Note 30
From Poetry In A Polite Society:Refinement in "A Preface To 18th Century Poetry"

W. Cowper, Life and Works, ed. R. Southey, 1836-7, iv. 170 (Johnson, Lives, ii. 203). The poem was also a favourite with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Even in old age she could repeat it by heart.

Note 30 From Poetry In A Polite Society:Refinement in "A Preface To 18th Century Poetry"

Note 30
From Poetry In A Polite Society:Refinement in "A Preface To 18th Century Poetry"