Poems and Translations

The fugitive Pieces which compose this collection, were written chiefly between the ages of Eleven and Sixteen, in the leisure hours allowed by a domestic education. They are published with the timidity excited by their imperfections; but with a most grateful sense of the indulgence they have already received from a liberal Public.

The Translations or Imitations of the Minor Greek Poets were the productions of a still earlier age. A most indulgent father, in the retirement permitted by his station in the Church, found amusement in familiarising his only child with the Poets of Antiquity. Those Poets have already received every embellishment which the English language can bestow: yet it is hoped the eye of Criticism will not dwell on attempts prompted by Parental Fondness, and by no ambition, except to repay it.