(1845).

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[Footnote 3:]

Henry James Pye (1745-1813) was, from 1790 to his death, poet laureate, in which post he succeeded Thomas Warton, and was followed by Southey. Mathias, in the

Pursuits of Literature

(Dialogue ii. lines 69, 70), says:

"With Spartan Pye lull England to repose,
Or frighten children with Lenora's woes;"

and again (

ibid

., lines 79, 80):