HOEBE. A PASTORAL.
This, by Dr. Byrom, is a better effort than the preceding [a
ballad by Shenstone].
A SONG.
This ['Despairing beside a clear stream'] by Mr. Rowe, is better
than anything of the kind in our language.
AN ESSAY ON POETRY.
This work, by the Duke of Buckingham, is enrolled among our
great English productions. The precepts are sensible, the poetry
not indifferent, but it has been praised more than it deserves.
CADENUS AND VANESSA.
This is thought one of Dr. Swift's correctest pieces; its chief
merit, indeed, is the elegant ease with which a story, but
ill-conceived in itself, is told.
ALMA: OR, THE PROGRESS OF THE MIND.
What Prior meant by this poem I can't understand; by the Greek
motto to it one would think it was either to laugh at the
subject or the reader. There are some parts of it very fine; and
let them save the badness of the rest.
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