Note 314 — JOURNAL OF ELIZABETH LADY HOLLAND (continued 5)
Reading edition
Published in 1781. Compare Lord Byron’s English Bards and Scotch Reviewers:—
Behold!—ye Tarts!—one moment spare the text, Hayley’s last work, and worst—until his next; Whether he spin poor couplets into plays, Or damn the dead with purgatorial praise, His style in youth or age is still the same, For ever feeble and for ever tame. Triumphant first see ‘Temper’s Triumphs’ shine! At least I’m sure they triumphed over mine.