[5] Some apology is due for the insertion of a circumstance by no means common: That it has been a subject for complaint in any place, is a sufficient reason for its being reckoned among the evils which may happen to the Poor, and which must happen to them exclusively; nevertheless, it is just to remark, that such neglect is very rare in any part of the kingdom, and in many parts is totally unknown. [6] Lord ROBERT MANNERS, the youngest son of the Marquis of Granby and the Lady Frances Seymour, daughter of Charles Duke of Somerset, was born the 5th of February, 1758; and was placed with his brother, the late Duke of Rutland, at Eton-School, where he acquired, and ever after retained, a considerable knowledge of the classical authors. Lord ROBERT, after going through the duties of his profession on-board different ships, was made Captain of the RESOLUTION, and commanded her in nine different actions, besides that last memorable one on the 2d of April, 1782, when, in breaking the French Line of Battle, he received the wounds which terminated his life, in the 24th year of his age. _See the Annual Register, printed for Mr. Dodsley._ [7] Allusions of this kind are to be found in the Fairy-Queen. See the end of the first book, and other places. [8] Clarissa, vol. vii. Lovelace’s Letter. [9] Spencer. [10] See page 52. [11] In the more antient Libraries, Works of value and importance were fastened to their places by a length of chain; and might so be perused, but not taken away. [12] The Manna of the Day. Green’s Spleen. [13] ---- in foliis descripsit carmina Virgo;-- ---- et teneres turbavit janua frondes. VIRG. Æneid. lib. iii. [14] How many hours bring about the day. How many days will furnish up the year, How many years a mortal Man may live; &c. SHAKSPEARE’s Henry VI. [15] “Myrica Gale,” a shrub growing in boggy and fenny grounds. [16] Prophecy of Daniel, chap. iv. 22. [17] Vide Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress [18] It has been suggested to me, that this change from restlessness to repose, in the mind of Sir EUSTACE, is wrought by a methodistic call; and it is admitted to be such: a sober and rational conversion, could not have happened while the disorder of the brain continued: Yet the verses which follow, in a different measure, are not intended to make any religious Persuasion appear ridiculous; they are to be supposed as the effect of memory in the disordered mind of the speaker, and though evidently enthusiastic, in respect to language, are not meant to convey any impropriety of sentiment. [19] The state of mind here described, will account for a vision of this nature, without having recourse to any supernatural appearance. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Poems, by George Crabbe