The poetical works of James Thomson ...

MENIOIR OF THOMSON. CxxXix
others, sing his praises in appropriate strains, but
immediately after his decease, "Musidorus, a
Poem sacred to his Memory," appeared; and
since that time Burns, Pye, the Honourable Mrs.
Boscawen, and others, have imitated their example. That lady became possessed of his house
near Richmond, and showed her respect for the
Poet, by preserving every memorial of him which
could be found.
In a retired part of the gardens she replaced
Thomson's favourite little rural seat, and hung
votive tablets or inscriptions round it, in honour
of her admired Poet, whose bust on a pediment
of the seat on entering it, had the following sentence:" Here Thomson sung
The Seasons, and their change."
Within the alcove Mlrs. Boscawen placed the
little antique table, on which it is said the Poet
penned many of his lines. The inside was further
adorned with well adapted citations from other
writers, who have eulogized his talents; and in
the centre, was the following inscription: -
" Within this pleasing retirement,
allured by the music of the nightingale,
which warbled in soft unison
to the melody of his soul,
in unaffected cheerfulness,
and genial, though simple elegance,
lived
JAMIES THOaISON!