CONTENTS VOL: III The resemblance between this and the fol- lowing ballad by Percy, which was pub- lished before it, laid Goldsmith open to the charge of plagiarism; but Percy stated clearly that his was the later composition. Both are more or less founded on The Gentle Herdsman. ELEGY ON A MAD DOG THOMAS PERCY. WILLIAM COWPER. JOHN BARLEY CORN An adaptation of an old subject. |