We now take our leave of Mr. Spencer, without being blind to his errors or insensible to his merits. As a poet, he may be placed rather below Mr. Moore and somewhat above Lord Strangford; and if his volume meet with half their number of purchasers, he will have no reason to complain either of our judgment or of his own success.
[Detailed Contents of Appendices]
[Contents]
2. Neglected Genius, by W. H. Ireland.
(Vol. 70, 1813, pp. 203-205.)
Art. XV.
Neglected Genius:
a Poem. Illustrating the untimely and unfortunate Fall of many British Poets; from the Period of Henry VIII. to the Æra of the unfortunate Chatterton. Containing Imitations of their different Styles, etc., etc. By W.H. Ireland, Author of the
Fisher-Soy, Sailor-Boy, Cottage-Girl,