BY THE REV. JOHN MITFORD, M. A. EDITOR OF THE ALDINE EDITION' OF THE BRITISH POETS, &c. &c. SECOND EDITION. ETON, E. P. WILLIAMS, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER; AND AT 5 BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. MDCCCXLVII. TO GRANVILLE JOHN PENN, Esq. OF STOKE PARK, BUCKS, AND OF WEST END HOUSE, (THE RESIDENCE FOR MANY YEARS OF THE POET GRAY) IN HUMBLE ADMIRATION OF THE REGARD HE HAS SHEWN FOR THE MEMORY OF ONE, WHOSE NAME IS SO PLEASINGLY CONNECTED WITH THE VILLAGE OF STOKE; AND IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE KIND ASSISTANCE RENDERED DURING THE PROGRESS OF THIS WORK, BOTH IN ITS ILLUSTRATIONS, AND IN THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE POET, |