FOOTNOTES:
[1] This and the following poems first appeared in the Etonian.
[2] This and the following poems were published in the Etonian.
I must confess that Dr. Swift
Has lent me here a little lift;
For when I steal some trifling hits
From older and from brighter wits,
I have some touch of conscience left,
And seldom like to hide the theft.
This is my plan!—I name no name,
But wish all others did the same.
[4] Two constant supporters of that instructive miscellany.
[5] First published in Knight’s Quarterly Magazine.
[6] Referring to a note by Bishop Monk on the Greek Play, “Facile persentibunt juvenes.”
[7] This poem was published in the Morning Chronicle of 19th July 1825, in reference to a meeting in promotion of the scheme for the London University that had been held at the London Tavern on the first of that month.
[8] Si mea cum vestris valuissent vota!—Ovid, Met.