Note 67 — Front matter
Reading edition
Richard Glover (1712-1785) was once famous for his epic Leonidas. There is an account of him, with specimens of his work, in Ward's English Poets. Nothing can better illustrate Carlyle's lack of a judicial habit of mind than his coupling Glover's name with Gray's. Read once more the Elegy written in a Country Churchyard, and form your own idea of the correctness of Carlyle's opinion.