"Not greater wonder seiz'd th' abode / Of gloomy Dis, infernal god, / With pity when th' Orphean lyre / Did every iron heart inspire, / Sooth'd tortur'd ghosts with heavenly strains, / And respited eternal pains."
A Descriptive Poem: Addressed to Two Ladies, at Their Return from Viewing the Mines Near Whitehaven.
At least 5 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1755, 1768, 1770, 1775, 1789). Collected in Bell's <u>Fugitive Poetry</u>. Extracted in Thomas West's <u>A Guide to the Lakes</u> (1784).<br>
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See <u>A Descriptive Poem, Addressed to Two Ladies, at Their Return from Viewing the Mines Near Whitehaven. To Which Are Added, Some Thoughts on Building and Planting, to Sir James Lowther, of Lowther-Hall, Bart. By John Dalton, D.D.</u> (London: Printed for J. and J. Rivington in St. Paulâ€™s Church-Yard, and R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1755). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T31720">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from George Pearch's A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes. by Several Hands (London: Printed for G. Pearch, 1770). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004876766.0001.001">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;