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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library .
that air of romance so suited to the poetical character , and by those of the latter he learned to correct enthusiasm , and regulate allegory , by the lights of common sense , and the manners of human life . The fate of the travelling library that belonged to the royal wanderer , suggested to Mr . Jerningham tbe subject of his first poetical effusion , which was received with such success as to induce him to enlist himself under the banners of the Muses .
Soon after the establishment of the institution for affording protection to unhappy females tempted from the paths of chastity , but who feel the sorrows of penitence , and are anxious to return to the precincts of virtue , our author published a very interesting and a very beautiful little poem , entitled The Magdalens , which was highly admired by all persons of taste and feeling , and which ,
according to the testimony of the venerable Jonas Hamvay , one of the first and most zealous supporters of the plan , was of very great advantage to the institution , in giving a spur to the benevolence of the public . When our author returned to England about the year 17 62 , Mr . Gray ' s celebrated Elegy in a Country Church-yard attracted his notice , and drew from him a very pathetic and elegant parodwhich he
eny , titled , The Nunnery . We shall not , however , employ ourselves in the needless task of tracing our author through the regular progress of his graceful and tender Muse , as his productions are universally known . All his works in succession were admired by the public , and that admiration
was sanctioned by the approbation of the best cotemporary critics . His works altogether consist of three volumes , the last of which lately appeared , and , far from evincing any decline of his powers , shew a ' bolder imagination , and , on the whole , certainly comprehends the best of his compositions . In this last volume the poems of Enthusiasm and the Shakspeare Gallery stand pre-eminent in excellence . Our readers will doubtless
be gratified in knowing what Mr . Burke says of the latter , as the admiration of such a man must be valuable indeed . Adverting to the poem of The Shakspeare Gallery in a private letter which we have had the pleasure of perusing , the British Cicero says of our author , - * I have not for a long time seen any thing so well finished . He has caught new fire by approaching in his perihelion so near to the 57 /?/ of
our poetical system . " The preceding passage , which is exactly in the fine figurative style of Mr . Burke , is a beautiful compliment to the great British poet , and a very flattering tribute to the merit of our author . Having particularised the poem of Enthusiasm , we shall give the words of Dr . Parrwhose learning and judgment need no
acknow-, ledgment in this place , on the subject : ' The general plan of the work is well formed . The imagery is striking without glare ; the texture of the whole style is easy without feebleness . Almost all the lines . flow melodiously . Many of the . expressions are wrought up to an exquisite pitch , of elegance , and the debate for and against the claims of the Enthusiast is conducted at once with' the perspicuity of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library .
that air of romance so suited to the poetical character , and by those of the latter he learned to correct enthusiasm , and regulate allegory , by the lights of common sense , and the manners of human life . The fate of the travelling library that belonged to the royal wanderer , suggested to Mr . Jerningham tbe subject of his first poetical effusion , which was received with such success as to induce him to enlist himself under the banners of the Muses .
Soon after the establishment of the institution for affording protection to unhappy females tempted from the paths of chastity , but who feel the sorrows of penitence , and are anxious to return to the precincts of virtue , our author published a very interesting and a very beautiful little poem , entitled The Magdalens , which was highly admired by all persons of taste and feeling , and which ,
according to the testimony of the venerable Jonas Hamvay , one of the first and most zealous supporters of the plan , was of very great advantage to the institution , in giving a spur to the benevolence of the public . When our author returned to England about the year 17 62 , Mr . Gray ' s celebrated Elegy in a Country Church-yard attracted his notice , and drew from him a very pathetic and elegant parodwhich he
eny , titled , The Nunnery . We shall not , however , employ ourselves in the needless task of tracing our author through the regular progress of his graceful and tender Muse , as his productions are universally known . All his works in succession were admired by the public , and that admiration
was sanctioned by the approbation of the best cotemporary critics . His works altogether consist of three volumes , the last of which lately appeared , and , far from evincing any decline of his powers , shew a ' bolder imagination , and , on the whole , certainly comprehends the best of his compositions . In this last volume the poems of Enthusiasm and the Shakspeare Gallery stand pre-eminent in excellence . Our readers will doubtless
be gratified in knowing what Mr . Burke says of the latter , as the admiration of such a man must be valuable indeed . Adverting to the poem of The Shakspeare Gallery in a private letter which we have had the pleasure of perusing , the British Cicero says of our author , - * I have not for a long time seen any thing so well finished . He has caught new fire by approaching in his perihelion so near to the 57 /?/ of
our poetical system . " The preceding passage , which is exactly in the fine figurative style of Mr . Burke , is a beautiful compliment to the great British poet , and a very flattering tribute to the merit of our author . Having particularised the poem of Enthusiasm , we shall give the words of Dr . Parrwhose learning and judgment need no
acknow-, ledgment in this place , on the subject : ' The general plan of the work is well formed . The imagery is striking without glare ; the texture of the whole style is easy without feebleness . Almost all the lines . flow melodiously . Many of the . expressions are wrought up to an exquisite pitch , of elegance , and the debate for and against the claims of the Enthusiast is conducted at once with' the perspicuity of