Translations, chiefly from the Greek Anthology, with Tales and Miscellaneous Poems
. Bland and Merivale (1779-1844) are addressed by Byron (
English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers
, lines 881-890) as "associate bards," and adjured to "resign Achaia's lyre, and strike your own." The two friends also collaborated in the
Collections from the Greek Anthology
(1813), and
A Collection of the most Beautiful Poems of the Minor Poets of Greece
(1813). Bland also published two volumes of original verse:
Edwy and Elgiva
(1808), and