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BookJVorzn . No . XXVHL Sir , Juty $ + 1822 . IN pursttitig iriy design of ascertain ing the principal variations between the early and the later editions
of Thomson ' s Summer ^ I have arrived where numerous additions and a new arrangement discover ^ bundant evidence of the author ' s unwearied attention to the improvement of his poem .
Immediately after line 628 in the common editions , were introduced , in 1727 and 1730 , the subjects now commencing at line 1437 . in tu
me apinjurupuc nappy Britannica , " lines 1441—1444 , Liberty , in the editions of 1727 and 1730 , Walks through the land of Heroes , unconfin'd :
la the later editions the heroes are dismissed , and Liberty , the poet sings to Britannia , Walks , unconnn'd even to thy farthest cots , as if he had netfgr heard of
Brittannia ' s press-warrants , thofce cruel sarcasms upon the idle , national vaunting that " every Englishman ' s house is his castle , " though cmly & hovel , " Repelliug Winter's Mast with mud and straw . "
Yet statesmen and lawyers know better , and dispose of Englishmen , who are poor enough to be safely perse * cuted , just as may suit their courtly occasions , while poets , as
—— < € the nine have all agreed " , In fiction better than in truth succeed . The panegyric on the Worthies of &&gldi $ i > novr increased to 101 lines ^ M 78- —1578 L was originally in twentythree , &s follows :
" Hence may ' at Thou boast a Bacon and airfare , - ... ¦ _ . Nor cease to vie them with the noblest Names Of aricfatit 'rimes , or Patriot , or Sago . And for the strength and Elegance of
Truth , A B <* m > Kvand a TiHeteo * are thfcie : A Looker laapactive into human Minds , And aH W unnoticW JJ * Ortd that ptosse * here . t . t . ¦ 1 < Nor be Ihy&oyte forgot ; who , while He Seraphic , sought ^ ThV&TRBNAl thro * his Works .
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% jmrd fc Expenence led ^ mid , when * te > Still bid his Bounty Mgv&fa WN Q ^ r ^ , Worthy of Riches He !—But what ne ^ ds more— ,
Lfet eoiiipfeKeiisive Nmktori ' ^) eak tny FSiine , In all philosophy . For solemn Sdttg Is not wild S / iake&pear Nntvre's Boast , and thine !
And every greatly amiable Muse Of elder Ages in thy Milton met ! . His was the Treasure of r rwo Thousand Ye ^ rs , ; Seldom indulg ed to Man , a God-like
MiniJ , Unlimited , ahd various , as his Theme ; Astonishing as Chaos : as the Bloom Of blowing Eden fair ; soft as the ^ Talk Of our grti&d Parents and as Heaven sublime ^ .
In 1730 this panegyric was increased to sixty lines , in which < f a Barrow and a Tiltotwn" were irrevocably discarded , for what reason does not ap ^ pear , *
Alfred , with the Edwards tod Henry&s were hot yet introduced at tfe commencement of the panegyric , nor Spenser and Chaucer at the end . Tti . e influence of Bttvori , as * the < gr&tt
deliverer , " lines 1543—1549 A wa ^ not ( hen conceived by the poet , not tS& fine description of Hampdetfs " in f luential example , ' * Bright at h \ s , call , ** &c , lines 1518—1520 . Inimedtat ^ iy after the panegyfic on the Worthies of England tb $ r ^ 8 ^ t peared in 1727 the following Jfttal tribute to Scotland : . . ..
And should I northward tarn my filial Eye , Beyond the Tweedy pure Parent-Stream to where The hyperborean Ocean , furious , foams O ' Orca , or Betitbtum * * highest Peak ,
Rapt , I might sing thy Caledonian Sons , A gallant , warlffce , uhsubtnfttirig Kicc ? ! Nor less in Learning vers f d , sooh aa * Be took Before the Gothic Rage hts Western Flight ; ' * * Wise in the Council , at the Banquet ga ^ The Pride of Honour burning jn thei *
Breasts , „ And Glory not r to their own He | iilin 8 , con-Out into foreign Cotratri ^ iB Shooting ftlr , As over JSurope bursts the Bifrftff 3 f 6 rn . It is remarkable that ^ th ^ e Hues iu 5 ver appeared \^ x % v& tfeia msi < gdfr tion i a ^ tf thv ml )* QKha < l ikmn mm * reasonably fearful of celebrating the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1822, page 479, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2515/page/23/
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