iographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen_
(Glasgow, 1855), Vol. IV. For a list of Ogilvie's works consult
Stephen and Lee, _Dictionary of National Biography_ (Oxford,
1921-22), Vol. XIV. For an estimation of Ogilvie's relation to the
theology of his own day consult James McCosh, _The Scottish
Philosophy_ (London, 1875).]

[Footnote 2: _Life of Samuel Johnson_, ed. George Birkbeck Hill
(Oxford, 1887), I., 421, 425.]

[Footnote 3: Norman Maclean, "From Action to Image: Theories of
the Lyric in the Eighteenth Century," in _Critics and Criticism
Ancient and Modern_, ed. R. S. Crane (Chicago, 1952), pp.
408-463.]

[Footnote 4: Ibid., p. 439.]

[Footnote 5: John Crowe Ransom, _The New Criticism_ (New York,
1941), p. 15.]

[Footnote 6: _An Inquiry into the Fine Arts_ (London, 1784),
p. 6.]

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

This facsimile of _An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients_ (1762)
is reproduced from a copy in the Duke University Library.

POEMS
on
SEVERAL SUBJECTS.

To Which Is Prefix'd,
AN ESSAY
on the
LYRIC POETRY of the ANCIENTS;

In TWO LETTERS inscribed to
The Right Honourable JAMES Lord DESKFOORD.

By _JOHN OGILVIE_, A.M.

[Illustration]

_LONDON:_
Printed for G. KEITH, at the _Bible-and-Crown_
in _Gracechurch-Street_.

M. DCC. LXII.

CONTENTS.

[Transcriber's Note:
Although the facsimile includes this full Table of Contents,
only the introductory section-- the Essay on Lyric Poetry--
was reprinted.]

An ESSAY on the LYRIC POETRY of the ANCIENTS.

LETTER I. Page iii
LETTER II. xxxix

ODES, &c.

_To MELANCHOLY_ 1
_To the GENIUS OF SHAKESPEAR_ 8
_To TIME_ 16
_To SLEEP_ 23
_To EVENING_ 29
_To INNOCENCE_ 36

_The DAY OF JUDGMENT. A Poem._

BOOK I. 49
BOOK II. 79

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

The 148th PSALM paraphrased