An imitation of Addison’s prose writings may be found in Posthumous Parodies (London, 1814), it is entitled “A Prefatory Paper, by the Shade of Mr. Addison,” and describes the characteristics of the various authors whose works are parodied in the volume.
WILLIAM COLLINS.
Born, 1720. | Died, 1756.
ODE ON THE PASSIONS.
When Music, heavenly maid! was young.
While yet in early Greece she sung,
The Passions oft, to hear her shell,
Thronged around her magic cell;
Exulting, trembling, raging, fainting,