Printed for J. TURNER, near the Tower; and fold by all MDCCLXI. [Price Two Shillings fewed.] 280. 2. 445. THE PREFACE. T may perhaps be expected I should give IT fome Account of the unfortunate Author of the following beautiful Poems; but as this is already done in a masterly Manner, by the excellent Author of the Rambler, I fhall refer my Readers to that elegant Writer for the Series of Misfortunes, and remarkable Circumftances which distinguished the Life of Mr. Savage, and only speak of the feveral Pieces now before us. The Wanderer was published by Mr. Savage in 1729, at a Period of his Life when he was furrounded by Affluence and Plea fure. It was always confidered by him felf as his Master-piece; and Mr. Pope when he asked his Opinion of it, told him, that he read it once over, and, was not displeased with it; that it gave him more Pleasure at the second Perufal, and delighted him still more at the third. It has indeed been generally objected to the Wanderer, that the Difpofition of the Parts is irregular, that the Defign is obfcure, and the Plan is perplexed; that the Images, however beautiful, fucceed each other without Order; and that the whole Performance is not fo much a regular Fabric, as a Heap of fhining Materials thrown together by Accident, which ftrikes rather with the folemn Magnificence of a ftupendous Ruin, than the elegant Grandeur of a finished Pile. See his Life, Page 65. This |