. The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, esq. With an introductory letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper . -cats that wiU not bear stroaking, but will pur when they are;^ased Complainers are screech-owls; and ;-^^^^^^^^repeating the same dull note, are cuckows. Poets, that pi ckUP th h ears at their own hideous braying, are no better critics in general are venomous serpents, that delight mSSs and 30 J of who have got by heart a few technical 244 APPENDIX. terms, without knowing their meaning, are no other than magpies*I myself, who have crowed to the whol
. The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, esq. With an introductory letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper . -cats that wiU not bear stroaking, but will pur when they are;^ased Complainers are screech-owls; and ;-^^^^^^^^repeating the same dull note, are cuckows. Poets, that pi ckUP th h ears at their own hideous braying, are no better critics in general are venomous serpents, that delight mSSs and 30 J of who have got by heart a few technical 244 APPENDIX. terms, without knowing their meaning, are no other than magpies*I myself, who have crowed to the whole town for near three jearspast, may, perhaps, put my readers in mind of a dunghill cock:but as I must acquaint them, that they will hear the last of meon this day fortnight, I hope they will then consider me as a swanjwho is supposed to sing sweetly in his dying moments. M^^IW APPENDIX. ?4i MOTTO ON A CLOCK, With a Translation by the Editor, Qviaj lenta accedit, quam velox przeterit hora!Ut capias, patiens esto, sed esto vigil! iSlow comes the hour; its speed how great!fVaiting to seize it—vigilatitly wait!. mmlili Peace to the Artist -whose ingeiiinus thoughtDevised the Weather-home, that useful toy:Fearless of humid air and gathering rainsForth steps the Man, an emblem of myself,More delicate his timorous mate retires. mm IS
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