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ON

POETRY

AND

GENERAL LITERATURE,

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THE ROYAL INSTITUTION

IN 1830 AND 1831.

BY

JAMES MONTGOMERY,

AUTHOR OF
" THE WORLD BEFORE THE FLOOD,” “THE PELICAN ISLAND,”

&c. &c.

Poesy! thou sweet'st content
That e'er heaven to mortals lent,
Though thou be to them a scorn,
Who to nought but earth are born,
May my life no longer be
Than I am in love with thee!

GEORGE WITHER, in Prison.

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PRESIDENT,

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