THE AUTHOR: A POEM, IN FOUR BOOKS. "I am altogether uncertain, whether to look upon myself as a man building ORDER OF CONTENTS. The Exordium. Contemplation invoked. The theme introduced-an Author composing. His study and anxieties. The opinion of others respecting him-in company-as a friend. Re- trospect on the origin of writing-Sinai. Aspira- tions common to authors. The pleasant thought developed. Authors in their variety, compared to the Solar System. Compilers and Reasoners. Historians. The pious Bard. The Critics. Spleen. The true Critic. Reflections on possible improve- ment-progression a law of nature. The contracted thought the Muses and Alexander contrasted. |