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Title: He next makes a speech for his mother diswading him from the practice of poetry, there discribes her parental care of him
Author: Hayley, William
Attribution: Mr Hayley (f.93v)
Date(s): 1788 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 100
Contents: Describes how Poetry (personified) offers a cetrain parental protection to those she favours; also contains a praise of Poetry. Extract from Hayley's "Essay on Epic Poetry", Epistle 4. Cf BCMSV 6188, 6189, 6191
Title: The author's reflections on the fate of poor Chatterton
Author: Hayley, William
Attribution: Mr Hayley (f.93v)
Date(s): 178-?
Manuscript: Lt 100
Contents: Lament for the poet Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) describing how, due to the malignancy of critics, he commits suicide by swallowing poison. Extract from Hayley's "Essay on Epic Poetry", Epistle 4. Cf BCMSV 6187, 6189, 6191