Pub.O.20.1800, by IHarris, Corner Paul's Church Yard.

THE

ACADEMY;

OR

A PICTURE

OF

YOUTH.

Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot,
To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind,
To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix
The generous purpose in the glowing breast.

THOMSON.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S
CHURCH-YARD, AND DARTON & HARVEY,
GRACE CHURCH STREET, LONDON ;

AND

W. BERRY, NICHOLSON STREET,

EDINBURGH.