ROBERT SOUTHEY, ESQ., LL. D., IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. BOSTON: OTIS, BROADERS, AND COMPANY. SOLD ALSO BY H. & E. PHINNEY, COOPERSTOWN, N. Y. 1843. CONTENTS. Chaucer's versification rhythmical. The ornate style, originating in monasteries Page. Cowper's rash judgment concerning the Lives of the Poets. Collins .. Wilkes's promised edition of Churchill. Churchill's last poem His epitaph. His monument at Sandham Dedication of his Sermons to Warburton... His hatred of Pope Churchill depreciated after his death. Cowper's stock of classics... ..... No poet of any eminence in the field... The Task pitched in blank verse because of its theme TRANSI.ATION of Homer commenced. siderable progress.. |