..Hail, ye mighty masters of the lay,
Nature's true sons, the friends of man and truth,
Whose song, sublimely sweet, serenely gay,
Amused my childhood, and inform'd my youth:
For well I know, wherever ye reside,

There harmony, and peace, and innocence abide.

Minstrel.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

J. JOHNSON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD,

BY R. TAYLOR, BLACK-HORSE-COURT.

1804.
ML.

CONTENTS.

LETTER I.

P. 1.

The design proposed. Objection to poetry as
too conversant with the passion of love-con-
sidered. Nature of verse, and pleasure uni-
versally derived from it,

The first object, to habituate the ear to the me-

lody of verse. Pope's Pastorals: heroic mea-

sure described. Windsor Forest. Ode for

St. Cecilia's Day: music of poetry. Choruses

to Brutus. Elegy to the Memory of an Un-

fortunate Lady. Temple of Fame. Fable of

Dryope: Vertumnus and Pomona.

LETTER

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