A word for Gifford,[255] ere I close my book;
For only recently I had a look—
As chance would have it[256]—at his wondrous pile,
And then for joy each couplet drew a smile;
But what beside?—regret I had not seen
Before th’ effusions of his fraughtful pen.
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A word for Gifford, (“last, but not the least,”)—
Whose rare productions[257] were the surest test