walk in those paths of temperance which lead to health and longevity."

Monthly Magazine, January 1819

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Devotional, Elegiac, and Preceptive: containing the most sublime and beautiful Productions in the English Language.

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The delight arising from the recitation of poetry is justly ranked among the sweetest enjoyments of human life. This sentiment has been so general, in all ages, civilized and savage, that it would be superfluous to expatiate upon it, even with regard to the less elevated species of poetic composition. The application of it to the more elevated and sublime requires no comment; and our present attempt, therefore, requires no apology. The illustrious names which decorate this volume are, in general, above our humble praise: their worth has been acknowledged by the general voice, and their eulogia established by the concurring suffrage of nations. The monuments of their genius, formed by their own hands, will perish only with the ruins of nature.—We shall only add, we are not aware that any one has been admitted which will not be pleasing to persons of every religious denomination, and which is not calculated to increase the spirit of piety, or of pure and general benevolence.—Preface.

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"There is a charm in poetry, which they who have never felt can never imagine; it touches with so gentle a sweetness, it kindles with so keen a fire, it animates with so thrilling a rapture, that its delights exceed the power of utterance, and 

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