- , ,,CLABIC:':WaTTS'S MIMICS OF THE 'ILEA : RT. * Tuts volume consists of
a ielection from Mr. Witts's published poems, 'with 'feiii' new pieces, and Seine contributions by Mrs. Watts. It may therefore be considered as containing, in the au- thor's own opinion, the best smnpleepf his poetical powers, and as furnishing the best means of Judging of n .. :ftw4,se name rests on his fugitive prodtietions, With the 444..1 ■ii et' a small volume . Caned "Poetical Sketches," Originally ritib1ishedin1824. Without being exactly an imitator, Mr. Watts is a conventional t; his merit and his success rest upon something extrinsic. he stanzas beginning "Tull many a gloomy, Month hath pasiee List brought his name into much notice with the:public ; butItlie run of the poem. was less owing to its iMminerit than to its having' been attributgdA Byron. The pieovonwnet.a,palpable imitation . Lyrics of theV‘iiit; with other Poems. ' By AtiriO4*atts. With forty-one Engravings on Steel. Pueiishoo by Longman and Co. •°"="I'''
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were rather out of his way ; 4,944 egotism, gloom, and mystery 'nail i oabyle was by no means an echo of the iniadathroideribulkeekeitkle ratinzas would
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lighter. anclsen-tiinentaltitalaitaie the strength;•Sad'itaboVeidplifeldraiii ulness Of e reiudedThe *titers (add tlie*Iiiik ,ff)e- d'i 03S-rifi. ers ma .iA114111.1,441FaillggedIgt1A10.gfriigi A1140 -t€110„. tnit that lofty sub'ect • the bring it downrtO iillitrAlifthleve4 of the drawingitiomi ,:•Iti Mr. Watts'sdpodia tai,,thOldoiit)iffstrom- thbre is.natiehot prettiness an T. fOikie ' e ti teiRth a
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vigour. ' 1:49.-1..qr#04..of 494 .PYREA is imi1igaewmv.40 the parting from Spain is obnexiotte to e same remark- the obvious sentiments erlfeitrNV Ottq E‘. Nroor °r of the:il°1 Pe 7A.r.,g44, !.iptopnili'p,-- ,. ip. poems on history oyeiito,rpr,a scapesnat.maarmilati .a star terest of individual fortune,fbnt are still, more vague in--character:I The subjetctstaiiwhich iiir.1Wette 6 -eels' 'the' doMegtigeelinge liniehtatgeiV,:,iipikes not, imlelee. log ea6;.tliiiigargfli. the ttritv inil tiffeefitniWythe ,troubleCtliatX,; , 'el' L, ''':e1,y,th" `rt. sen„:-. deiath and 'Mtensity of some; 410, eAegm -ftwenitiee of refined life and the solace of religion eeivein immothness to -his griefujor his passion : but in lyrics of the i0ihoiweVttathbr than of the ',heart,* 'we incline to place hiainciiik,titb ' T, ,lehool. The late Sir Robert ]eel,, inn 14C,i4., he, janfhor, a good many.yearii ago, expreasexia4gat.Pan.-.0x,."bath of the I irat-laire,-.-,. ainl " 313riyagi!Fireside:', - We :know nut whether the following stomas were ,then,-Written,. but vrel are- disposed to rate them hi heri..fl stilijAt-'.b.f'an• early passion; looked lirt*:iiiiien with fee regret:. is ZdsS hacknied. than destb,a0 firesides, and,, I '- perhaps so obvious, is quito,aeigeiteral. It is treated', nage and delicacy, and the versed% easier in its flow thantheetaitobfita.
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vourites of Sir Robert PeeL s ails .” we 'met wheniboite andlfe were new ' ''..' '''• - "`.•?,. When all we looked on smiled; -'7 i ',N ''al, ,fl')i-iiin And Panes Wand around us threw : I '=i'fil £0011 fTil ,„, Enchantments, sweet as wild: -"1/ '..) tK)-u,31,1 "13 Ours were the light and bounding hearts :11 Trio:: of eoesialovi The wbriii,had yeven wring.; • H' C1 tsin3q(15 The Mom, 4ldt,Wnek it once departs. Airna 979W eouren Can knotv.kiel ilieond spring. 7.,,11- -.. ,,: :. ! , P0-81 79d171959a " What thoih101 ‘40:wasneveral;'tif 1711 1' '-'°/"At el B;+,. thilit V won enot be controlled, ' reta‘,-,5611.. ,,-.7. Its growing strength was shown1;'- - .'I "I'-'0"/38"1 The'!tiltit..14 That thiiiled'ns aitdi'tfelight ; ii.9,'1,i1-1r-7.15,111A. Al The glance, by - -iiiit,i, edt 3.1siA mi:,. .,,;( ..)itt log-AUDI 5113
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more gratifiingcause wholly unsought and unexpected by me.:.'Aors's (fsq444140..-Str; leTtol'tqls-in a lettIlVAltjP0,401)11t6trgaltWn to receive from ysiarili826,) from were. coortesy 1. assure you that your fed by Tue. - T have had the sathition of reading many o o I-particularly call to mind: two—'The Death' ,qf the Firstlio and 'My own 'Fireside to have written Which 'Vonidibe an...heneurable:disitinctien.tciairy.ene.' Eighteen years afterwards, OLTS:84.1**91:4•44 -thr9s1190166 5lAiles0t011,0 digFoul a-Trea, sillorintrcke,#t.farqty sen„; #*.enly it few months Jarevious to his :la- ir,tteL death; '1 "ree-eired-thi odditoirial and unsolicited prod of the interest to: take' iitin.YACielfrire." sorpi By, 4* nor 111ili oiqg tl tV 414 Mile° if3 e AN lir
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