"The Seasons, and still more the Castle of Indolence, entitle Thomson to be ranked among the good English Poets: nor should it be forgotten that the song of Rule Britannia is his, a song which will be the political hymn of this country as long as she maintains her political power."
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Robert Southey, Specimens of the Later English Poets, With Preliminary Notices, Vol. II (1807), p. 107
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James Thomson (poet, born 1700)
James Thomson (September 11, 1700 – August 27, 1748) was a Scottish poet and playwright.
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