Note 80 — A LETTER TO WILLIAM GIFFORD, ESQ.

See the Mæviad, l. 365, etc.:—

‘I too, whose voice no claims but truth’s e’er mov’d,

Who long have seen thy merits, long have lov’d;

Yet lov’d in silence, lest the rout should say,

Too partial friendship tun’d the applausive lay;

Now, now, that all conspire thy name to raise,

May join the shout of unsuspected praise.’