Note II — PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1814 (continued 4)
Reading edition
Compare Gay, The Shepherds Week, the Sixth Pastoral, line 91—
Then sad he sung "The children in the wood." ED. Ah! barb'rous Uncle, stain'd with infant blood!
Reading edition
Compare Gay, The Shepherds Week, the Sixth Pastoral, line 91—
Then sad he sung "The children in the wood." ED. Ah! barb'rous Uncle, stain'd with infant blood!