ON

THE SACRED
SACRED POETRY

OF

THE HEBREWS.

TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN OF THE LATE

RIGHT REV. ROBERT LOWTH, D.D. F. R. S.

PRÆLECTOR OF POETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, AND

LORD BISHOP OF LONDON;

BY G. GREGORY, F.A.S.

AUTHOR OF ESSAYS HISTORICAL AND MORAL.

TO WHICH ARE ADDed,

THE PRINCIPAL NOTES OF PROFESSOR MICHAELIS,

AND

NOTES BY THE TRANSLATOR AND OTHERS.

THE FOURTH EDITION.

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TEGG & Co. DUBLIN; GRIFFIN & CO. GLASGOW; AND
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MDCCCXXXIX.

ΤΟ

THE RIGHT REVEREND

RICHARD,

Lord Bishop of Landaff;

WHOSE GREAT ABILITIES HE HAS ALWAYS ADMIRED,

WHOSE CANDOUR AND LIBERALITY

HE HAS REPEATEDLY EXPERIENCED;

THIS ATTEMPT TO RENDER MORE EXTENSIVELY USEFUL

AN INVALUABLE WORK,

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY HIS GRATEFUL SERVANT,

THE TRANSLATOR.