...have opened his fourth book De Principiit Cogitandi, commenced in 1742. They are both subjoined: * In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening...anguish melts no heart but mine, And in my breast th' imperfect joys expire. • > Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings...

...SONNET THE DEATH OF MR. RICHARD WEST. IN vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And redd'ning Phrebus lifts his golden fire : The birds' in vain their amorous descant join; Or chearful fields resume their green attire: These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, 5 A different...

...passages from almost all the poetical writings even of Milton himself." He then quotes Gray's sonnet — " In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening...expire ! Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new born pleasure brings to happier men : The fields to all their wonted tributes bear, To warm their...

...following SONNET on his decease — In va^n to ME the smiling mornings shine, And reddening- P/iaebus lifts his golden fire; The birds in vain their amorous...anguish melts no heart but mine, And in my breast th* imperfect joys expire! Yet morning smiles, the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings...

...THE DEATH OF THE HON R. WEST BY T. GRAY. II n vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And redd'hing Phoebus lifts his golden fire ; The birds in vain...different object do these eyes require ; My lonely anguish molts no heart but mine, And in my breast the imperfect joys expire. Yet morning smiles the busy race...

...He then quotes Gray's sonnet — " In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phrebus lifts his golden fire ; The birds in vain their amorous...different object do these eyes require ; My lonely anguish melfs no Iieart but mine, And in my breast the imperfect joys expire ! Yet morning smiles the busy...

...order to justify himself for adopting (as he thinks he has) " the very language of men," Wordsworth as" In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phoebus lifts hi* golden fire : The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green...

...return, but not to me return Day or the sweet approach of eve or morn. Hilton's Par. Ltut. In vajn to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden • • * * 1 fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear,* And weep the more because 1 weep invain. Gray's...

...GRAY) ON THE DEATH OF MR. RICHARD WEST. IN vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phebus lifts his golden fire ; The birds in vain their amorous...notes repine, A different object do these eyes require ; Mv lonely anguish melts no heart but mine, And in my breast th' imperfect joys expire. Yet morning...

...present life" SONNET ON THE DEATH OF MR. WEST. IN vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And redd'ning Phoebus lifts his golden fire : The birds in vain...their amorous descant join ; Or cheerful fields resume tbcir green attire : These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, A different object do these eyes require...