"Through thy battlements, Newstead, the hollow winds whistle."

(For the bibliography of his early poems, see

Poems

, vol. i., Bibliographical Note; and

vol. vi

., Appendix.) The first collection (

Fugitive Pieces

, printed by S. and J. Ridge, Newark, 4to, 1806) was destroyed, with the exception of two copies, by the advice of the Rev. J. T. Becher (see page 182,

[note]

1). The second collection (