[45]"Poems on Several Occasions," by Mr. John Gay, 1745, 2 vols. II. 141.
[46]Ibid. The Poem to "The Shepherd's Week." I. 6.
[47]Ibid. I. 66.
[48]Gay's Poems, "The Shepherd's Week"; first pastoral, "The Squabble," p. 80.
[49]"Epistle to Mrs. Blount, on Her Leaving the Town."
[50]A French pastoral writer (1717-1803), who wrote, in imitation of Thomson, "Les Saisons."—Tr.
[51]Poetical Works of T. Thomson, ed. R. Bell, 1855, 2 vols.; II. "Spring," 18.
[52]Ibid. 19.
[53]Ibid. 20.
[54]Ibid.