abandoned" muft that man be, who would wish to spot fo fair an impreffion of his works. The reclufe continued..."in this folitude I have habituated my mind to the felfifh philofophy that infufes ftubbornness, while the fortitude that gives patience has eluded my grafp. Confuming in this folitary grove feven years, I have been reafoning, but could not, as I hoped, forget ORIGINAL. for one moment to feel-I ftrove against nature; the unnatural combat has nearly exhaufted my frame, without relieving my heart, "Your appearance and manner have roufed my long dormant philanthrophy; my mind feems recovering a degree of elafticity; its contractions expand; its af fections renew; but it is too late, I wander. POETRY, The writer of the following lines (the fame we prefume awho.communicated the piece entitled "Dominus providebit" in our laft number) bas caufed us no little trouble in torrecting bis falfe quantities. Of fimilar faults in the other piece que forbore to complain; and as they were few, filently cor rected them; but in the prefent there were fo many negligences entirely unpardonable in any one who pretends to write latin verfe, that nothing, but a fincere defire to encourage whatever wears the appearance of claffical learning, could have perfuaded us to prepare it for infertion. When we folicit contributions from verfifiers in any language, we expect that they, and not we, fbould take care of their profody. AD VIRUM CLARISSIMUM HERSCHELIUM. CUM tua te genitrix vitaï ferret in au ras, Dictaretque tibi profpera fata parens, Adftiterant Mufæ, plorantemque una Sororum Excipit, et dulci colljnit ora favo : Quærenti Uraniæque foret quod amabile nomen Huic, Herschelius eft agnomen puero. Bile olim, dixit, cali Septemplicis orbes, Signa minora polo fixaque fidera Metiri, occafum atque ortum fignare do cebit, Aftrorum, et quidquid lucidus orbis habet. (To be continued.) Leaves a bright cheering influence be- And, if not jealous of her sparkling eye, Oh bid her come to contemplate the fcene. hind. At thy approach the waking worlds rejoice; Borne on the bofom of the heaithful gale Floats the wild mufick of the warbler's voice, While Echo bids thee welcome in the vale. The hum induftrious of the village train, The ploughboy's whittle, and the milk; maid's fong, That claim'd the nodding tribute of the nodding fwain, Or check'd the woodman as he jogg'd along. The fofter mufick of the pastoral lay, A while fubmitting to the horn's fhrill found, Roufing by turns the sprightly lambkin's play, The eager courfer, or the fleeting hound. These various charms thy feafon While, grateful to my eye, Art never can fupply. Thy mien presents the virgin's fmile Who thinks each heart devoid of And fpotlefs as her own. In every blooming grace attir'd; Thy fifter, dear Simplicity. Come, gentle exile of Patana's fhore, And draw the veil by fashion rent afide, Forbid each eye promifcuous to explore Those latent beauties Nature meant to hide. Illume the cheek that recently display'd At once the lily's and the morning's glow; E'en in thy absence health begins to fade, And fee the crinfon yielding to the fnow. And when thou com'ft, more grateful than the Spring, Crown'd with green garlands, after Winter's reign; With all thy bleffings this inftruction bring, And let the moral echo round the plain. Thofe charms fo fair were far more lovely ftill, If obvious only to the mental eye. Thofe beauties, form'd the ravifl'd heart to thrill, Expos'd to all will foon that power deny. Thofe fmiles, fo open to the vulgar fight, Were foon unheeded as the mid-day beam; That bofom gives more exquifite delight Conceal'd-and throbbing but in fancy's dream. Arabia's perfumes lavish'd on the breeze Soon grow familiar to the fated sense, And each attempt that beauty makes to please, Devoid of modefty, but gives offence. The lofty fruit, that toil to reach demands, Acquir'd, a richer bestows; recompence And the rude thorn, that guards from vulgar hands, But gives a higher value to the rose. LINES On the Elm Tree, which for many years bas been the ornament of Court-firect, and was cut down in the beginning of this month. YON mutilated trunk but late The fairest Elm tree rais'd, That e'er adorn'd the rural state, Or e'er by bard was prais'd. Twas there I ftood, when on my mind A voice exulting broke, Which pierc'd its branch's stubborn rind, And thus triumphant spoke. "Where art's ambitious reign presumes To curb mild nature's fway, Above the towers and fhining domes, My verdant honours play. "With foes beleaguer'd still my race Lo, like a caftle here I grace Holds footing in the land: The city's midmost stand: "The feather'd race fhall hither throng, Obedient to my call;. And pour in choirs the forest fong "The noify artist's grating found, The lawyer's pedant phrase, The merchant's cant fhall cease around, And lift to rural lays. "The prisoner from his grate shall view Whofe fong beguiles his care. And as feign'd oracles of yore Find dwellings there befide; Alas, how vain the high pretence! That fell'd it to the ground? And therefore I will hate the man, His taftelefs mind deteft, Sure, nature heard the stern command For by this Elm's fad overthrow When times fhall hard and evil grow, The Jews refused thunder; and we, folly. Though God do hedge us in, yet who Summe up at night what thou haft done is holy. by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy foul: mark the decay And growth of it: if with thy watch, that too Be down, then winde up both: fince we shall be Moft furely judg'd, make thy accounts agree. In brief, acquit thee bravely; play the man. Look not on pleasures as they come, but go. Deferre not the leaft vertue: lifes poare fpan Make not an ell, by trifling in thy wo. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains: If well, the pain doth fade, the joy rè. mains. BY FAIR DISCUSSION TRUTHS IMMORTAL FIND.HUMPHRETS. ARTICLE 23. Difcourfes on Davila. A feries of papers on political hiftory. Written in the year 1790, and then publifbed in the Gazette of the United States. By an American Citizen. Boston. Ruffel & Cutler. 1805. 8vo. pp. 248. THE eighteenth century was remarkable for its literature and a great bleffing was little known, the nations derived much happi nefs from their immemorial cuftoms and ufages, which were gaining the certainty of law; from the extenfion of knowledge, which teaches us the fupply of our wants; from the dignity, fplendour, charity, and munificence of their princes, ariftocracy, and clergy, who corrected what they could not reform; and from the great revolution, which was taking place in the breast of sovereigns, who began to perceive and to feel, that their power was commenfurate with the prosperity of the people. This progrefs towards national are indeed found, who reprefent |