Facing to the northern climes, Thrice he tracd the Runic rhyme; Thrice pronounc'd in accents , dréad. 3 The thrilling verse that wakes the devil! Published as the Act directs 15 Ang! 1776 Τ ο Sir THOMAS MILLS. SIR, WHEN I present the Public with an clegant edition of “ Poems by Mr. Gray” at a very moderate price, I perform an action which I am confident would have been highly grateful to the author had he been living, as every writer naturally wishes to have his works handsomely printed and universally read. I flatter myself there is no impropriety in particularly inscribing these poems to a gentleman who has judgement to distinguish, and taste to relish fine verses, and who possesses a heart capable of many virtues. |