However, on discovering that Nicholas Rowe had already made a good translation of Lucan’s work, he never submitted his for publication. However, in 1721 he published two shorter works, the "Poem on the death of the late Earl Stanhope" and - anonymously as "a person of quality" -  "The Plague of Marseilles".
While discovering that Nicholas Rowe had already produced a good translation of Lucan's work, he never submitted his own for publication. However, in 1721, he published two shorter works: "Poem on the death of the late Earl Stanhope" and anonymously as "a person of quality", "The Plague of Marseilles".