"Thy simple diction, free from glaring art, / With sweet allurement steals upon the heart, / Pure, as the rill, that Nature's hand refines; / Clear, as thy harmony of soul, it shines."
An Essay on History
At least 6 entries in LION, ECCO, and ESTC (1780, 1781, 1782, 1785, 1787, 1788).<br>
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See <u>An Essay on History; in Three Epistles to Edward Gibbon, Esq. With Notes. by William Hayley, Esq.</u> (London: Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mali, 1780). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004793610.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from new edition of <u>Poems and Plays, by William Hayley, Esq.</u> (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1788). See also William Hayley, <u>Poems and Plays, by William Hayley, Esq.</u>, vol. 2 of 6 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1785). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW111425349&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Found also in <u>The Poetical Library; Being a Collection of the Best Modern English Poems</u> (Leipzig: Printed for A.F. Boehme, 1787). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3324787241&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;