[Illustration: DURAT OPUS VATUM] L O N D O N: Printed for J. DODSLEY in Pall-Mall. M DCC LXV. From dewy pastures, uplands sweet with thyme, A virgin breeze freshened the jaded day. It wafted Collins' lonely vesper chime, It breathed abroad the frugal note of Gray. WATSON ODES ON SEVERAL _Descriptive_ and _Allegoric_ SUBJECTS. * * * * * By WILLIAM COLLINS. * * * * * ----[Greek: Eiên Heurêsiepês, anageisthai Prosphoros en Moisan Diphrô; Tolma de kai amphilaphês Dynamis Espoito,---- Pindar. Olymp. Th.] [Illustration] _L O N D O N:_ Printed for A. MILLAR, in the _Strand_. M.DCC.XLVII. (Price One Shilling.) The first book in the world for the knowledge it displays of the human heart. JOHNSON CLARISSA. OR, THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG LADY: Comprehending _The most_ Important Concerns _of_ Private LIFE. And particularly shewing, The DISTRESSES that may attend the Misconduct Both of PARENTS and CHILDREN, In Relation to MARRIAGE. * * * * * _Published by the_ EDITOR _of_ PAMELA. * * * * * VOL. I. * * * * * [Illustration] * * * * * _L O N D O N:_ Printed for S. Richardson: And Sold by A. MILLAR, over-against _Catharine-street_ in the _Strand_: J. and JA. RIVINGTON, in _St. Paul's Church-yard_: JOHN OSBORN, in _Pater-noster Row_; And by J. LEAKE, at _Bath_. M.DCC.XLVIII. Upon my word I think the _oedipus Tyrannus_, the _Alchymist_, and _Tom Jones_ the three most perfect plots ever planned. COLERIDGE