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THE BEE, 



OR 



LITERART WEEKLT INTELLIGENCER, 



VOK 



WEDNESDAY, January i8. 1794. 



Additional remarks on the Poetry of Buchanan, 



(Continued from p. 56. vol. vi. and concluded.) 



These remarks have been thus long deferred owing to the author's bein^ 

 indisposed. Such readers as have not seen the preceding volumes, in 

 which was the introductory part, are informed, that the four for- 

 mer divisions of Buchanan's poetical works have been briefly charac- 

 terised. The author proceeds to the fifth entitled Edit. 



5. Hendecasyllabom Liber. 



i HE love verses in this section have all the tender- 

 nefs, elegance, and vivacity of Catullus. Some Eng- 

 lifli imitators of Spenser and Milton, have copied no- 

 thing but their faults. On the contrary, Buchanan 

 improves upon his master. We are no where dis- 

 gusted by the licentious vulgarity of the Roman poet. 

 The following elegant addrefs may serve as a speci- 

 men of his style. 



Quantum dclicias tuas amabam, 

 Odi dctcriu9 duplo, ampliufquc 

 VOL. vii. L '^ 



