If the description be (as undoubtedly it is) far inferior to the impression, the author re quests that his failure may not be attributed solely to defect of talent, but that something may also be assigned to want of leisure. With this explanation, which he deems it necessary to give, and in the confident hope, that, if the reader be not pleased, he will at least not be disgusted, the author submits this work to the candour of the Public, which he is not ashamed to court, and to the judgment of the Critic, which, if impartial, he does not deprecate.

THE ARGUMENT.

Exordium-Occasion of the Poem-Address to Cromer -Morn-Bathing described-Females bathing-An Infant bathing-General Group-Newfoundland DogRace Horse and other Horses-The Jetty-Allusion to Ramsgate Pier-Various Hues on the Surface of the Sea-Noon described-No Object seen except Sea Fowl-Allusion to Alexander Selkirk-ReflectionsFleet of Merchant Ships under Convoy-Signals from the Coast answered by the Ship of War-Utility of Merchant Ships in foreign Commerce-and in War -Reference to the Victory of the Nile-and of the first of June-Low Tide-Different Objects de" scribed-Ruins of Shipdon-Continued Encroachments of the Sea-Reflections on the Destruction of the great Cities of Antiquity-Various Amusements on the Sands-The Phaeton-The CurricleThe Tandem overturned-The Sociable-The taxed

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THE ARGUMENT.

Cart-Riding Horses-The Ass-Apostrophe to that Animal-Contrast between the Horse and the AssImprovement in the Condition of the latter-Julia, an Invalid—Children sporting—The Lover-Walk up the Cliff-Appearance of Cromer from its Eminence-The Mill - Cromer HallWood-Runton-The Battery-Sail at a Distance-Inland View-Cause of its affording the Author peculiar Delight-Walk through a Lane-Description of its Scenery-Cows-The Ass-The Lamb -Reflection-Rural Scenes and Objects fit Subjects for the Painter-Morland-Cuyp-Village CommonCricket Quoits--Utility of rural Sports-SunsetWalk continued-Approach to a Scene of melancholy Remembrance- Episode of Mary the Maniac-Prayer Conclusion of the first Book.

CROMER.

CROMER, to thee the grateful verse I pay

A tribute due ;-for to thy cliffs abrupt

And sandy shores, when pale disease had worn

My wasted frame, and sunk my spirits low,

Hopeless I fled-inhal'd the purest air

Wafted on ocean's bosom from the pole *,

* The town of Cromer is situated on the north-east part of the county of Norfolk, upon the edge of the British ocean, from which it is defended by cliffs of considerable height. The northern gales blow on the coast uninterrupted by a single tract of land.