[73] In “Summer,” Thomson had first used feathery race which was later amended into tuneful race—apparently the best improvement he could think of!
[74] For a detailed study of Thomson’s diction, see especially Leon Morel, “James Thomson. Sa Vie et Ses Œuvres” (Paris, 1895), Chap. IV, pp. 412 foll.
[75] To Mason, January 13, 1758 (“Letters of Gray,” ed. Tovey, Vol. II, pp. 13-14).
[76] Vide “The Poems of Chatterton, with an Essay on the Rowley Poems,” by W. W. Skeat (1871).
[77] Canto III, 652 foll.
[78] “A Paladin of Philanthropy” (1899), p. 59 (quoted by Courthope, “History English Poetry,” V, 216).
[79] But cf. Courthope, “History English Poetry” (1910), Vol. V, p. 218.
[80] Arthur Symons, “William Blake” (1907), p. 39.
[81] To Mrs. Butts: “Poetical Works,” ed. Sampson (Oxford, 1914), p. 187.
[82] “Biographia Literaria,” ed. Shawcross, p. 16. (Oxford, 1907.)