantelpiece and two enamels by Bone. On his shelf was a Shakespeare, second folio. He could still strum the piano and play the fiddle, and even occasionally composed light airs for amusement. When wTiting verses he generally employed an amanuensis. But he also continued until shortly before his death to write with his own hand, one stanza on each piece of paper. Several of these essays of the old blind poet are in the possession of the present writer. There is nothing in English literature quite like the burlesque style of Dr. Wolcot. Utterly unscrupulous in
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