...writing 'fcrronr of loyalty.' On pp. 117-118, again we have an admirable note on the beautiful lines — Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound, All at her work the village maideu sings, 4c. ; in which they are traced to a volume of anonymous poems, written by the Rev. Rich....

...warrant you," said Dr. Johnson, " one of the songs of Ossian." He then repeated these lines : — " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound. All at...wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitude of things." I thought I had heard these lines before. JOHNSON. " I fancy not, Sir ; for they are in a detached...

...warrant you," said Dr. Johnson, " one of the songs of Ossian." He then repeated these lines : — • " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound. All at...wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitude of things." I thought I had heard these lines before. JOHNSON. " I fancy not, Sir ; for they are in a detached...

...v. FIELDING — Amelia. POETBY. POETRY. 339 Ven-e sweetens toil, however rude the sound; All at ber work the village maiden sings, ;Nor while she turns the giddy wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things. a. GiffonD— Contemplation. "What is a Sonnet? Tis the pearly shell That murmurs...

...warrant you," said Dr. Johnson, " one of the songs of Ossian." He then repeated these lines : — " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound. All at her work the village maiden singe ; Nor, while she turns the giddy wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitude of things." I thought...

...Giflord, a clergyman; but the poem in which they are introduced, has hitherto been undiscovered : — " In the'autumn of 1782, when he was at Brighthcjmstone, he frequently accompanied Mr. Philip Metcalfe...

...and singing by herself.' Johnson,) one of the songs of Ossian.' He then repeated these lines : — ' Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound. All at...around, Revolves the sad vicissitude of things'.' ' Verse softens toil, however rude the sound ; She feels no biting pang the while she sings; Nor, as...

...son from him, an account as it were of the expenses that he had bestowed upon his education, says • Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound ; All...she turns the giddy wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things. Repeated, from a forgotten volume of poems, by Johnson to Boswell. '' Croonin'...

...hill, The shepherd tunes his quill " ! The quill is tuned on the grassy height, while within doors " All at her work the village maiden sings, Nor while...she turns the giddy wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things." If Ovid's miner is singing his untaught music amid the clanking of his chains,...

...warrant yon," said Dr. Johnson, " one of the songs of Ossian." He then repeated these lines : — " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound. All at...wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitude of things." I thought I had heard these lines before. JOHNSON. " I fancy not, Sir ; for they are in a detached...