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Mr. Munday of Marketon, whofe exertions, 

 as a public magiftrate, have through life 

 been moft benignly fedulous and wife; with 

 whom, 



' The fair-ey'd Virtues in retirement dwell 3* 



and whofe ' Need wood Fore ft' is one of the 

 moft beautiful local poems that has been 

 written. Its landfcapes vivid and appro- 

 priate ; its epifodes fweet and interefting ; 

 its machinery well fancied and original ; its 

 numbers fpirited, correct, and harmonious ; 

 while an infufion of fwxet and gentle mo- 

 rality pervades the whole, and renders 

 it dear to the heart as to the eye and ear. 

 Great is the lofs to poetic literature, that, of 

 this delightful compofition, only a few co- 

 pies were privately printed, for prefents to 

 the authors friends and acquaintance ; that 

 he cannot overcome his reluctance to ex- 

 pofe it to the danger of illiberal criticifm 

 from fome of the felf- elected cenfors in 

 every periodical publication. The public 

 J imagines, 



