EDITOR OF THE ALDINE EDITION' of the BRITISH POETS, &c. &c.

SECOND EDITION.

ETON,

E. P. WILLIAMS, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER;

AND AT

5 BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON.

MDCCCXLVII.

TO

GRANVILLE JOHN PENN, Esq.

OF

STOKE PARK, BUCKS,

AND

OF WEST END HOUSE,

(THE RESIDENCE FOR MANY YEARS OF THE POET GRAY)

IN HUMBLE ADMIRATION

OF

THE REGARD HE HAS SHEWN FOR THE MEMORY OF ONE, WHOSE NAME IS SO PLEASINGLY CONNECTED WITH

THE VILLAGE OF STOKE;

AND

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

OF THE KIND ASSISTANCE RENDERED DURING THE PROGRESS

OF THIS WORK, BOTH IN ITS ILLUSTRATIONS, AND IN THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE POET,