is not the dwelling of a common mind.
There is not a gem, a coin, a book thrown aside on his chimney-piece,
his sofa, his table, that does not bespeak an almost fastidious elegance
in the possessor."--_Diary_, 1813; _Letters_, 1898, ii. 331.]

[38] [Compare Collins' _Ode on the Death of Mr. Thomson_--"In yonder
grave a Druid lies."]

[39] {51} ["Mr. Elliston then came forward and delivered the following
_Prize_ address. We cannot boast of the eloquence of the delivery. It
was neither gracefully nor correctly recited. The merits of the
production itself we submit to the criticism of our readers. We cannot
suppose that it was selected as the most poetical composition of all the
scores that were submitted to the committee. But perhaps by its tenor,
by its allusions to Garrick, to Siddons, and to Sheridan, it was thought
most applicable to the occasion, notwithstanding its being in part
unmusical, and in general tame."--_Morning Chronicle_, October 12,
1812.]

[40] ["By the by, the best view of the said fire [February 24, 1809]
(which I myself saw from a house-top in Covent-garden) was at
Westminster Bridge, from the reflection on the Thames."--Letter to Lord
Holland, September 25, 1812, _Letters_, 1898, ii. 148.]

[bn]
_As flashing far the new Volcano shone_
/ _meteors_ \
_And swept the skies with_ { } _not their own_.
\ _lightnings_ /

/ _sadly_ \
or, _As flashed the volumed blaze, and_ { } _shone_
\ _ghastly_ /
_The skies with lightnings awful as their own._--
[_Letter to Lord Holland, Sept_. 25, 1812.]
or, _As glared each rising flash, and ghastly shone_
_The skies with lightnings awful as their own_.--
[_Letter to Lord Holland, Sept_. 27, 1812.]

[bo] {52}
/ lava of the \
_Till slowly ebbed the_ { } _wave_.
\ _spent volcanic_ /
/ the burning \
or, _Till ebb'd the lava of_ { } _wave_,
\ _that molten_ /
_And blackening ashes mark'd the Muse's grave_.--
[_Letter to Lord Holland, Sept_. 28, 1812]

[bp] _That scorns the scythe of Time, the torch of Flame_.--[Letter to