Sicut aquæ tremulum labris ubi lumen ahenis
Sole repercessum, aut radiantis imagine lunæ,
Omnia pervolitat latè loca, jamque sub auras
Erigitur, summique ferit laquearia tecti.

VIRG. Æn. VIIIb.
So water trembling in a polish'd vase,
Reflects the beam that plays upon its face,
The sportive light, uncertain where it falls,
Now strikes the roof, now flashes on the walls.

THE FIFTH EDITIO N.

DU B L I N:

PRINTED BY JOHN Jones, No. III, GRAFTON-STREET,

OPPOSITE THE COLLEGE.

1790

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

Page

I

THE

HE TASK, in Six Books.

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Book I. The Safa

II. The Time-Piece

33

III. The Garden

69

IV. The Winter Evening 105

V. The Winter Morning Walk 139

VI. The Winter Walk at Noon 177

An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq.

217

Tirocinium : Or, A Review of Schools

225

The History of John Gilpin

263

C