Gave to the view a powerlefs, formless band,
Till the wife Artist, with a master's hand,
Drew forth each latent worth, each mental grace,
And pour'd expreffion o'er the vacant face;
Bade the dark eye with fense and softness roll,
And lips of rofes breathe the feeling foul;
The damask cheek with kind affections glow,
And the mind's whitenefs light the fkin of fnow.
3.
Here the fair form, by nobler views refin'd,
Shines the bright mirror of the faultless mind.
No fullen weed attracts the glance of fcorn,
No blooming charm conceals the envious thorn.
With pity's dew the eye of radiance flows,
With LEARNING's gem the breaft of beauty glows.
4. Happy the child whofe green unpractis'd years,
The guiding hand of parent fondness rears,
To rich inftruction's ample field removes,
Prunes every fault, and every worth improves ;
Till the young mind unfolds each fecret charm,
With genius bright, with cherish'd virtue warm;
Like the spring's boaft the lovely plant fhall rife
In grateful odors to the nurturing fkies.

5. But the neglected being of a day,
Who carelefs wastes the morn of life away,
Though deck'd in lavish nature's blooming dyes,
The fcorn of wisdom, and of fools the prize,
Glares in difgrace, in powerlefs beauty mourns,
While from her view the eye of JUDGMENT turns.
6. So the light Poppy fills the flow'ry fcene,
Vain of her streaked robe and painted mien;
In life's fhort fpring each tranfient grace displays,
And flaunts enamor'd of the coxcomb's gaze.
Yet fhould THE WISE approach her tawdry bower,
And lend his bofom to the phantom flower,
No latent fweets refreshing powers difpenfe,
But drowfy dulnefs veils the fick'ning fenfe;
Till in difguft he fpurns her lifeless charms,
And flings them rifled from his loathing arms.

2. Early in the morning, the man at the mast-head gave notice that three bears were making their way very faft over the ice, and directing their courfe towards the ship. They had probably been invited by the blubber of a fea-horse, which the men had fet on fire, and which was burning on the ice at the time of their approach.

3. They proved to be a fhe bear and her two cubs but the cubs were nearly as large as the dam. They ran eagerly to the fire, and drew out from the flames part of the flesh of the the fea-horfe, which remained unconfumed, and ate it voraciously.

4. The crew from the fhip threw great pieces of the flesh, which they had ftill left, upon the ice which the old bear carried away fingly, laid every piece before her cubs; and, dividing them, gave each a thare, referving but a fmall portion to herfelf. As the was carrying away the Taft piece, they levelled their muskets at the cubs, and fhot them both dead; and in her retreat, they wounded the dam, but not mortally.

5. It would have drawn tears of pity from any but unfeeling minds, to have marked the affectionate concern manifested by this poor beast, in the moments of her expiring young. Though the was forely wounded, and could but juft crawl to the place where they lay, fhe carried the lump of flefh fhe had fetched away, as the done the others before, tore it in pieces, and laid it down before them; and when the faw they refused to eat, fhe laid her paw ft upon one, and then upon the other, and endeavoured to raise them up.

6. All this while it was piteous to hear her moan. When-fhe found fhe could not ftir them, fhe went off; and when at some distance, looked back and moaned; and that not availing to entice them away, fhe returned, and to go to lick their wounds.

7. She went off a fecond time, as before; and hav ing crawled a few paces, looked again behind her, and for fome time flood moaning. But ftill her cubs not rifing to follow her, the returned to them again, and with figns of inexpreffible fondnefs, went round one and round the other, pawing them, and moaning.

8. Finding at laft that they were cold and lifclefs, they raised her head towards the fhip, and growled her refent

ment at the murderers; which they returned with a volley of musket balls. She fell between her cubs, and died licking their wounds.

9. What child can read this interefting ftory, and not feel in his heart the warmest emotions of gratitude, for the ftronger and more permanent tenderness he has experien ced from his parents; while, at the fame time, he feels his displeasure arifing towards those who treat with wanton barbarity any of the brute creation?

THE VICTIM. AN INDIAN STORY.

THE tragical death of an Indian of the Col

lapia nation, (fays a gentleman,) who facrificed himself for his country and fon, I have always admired, as displaying the greatest heroism, and placing human nature in the nobleft point of view.

2. A Chacaw Indian, having one day expreffed him. felf in the moft reproachful terms of the French, and called the Collipaffas their dogs and their flaves, one of this nation, exafperated at his injurious expreffions, laid him dead upon the spot.

3. The Chacaws, the most numerous, and the moft war like tribe on the continent, immediately flew to arms. They fent deputies to New-Orleans to demand from the French governor the head of the favage, who had fled to him for protection.

4. The governor offered prefents as an atonement, but they were rejected with difdain; and they threatened to exterminate the whole tribe of the Collapias. To pacify this fierce nation, and prevent the effufion of blood, it was at length found neceffary to deliver up the unhappy Indian.

5. The Sieur Ferrand, commander of the German posts, on the right of the Miffifippi, was charged with this melancholy commiffion. A rendezvous was, in confequence, appointed between the fettlement of the Collapias and the German posts, where the mournful ceremony was conducted in the following manner.