,mj. ■.;.;«*§-stretit. 1817. W ■'% C3 It- * I ■I 4 F<6i^ € 4 * sr*~ 10 B PREFACE. Thb Author's best and onl/ apology for re. printing the following Essay, is,— that the former editions, in London and Dublin, having been rapidly disposed of; and hit friends in either city, and in America, fre- quently soliciting copies, he has carefully revised and considerably enlarged the present edition,'inserting many original pieces. Being a stranger even in liis native country, he deems it both his duty and privilege to sub. roit this little , effort to the patronage of his ooantrymen ; especially as it is the first fruit ofa distant cokmy oifered to the parent isles. The work is bptb descriptive and lyrical— the latter being expressly composed for and adapted to many pleasing airs, by the first masters. The reflections and oecailbnal remarks are Viatural, moral, and political, the result of the passing moment. The author possessing a natural turn for harmony and verse, and having successfully inculcated the principles of vocal inusic ; has '--1* '' * 4 PREFACE. introduced several moral subjects under the title of Song Tunes :— if this be objected to, it may be answered— That many great men have adopted this measure with good effect: audit h well known, that a great variety of modern sacred music has beeu selected from songs, marches and even theatrical compositions. Certainly it is more harmless to apply gopd nod useful sentiment to pleasing melodies, than by trivial tunes, to turn serious subjects into burlesque and ridicule. Sounds, like letters, may be wisely or otherwise option- ally, used. But nothing is more rational than contemplating the work* and praise of our great Creator ; yet few, comparatively, turn to sacred themei either for devotion or evcn_re- creation. Some persons will urge—" there is tlme.fof all things,"— fgranted, then why not divide fairly, and devote a portion of it to beavealy music, especially while you possess the forcible incentives of both art and nature ? Many a good— but never one bad effect has been known to arise from such a practice. It it not mere hum<*r, feat a sense of duty that induced these efforts, and the writer is amply satisfied with having pleased a majority of hia friends and benefactors, and aspires at nottting higher than the epithet of " humbij/ gra^^fui;^ Should this production be eewidered ts desti- under the ected to, it It men have [Feet : and it ^ of modern 'rom songs, isitions. apply gopd g melodies, ious subjects iouuds, like wise option- rational than aise of our iTtily, turn to I or &vca.re- 'e is time.foff I not divide to beavealy 9s the forcible »ad effect has practice. It of duty that riter is amply lajovity of his res at nothing % graiefulj'' leredM desti- ^ \ PREFACE. 8 tote of the spirit and embellishments of poe- try, it is at least moral and seutimenUl, no- thing being advanced contrary to the feelings of the heart— the task of experience, and the eye of impartial observation. With all possible submission, therefore, it is offered to his friends, and to a discerning and generous public, as being not altogether the most unim- portant subject that may have claimed their suffrage ; having truth and virtu«) for its ba- SM, and for the superstructure— Unity, Love, and the best of Constitutions. THE AUTHOR. Dublin, 24tb Dec. 1816. A 2 L i1 f» ! " ' ■* ' ;- INTRODUCTION. T #\#k/S«N#>AM \i Forgive the strain, ye great and wUe, Which untaught genius here supplies. Pardon the rudely rarying verse, The Muse hath prompted to rehearse. I never made the lute complain, For bread , nor ever may again. An Irish mother's only heir, Soon lost to her maternal care, Heaven took her blooming to the grave. While •Samuel ploughed the Indian wave i Long had he fought, and labour'd hard For patriotic— dear reward — Came home to die, and leave his child. Uncultivated, lone and wild ; One early tomb entlos'd the pair, And left me friendless in despair. My uncle sunk, with hundreds more. In th' Royal George near Portsmouth shore. Then was I left an orphan lad Who learning's favor never had, Rough and unpolifched to remain, Long'd for a friend, but sigh'd in vain : Reading became my chief concern, I wished to live but for to learn, *My father who was p» the siege of Gibraltar. di: •mmm * )N. t and wi»e, applies. 1 rse, cbearse. n, » the grave, Indian wave » lur'd hard " ' his child, pair. air. 8 more, tsmouth shore. 1 ad, lain, d in vain : >ncern, rn, . 9f Gibraltar. 1 " 1 INTRODUCTION. , Yet after all my cfibrts tried, " Was most invariably denied ; Still Mercy, smiling from above, Hath giv*n me common sense and love. While young I crossM th* Atlantic tide, Where heav'n provided ine a bride } One of a thousand lovers she, And virtue was allied to me : From Scotland came the nuptial prize. We lov'd beneath Columbian skies. While business. raised our hope of gain Eight sons and daughters fiU'd our train. No want of prudence was our lot. But loss in business, and what not. Combined to spoil our mutual care. And dread misfortune was our share. From Nova Scotia^— all tbatUdear, I saiPd, and happily am here. Fruitless, as yet my search around. The good 1' sQught cannot be fouud. Ah who can ^ear the pungent siQart, That still must rend each absent heart : My blooming offxpring, virtuous wife, Thedear domestic joys of life ? Those absent whom so long I held— - How are my sweet enjoyments kill'd ! The little stock with which I sail'.d Though lasting long, at length has fail'd. Now,>may I dare, as British born, ' To state the truth, a truth, forlorn ! fT nv^ INTRODUCTION. :i:i My lois ia great, retourcei few, I write, my public friends to you, To Erin's race, I make appeal. They mostly have a heart to feel, And are what all the globe can prove, Lions in fight, and lambs in love. Then some kind hearts will cheer the man, Who forms a poor, but honest plan, While he is Fortune-tossed and twirl'd. To shew his Journal to the world. Methinks the sympathetic mind, To real goodness much inclined. At native friendship's soft command, Will take a stranger by the hand. And overlook each faulty line. Nor quite reject the weak design. • Though hard necessity's my school I write from sentimental rule : Weak heads may from pure laws depart, While firm and upright stands the heart. Am I exposed to scorn and hate ? Heav'n may defend my mournful state ; Prepare me for the ills that come, 'Till I shall reach my distant home. Do I succeed among the ^od } My bosom glows with gratitude, The best returns I can prepare My violoncello shall declare, Iti untaught strains whilst I shall sing, Heav'n bless the people and the king. i ■(MM rove, the maoi »n, rirl'd, I, nd. ol leparf, heart. state } } THE NOVA SCOTIA MIKSTREL Moa nwhile, at eventide, the lyre Sliall more exalted strains inspire ; When rapt in extacy supreme, Fraternal love shall be the theme : Or love more constant than our own, Shall waft us to the eternal throne, While virgin innocence and truth. May join with manly, tuneful youth; The flute, the viol too, be there. And bwcct Piano's have a share. In many a moral ditty sung, By Heav'n*B best instrument, the tongue. The minstrel's heart shall then rejoice, His Harp be strung, and tun'd his voice, No matter what the world may say, Thfl books are sold to pay his way, He only claims a natural right To play and sing what he may write. If customers are pleased thereby, With their kind sanction, lo am I. The AcTHOii. s. ing. i '^dtei ■i» ■IfitMUi r f> ■ iV i,;t. •5. :t?' ii:^ 1 I L THE JOURNAL. ^M«M^^#t/«««A Faom shores, where howls the savage bear. And tawny tribes of Indians are ; Where quiet, endless forests grow. That never felt the woodman's blow ; A continent, rul'd by extremes Of frigid cold, and flaming beams ; ^ar distant from F.nropa. fAm'd, And which, like her, may yet be tam'd, I come, and briefly be it known- Such lands have blessings of their own. Yes, though a ruthless, rugged coast, . The best of blessings it can boast. Look not on its surrounding sphere, Nor credit ail accounts you hear. Environ'd with forbidding views. You may, at first, her shores refuse ; Internal beauties soon relieve What crude exteriors oft deceive. So bodies rough of shapeless mould. The choicest spirits may enfold ; For this— behold the wrinkled skin. That holds an,angel mind within. The Muse resumes her wood-note lay. On firitish North America, Where oft she sung, in ruddy youth, Accompanied with simple truth, 1 ill ma M 19 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. -!'''■ l!i '■ By silent lake, or murm'ring Btreana, And still parsued her artless theOie : Now what she knows shall sing again. Blind error distant from her strain. Sweet Nova Scotia and her shore. Were trac'd and ^avell'd o*er and o*er ; Cape Breton's intersected isle, Well known by miising there awhile ; Prince Edward Island well she knew, Long winter one, sweet summers two ; New Brunswick and old Fundy Bay, Have heard her 5nfiu«t rbimiirg loy. The spacious Canadas, with all Detroit, and fruitful Montreal, Rich Newfoundland, cold Labradore, She knows by reading— and no more. But what a field is Albion worth, Of teeming seas, and fruitful earth ! Well may she with incessant care. Protect her dear-bought treasures there, And be resolved to hold her own, In spite of an usurper's throne : For this our matchless navy rides. And well-discipHn'd arms provides. To guard the inexhausted good. Her fruitful Belds and living flood. Hail ! peaceful shore, this dreadful war,* Thou hast not heard the thund'rer's car, * This was written previous to the late Ameiicaa war. [NSTREL. eaiBy '.tae: igain, ain. ore, nd o*er ; vhile ; (new, rs two ; Bay, lay. iH idore, I more. )rth, irth! re, res there, m, es, idea, if ood. readfui war,* 'rer's car, the late American ntB NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. Id The battle-tramp, death-warning drums. Where slaught' ring desolation comes ,$^^0 One cannon in the fatal fight. Has tiever flash'd upon thy sight! Long blest — yes, ever blest remain. As free from want, be free from pain. But thou, my native, parent Isle, On sweet Columbia ever smile ; ^ Let not the fury-foaming Fates Urge thee to war with her fair States ; ' Paternal goodneps ever bear. To those thy free-born offspring there ; Flesh of thy flesh, and bone of bone. Be thou and^lear Columbia one : Then be our foe*s defiance hnrPd, Thou art a match for all the world ! . And thou, America, be mild, ' Know thy own duty as a child ; Yes— know thy privilege — and be ' What thou admirest, wise an^ free. Thy freedom well confirmed — at length. Let wisdom lead thee unto strength ; I^t strength and fortitude prepare To meet with skill the force of war ! If these thou hast at thy command, ' Let prudence guide thy warring band. Even then, lei'error not provoke To lift against a Friend thy-atroke ; Against thy best, thy truest friend. On whom alone thou canst depend. 1 14 THE NOVA SCOTIA MmSTREL. w ^ • I i^ Let not French principles pirevail, Or soon they t!drn the way Wird scale ; Think on their revolation strange,— What seas of blood have lUaVk'd the change *. But should you ^de with ^uch as these. Thy States ntay be FVench provinces ; Thy timbers feird~thy cbffers drtin'd, And thy fair fiields with crimson stain'd ; Thy youth, unused to Partial deed, Be draWi) to fight and, forced to bleed. See Spain and Austria, siee the Poles, With millions of deluded souls ; Then vifew thy highly fardiirM state, The contrast — how ainazing great ! Dear Inde[iendence thou hast got, *Mid bleeding thrones, no common lot ; While peace and plenty thou cafnst boast, Sweet Liberty pervades thy coast. Now to return to !Scotia*s hills, Wfth pleasing hope my bosom fills ; Th^e Halifax, of blessM irienown, Still smiles, a wooden, warlike town; Not wide, yet near two miles in length. With batteries of iinportant strength ; A lofty ciUdel is there. Covering the whole i it front and rear. In centre of the harbour stands. Good George's Isle, which albcdifloutnds ; Bare anc^'rage for a British crew, With Naval Ykrd excellM by few ; A spacious basou, deep and wide^ In which a thousand ships may ride. I INSTREL. tcftle i i the change 1 as these, dnces ; drained, II stained i l6ed, bletid. Poles, > state, eat! ot, iabn lot ; a^st boast, »a8t. I». fills ; vn, town i n length, ingth } d rear. ■I *'. .. >coiflmabds ; ew, iw; ide^ ride. 5 TUB NOVA SCOTIA M ISTRFIL. I ^ , Our navy there of equal force. To stop Napoleon's thrcat'iiing course. An army which no danger dread, And valiant Sherbroke at their head. He, with our matchless chief could gain. Fresh laurels o'er the eastern main, Were comrades too in bleeding Spain. Our cattle, whichjncrease, excel, Might grace an English market well , Our fish are fine, our fishing freo. With boundless multiplicity : A cheaper market can't appear. From May to May throughout the year. * ••- '--o i> v -••"••• •••^ *•"''! If once debarred our fishing coast. Our Paris Plaigier tbty df-mniir!, 'Iv cultivate ihjtsir ttt'ipinu i; >i- ■ i/i- M 16 THE NOVA fcoTIA MINSTREL. Free for a peasant as a king, To shoot at fowl of every wing. Wild geese and ducks, with dippers rare, And birds that wing the woodland air i Wild pigeons, plover, snipes abound. And partridges, the country round, Of taste most pure for sav'ry use. Larger than Europe can produce ; Sweet Robins and the snow-bird prime, Peculiar to our favorM clime { But, if to sport you have no call. The Indians shoot and sell /them all. What time the wand'ring; tribes depart, They trace the woods with native art : If these no favourite hunting yield. Their wigwams* grace another field. Children of Nature, free from cares. The woods and all therein are theirs. The river, lake, and aerial game. Beast, bird , and fish the! r lawful qlaim . Their hut is many a pliant pole. In conic form, at top — a hole. To draw the smoke, and cbace the dark, l^he rest is covered round with bark ; The boats of trees compose their walls, And for the door^a blanket falls. Th^re, in the centre glows the fire, With fuel much as they desire ; • Wooden huts. / rR£L. ippers rare, d air; tund, nd, prime, all. ei depart, ve art : eld, field. ares, beirs, i» I claim. the dark, >ark ; r walls, are. TBI vovA iconA wnnrnEL. IT Two forked tticka, with ooe that** Qroai*d» To boil their pot or gaoM to roast. Around the Ital aoft branchea aprtad* These and a bkolMt forn their bed : And when thoy will to rest retire. They tarn their feet all to the fire ; As pointo is sMunan's compass lie» Nor fear the blwt of wintry sky. Doctor or physic they have none» . Save such as woodlands yield alone, DerivM from fto»*rs and leaves and roots^ With odorons guns and forest fruiti. Pure chryttal streams and limpfe fare» The gout ttnknoiTB and sickness rare. No feters, coUs, dire aches nor pains> Each, as bis tong«e, Us teeth retains^ All white, well s||^ close, clean and sounds Nor tainted breath ir>th them is found.. No corpulence, «or ftsbby flesh. Tit for the race, alert and fresh,. Dreadless of danger, foes to fear„ They swim, they hai|t, and run like dter. Clear, black, quick, piercing are their eyes. Their aim is sure at all that flies. They paddle on t{ie kke ur tide'. Pedestrians all but never ride. Save in their portable canoe. Of ash and bark they form it too. The chief— his squaw — his ra^eat large, Float safely in their egg-shell barge, H n if ' r \ ■\- It THE KOVA SCOTIA MlNSTREf.. So neat and light ; thftir ahips they tuke Upon their heads, from lake to lake. The rearing shore when they atuin, Then for the fire and feast again. The fumes of baneful draughts apart, Think not they want a grateful heart. On earth's green carpet see them fall, Or hear me say^ I've seen them all, A family or social group, Lifting their eyes and spirits up ; Sweet charity at least may think. They may at the same fountain drink. God over all, we must agree, Will meet with ev'ry two or three > Yes-'he that Tor a sparrow eares, Inspires^ and then accepU their prayers. Of this, if you demand a pimof, I furnish documenta enough. INDIAN HYMN. &nfim«n( mi Aw ly an ^fmerican Inium, In de dark woods, no Indian jiigh, Den me look Heb'n, and send op cry, Upon my knee sq low : Vat God on high, in shiny place. See me in night wid tearry face, My Priest he tell me so. God send he angel take me care, Him come heself and hear urn pray'r, U Indian heart do pray : I Ji . rREi.. ey- tukti lake. Uin, ipart, heart, fall, all, drink. prayers. icdtt Indian. ip cry, iray r, nr if n ' f"'' "■' ■v'Mig|t^>'iflii» i- THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 19 11 Him see me now, he kno# me here. He lay-^" Poor Indian, neberfear, " Me wid you night and day." So me lub God wid intiile heart. He fight for me, he take um part. He save um life before : God lub poor Indian in de wood, * So me lub he, and dat be good. Me pray him two time more.* FOR more than twenty years I view'd, Their manners, not so rery rude, Their conduct, not so barbarous seen, Not pagans all, and all unclean. Like holy Peter circumcised. Listen and Iook«-and be advised ; The sheet he saw, to heav'n affix'd. Held clean and unclean, chance-like miz'd. He judg'd by selfish Hebrew rule, / Heav'o spoke and he became a fool : Call not thai common or obscene. Which God ordaineth good and clean. The kingdom of thy Lord mutt come. Hell be confounded — man be dumb. Hear what the Apostle's master said. And be the note with rev'rence read ; The mandate comes from Heaven own nv>uth, Listen, O East, West, North and South i Comes fugitives, where'er you are, Mjr sona and daughters from afar, .* Twice as much. if. il : t • rS J,' u It ■'•U J- ■ I* i if- ^ ni NOVA ICOTU MiKimvi^ ( '>!'' irt: .U Ye continenu, vktitiknowladge smiles* Ye burning d«M«ts,froMn isles, Ye hosts of nettoiM, of one bloo4t White, yellow, bb^h, • oiotley brood. Ye sieves alike, beajcfod b« fK« '- From the beginning I en Be ! All nations rose at my commawH Syslain'd and nourished by ipiy hand ; 1 breath'd in theqa the bte»th of lives ; Beware who with his Maker strives. I speak, and Heav'n shaH see it done, from pole to pole, and where the sun, Full orb'd comes forth from seeming rest. And journies to the unknown west. All nations shall behold my ph»,. Of saving ruiuM, wretched man. My glorious gospel shall prevail ; I give it to the morning gale, With outspread wings I sjpevd its flight. Wherever the circling Sun gives light ; And where his beams he may restrain. There shall my Son of glory reign I But mark, ye learned and refin*d. Who justly boast a virtuous miofl^ And ye that hold a fiUth subfiaoe. Who shudder at a mental crime : Hear too, ye whitewashed Christian Uih; The passing wonder I describe i Let charity extend belief, , I never saw an Indian thief I l. ... / ^^.^jm. MDiles* live* ; et. stun, ling rest, St. THB NOVA SCOTIA MINSTML 31 I flight, light; irain, in I I. ian tf »b»> And, though these truths may bear dispute, I saw but one lone prostitute. And one with blood her hands embru'd. Was Cain-like doom'd to solitude. Two soliury instances 1 What say the Christian world to this ? The nuptial bower Is pure, alone ;. Adultery is rarely known ! The crimes that fill our Sessions list, Not ev'n in name with them exist ! A harmless, chaste and upright race, Not blfc: Wiilr. t ChikL -•s, t mm iBL. / NtTRKL. I- . I. ' -. ■• neOf t again, theie ; ie : t guile 5 fail, ipre, him more. INDIAN, oanoe, ne Papoo ;t li, ;.; ;.^-, lide, fisiee, for me ; bat, ' im tr'oat. ChiUL IX THE NOVA SCOTIA MlNStREL. Me gib i|m dollar to de priest, Him tell de Indian wbat is best ; He say :—" Me fait and pray." Now me catch nothing for ^apoo, So me eat noting-^at riH do, For keep um fkst to.day. Poor Indinn Sqaaw, and one Papoo, Poor farder, moder hungry too. My heart feel very sorrow : Me pray um more to silber cross ; Ah ! neber mind — to day me loss, Me catch um more to*morrow. 2i :aa WI LD berries delicate and good , Grow where thestin peeps through the wood ; Immeasurable heaps appeaf. Of such as grace our gardens here. The apple, plumb, and goodly pear. And cider pure the farms prepare ; . The full round grain, man's heart to cheer, With brtead of life, and cordial beer. Here EuropeHn merchants dwell. And almost «beap as London sell. , Cape Breton's subternuieous fieldi For fuel„ soqty mineihiVyierds j And all advantages besidie, , With which our province is supplied. I 11 11 nl; ,_.. —la: I III felP • it,' ,. I'll • ;!■■' r 1 «'J ''Ii 36 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTRIL. Here once proud France a city had. Old Loaivboorgh io ruin clad ; It roie— it fell— in victory's hour. Sad spectable of sbort.liv'd pow'r! A solitary larm or two Is all it now presents to view; . Tou trace its strength, and wonder that *T was made to shield the owl and bat; But citiei fall, more fam'd than this, T* oblivion's old metropolis } *Tis our's, and we can do no less. Than sing the inlands we possess. Here's various timber, soft and hard. For which our saw-mills are prepar'd ; On living streamlets all around, Where trout, and perch, and smelt abound. Some mills (amazing to pronounce) Work more than twenty saws at once ; Thas landlords doubly clear their land, ' B&rt'ring their woods for cash in hand. Here happy husbandry can thrive. The lab'ring heart is kept alive. No tythes hard industry perplex. Few taxes honest toil to vex ; The land's their own, and all affords To make our farmers iwi^r lords. Few years will make a farm compleat, For all you wear, or drink, or eat j j-a^;j--:._^;^,. ■ .■.■,:.^fei*«:^^Sit*^*F'--;-»^-?:il* night, and summer's day. As chearful as a morn in May ; » Far from the noise and din of war, Heav'n grants t^em providential care: For here confess'd the traveller meets A little paradise of sweets^ No rocks to dash the shipmen on^ And on her plains is scarce a' stone ; Fish, flesh, and fowl abundafit are. That live in water, earth, or air ; The lands are cheap, the waters free. The fowl on shore, the fish at sea : Nor lack of all that's good, we find. To cheer the body, please the mind. . If British farmers here resort. No matter if their cash runs short ; ' i They have their lands for little pay. That little on a distant day ; Once settled here, the fnan and wife. May never wish to chiSge for life. Our Provinee gresdhjr was improved. Since Royal Edwaud there remov'd } » «. rF" 28 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. i) ;. U '-r The military grand abodes, Defensive works and public roads Were'form'd, and frona disorder ro»e~ All which to Noble Kent she owes. Science encourag'd, ripening fast. Forgets the age of darkness past ; Yes, happy coast, no more forlorn. The peaceful arts thy groves adorn ; For thy uncultivated shade, With corn and flowers thou a^ repaid ; Thy youth, alert, iball make thee yield Fair orchards join'd to many a field ; Thy woodlands, savage now Msdjnute, Shidi ring with fl6cks and shepherd's flute : Where now » cottage decks thefplaiii jr A village shall in order reign; And commerce, such as rustics Jtnoitr, With peace and wealth in plenty flow i Most useful *tudif» shalLbe known In every hamlet, every town : For this we stand in £dward*s debt, Who left thee with a pure regret. Yes, he, mm gentle goodness can, Spake to, and beard the lowly nuui. Encourag'd merit, ne'er jo loir,. And bade the wildest blfissoms .blow ; He read those jingling wcentswild^ Compos'd by me, wtfeo but « child ; l':|l iinjaiiaajti / INSTREL. tads er rose- owes, g fast, 8t; lorn, lorn ; I repaid ; :hee yield field; nd jnute, [)b^rd*s Bute : Bfplailljr I JknoKr, ity flow i own debt, ret. can, auw. '-» .blow ; wild* child; THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 30 In whicli he saw tho homely truth Of patriot zeal, in bumble youth ; Confessed them pleasing, er'n to him. And bade me still pursue my theme, Then with a heart, as good as brave, Some tokens of his friendship gave, . With this iDJunction—" not to slight " The infant muse's lowliest flight." So the strong bird, that soars the sky. Will learn ito new fledg'd brood to fly. And more— he knew the generous ^art. To cheer the lonely widow's heart ; , Her orphan ion* be made bis care. And soatch'd him from misfortune's snare. , A bold, intrepid youth was he, .Whose fort was warlike deeds at sea ; A captain in the navy now, 'v Like Neboo, with undaunted broW ; ] He learns by yictory to prove, And thus repays his patron's love. Thus may our colonies provide. Their sons to rule the feaming tide. And, by the power of merit great. Supply the wants of church and state. Here, too, a faAous college stands. The pride and jglory of all kinds ; * George JBdward Watts, Esq, now Pbst CapUOa^ - c -3 1 ■hfwtf'tf"^'"""'- ^mm ^IIIS^I/iJitBtmmm60iimmimi' ^'■is^-^'v ~*K/^tits;i .V --J-<^^; t«-;,^!i^. r .-% 30 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. Hope says, with her officious aid, That here shall grow the muses* shade ; That erudition too shall join To gospel truth her lovely shrine. While grace and learning hand in band, Shall take fhetr walk throughout the land ; The olive braneh shall be dispUyM* For truth a shelter, and for trade; Sweet husbandry, and «cienap prore, The bliss ofpurey'fnterna) love.< Grant this, good Hesv^n, Istill would pray, O , turn impendiBg lllaawmy ; ^ And,if itbethy gracioufwill, * Say to the war? ing wotld " Beitiir— Peace, peace, tothe contendingjhall* Lethea?*alye, in bandy lithe land ; ►yM, e; .' ■ would pray, itiir— YOYAGE *?■ rsoM NOVA SCOTIA TO LONDON, &c. J^ AR^ELL, Anertca, awhile. Adieu ^ Marg'rct-s lovely smile; My cbudren , take a nwtet «d icu , 0*er rifging, ng pain, in. s roll, ole. pursoe, in cork : introuU r lleu-space; tThou I I urill, ikill. eas. with ease; and death,, leirbieath. THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. All ! would my countrymen beware, Nor curse, nor by their Maker swear. A ship of war regales the sight Of all but those who hate to fight ; All handti (heir busy station know. From Jack aloft to Chief below. Order and rule and. cleanliness, Adorn the first and meanest mesa. No idle lubbers here are seen, All are employ'd, well fed, and clean. Some officers of various ratex, Armourers, gunners, boatswains, males, Clerks, stewards, butchers, cooks and all« Taylws, and many acobler's stall. CabiiN^ makers with their crew, 8mtthK»nvil, forge and bellows too : Heipts carpenters find great employ, ¥qJ[ many a journeyitian and boy, DbctoKi, with hospital and aune. On store we moot with many wor«e. Good tmbera too and well behav'd , And twice a. week the ci»w ^are Ibav'd, Hera, much of w.eariqgr tearii^g, rending, Re<]uire,»ll bands for making, mending. On sabbath day, :the weather fair, ^ All bands are pip*d forJParson's.peayV, Most would be an^r whece but there. 33 I ^^*»i;-.i.--:^'= ^^am wmm 34 THE NOVA. SCOTIA MINSTREL. I'V I \ .1 ;{., -B 'i Thui while they serve the state and king, They work and play, they dance and sing And while they plough the flood beneath, All sport upon the verge of deaths The liquid mountains rise again. And threaten death, but all in vain ; We laying-to for thirty hours. Saw winds and ocean's awful pewVs ; Such heavy gale, on sea or shore, Our oldest mate saw not before. It now subsides, and we pioceed— Behold, H shapeless bull &-head. At mercy's call our captain hails, A brig without or masts or sails ; When ascertained her numcrout w*nts^ He masts and sails, with rigging grant^ Our hardy crew by order fix, And rig her out in boun but six ; They hail us with their thankful cheen, She sails, and ihortly disappears. Thus sailors, genVouf, kind, and froor Should help their brothers poor at sea. Soon as subsided late alarms, We soothed our care in music** charms ; The coupteous Douglas sought^the lay. And heard the self-taught minstrel play. Who could withhold the moral glee From such a generous Chief as be ? f 1 / \ ' i^STREL. and king^, le and sing ; 1 beneath, h. tin, ail) i iw*ri ; re, d— ^ I want!,/ g grant^ il cheen, t. ndfree, ir at tea. I charmt ; ^the lay, itrel play, glee be? ^ THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 35 The fair, the fiddle, and the flute, Were there, nor was the moral mute. Glee. fVbrds altered from Jackson. Time let me sing with lively air. Let Time and Tune go hand in hand. Ah ! why divide the mutual pair. So trde to nature's sweet command ? Let me enjoy the chearfol day. While time is rolling like a stream ; Pleased, let me on my Viol play. And sing of Love— a heav'nly theme. Glke. Words altered from Sichini. How shall we mortals spend our hours ? In Love and sober thinking : " None but the fool consumes bis pow'rs, In hatred, noise, and drinking. Time, on his ever fleeting wing. Cries— Mortal, fly from folly ; Drink at the pure Celestial Spring, 'Twill drown poor Melancholy. Now we descry the Ittle of Wight, Heav'a*s darling--iBritain, beavts in sight! i • If I V:i.:^t;1^ &'l')^ ^" iffiiHiaiai I II % \r- mi T THI NOVA fCOTIA MiNSTRIlA Most favor'd itie, thy flowing robe Protects thee from th* invading globe ; But eh, do I forget the hand, The Saviour of my native land \ No: call ne lonatie or mad, If I forget thee 'twould be lad ; I ever will oonfeu that pow'r, That ihieldt ui to the present hour t Nor will 1 worthy praise withhold From British heroes, good and bold. Who think their lives too cheap to give, That Britain's honour still may live, O Heav'n, propitious, hear my pray'r. Make them and all their crews thy care ; Our fleeu at sea, our force by land, Be ever under thy command : Save from the foe, the rocks, the storm, Thy powV defend, thy grace reform i May Britain hold the balance still, And justice all her measures Bll. Thou once woul'd'st save, from (ire and pain, The ancient cities of the plain, If only ten, in all the place, r-../^ Were found to supplicate for grace. Thou God of Troth, let mercy sway. And hear tbn thousand Britons pray, Not with the knees, or lip alone — With contrite hearts address thy throne : - >.f» / *' T r;iSt ITRIIA lobe; THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 3/ Nor for ctatei, or livet of men, But that sweet Peace return again, Let blood no more manure the land, And bring forth vengeance from thy baud. fi I • •> 1 i 4 ur t d old. to give, ve> ly pray'r* ly care } nd, , storm, orm; II, V ' 1 5.-0 Mid pain, ace. •way, • pr»y» r tbrone : a' ■ ( ^ / ^^ SONG. .J To Dr. Aunf.'s. ♦« Conit, liritannia:' See Britannia's high degree, Shielded by the circling sea, Cover'd with a smiling sky, Lo| her foes dare not come nigh: Think, O think, on all her noble story, Brave she fights beneath the King of Glory. While the o:ean shall remain, France may threaten us in vain ; While on Britain smiles the sky, Lo! her foes dare not come nigh : Think, O think, &c. O, would Britain think with me, On the Ruler of the Sea ; Send to him our coDstant cry, Then her foes dare not come nigh : Think, O thiiik, on all thy noble story, Thou art defended by the King of Ciorj, D \''\ ' 3« THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. p * k Full twenty years my absent feet, Forbear their native soil to greet ; Now, now, I willing feel once more. My knees should kiss the favor'd shore. But e'er I left the man of war. What scenes of wretchedness I saw ; My fellow-creatpres whipt and torn, Cursing the day that they were born ! ° For trifles too we may not name, That scarcely bear the good man's blame. Heav'n and the State meet high disdain. For which unpunish'd they remain. Thus act the men we Christians call. Erroneous and irrational. But, hark ! how they for mercy plead, Mercy is deaf — their backs must bleed. Saviour of men, in this I see The bitter pangs endur'd by thee, - When, from the garden to the goal. Sharp sorirow seiz'd thy harmless soul ; Thee, faultless — they, without remorse, Scourg'd,curs'd, and fast'ned to the cross ! But these, ev'n in their wounds and blood, Still hating all that'swite and good. Swear, drink, and quarrel, play the beast. And with lascivious harlots feast! Hence fell debility ensues Among our brave and hardy ciews« II liuiiiwwim mmmmmmm REL. B, hore. > n! I blame, sdain, ", ; ead, leed. oul; lorsCi he cross ! and blood, le beasty THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 39 See the full boats, from neighb'ring shores. Polluted females bring by scores, And these arebr6u(;ht for less than gold. As cattle in a market sold ! Thus for a while in ships they dwell. Most truly call'd, *♦ a floating hell." Poor magdatens, ah ! hapless race. How lost to virtue, dead to grace ! Is there no plan, in our wise nation. To stop this wretched dissipations No : far from this, the deed's approved. And by the higher orders lov'd ; Yet Heaven for Us, on raging sead. Will fight and conquer too by these ; *Tis he permits our ships to swim, O, wbatdoth Britain owe to him ! Ah ! would ^he glorious day appe&r, When warriors might Heav'n*s armour wear. Go forth to war in faith and prayV, And in a double conquest share ; Go, 8elf*subdu'd, to victory, A warlike nfttion, wise as free. Some think because they fight and die. They are entitled to the sky ; But, hear the mandate, true and just, ** The soul that sinnetb die he must." Nor are our landsmen wiser grown. Witness old Portsmouth's naval town ; !l fi ' ii ■ 'Out 11? it { --,[■ 40 TffE NOVA SCOHA MINSTREL. In her, by day's meridian light. You see what London is by night ; Lewdness, and drunkenness, and strife, And all the ills that blacken life; Happy exception, here and there. Sweet charity adorns the fair. Thou, honourable Grey,* and you Most amiable Montague : In social bands, ye still impart. Rich blessings to the widow's heart: The wounded brave, from war who come, Thy lib'ral hands relieve at home ; The stranger too, oppress'd with cares, Thy kind assistance often shares. For this ev'n Players will unite. To share the profits of the night ; They act, on the theatric board For Tars, who act for thenfi abroad ; And ne'er perform so good a part. As when they cheer deep sorrow's heart. • Two at the head of many more ladies, engaged in most pious charities. ' ' '■ iw mmmmimm maHmmmmiimimmim TREL. itrife, t: 10 come, i :ares, heart, ies, engaged in [ THE KOVA SCOTIA MINITREL. 41 SONG. TO MY MARGARET. Tunr— « Coolin:* " O, the hoiNTi I have ipcnt in the arms of my dear," Fond affectioBi recur and extort the sad tear ; With my babes all around her I left them to moan, While I traverse the land of the ocean alone. Exposed to misfortune wherever I go. Soaring waves on one hand— on the other the foe; A stranger in Britain, which gaveme my birth. So the dove from the ark went alone thro' the earth. Methinks I behold my fond Margaret in tears A prey to despair, and the victim of fears ! Ah ! where is my love, at this moment, she cries? In the grave— in the deep» and in yonder fair skies. Not yet, my sweet angel, come, listen to me. This thought in a twinkling flies over the sea ; Yes— He that hath rescu'd from danger and pain. Will restore him in love to his Margaret again. )l <■' 4P THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. i m !t ,11 New I, through cold and driving rain, My native city, London, gain ; To me, thoughabsent twenty years, It still most natural appears ; Its state, its manners, means and ways, As if those years had been but days ; Except th* enlargements, great and new, Which with a pleasing sense I view. Great mistress of the civil world. When all thy scenery*s unfurPd, Thou seem'st the main-spring of the whole, The life of trade— the very soul. In this, the queen of cities, see. All nature in epitome. Such the effects of hoary time. In our most scientific clime. O time, illusive, yet most true, We spend, but rirely reckon you ; What mighty and important things Are cover'd with thy outspread wings ^ In this long period, seeming short. Thy vast exploits surpass our thought. Lo ! France, o'erturn'd, as in a day, RulM with still more despotic sway ; Her monarch murdered, shocking scene ! And still more dire, a bleeding queeu ! Fire, blood, and slaughter mark her state, And shapeless ruin bows to fate ! ITREL. grain, , irsy ways, lys ; nd new, lew. the whole. wings ^ rt, ought. ay» iray ; g scene ! )ueeu ! her state, THE NOVA fcOTIA MINSTREL. 43 A mQnster, who assumes the helm, , Would Europe and the world overwhelm. Now France, just as the fit may take her. Will have no king, bqt a king-maker ; An emperor, forsooth, is he, A tyrant as the world may see ; A spoiler of the nations all. But ill content without the ball. Had he the spacious globe, he'd soon Engage in arms th6 neighboring moon ; Restless and terrible as bell. As suifring nations know full well. But shall Britannia yield or die. Encircled with the sea, the sky. And cover'd with the fostering wings Of thee. Eternal King of Kings ? No : thou wilt banish fell despair, # And make us thy peculiar care. For this the truly pious pray. In earnest hope both ni ght and day; For this our worthy Patriots strive ; O may their mutual efforts thrive ! Whate'er they do, be for the best, . This sentiment befits my breast. Sure none would sign with sanguine breath Our warriors' doom in foreign death ; Landing our troops on hostile ground. Merely to meet their mortal wound. w^ I i 44 THE NOVA SCOTIA IflNStRBU A hint may senre my Country here^ I drop it with affection** tear ; For Britain mourns and loud deplore» Her sons who h\\ on foreign ihores^ Much legialatiTc time was spent Of late—corruption to prevent; While pestilential envy^s eye Saw F — d — k lay his honors by : This not enough to glut heir fill. With rancour she pursues him stilL What ! no compA8sion>— pity— none ! Is syinpathy entirHly gone? What ! no forgiveness due to one. Because he stands so near the throne I Sure many a cutpiit, not long since, Might claim what you deny a prince f But ere again such lengths you eome,. Let every Britain look at home. Be thus resolv'd — Whate'er is done-^ I am determin'd to mend one ;; Then should we act from censure free,. And be what we wish all to be. Instead of this, of late we saw,. In spite of reason^ sense and law, From public prints and pictures too^ All that is basfe expos'd to view. A thousand brains construct the plan,, To prove oorruptioo iu one man f. \ \m _L- ♦■.'■ itRBU icre». »ior«s. nt till, one!' '» owe ? ncei >ine» je-* ! free>. Ian,, r THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 45 Whereas if they consult their soul, They find corruption through the whole. These truths to great and small belong — Whatever is not right — is wrong: Then as a free born man I say — !t is a foul and filthy play, Whoever at abuse connives, Who deals in plurals touching wives, Or having one he ought to love, Doth still a concubine approve. The king himself might hear me tell, That buch in virtue don't excel ; That he whom one will not suffice, Is rather giv'n to guilty vice. Guilt smites itself, we all admit } Let follies past instil more wit. . But since no British law controuls The humour of such living souls ; As touching judgment, this is known, Their sweets and bitters are their own. The poor in general are Uie few Who such high life dare not pursue. Hear this, ye fashionably great, The evil cleaves to you of late. The bar, the pulpit, and the stage, Cannot forbidden thirst assuage. To ye the friendly bint is given. Its issue is enrolPd in heav'n. ''^il ii! li THE KOVA SCOTIA MIVSTREL. Meantime who could auch pelting bear As fell, great F— d— k, to thy share ? It seems as though printscllers had With gaping, laughing fools run mad ; Involving majesty and thee. With half the royal progeny, In foul contumely and scoi^n, And scandal hardly to be borne. The pillory, so due to crimes, I'd rather bear adoaen times: « It shews their love of sacred things. How much they honor sons of kings: They love iheir king, it plain appears. This crowns his reign of fifty years t , Yet oft we hear the people sing. High-sounding strains, ♦* God save the King \** While public prints and conduct prove, That words are different things from love, God save the King,iu terms express. Is neither mor^ than this, nor less : Save him from ill of ev'ry kind ; Save him in body and in mind ; Save him from temporal complaint. Make him a holy, happy saint; Crown him with favor here below ; Crown bim in beav*nly glory too , Bless bim with every good desire. His mind with charity inspire ; m IVSTREL. jehing bear share } had run mad ; e. kings: appears, years I , save the King \** let prove, > from love. I express, ess: amt, 00 , re. THB NOVA, SCOKtA MmSTREL. Let nothing in his heart or housa Be subject to »foul abuse. Now, if we love our king indeed, We shall not make his feelings bleed ; Nor can we wound the queen and others, The royal sisters and the brothers. With years and care now sinking down, His head must ache that wears the crown* Ah! why should scandal burl her dart, Envenom'd, a) the sovereign's heart ? 'Tis neither scriptural nor sound, The sacred family to wound. King David knew not what was done By naughty Absalom, bis son. The father shall not bear the blame. Much less partake the children's shame ; Nor did the thoughtless Hebrew race Throw children*s sin in David's face. Can George recair what Y — k hath done, Or give a ransom for his son ; Can he make white what seemeth black, Or call the mis-spent season back ? If he hath been a froward child. In am'rous dalliance somewhat wild ; He quits it, and he fears the rod. Pray leave him in the hand of God. We hope heav'n's will is understood, ** From evil still deducing good." 47 i 48 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. r HU honour and b» income yield, Nor doth he guide the warlike field. . O, generous nation, why pursue A man who meekly bows to you i *Tis not the genius of our isle, Self-humbled greatness to revile : Then learn, what you expect, to give, And let the name of others live. Impartial justice lifts her scale. Approach her bar, and there prevfiil. If royal faults so great are grown. Against his errors weigh thy own. But spare our much.lov'd king and queen,. Nor shame their house in prints obscene : This, this remember, when you sing Your fav'rite air — ** God save the King." And now my son and 1 repair, « The soul-delighting feast to share : Sweet Handel's master- piece of sound, Messiah, great in glory crown'd ! Grant! wcs the music and supreme, As wtll befits so high a theme : When Bland and Dickons lent their aid. And Braham wond'rous powV dispUy'd : Sui It harmonv to Heav'n belongs — An)]rf>ls mii'lii listen to iheir songs. Nuw fruin luy child I soon must part, I'et not without a hopeful heart ; * T MSTREL. field, le Mi Ic: to give, t. lie, revfiil. vn, >wn. f^Rnd queen,. ts obscene : u sing the King." ir, are: )f sound, I'd! eme, their aid, display'd : tigs— ngs. nust part, THE NOVA SCOTIA MINITRBL. 4 A friend I found, however rare. Who took him to his guardian care } May heav'n i-eward him here bejowr. With bliss that guardian angela know. But I depart from London's noise. Its busy cares and fr«atic joys ; Tow'rds lovely Bath my way is bent. The seat of all that's excellent ; One day was spent upon the road To visit Windsor, bless'd abode ! For many years I bad nut seen Heav'n.chosen--Bri(ain's king and queen ; Thought labour'd much to have the view. And take my long, my last adieu, I could not pass ber towers by, But gratified my heart and eye. On holy.day, io royal dome, I saw my, reverend Sovereign come. Both then and there, with solemn dread, Plirtook the eucharistic bread ; Beneath the flaming cherub's wings, I ate with th' king, and King of kings! O what a double feast was this, Heplete with pure ecstatic jiiliss. When thus my wish was greatly crown'd. One disappointment still was found: . Ah ! sad to tell, went there to see, Those eyes which c§uld not look on me ; 1 r tmii\m mmm It ^1 y vf n \ . ■t* &• THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. The monarch mov'd, like jiutice, blimJ, In hands of Kent and Cambridge jdln'd. Alaa! my pitying heart expresb'd, What Heaven ordains is for the best ; If England's sun no ray can yield, To bless the city or the field ; If light is fled^ strength is not lost; MeMI crush the proud Philistine host, And Sampson-like, of antient praise. His last be most victorious days ! Grant this. Thou Light of earth and skies, Rejoice his heart, restore his eyes ; Sweet light and love in him increase, And let him see returning peace ; Her olive branch of during* green, Shall cheer his last expiring scene ; To him let two.fold peace be giv'n, Then as on earth, be crown'd in hisav'n. Hail, Bath, the lovely muse's scat, At once so elegant and neat ; Hail, lowly vale, enchanting place, , The sweet resort of ev'ry grace ; Pure symmetry of buildings rare, A portrait of the pfood, thefiir ; With all that art and nature give, Thou kindly bidst thy lovers live : For this thy pleasing walks are found, For thia thy living streams abound. \M ■ Swi*(imBt -f^u^m^ 48TREL. :e, blind, e jdln'd, I belt i '•t; : host, iraitie, s! li and ikiesi yes J sreaie, le; en, snc: fiv'n, in hiiav'n. • seat, tlace, . - » are, r; ve, live; ! found, }und. THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. Warm from thy bosom torrents rudIi, To yield fair beauty'* wonted bluvhj While captivating scenes appear. Debilitated strength to chear ; The charms that mu»ic, science f>our Along sweet Avon's winding short-, Inspire my heart with love of ihce, And all but envy cure in roc. So, to retrace lifcN cheijuer'd otatc, Wii view the wholf , but love the e;reat ; To sec and sing, yield small relief, The absent mind, a prey to grief. To Bristol's buHy city come, (For me, aks I no friendly home ;) Three days 1 had not breath'd ita air, Before I was suspected there i A pQor, unwary stranger, I Waslook'd upon with jealouif eye— Seiz'd aa a culprit, horrid state ! Come, tragic muse, the fact relate : No friend to plead my lonely cause, Expos'd to most vindictive laws ; Poor me, of hope and peace bereft. Stood charg'd with cruelty and theft ; With cruelty to woman k'^pd, ^ Which mostly shocks the feeling mind } For this plain reason, seeming right,. 1 was the wretch's size and height ; M I' :, :(f 1, , j 1 |B 1 il 1" s si ,: ! : b ^ ■ t. ■ ■'.: r ^ ! ■i 1! if h S3 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTRKL. In countenance, there was no choice, But differ'd nauch in heart and voice ; The clothes the fiend of darkness had, Resembled these in which I'm clad: The neighbours saw, in harmless plight, Me pass the door that fatal night ; The very hour in which the deed, Made weeping worth and beauty bleed ;. Bill thanks to Heav'n, this hinge alone — The voice, my fatewa^ turn'd upon ! O may that voice for ever raise Meio iious hymns of grateful praise. The villain's art had watch'd the time, In which to perpetrate his crime ; When every soul from home had gone, But virgin innocence alone, He ready entrance to insure, Feign'd that his tooth-ache wanted core ; (A Dentist was her father's trade,) This the pretence the robber made. She courteously had ask'd him iiii Then ripe for his infernftl sin. Demanded, with expressions rash, The valu'd paper, plate, and cash ; She, fainting, sunk flpon the floor, As if te die a'nd feel no more ; Then, fearing she the fit might feign, He put her to the fiercest pain. u mmm. HMttiJSDitH^ ' TRBL. oice, oice ; i bad, ad: 1 plight, ' 5 I, bleed ;. alone— ion ! lise. ! time, gone, id core ; ,) de. T or. eign, THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. With kicks and brutal bruises dire, Then adds the force of dreadful fire. The vivid flames her clothes consunoe ; He left her burning in the room : Then just escap'd,— her father came. And saw his daughter in a flame ! Ah! me, bow dismal was the place, Was ever sire in such a case ? His feelings wak^, at pity's call^ His child insensible to all;. Distracted frenzy seemM to seize His heart, and smote bis trembling knees ; Mine tod, for F could scarcely stand, Her tinder'd garments in my band ; I felt a father's love and pain, Compassion cut my heart in twain ; To see sweet beauty losing breath,, In wrestling with the arms of deatfa. But while I felt for him and' child", What were my dread commotions wild T Do I stand charg'd with crimes like these T- Defend me, Heav'h, if thee it please. Now to the chamber we withdrew, Where she lay languishing in view ; Wiien- favored with her speech and sight. How did my warring passions fight t My hope, from conscious innocence,. My fear from want of sure defence ; , 33' M < f- ;'■ I 'y. 64 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. Desire of life, on all bestow'd, Love to my wife and babes abroad ! Her weeping father softly said : " My love, one moment raise your head ; '* Stands here the cause of thy complaints?"' She look), and with that look she faints ; Again reviv'd, her dying eyes Beheld me with a wild surprise ! A second time the question's put, With — '* notice him from head to foot ;" That moment, heav'ntoease my heart, Did nature's eloquence impart ; The maid assum'd a death-like smile. My causeless trembling to beguile. And answer'd thus — " There neecs k. xirfc, " I never heard that voice before.'" The father then bis tears repress'w. And took me to his throbbing breast ; With eyes uplifted, then, said he, ** IVfay beav'n defend thee, thou art h-ee } ** Yet may stern justice sally forth, ** To search the sea and spacious earth; ** O bring the.monster into light, /* Whose deeds the fiend of hell affright ; ** My child, gay child," the father cried, ** My all, since I have lost my bride! ** The vernal sun, full three times seven, ^* Endowed her with the gifts of heaven ; ■ / ■Mi i ^ i t i irj iiiii y i WjiMlBii TR£L. THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 5« ,d! I: ur head ; >inplaints?'' faints ; ofoot;" : heart, mile, le. st's.. r,r> affright ; f.r cried, ide! s seven, icftven ; " But now, amid her youthful bloom, "Already gapes th' untimely tomb ; ** Fell hands of villainous intent, ^ " That no kind angel might prevent ; " May all thy punishment be here, ** And God remove my paio and fear !" Farewell, sweet lady, heav'n be your's. And all that innocence secures : This said, I clos'd the interview. Complacence smiPd along a diea. 1 now forsake the awful place. Where nature met such foul disgrace. -^ But who will say no beauty reigns In Bristol, and adjacent plains? Let such injurious proverbs be Lost in immense obscurity. Here men of parts and business too. And ladies their own plans pijrsue ; In circles high or lower move, Not.without beauty, grace, and love. Now quitting Bristol's busy scene. We sail the floating docks between ; Slow wind the flood-gates side to side, And launch us in the rapid tide ; On either side the pond'rous height, Is grand and awful to the sight : Sweet op'ning meads attract our view. With prospects picturesque and aew. f F 1i- .'^ (I I 56 THE NOVA SCOHA MINSTREL. From Pill we catch the driving gale. And scour the deep with swelling sail y All hands-at their respective work, Elate with hope of seeing Cork. Alas, how soon we lost repose, The clouds grew black, the winds arose ; La&h'd was the helm for hours two score» We drifting to Carnarvon shore ; The gale so hard increas'd our fear. The dreaded breakers now appear ;. No boat nor pilot near at band, ^ Nor craft could leave the foaming strand, ' While furious billows sweep the deck, And every soul expects a wreck ; The heavy swell our vessel shocks^ Grim death stood gaping on the rocks^ Courageous hearts, most void of fear,. The' women and the weakfings cbear* Keep up your spirits, lovely race, We soon shall make an anchoring place^ Escap'd beneath auspicious skies, Let go the anchor, Davis cries ; The surges lose their dying strength. We ride secure at cable's length. Abreast some humble Welchmen*8 houses,. Which nature to herself espouses ; Thither we went with joyful haste, Our clothes to dry and get repaa(r„ JUmi 4 JTREL. ;ale» f sail r is arose ; vo score » ear, ar^ r strand, • deck, i ks, rocks- ' fear,, :bear. :e, ng pTace^ «> ingth, a^s houses,, '»; jte, ' . THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 5 7 But suffer'd much throagh Babel's scliemes, While each to each so barbarous seeius. O that the venders of base tales. Were all transported into Wales ; The antidote they should endure, Might scandal and detraction cure. Our diet simple, sweet and good, Was cook'd in manner some what rude. Yet serv'd with loving looks and kind, The eye an index to the mind ; This with good will is better fare Than sumpVous meat with flatt'ry there; Your meat is dress'd— care not a rush, Whether it be by coal or brush ; No matter for the polish'd feature, If dinner comes with plain good nature ; The hungry trav'ller is not nice- Let this and gratitude suffice. Necessity's primaeval law, Yields us good bed* of hardy straw : So royal sons of noble race, j Have frequent found hard resting place. No rest so sweet, beneath the skies, As that deriv'd from exercise; Then in the morn, through dewy fields. We sip the sweets which nature yields: Hear larks that soaring sing on high. Their matchless carrols to the sky. \ V* t^ ... ♦VI*- • 58 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. Responsive song*, from spray to spray, Regale the ear, while lambkins play At once affordiog sweet delight To nicest air and sense of sight. Yet once again I change my theme ; To social converse, joy supreme : The h'ospitable man* of pray'r Invitee, his friendly boon to share ; Listening, as we proceed along. To heav'n's pure tone — the human tongue^ Well taught and in a natural strain. Which here about is hard to gain. Through daisied fields in green array. This music wiles the hours away. Like solo of the sweetest sound. Till we approach the parson's ground. His mansion in the vale before us, Affords fine opening for a chorus : The deep violoncello I play'd. And rustic spirits merry made ; ' With moral songs and pious airs. We thus allay'd our varied cares. > Inspir'd with love of sacred sound, The shepherd call'd his flock around. Unwilling to enjoy the treat Without his charge around his seat ;. * The Rev. Mr. Robert^^ near Camacvou Bay^ ■m- INSTREL* TttE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 59 to spray, a play It t. ^ theme ; ne : r lare ; uman tongue, rain, ;ain. ;d array, iray, J, ground. : us, rus: > t;' kirs, ires. V >uncl, around, . s seat ;. CarnacTOQ Bay. Simplicity, unus'd to this, Confess'd the charm, and own'd the bliss. The matron and the maids appear, To wdcome us with all goo.l cheer ; Her friendly parlour open^soon. To stay the rage of hungry noon ; Two virgin daughters gtace the feast, • With delicacy, wit, and taste } Parental culture rai^t'd them well, In real politeness to excel. While peace and plenty here prevail, The priest supplies his nut-brown ale. Talks of the nations now at strife, Our perils through the voyage of life, The Church— the state— the king, all three, Our arms on shore, our fleets at sea ; Of this one's rise, and that one's fall. Drawing sweet inference foom all : But most admires that pow'r above. Whose word and will our bulwarks prove. Thus ministers, when right inclin*d, Refresh our frame and clear ihe mind. But hear the case, however hard, Such worthy nien meet small reward j Rare education, shining parts. Fine feelings and the noblest hearts, Such characters are foisted where They'sVe little more than vital air. fi '>(##■ • -#^ 60 THE NOVA SCOHA MIMITllBL.' May British wiidom ibortly giva Our poor clergy more to live. To live like men of lower tradea. The want of which their clotb degrades ; The world, half infidel, but jeers, "When witnessing their wants and fears. Those who consult our heavenly birth, Still want their daily bread on earth ; |k^ Britain may see, midst alt her braga» ^er clergy and their sods in rags ; Xirge revenues uphold the great, "While equal souls submit to fate, I In want and ipisery to pine ; ^ ilok'rest, not grace, makes the divine ! A CHANT FOR THE POOR CLERGY, WBITTIH OH A MOVNTAIK IN WALKS, Occoiionedbif reading the following words in a $peeeh of Mr. WUbe^orce on the uuaUs a jrear." Oh ! that rich parsons, rob'd in red and white, would think How P>nny of their brethren of small livings want both meat and drink ; " ■ Ml. / [NSTRBL. ire *_- degrades ; en, nd fean. \y birkb, eartb ; braga, kg*; sat, ite, divine ! ►OR CLERGY, IN WALKS, vordt in a $peeeh of «« tuJtjact, e(]8d9) there are ten poundii yearly in England under n red and white, of small livings jm' "n im; THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 6l Do pray, consider ihem while you enjoy repose ; Now raise a little cash among youriclves, and furnish them with clot'ies. You who enjoy five hundred pounds a year, or more, Pray can't you help poor preachers and their wives by dro|>ping half a score ? You who possess a thousand pounds a year, why sure such plenty Should quickly open your warm hearts to give poor fellows twenty. Pray do t you recollect that you should love your neighbour ? Then why not give o-^or half-stary'd clergymen fair price for all tiic*r labour ( I hope you'll wisely think, or parliament will make ye. Ere Satan shortly with his host do come and to his Living take ye. Then what a scrair.ble would there be to get a cool retieat, From inward horror and from outward burning . heat ! Full glad would the Right Rev'rend be for some poor Curate's quarter, Though he but little bad of bread itself— so he • •'light get some water ! ,-'-n 6i THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. Hear this— ye shiuiog preacherB who appear to In purple and fine linen clad, and faring sump- tuous daily : Hear a poor brother from the shades, who now would warn ye, Lest you should tumble in a birth like his, and every devil scorn ye. Ye poor have mercy on the rich and stop your cries, Lest ye awake the fury of the angry skies ; What is your temporal pise, lav'd, ike— 8; kraie, ii, bull, re, ore. c enough, : rough f • THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 6i » Let flags or leaser HquareM be placM, And Cork with pleasing walks be graced i Then ladies, as they elsewhere do. May ease their feet and slippt-rs too ; Then age and infancy will crown. With blessings thy indulgent town. Offences rise abroad, at home. But woe to those by whom they come ; Thy lanes all other lanes excel. For an abominable smell ; The cause is plain:, as day>light tberf is— - You arc so void t' lecesjarus. Heav*n hates th' unclean with frowning vievr, This rule the ancient Hf i.ews aew; The moving host, s much br^ov'd, Must all be clean or ditapprov'd : Then how much more should citie, ' c From every foul pollution f'ee ! Thy scavengers, with f itiy rickji. In pent up streets vile oraare liiix: What keeps contagion from ihy door, To tell, is past my fancy's pow'r ; Hemove the practice of this tinbe. Which Swift himself could not describe. On Sunday too the crowd otfends. With noise of town and country friend», Sitting in streets upon the ground, Quite low, indeed, and humble found ; F 2 _l €6 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. Drinking and smoking, doing jobs. In male and female roaring mobs ;, Their children playing too »t ball. Perchance against the church's wall. Men bathing in the glare o€ day, And women standing in the way ; I thought they hid ail shame forsook ^ The men who swim, the maids who look, j I must the naked troth rehearse, Forgive, j e delicate, my verse ; I woul J that Cork were rested well, With every grace that might excel. Thy shops are fitted up witi* art. But shopmen act no quakcr's part; Not to their word, so very nice, They ask atid take a diff'rent price: Be at a word, let both be true, , Ye customers and shopmen too. One truth among the rest is clear. Small prostitution revels here ; .' Of thefts, which we may elsewhere see, I never saw a town so free. And now thy poet gently sings, The fairer side of noen and things : Adhering strictly to the truth, I never saw more handsome youth ; Yes, Cork, thy charming nymphs and swains, Announce where bloomiitg besnty reigns ; ,' ;< " '»* .^^■' ./ ,««•; H TREL. tl. •oky a loofc.; s sec. •Cfgns J THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 6j Their sense and wit my. bosom warm, Their ta»te correct with nau&ic's charm ; Polite and lib'ral just and kind, Trae models of a viriaous miad. Thy furniture and neat attire, In general we must admire ; In sitting-rooms for ease prepar'd. The sweet piano oft is heard ; The sweeter female voice prevails, Which soft retiremet»t regales. Good paintings and the finer arts, Kind genius lo thy sons imparts ; We view in scenes of youthful life, The future mother and the wife ; Aspiring boys of parts and wit. Well train'd, and for high callings fit j With books and tutors well supplied, ,. The nation's glory and her pride ; Much pains bestow'd, and taste, and skiU, To form and guide the infant will ; These still adorn the triad name. And lead to tirtfle, wealth, and fame. ., \ km Ml. 1 ' ) .-. w 6s THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. FOR A CHILD PLAYING THE PIANO*FORTB. Tone—" Hope thou Nurse of young Desire ?" Holy spirit, power divine, Hear this feeble strain of mine ; ' Highest praise to thee be giv'n, By thy works in earth and heav*n ! Angels who in might excel, In thy sacred presence dwell ; Yet they leave that world of joy. Me to help in this employ. Now, unseen, around they throng. Listening to an infant song ; Holy seraphs, when I die, , I shall sing with you on high. Ye, in Heav'n, before bis face. Sing bis rich preserving grace : More than you on earth I prove— > Boundless mercy, dying lore I How tweet to hear the melting lay Of virgins who can sing and play ; This we in charming H^l — d find. To captivate th* eosapturM iaind ; .> ■■ , tW Nik^-. / f -.*! fSTREL. PIANO'FORTB. young Desire?" le; 'n, Bv'n ! toy, rong. -» b; ve- I ■w ii«*i»?|FWf)»^Rlu -. „ THK WOTA SCOTIA MINSTRCL. 69 To you, dear girb, such pow'r is giv'n, Sween an ti past of future heaven, O might I in the least conduce By ofTring songs to such an use, Be this among my joys on earth, To share with them harmonious mirth. But let our subjects be coiiBii'd To such as may exalt the mind y If purest virtue swells the breast. Let sensual minds enjoy the rest ; - While we the baser arts forego, Virtue alone is bliss below. THE PENITENT CHID. Tune—" How imperfect is expression.** When I err I make confession, Easing thus a troubled breast ; Carefully avoid transgression, Then I have immediate rest. Loving parents, let me pray yoOi Guard me with a watchfol eye ; I will cheerfully obey you Till the moment that I die. 'f-i O the high and sweet sensation, I enjoy frcn scenes like this ! Sure parental approbation It a taste of beav'nly bliss. fen 70 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTRKL. Length of daya will come upon her Who a parent's will regards ; And from Heav'n eternal honour. With a world of sweet regards: Think it not mean among your lays To sing the great Creator's praise; Where can yon hear a sweeter sound Than in your several choirs is found f ' Where can you Bnd so high a theme. As him who did your life redeem ? We give St. Qarry's church to fame, Wiih that which bears the blessed name ; Which trumpet forth in pleasing awe. His praise by excellent M'G— — .h j The buildings grand and wellarray'd. Their organs exquisitely play'd ; The truth is read and publisb'd there. Which makes the whole divinely fair. Yet let me, as a public friend. To lesser chapels recommend. Where instrument is never found. To mend the pow'r of vocal sound, To sing by rule and form a choir, '■ And at pure barmony aspire ; m-- ■-■■^j^rfiTtiik^,,', rrt'^^~^''t'^f-^i,i'^-^j,'\ ■2!iJf wJ&P^i^fc^' I g iM.m !w>y»»«#«M^ijia BTRBL. pon her inour. ir lays se; tndi ' me, i? fame, i name ; awe, h; •ay'd, liere, fair. > TH% NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. fl This is the only substitute For aid deriv'd from bass and flute ; If singing's timeless, dull and flat. Sure no excuse atones for that ; Where nature gives a voice so clear, ^ And with it a tenacious ear ; ' !^ What hinders then an active part. In that which tunes and mends the heart ? Shake off dull sloth, the theme pursue. What cannot perseverance do ? Full many things there might be said, In which amendment might be made ; Thy citizens /ill not deride These plain remarks, by love supplied. I wish that Cork may flourish fair. And be What other cities are : Why not, since means and power it hath. Be such an one as lovely Bath ? Then, strangers leaving thy great town, Might tell the world of thy renown ; I too, in a more decent strain, Could say where health and order reign : When thou shaltbe, in all thy parts, A picture of thy gen'fous hearts. •> 7« THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 1^ I THE THORN. In the Garden of Eden ourPjirents were placed, When heav'n sang creation's fair morn : By their taste they themselves soon disgraced. And thus they gave birth to the curse of the Thorn I But when Adam the second came down from his glory, And of a pure virgin was born ; How all heav'n stood amaz'd at the story, To see the Redeemer die crown'd wFth the Thorn ! The sun hid his face, and the heavens were frowning. The earth »hook in darkness forlorn ! All this prepar'd fof the Saint's Iiappy crowning, Such vvoiiclerful ijlory sprang out of the Thorn! • Am"'"i'Sl / >- NSTREL. Its were placed, fair morn : oon disgraced, the curse of the me down from the story, Dwn'd with the s heavens were bribrn ! ppy crowning, )g out of the ftlilriiti I 11^ THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. fS BENEVOLO AND THE STRANGER. Tune—" The Cabin boy:* From whence arrived, thou stranger poor, And what's thy calling here ? Come in, and welcome, at my door. Dispel thy gloomy tear. Indeed I am a stranger poor. To lonely grief a prey ; I'm far from home, and insecure, Oh ! guide my weary way. Most welcome to our friendly cheer, O yes, beyond a doubt ; We always help the stranger here. Nor send him empty out. The pleasing truth I greatly feel. Warm glows my grateful brea«t; Expression fails me to reveal How much I wish you blest ; 'But what are feelings such as mine. Which gratitude procures. Compared with rapture so divine, ^^Thai flows from love like your's f THE !!'• -^j AUTHO!l PROCEEDS to DUBLIN, WITH SUITABLE REFLECTIONS QK THAT EEAUTIJPUL CITY. j\ O loire can thjoe, kiod Cork* encel. Accept my long «nd last farewell ; The good txf plenty, love and f caoe^ Inceuant flow, immt ever ceaae ; In pure trao^atllity abide, No ill thy 0cn'roaa abora betide. / BLIN, SCTIONS CITY. :, excel, I; afie^ THB NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 7^ The sloop IB reafiy at the Quay, The wind it fair for Dublin Bay ; Bright Sol the fair horifton gildt, For harvest ripens all the fields. Close sailing in apan the shore, We view the beautfout landscape o*er ; Hailing Hibernia as we pass'd, Each county vying with the last ; Smiling in verdure all around. While plenty strews the cultured groand. Far other somMS of late were known, Her peace and unity o'erfhrown ; Confusion rolPd, a bsncfut flood, Thy shores were wash'd with human blood : Truth bore the tale n^fh awful !«peed. Where Indian shore* bewarl the deed. Oh ! could i sing thy eeast ailong. Nor nnake discordance in the song ; But mem'ry wiikes the rueful lyre. For those who neednessly expire. Thy sous, with Bin iivfatuate. Fell wounded, slain by macki'Hing fafe; The brave, dttfbndi4i^ Bi'• / Ai iSTREL. prey, I breast, It? came, auRht, 'ght,^ v'n. > more, 'V. ee, ; hand : nd ; ht Tire mnm scotta mtnstrbl: To ieotifcioua dwty all return, And for Brrtannia't glory burn ; Now raive the wEll^irccted blow, AgaioattlM world'* inveterate foe. ^ SONG. Tune—" Sawttrneen DeelitAr jf favorite Irish Melidjf. Ob ! spare my aweetErin, thou loul of creation, Her offspriBf be dear lo ihy fatherly love ; If darkness is brooding a cloud.o'er the nation, Thy hand can the gloom of affliction remove. Surely the powV that so often defended. Will rise in her cause, and she shall b befriended K And with the best bfessings of heaven attended ; The favour I wish may she speedily prove. ' But, Erin, thy nobles are fickle ar»d faulty. They lovetik«« lHMb«nd that»8 given to roam • If father*, will wwder, the children grovv naughty, And only MbeHfon awaits them « home. Come to yoar duty, ye lovers of Erin, O.let yoimeiv«« with your Wealvh be appearing Thy mother, thy country Hiis moment it fearing' Ah ! why Mti her lovers dehiying to comts \ * o 2 i I 7S TIIE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. With purest affection her botom ii glowing, Atiii all but her own are reviv'dby the flame; Mer generous conduct, with bounty o'erflowing, Is own'd by the Minstrel, who wArblea her name. O, may poor Erin be timdy defended, With all the best blcNtings of heaven attended, By Britain her sister forever befriended, Be mutual their warfare— their frieodihip and fame ! Sec where appear our heart's desire. Great Dublin's old and lofty spires. Thy Liffey opens to the sea. And Europe crouds all sail for thee ; As London's port, on either side, A num'rous craft adorn the tide. What beauteous palace on the right Arises grand uponthe sight, With forms of virtues on the place, And crown'd with Hope, a shining grace ? For Customs was the fabric rcar'd, Our palace and our castle's guard. ^ Yes, kings, with all the gliti'ring state. Become, by commerce, truly great. ' The monarch, merchant, rich and poor. By trade well guarded, live secure ; * # NSTREL. m if glowing, '*dby the flame; nty o'erflowing, 'ho wArble* her fended, eaven attended, friended, ir frieodihip deiire, ires. thee; B right ice, ng grace ? d, rd. I »t%te, it. id poor, ire; THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 79 Gradation works the vast machine, And order rulcn the living scene. While thus e^inc'd a nation's sense, Supplies are sure, and sure defence: No constitution can wc sec So well constructed, sound and free. There, in that broad and beaut'ous street. In centre where four passes meet, A lofty pillar from the ground, i Aspiring, looks the country round ; And Nelson on its top doth shew. Which all but breathes on ye below ; The life and attitude express'd, Inspire with courage every breast; And sentiments the most refinM DiiTuse through all the public mind ; Though great and costly, not too grand, His genius living in the land. While she beholds the model there. May Ireland raise her sons as rare. This monument insures renown, And Britain's thanks to Dublin town ; For, NelaOD) yet we no where see So "high exalted as in thee. Thy bank, the former House of Lords, The grandest symmetry affords ; Its ancient riches now are fled, lit preaeot worth, though ricb| ia dead ; 1. ,,'•4 fif: .1^ sa TOX KNOVA^ SCOTIA MINSTREL.. Though dead, ks laiwgUKge can obuun What oratory seeks in vain : Long may it hold ibe n«tian's « Are models of perfection's art, And elegant ideas impart. Where'er in mu»iivg' mood IrtWffe, By church, bridge, eatde, or ejccbange. Sweet harmony cfHioeietfa th' entire^ In beauties studious tirni admire. Sacred antiquities w« ^nd^, To feed the eewfetuplartv* mkid. In great St. Patrick's ani » m 82 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. Then tlie fuU chorus all the throng invites, And earth partakes in beav'n'is'supreme delights! Give me the place, the people and the call, Where heav'n and hanmony aad grace are all. flail ! reverend antient Pile, whose holy dome Bemtinds the soul of her eternal home ; Thy avenues regale the thoughtful mind, With heav'iily grandeur, and with song reiin'd. Sweet anthems vibrate to that Onli/ Name, May praise forever here His Love procdaim ! Here sleep the ashes of the pious dead, CfaieftaitiK and heroes too in marble bed. prelates and judges, Men of talent rare, Pbets and lovers— Swift and SteUa there. In either fane thy monuments-arise. Though few in number— faithful' effigies:* The speaking sculpture weeps & looks St loves, Less hard than be that, gaziog, disapproves. PART II. The Organ— Organist: Kc. And now the rapt'rous peaU Awakes the soul and shak«s< t^i And- twilight orisons to Faitb invite, Wbeve bcfiiiaat kunps dispense a g«^eB light. Here rick and poor, if well dispot'd by grace, May feel how grandly awfai.is the place ! jr'r-^ w NSTREL. ong invites, ipreme delights! and the call, d grace are all. lose holy dome I home ; itful mind, Mtb song refin'd. 7nli/ Name, ive protdaim ! us dead, rbie bed. ent rare, eUa there, rise, ful' effigies :> & looks St loves, disapproves. 'St; KC. •buffet _^ und ! vite, a gofalea Ught. l>os'd by grace, , the place ' THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 83 O, solemn organ, set in critic score, Such instrument ne'er blest my car before ! My heart up-rais'd in extacy, proclairn'd— fie thou the qiaster piece of Europe iiam'd ! B ut who shall modulate thy varied tone ? Saint Patrick answers — 1 present thee ones Thepow'rs of "Warren, which all art excel, Expression is — most ioexpressible : No lattguage can relieve the bursting mind. While he cominands the soul-enchanting wind. The passion* «re absorb'd^ or rsis'd oohtglH Pluug'd in the deep, or wafted to the aky I Chaos, in uproaf , wildest music bnngs* As Milton— Kandel->or as Hayds sings. The ragiog w»»es liko bills in battle soem* Anon they lull, as lake or silent stream. ** Let thwe be light" — the lucid rnys divine,'^ From forked points ioi)!Oundlessl»ody afainr,> And speaks the oi^hty Maker's vast design ! ^ Creation hear« the elemental strife, And beauteous nature dances into life. Subsides the rumbling thunder dieep aud dark. Hear! he«r^ou not the heav'a.as{Hring lark ? The gro«^|iK>norous fill the swelling breeze. You hea^^j^ .think you hear the vocal trees. The mujrm'ring8treamlet,chrystalstoiies among, ^bi6 shepherd's Bute, or pious matin song. The key ischang'd, from peace to war's alarms, The brazen trumpet sounds — To arms, to arms. -•^trf ]WwyiiinHtaj*j'W)V *'r'™ .,„.i«t-jaai£i--«-''- m -».-a. 84 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTRtt. You hear embattled foes on hostile ground. In the tremendous majesty of sound ! But when the breathing tubes, so clear andfiMf Call for cherubic piety divine ; The heart in unison withheav'n'a own choir, We see celestial light, and feel the heavenly fire ! PART III. The Vocal Powers. O Oi'gan, Organist, sweet Choir and all. We match ye against Westminster or Paul, The royal chapels of so many names At \yindsor castle, or at old Saint James, Or Yorkminster, or Durham^ grave or merry, With even boary-headed Canterbury ; And many more, high in the vocal lisl. With amateurs oft borrow'd to assist. With nicest ear, and with affection's glow, I heard them all, and all their merits know ^ Prom infancy I heard Britannia's best ; But Dublin choir eclipses all the rest ! Some may assert, "1 judgment wttntand wit"— I say — and without fear of saying it^ That those who handle organs fair-^d well ; Butthese that dutV(/ and play them right— excel; This is in point — for, take the whole, or parts. They all compose, and masters are of arts. .j«JL» NSTRXt. itile ground , ound! so clear and fine, [)*B own choir, he heavenly fire ! rs. Ihoir and all, iter or Paul, lames int James, [rave or merry, rbury; Heal lisl, assist. ction's glow, erits know , I's best ; le rest ! w4ntand wit" — fair-^tt well ; m right — excel; whole, or parts, I are of arts. 1 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 85 I have as great a right to judge on them, As some — my taste and judgment to condemn. Where can we find— to take theiii in th' intire,- Vocal and instrumental, such a choir ? Here science pours of sweetest sound a flood, While all is harmony and each part good ; Then, as to voice, search ChVistendom around, / nd publish where their equal may be found. With these it is a general concern — To please— to profit— learning and to learn. The best of '-acred music they prepare. However difHeult, or choice, or rare. Where sweetest seeming dissonance affords A double relish to rfct Jrning chords. Each is himself a host in point of skill. By art profound, by nature what she will. Sweet modulations grace the me-*al treat And vast variety makes all compleat. Here grand TeDeums — Jubilates — Creeds, Responses, chaunts, & ail that please, succeeds ; A rich assortment of well-chosen wares. Chorus, duets, trios and sweetest airs. Sure Handel's sacred genius must inspire Each warbling minstrel in the Dablin choir. Now vocal bass affects th' astonish'd ear ; And alto mounts, aspiring high and clear; While manly tenor holds his middle course. And treble shrill speaks Catalini's force. It- i •^il ^h THE NOVA SCOTIA MlN9Tll£L. The kiiig himself, to make the lubject clear. Would be transported, if he were but here ; Ah) if he were, his case, however bad, Alight meet a cure, if music mends the mad : Some have been cur'd by music flat or sharp ; And so might George,couid he but hear theharp. Ijail ! charming choir! hail,boIy time and place, I.ong may ye chaun <;, and with increasing grac* ; Let it, at length to you and me be given. To join the first born sons of light in heaven ! SONG OF PRAISE FOR A PIOUS YOUNaLADY. Tune—** The Maid of Lodi," To sing the Great Jehovah, Who did my soul redeem, Such an exalted lover, t)eserves the highest theme : He left his brighest glory, To bleed in suff'ring loVe; ^nd now he's gone before ye, To claim his throne above ! Now hear his word declaring What he is doing there : A crown of love preparing. Which you shall ever wear. ^ WW f ii irwai g i»w « « i M I >l li | lil 1 ilii iWWJWW i ni'lll i ^ 'flawaw MM(rriiiiiiri'MWirirrTnri-Tn"" % ■«>. HVTlLtt, ubject clear, re but here ; ver bad, !nds the maci : : flat or sharp ; lut bear the Aai7>. 1^ time and place, ncreastng grac* ; i be given, ght in heaven ! 5 YOUNaLADY. fLodir ihovab, redeeci, r, est theme : ing loVe; liefdre ye, lie above ! leclaring there : sparing, £ver wear* THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 8? Yes, happy soul, that heareth. Believe bis holy word. And you, when he appearetb, Shall triumph with the Lord! Each sacred edifice we find, Strives which can most exalt the mind } Within, without, the whole is built, A range for grace, a check f»ir guilt. Behold that lovely* spire arise, A sacred shrine to greet the skies ; An emblem of the ciiy fair, Which comes from heav'n, a perfect square; A pattern of masonic grace. In eligible form and place. Insuring architect'ralfame, As rais'd in George's age and name ! Chapels and schools for grace and taste. Arise in order, high and chaste. Thy charities, nor few nor weak, Te sympathizing pasaion speak ; In all of which, we trust, is found The seed of doctrine pure and sound. ".« George's Church, then building. w :.^^«i*.-'C»- rn' 88 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. I*> "I THE END OF LENT. TuNK— " The bewildered j/aid.'* 8low broke the light — a^ length camethermorn. When the " Antient of days" of a virgin wai born ! His advent so low, and so humble his birth. No room was afforded for him on the earch ! Behold hisdecp sorrow, ah ! hear him complain ; Oh ! witness liis trouble, his anguish and pain ! When rais'd to the cross his dear life-blood he spilt To redeem his own creatures all covered with guilt. Then he who the heavens and the universt made, Was, with guards round his corse, in a sepulchre laid ! But on the third morn, ere the dawning of light, The conq'ror of death from the tomb took bis flight ; Behold him ascending to his God and ours, Poor sinners defending from infernal powers ; While now interceding for Adam's lost race. His spirit is pleading redemption through grace. Thy pulpits, Dublin, may be nam'd For rhetoric supremely fam'd } \ / _l^^ *}■, STREL. NT. sametbeHnorn, f a virgin wai e his birth, I the earth ! him complain; uish and pain ! it life-blood he I covered with i the universe , in a sepulchre twning of light, tomb took his d and ours, ernal powers; n's lost race, through grace. nam'd i TJap VOy/i 3P0TIA MINSTREL. 89 To mention parties we defer, Nor thereby angry blame incur ; But approbation may be spelt, When what is heard is warmly felt ; The soul, in pleasing rapture hung, Hears nature's voice and music's tongue ; Sweet pathos marks the flowing line, And Bnish'd periods speak divine ; While manly gesture acts aloud. And more than speaks to all the crowd. The law may all its wrath discharge, Yet cannot boast a fleld so large, As that which comprehends all sp&ce, The subjects of redeeming grace. The stage may add to action, >how. With all the powers that man can know ; But the concerns of every soul. Eternal things, outweigh the whole. Of great importance it must be. That pulpit diction should be free: Not measured by contracted rule Of written themes., like boys at school ; Harangues of twenty minutes long. Then benedictus end the song : Is this the labour of the week ? You read— but never say you speak. Methmks I see, in house of pray'r. The Master of Assemblies there j H 2 I li'.i i!. -#S, ^\ .( i 90 THE NOVA SCOTIA MWSTREt; Incarnate love, in humble RuUe, Who ever acted on this wise : — He reads the portion, names the text, Then shuts the sacred page—what next ? Sweet elocution, with a tear, Pours her full soul upon the ear ; All animation, life, and fire, Faith, hope, and love, joy, grief, desire ; All nature ransack'd, heaven and earth, To give to struggling passion birth : The soul on wing, the man sublim'd ! O how unlike a ser.mon chim'd : As clock-work in a steeple hung, The bell moves riot, nor moves its tongue : By foreign touch , mechanic wire, Ding dong the fainting sounds expire: But see, the many-changing peal, Makes the well-founded steeple reel ; Within, without, th' effects are found. Inspiring joy for miles around. In sister kingdom, th' other day, . V/e heard a rev*rend prelate say : " To keep our hearers allsecufe, " And to assist the parish poor, •« Our churches must convenient be, *« With seau, like crouded chapels, free: *« The want of these, beyond a doubt, «« Hath shut our waod'ring beMeri out; .1 iin-iMmniniMffl'inr-rTT'-""'""'^"''*" """ ■■i.f»i>n««inmf>w / ■Jk-v. "-^ll btrel; ; text, rhat next ? ef, desire ; nd earth, birth : ilim'd ! I: t its tongue : ire, I expire: sal, ! reel ; s found, • day, ay: ife, lent be, apels, free : a doubt, iareriouti THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 91 « Hence they, poor sheep, are stolen away, " To hear what certain babblers say. The fact is plain, even to the dull, A church that's well supplied is full : Where music and the sweeter sound Of evangelic truth are found, Seats, or no seats, a host repair, To catch thR balmy doctrines there ; Then, would you thin^hose meetings all, Preach, and spare not, like sound St. Paul; Your words, like dew, or herbs distill'd. Prove cordial and your church is fill'd. Now, modern sermons, wrote in books. Come from, and cause suspicious looks ; As if the state can't trust the man To follow loyal virtue's plan ; And seem to raise the hearer's doubt, That he can't preach his book without. Say, which do you prefer as good, A golden preacher in plain wood ; Or wooden priest, that you behold, Fix'd in a pulpit made of gold ? Then shake all drowsy custom oflf, Nor longer be the mimic's scoff. The lawyer for his client pleads. By nature's power, and succeeds. The player acts his winning part, And inu»t effect the dormant heart. iiii M :. '.)■' '; I $2 THE NOVA SCOTIA ^ NSTRKU The Cuinmon* and the House of Peer» Extort the ligb, and draw ctu trars : All I his, and more, we kuo.v, takes place. Without the aid of special grace ; Then how much more should ireacbers be From nature- crippling trameU fi • ' Throw by your crutches, learn to wnik, Nor read your thoughts, but make UtcJQ ulk , O try, for once, to go alone. And evidence each step your own i Nor let it in the news be told, Where sermons may be houc^Ut and sold. Thank heav'n, the cuntujs dies apace, While here and there 9om<; (.penk withgracet Who tread no wore the beateii ' o?^ i, But taking both the bool's of Go'ij Ev'n grace and o»i <'e, snicly find A rtady entrance to the imnd ; And homo libri, motto great, h brightest preacher in the state. Through England is this truth expressed. Nor is sweet Dublin city least ; The purest language here, we find, To mend the heart and form the mind. Thus bless'd the sacred rostrum ttbipe». Supplied with eloquent divines; Masters of art in truth, indeed, Whose lectures more or le»8 »a<;«e«d : vN*c NSTRIU and sold. es apace, nk with grace t iu'i expreu*dy Und, e mind. 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A thing of nought contracts the soul, While we, impatieni, of controul, Resent the meaning of a friend, Who works with us for the same end, Though ain ing diff'rent at the mark, Through error's medium in the dark. Saint Peter, holy, wise, and good. Says—" Paul is hardly understood ;" ' And Paul, both learned, wise and free. Declares, " we all but darkly see." Yet we can mysteries surmount. For which an angel can't account. Diving in science, fetch from thence Immortal secrets down to sense ! Yet know, vain man, and once for all. Like Milton's angels in their fall,— You may assert, to aggravation. Of free will and predestination, Un'il life's glimm'ring lamp goes out, Still unresolv'd remains the doubt; And rei^son, brieathless, dies with man. You leave off just where you began. i m ' *wmmaMm ^^- ■:ft.'Vf:T-if>fV^'i''- ■ ;■•; A4 THE NOVA SCOTIA MIKSTREL. If vou believe, and so relate, Salvaiion comes by certain fate, Some equal fav'rites of the sky, Behold it with a different eye ; And in a friendly weak essay, Attempt to shew their humble way, A way that leads to heav'n they prove. Because they feel it ends in love ; Confessing^ something in their nnind. Embracing God and all mankind. Ttiink and let think, give each hii tcopiB, To exercise his faith and hope ; If thesa effect a virtuous end. He is your brother and your friend. MORNING HYMN. Tune— " Cw)?m.'» O thou Source of all goodness, thou Fountain of light, Now the terrors ve fled with the dai)(Qes9 of night ; Let me bow at thy footstool to praise and to pray, And to offer my thanks by the dwn of tl)e day. ' Thou hast kept |ne from evil, and ansvrer'4 my Thy loveliest angjeU have had me in c^e ! :<«*** • •■.*«t^-* jtf • ■ ».wf— IKSTKEL. y» > e way, bey prove, ove; ir mind, ikiitd. ch hit scopie, pe; !, ' friend. 'UNE— " Coolin:* ess, tbou Fountain ith the dai)cQes9 of >1 to praise and to ir tbjB dfiwq of tbe ri], find answer'd (P y "> THE JJOVA SCttTtA MlKSTtlfeL. d* In lowly obedience \ come, at thy will, And implore 1 this day may be kept from all ill« The sun in the armament scatters thy love. And chears the Creation from glory above ; So down from thy presence let goodness divine. Warm my heart with thy love, and through life let it shVne. Till the last happy day of my journey below. Let me live to thy glory, thy righteousness kootV; Then death shall be welcome to my closing eyes. Which shall open in glory with God in the skies. EVE^J!NG HYMN. Twe—** Rodin Castle:' The Lord of uature once was poor, And had not where to lay his head ; Yet doth his providence secure My food and raiment, home and bed. Thy lofty praise, eternal King, In grateful numbers let me sing, Kecount ttiy mercies with delight, ' And crave thy blessing through this night. Forgive ihe errors of the day, < Before m bataiy sletp I lay ; w ,»1i^itWijiiiiiiBB^^ -^ I 'f: 96 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. And, if I die, ere morning come, O may I reach my heav'nly home. My glorious bright and high abode Is near the bosom of my God : Lord, teach my hopeful mind the way To regions of eternal day ! The city claims my strain once more, But how can I its worth explore ? No help from friends or books have I, Nor ought but observation's eye : A bird of passage on his flight, Looks not with scrutinizing sight; But who in Dublin spends a day. Goes not ungratified away. Commercial Buildings, streets of Tradc^ Are uniform and spacious made ; The warehouse and the shop agree, In elegant simplicity ; Where merchants ply their manners well. In real poliicness they excel ; May wisdom all their measures guard. Be irade and income their reward. But who accounts for what we meet In Patrick or in Plunket-street ? Fair city, let them never say— You 80 profane the Sabbath day ; ./ if' MINSTREL. come, 1 home. h abode od: ind the way once aiorcy lore? ks have I, eye: ht, sight; day, -eeta of Trade^ ade; agree, oaannera well, I; res guard, eward. It we meet set? day; THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. In marketing, and tumult's noise, From brawling women, swearing boys ; Dirt, ancle deep^ and rotten roots, A passage only fit for brutes. Their shops all open — shocking tale ! Old clothes and new exposM for sale ; And not content to sell within, Their wares hung out— a public sin : Thus are profan'd the sacred hours. In spite of beav'n and earthly pow'rs. *T'n said " they late receive their pay, " And therefore buy on sabbath day ;" So God and man are disobey 'd. That you may catry on your trade. Riches so gain'd can ne*er do well, *Tis mammon ai{, that comes from h ell. Heav'n looks with righteous anger dowi On such abuse in any town ; No morjB provoke indulgent heav'n, But let it have one day in seven. Forbear, ye ti^affickers, your crime, , No more encroach on holy time ; And O, ye men of pow'r and might. Maintain your great Preserver's right; Heav'n, earth, all look to you, of course, To put the dormant laws in force. Here aqueducts of mighty strength. And grand canals of wbnd'roas length. m % 9* THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. Bear on their artificial floods The country's produce and her goods! What nature fails in, art effects. Such labour claims our high respects j By these convey'd, the waters flow, ^ And to the city bason'go ; From thence proceeds the streem, and meets The num'rous fountains in the streets. jl - Near the Rotunda, garden'd round, An hospital* adorns the groOnd : '^' High honour may its founders gah, For helping nature through her paitl. If suiTering females can forget, I blushing pay the grateful debt, And bless the heart, the lib'ral hand, ' ^ That helps to people sea and land. BriUin, I tell thee with a smile. Thy sister is a fruitful isle ; The least that fhou for her can'st do. Is— Smile, and make her happy too j Beware of self, nor self alonp, ,i Hibernia's welfare is thy own. Like thee she rises, naval queen ; A rich provider she hath been : No drone that's giren up to sloth, > She arms the field and navy both ; • The LyJngiB Hospital. I'li, ■ M8TREL. goods '. pecta } low, m, and meets streets. round, afn, pairt, t, hand, nd. St do, r too; ,th. ital. THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 99 And still to shew her zeal and care, She helps to cloathe and feed them there ! Then what is right be sure to give, O let ihy thrifty sister live. Hear, hear ! she fainting cries, 1 trow. As much in Westminster as thou. Her calls re'^^erp, her plaints regard. Nor let her think tho'J dealest hard : Just as thy own, her right decreed, Will make the Union strong indeed ! ' * Where fire-works jubilant are seen. In ample square of Stephen's Green ; * Equestrian George adorns the plat. Not England's fkry equals that. May his successor so be rais'd. And Dublin more than London prais'd. For tnaking very stones to smile, Like kings and heroes of the Nile ! We hail the joyfgl morn at hand, When Jubilee throughout the land, His matchless reign shall tell to all, From Nova Scotia to Bengal : The isles, the c tfanies shall ring. And ocean shou* *'' long live the king,** Deep cannon sound the fiftieth year. Tell it sweet bells, both far and near. Let not the church enjoy it leait. Nor afterwards tbe/sober feast } .^. •vM '■■t III-,. ,1 100 TII^NOVA SCOTIA MIN8TRBL. And when the sun withdraws bis ray, Light up an ariiBcial day : Brilliant devicBH crown the night, Be George the subject of the light ! Let Nelson's pillar hold the same, Surround the hero with a flame; By night, behold him from afar, And on his breait a blazing star ! Adorn with lamps of various hue. But don't forget red, white, and blue. Festoon the railing round his feet. Let loyalty and victory meet. On such a subject light to throve, Will make a most exalted sho#! THE JUBILEE, TWO SONQS COMIOSEO OM THAT OCCASION. Tune—" God save the King.** O thou almighty word Heav'n's and Britannia's Lord, Hear while we sing. May George reign over us, More than victorious, Happy and glorious, God save the king. Fountain of peace 1ieav'n hath wrought, Tli3 list'ning world shall hear ua tell That brave Horatio Nelson* fought And, bleeding, conquer'd as he fell I Rule, Britannia, &c. i May thy triumphant navy ride. Sole mistress of the yielding nwin ; With some kind angels near her side, V / To guard the living and the fltin. Rule, Briunnia, &c. • About tbis time the magnificent monument eitcted to his memory in Dublin was Soisbed. Wk ,.. / % INITRBL. ice, m f me, G. *f iaiMia. aear«, kbe day, f year* ; sway, nwitbme, tbike. I bath wrought, hear us tell m* fought i as he fell I kc. ■ide, ling main ; r her side, the slain. nificent monument was fiftisbed. Let not ambition be our good, Nor let us seek «aotber's right ; Much less may Britons thirst for blood, Blli to deCeod, alone, we fight. O, Britannia, this thy pray'r, Claims of heav'n paternal care. Bring near, kind heav'n, the halcyon day, Be union known throughout the world ; \ The sword of battle thrown away. And into dark oblivion burl'd. O, Britannia, &«. The MoMAacH spar'd, the country blessed, Owr captive brethren all be freed ; When all the nation is at cest, 'Twill be a Jubilee io^ksed. Come,- Britannia, join with me, filing a gon'ral JUBII.BB. a The eity aptendidly appciars, In paWicwalks and handsome squares. Buildings for charities %>und. And boapUab the subam round. The worn oiit warrior, poor and sick. The magdalen and lunatic : The foundlii^ and tlie idler too. Have boose and boode, and work to do. ■» 104 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSPTRBL. SONG. ti^. . . ADDRESSED TO A FKMALE HARPER. Tune — " Colerain.^* tell tnc; sweet harper, yqm favorite hour, When most to delight me you seem to incline ; Remember your promise of harmony's power|| To raise a frail spirit dejeicted like mine. If music hath charms to remove a dull spirit, And soothe the worn mind that is burlhen'd with grief, 1 pray thee exhibit the skill you inherit, Let music and virtue afford me relief. Who knows but a^Jlength my request may be given ' i Not only enraptur'd to listen to you : With a harp in my hand 1 may join you in heaven, And sing a sweet anthem eternally new. No parting with friends, no depenuance on neighbours, ^ Nor f>icknessnor8(MlltrBhallevercome there ; A harp and a cro^ shall co||apensate our labours, |' My harper, ropy we this felici^ abare.. •-^- ■'«*. ■ ^. / •hi. IINSTKBL. 1 iLE HARPER. r favorite hour, ou seem to incline; lartnony's power||fe ted like mine. - ive a dull spirit, I that is burlhen'd ^ou inherit, d me relief, y request may be en to you : may join you io eternally new. b depenuance on tllevercome there ^ I coMpenbate our iliciwabare^ THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 105 . Thy Beauties, Dublin, truly shine, They need a better pen t1i||tinine: May what superior pens impart Be guided by a better heart ; ^ Though Time and skill may not extend. To gain in every point my end, Marking the growing Beautie« here, That in and round thee still appear, ThePark, the Villa, Mountain, Vale, Wl^re art or nature may prevail. ^ But what are all the works of earthy ■- ComparM with animated worth ; The manly form, creation's pride. With bluihing beauty at hisvide / And thesis, with justice, thou oaosl^bdilt. Yet these if e not what charm asmost : *- 1^ For what is beaiity's winning form,^ In abstract, bat-an hraghty worm ? When grace of guilt the mind .disarms, Infusing intellectual charms, ^^ The donble beauty stands confess'd. Vice owns the charms and smites her breast. Tlie«ewi|i*i!e wanting alill to proTe • How modi' ny couteUenoe il love : ' Weak, lonr^ctroumtoviVdwid poor, I cannot Mk«|the>plMwiag .tour i mmmm 1 1' < I i U^ t,*ft 106 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. # Yet I am happy for theii* sakes, Who visited Killarney Lakes ; But happier far that they can find Through all their tour a loyal mind. may they as the sovereign reign, Mor feel a reason to complain. In church in state let all agree, Be wise as ye are iHnd and free. May heav'n adorn with every grace Thy generous, hospitable race: Ac6epf this fervent wish of mine, A weak bat tributary line. Let thy indulgent, fostering hand My most unfeigned thanks command. The parting tear speaks my good wiU, 1 leave, but think upon thee still, f: And when I view thee from the bay. Shall singing, sigh and sail away. 8M1 part in sorrow from thy shore, - To see or taste thy sweets no more. THE CONTRAST.— ^n Irish Melody. That Erin is gen'rous a Briton mutt grant it. Her heart willembraoe you at eibb open door ; Her bounty she shares with the neen^ who v^ant it, Po>ite to the rich, and all lov^to th^ poor. *. The Duke and Dutchess of Stehmond. / mi tflKSTRBL. kkea, '' ■ . '• 1 find ' " Imind. I reign, n. ree, ' rec, Y grace ce : nine, band p ommandt good will, •till, % be bay, way. r sbore, • } more. n Irish Melody. on nniutt grant it, I at e&h open door ; snee^whowantit, lov^to th^ poor. IS of nd. THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 107 % Her love to Britannia, thus amiably glowing, Meets no such return for her sons who are there : Cool treatment she shews, and small kindness bestowing. As if her poor Erin was not worth her care. Are Erin*8 sweet fields less approv'd of by heav'n. Her children kss d^ar to the Ruler above ? No :' this is the charter sweet mercy hath giv'n. Be g^Vous to all and inherit my love* Content ^h the smiles of her lover in glory. And coi|fciouft of duties which angels display ; She hears l^le I sing to my harp her own story. Accepting the tribute of truth's humble lay. - I S O N G. FAREWELL TO THE BEAUTIES OF DUBLUf. Written on leaving that City. Farewell, lof^ city, foi«ver farewell. How much Tin attach'd to thee tongue cannot tell : > While I sail d<^n thy stream, o*er thy b(»uti> ful bay. Looking back With a sigh, I recite the last lay. . '1 ^It^-^-^ .r w- '■■ft lOfl Till NOyA^ tOOtlA MnMTRBL. ■'* Fareirall to the scenery that yields such delight, Eiir prpspecto by day» and sweet friendship by night ; ^ Iiown thy benignity often «e«ld ndse Pure gratitude*s calV— adwation and praise. Farewell, eheerful age, with beneficent smile, Fkrewell, bloomltig youth, of the Emerald Iile ; Dispositions so modest, angelioU, pbin. Ah I where shall I go to enjoy them agvpA Farewell, sweetesttmelody, mu^ refii Adieu, thrilling sympathy, food of th||mind> Where humility crowns with true srandeur the great, And the lowliest merit may revel ii^tate. ■< W ' ■ Fatewett, ye bright circles, harmonpus and fair. Where (he eveninf if spent ill tUnk*giv>»g and 0ff, Wh^^li^Mnldi of Hghteousn^Bi hold forth And the house of the rich is a chhJrch for the Lotd. - i#" ^ FaicweU, and again I repeat it, faMwell, In t^flpe and richest of blessinfpexbel ; What I fail to express, may f grj^efully feel. And that power protect you to whom I appeal. ie)di«ich delight, veet friendship by lid ndM ion and pratte. lencficent smile, tlt« Emerald Isle ; ic^, pUin, y them •g^ioA Qsic refill }od of thf mind^ true Kjwideur the irmonmis and fair, t ib tiaoksgiying ousn^s^ hold forth IS a chhjrch for the itffi^well, lingalezteel ; 1 gr|lefally feel, to whom I appeal. ,.-4 THE 140VA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 100 SONG* WRITTEN IN THE IRISH CHANNEL. Tune—" BrittiiCa best Bulwarks,*^ Let Britain %oasl her *< wooden walls,** Her fatal cannon, 6ying balls, ' Her warlike chiefs, and glittering S«irord<<, Y«| know the battte is the Lord^s : Attlld the call that loudly cries, A votj^e that issues from the skies-^ O, Brlain, hear, I speak to thee, A prtMely people, brave and firee. One arro^Hlmighty strong, can save thy Coasts, Britain*s Imt Bulwark is the Lord of Hosts; Still uf^ the means thy Savioilr gives, Unite your hearts, then England Hves: In patriot zeal and pious prayer, ^ Still hope for heav*n*s indulgent care. The bri|^who fight, the wise who pray. May loolPfbr a victorious day : While He, who eaehfond bosom waroMi Will stett thy fleets and wield thy armsh With no mean triumphs then she sings and boasli> Britun's best Bulwark is the Lord of Hosts. a i: ltd THS NOVA SCOTIA MIVStREL. * NOW o'er the devious ^eep 1 roam, Still bent,thoagb not direct, od home. Taking Auld Scotia in my Way, Good Glasgow will attract my stay. I long to see thtf MlthX eirfh^ That gav* my dearest rib her birth. Yes, Margartt, tbbnMt forgive the wtttrtg Of staying from my love so long j . When thou shalt know by lines like tbii— I only stay tty friends to kiss. Near thirty years, no kiss from thee» Deserves acknowledgment by me : v And when I have them in my arms, _^^ My heart shall realize thy charms. ^ , But arst, 1 wish to let yo» know,. ^ I mean iit strange disguise to go. ^ The pleasure that I mean to te^pt^. Will make me partly smile and we^> I never saw thy friends before, Awi ywi .may never see them more< Assuming now my new disguise,' I feed my heart and feast my eyes } I trace thy features frlr in thehr's. Which soften and assuage my att And'txymjoy my specious en*,- Tell them I am your tpecia^ frt«nd i My name shall secret be a white. Till I ani tiir*d with hitrmlest g«ifo/ IIVfttRKL. * ip 1 roanif OD bome* y» r ttay. ■ birth. 6 the wrdrlg ong J . ea Uke tbi*^ I* m thee» r me : i ' armi* t irma. ^ jow,. ; go. t id we^t «» I more< lite, r eyea | enr'a, IT ca^r-' fri«ndi lito, g«itto/ THB NOVA ^OTIA MINOTML. HI Then for a lodging let me aak, And farther prosecute my taak. By which to know if they are kind, And like thyself, a kindred mind ; If not, 1 quickly change ihy place. And sing their sister to their face : Perhaps next door, or opposite, rilsing iliy yirtnes every night, Announce my partnership, and tell Of her I sing and love so well. But disappointment's, Eatal breath, Proclaims thy brother's early death. His widow and her orphans round, Are all in sable mourning found. I dropp'd my innocent disguise. She read my heart through weeping eyei. Sad sympathy. our passions aeiz'd. While silent tears each boaom eaa'd. Her tale of woe abe then began. And 'wail'd her dear departed man. A husband, father, saint, and friend, In life'a high noon brought to hii end. Ah ! me, the lonely widow's case Needs help from nature and from grace. May such, and belplesa orphana find, ' A balm in every feeling mind. My acanty boon I now impart. To cheer and bleas her lonely heart. inr |! li'.i r ^|13 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREI.. TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT BURN8, jtttempled in hii own metre, ON 8EBINO THK PLACE OF HII NATIVITY. Sweet Bardie of Auld Scotia's plain, In thee a son the mutes gain ; Well may each joyful nymph and swain, Both young and fair, Stag to thy rustic wood-note strain. Thou pride of Ayr. My muie, with an ambitions speed. Shall twine her clusters round thy bead. Of holley leaves and berries red. Fairest that grow : And wild, but fragrant, flowers spread Around thy brow. Thy native wit and genius claim. In Scotland an immortal name ; True merit hath insured the same. As thy reward. All England, smiling, owns thy fame. Thou bonny bard. Nor England only knows thy worth. Or Caledonians in the North ; Thy muse, unfettered, wanders iotti^ , Beyond the tea: ^( Even Nova Scotia's barren earth. Yields this for thee. y [INSTREI.. )BERT BURNS, I metre, HU NATIVITY. a't plain, ph and iwain, t strain, IS speed, id thy head, I red, MTcrs spread V >■.'-:■ ' claim, me; : same, thy fame, ly worth, th; ders forth earth, ;rib vwa W>tia MiNsntsL: liar NOW GiMgovr claims » faithful line, From this poor wandering muse of mine ; The Clyde, that gently flows along; Demands a more descriptive song. Two noble bridges sp«p the tide, ^ And grace the Tieiv on either side : The streets are wide, well pav'd, tod clean,. And scarce a faulty house is seen y Their buildings of hewn stone are made,; Well suiting private life, or trade. Each public edifice, well plann'd. With spires not high, but simply grand;. Great Nelson's obelisk is seen, fiy lightning blasted on the green., I saw th* electric flame descend^ And all the solid building rend. Here dwell a thjrifty, busy throng,. Not much inurM to verse and song.^ , No organs grace the house of pray V^ And only so so the^mes are there. Yet not to sweetest music lost ;. Sound harmony their pulpits boast. A moral, uprigli^, honest crowd,. But of their morals ralher proud ; Yet if in this they sometimes halr„ Be sure *U* not the preacherV £uiltL 114 THE NOVA SCOTIA MIM8T1BL. Not here, as on good Iriih ground, Dotli hospitality abound, At least by me it waa not found . In Scotland tbey maun ken ye weel Before they condescend to feel ; Just so through Britain— they will try, And touch and taste before they buy. A humble modest stranger may Pass uninvited on his way. In many a sense he goes along Alone, and sings a hungry song. Proceed, poor muse, of this no raorC) Great Edinburgh lies before : This is the capital, you know. Indeed most capital I vow. A tale the sacred page adorns. About a beast, with ten great homi, On seven great heads— call'd Babylon, And this looks like the very one. , * All hill and dale — all up and down, A monstrous, mighty ugly town. Its heads are mountains, or gr^at hills. Whose winding path the traveller kills. Its horns, still pointing at the sky, Are houses thiice three stories high : Still here is wisdom — rent on ground, To builders is ex pensive found. } mE^w / fINSTRKL. ground, ad. B weel el; f will try, ey buy. »y s ng. no more, rni, it homi , 1 Babylon, one. , down, own. jreat hills, r'ller kills, e sky, es high : n ground, ind. I THK KOVA SCOTIii MIN8TRBL. 115 So, what they want of room belnw, They find where boreal tempests blow. Well— climb the clouds, you'll soon be there ; The light is taxed, but not the air. Out of four elements, pay three, Perhaps youMI have the other free. But now, descend the rock so steep. Or cross the bridge, o'er valley deep. Behold the new and beauteous town, Of great perfection and renown, O'erlooking Leith, and far away. As if foreboding better day, When castles fall, and war ahall cease, And all is universal peace. END OF THE JOURNAL. u TO WALTER BROMLEY, Es*!- Paymaster 93 d Regt. > Who open*d the first LancMterian School in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the Duke of Kent's Tbepire. Jn Imitation of Burnt. CjTude mon, the poor maun loe ye weel : Care no what tthers lay or fee) ; But foster ev'ry naither'a chid. Ye*lt soon get on. Guide 'em to loe, wl all your skill w Baith God and mon>.. 'Tis no an easy wark, I ken, To please the diflferent miuds •* men '. ■IMMF ^V ♦ ' 4LEY, E8<|. Regt. » kterian School ii» the Duke of •ums^ loe ye wect : I. Ye*lt soon get on. •kiU itb God and mon>.. •* men '. SK« WVA ICOTIA MINSTRSL. 117 But grace dirac your tongue agd pen, Wi conduct cvont Drink at the fount of truth, and then YeMl please higb heaven. O* mon yeMl shortly see your way, Beneath guid Providence's, sway. Clear as the light i siaimer's day : Na need o' fear • While mony 'a frien for thee doth pray Wi heart sincere. Your calling is like angel wark ; Ye ha'd within a quickning ipark. That leads to chace the foul and dark Frae ev*y mind. Diracting to the oilj/ mark— The wand'ring blind. Heav*n smile on sic a mon as this Whaes maist delightful joy it is To share anither's joy or bliss Wi' a' his tool: His paith to Guid be canna miss— There's na controul* . t s «i 118 THE NOVA SCOTIA MDItTRBlM On wi ycu — though year uncoo mood By some is said to be na gude :— > And why ?"tbey never anderstood The goapel lawi. But tell them— yeUl gi up your blood In sic a caiiie* aa#wiw*M nrnm MATfilMQNY. .1! ji Writtep/or an old Glee-^Musie Ijf Thomas I ■fc, in. THOMAS. Since first I sayr your lace I r«spl,y -4 To honor and renpwn you ; If now I am disdaio'd I with My |^arth«4 never known you. What ! I that lov'd^Hind you that lUi'd ! SbnU we.bogin to wrangle ? No : no : no : my heart- is fast, And cannot disentangle. .,5: !i*> 1 . 1 mm !imij.'i%9Mmm^mrwjm,Vim-i% ' MU nitfTihi ./ -*f Err, 4 MiNtTRBiM !)coo mood Jes— erstood The goapel lawi. rour blood In sic a cadic^ ^NY. Music ly Q. Thomas resplv^d »i 1 rn you. tutbat'lUi'd! B? fast, .., XIK MINSTREL. 119 BIARGARET. Hince fiM yblt Ut vSf UiHi you kuoi^ This face vRil iii^ef dii^eitfiil } A copy of my heatt, I voW> As fair-'-as chaste and grateful. Kot all my kind, can boast a mind Mor^ tra6,'^ybu lieed ndt'd<^t me - ^0 ' no : no : — you know I'm kind^ Vou could not live without me. ^i THOMAS. Sweet partner of my joy and love. My property most rightful ; Here — take my hand-^my heart & provtf Connubial bliss delightful, ril ne'er confine my right divine To that high toA'e sd straining ; -^Ko f no : no : my all is thine : Henceforth no more complaining. IfAROARBT. rnll wdlf knii«ir, ydttt b^artso trde, Must yield to constant virtue } i always givi^ this heart to you, WhteSi fiirrer meant to hurt you. # ii m t^' 130 THE NOVA SCOt^ If my weak tongue hath done you wrongs No more this tongue tball wound you i No: no: no: we'll end the iODg«» I'm glad I ever found you* A SIXFOLD ACROSTIC, for Mr. Dew, a BatcheloTy of Brentwood, til Es$ex>. D o, Wi pay attention to what may be saiD, E ndeavor to help generation and tradE ; W hen you have read this* which is perfectly neW, W ill you send me a better in letters as feW E nter into its meaning, and tell me in hastE D o you think by complying that you are debas'D? NOTE* Hie first and the last of each line yon beholt> Your name and yodr dnty together unfolD Read it forward or backward, you find it the samE Your duty comprisM in your doubly good namE The ends of this note which sponiiuieously grew Tou will find doable D, double E, W "> ^ mmmmmm / ♦f s- itlk e you wrongf wound you i long— mosTic, ^ of Brentwood, ilk lat m«y be saiD, n and tradE ; which is perfectly in letters u feW I tell me in hMtE % that you are I line you beholt) tgetfaer unfolD d, you find it the iroHr doubly good lich spionuuieously lubleE, W ** \ ■-■gttwiyyyj^ ..^Mf»lai!,etMHiM\.'^r,.-.\K ) THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 131 LINES Addressed to a young married Lady, who pldyed exquisitely well on the Piano . " She guides the finger oer the dancing keys, " Gives difficulty all the grace of eaue, *' And pours a torrent of sweet notes around, ^ " Fast as the thirsting ear can drink the sound. COWPBR. When I see a beautiful object^ and lov^ it> There's something arrests me with—" thou shalt not covet."' My hearthad nigh slipt, so deceitful and hollow, I was going to breik out— just in such words as follow : O what would I give for your delicate hands, Andwli5tforyourwinningiangelicalmannerP Your exquisite touch every passion commands, 1 feel quite entranc'd when I hear your Piano '. what would I give for your head and your heart, Where harmort)', l^ve and the graces are dwelling ? 1 cannot receive ihcm, nor can you impart The smallest ««onation of what 1 am icUiMj. t«? 123 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. O what would I give for your memory too— Your rapid idoas thAt.fl|r like the wind ? What next do you long for, bold Minstrel, say yoa ? I long far yottt powers of body and mind : But not your identical liody and soul ; Fdr that is unhandsome and tnohstroas cruel, And such as might lead to a matter most foul— Achallenge!— accepted l—eud then foraody and mind : md soul ; I tnottstroas ctuel, natter most fool— and then forareci8ely is this, — the .rich blessing ! what rapturous (, insensible heart. e fitted to die, ;el so fair ? for a mansion on and you'll shortly ^ ■^.»,v;JMi» f nj.-p.| | ?J^'Jjtj-y|f>^ l ' , V , . v-f I •'■ .i.^^t^f^^gg^-Jnrii.imi.'iaStFiSi:;^!^'^,. THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 123 HYMN, WriUen at Sea. All things are thine, O Lord, That earth and ocean fill : Creation, marshal'd by thy word. Obeys thy sovereign will. .,j^ The roaring deep is thine » , ^ With all its living store j The fish, from beds of foaming brine, Supply the hungry shore. Thine are the gentle gales That waft our ship along ; And, while they filloqr swelling »ail«r Demand a thankful song. The power isthjiie, O God, , That saves u? from the foe : . The dangerous enemy or flpQ4 Can neither sink us low. Our times are in thy hand. Our moments or our years. And thou canst bring us safe to larid, f^r better than our fears. m0. t siim d i.yi ,u ni ! iii ii^^l»t i j.] iii> jMHmiJi ' iJ~uH* 1^4 THB NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. Eternity is thine ; We all approach it fast ; And all on earth or beavNi diviner Shall bo the saiats at laat. «: i, 1^ SONG. TO MARGARET. WritUn at Sea. When borne by furious billow* o'er the deep. And tempest-driv'n athwart the faithless sea - My love and memory constant watches keep ; 1 think on home^ my Margaret, and on thee. Let othen sing snd boast their untried love— Pourtray their burning passions as they will : Full twenty years the changing seasons prove, I love thee with increasing ardor &till» True as the needle to the steady pole, My restless heart vibrates for'thee alotie : Thy inkage, graven on my inmost sdul, llcigns tovVeign empress on its native throne mmmm g w awm mimA y-'-l-A" ■•■ MM *' iNSTREb. iicr ■ "^TCff ■• .>.^fl«dM3M&JiKUi«&?J2.- RET. ?a. K% o'er the deep» t the faithless sea - It watches keep ; iret, an J on thee. r untried love— sionsas they will : ig seasons provcj ardor &till» idy pole, br'thee alotie : most sdur, in its native throne • THE IjJ^Vi^ SCQTU ^UN^^TRi;!-. 135 Next come tl\e pledges of our mutual ioy$, And play around my heart — a numerous band : Our virgin daughters and our blooming l;)oys, While you and they my ^pef^ji tbougljits copimand. O may that Power that guards the pi;ir,e in heart Now li»ten to his own iuspir'd, rcqi^est.— r ot^batpany smiled, ^- ■ . ^, •■*'^^'* ,. ^. Sweet Peace Witb gt^at plenty' wd* rtiade to abound) A^d (he purest of friendship our paasagfi beauil'd. 1. » . •■^r m THK NOVA SCOTIA MINSTRBL. I:. 1^. Our Captain (heav'n bless him) a brav«;» nobfe^ Scot Led his heart and his liead by the naagnet of Jove ; And his mate, to insure us a peaceably lot,' By the dint of good breeding his birth did approve; Four ladies — one infant our cabin possessed And sweet was their converse, with reading and mirth ; Surely niooarchs on ship-board could not be more blessed ; Norcnvy'd weaity on ocean or earth. A pattern for voyagers our Patriot shews, While hcav'n smii'd upon us with favoring galcj Enjoying sweet harmony — feasting repose ; llow then could our ahipniates of happiness fail? The ?oice «fd the violincello were there,' , Sojdyqufrfiod tranquil our pleasures remained V Ko( a l^9.ifUD fconi a comrade, much less from the fair, Hot • blo^ from one gqarter the scenery staio'd. TJ«^,8«i| ■ It. ^ MINSTREL. \m) a brave, nobfe- 1 by the magnet of . peaceably lot, iding his birth did cabin possess'd rerse, with reaiding »oard could not be ean or earth. Patriot Bhew», iR us with favoring feasting repose ; tniates of happiness lie were there, ' pleasures remained y , much less from the iqarter the scenery ,*.t i'.; _ .t-J mmuimmmiiitmm THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 127 Twenty days had not pass'd when the dip-sea we hove, Not at random, for up came the shells and the sands, When by next meridian, R«iod sailing to prove. Old Neptune presented the queen of all hnds. Upchpnnel westeer'd, and la PorisroouUi were bound. Good pilot and anchorage set us all free. Here the Patriot rides, with her crew safe and sound, Ship and company good as e'er wcathor'd the sea. Now let gratitude esercisa every breast r For we owe our deliverance alone to the skies ! Be all praise in our future well being express'd , And thereby display ourselves happy ai»d wise. Good health to the Captain, the Mate and the Crew, ■ ■■'■••?:^ •'-;■- ^ "■ . The passengers alf will remember their worth j We yield them our thankfulness so justly due,, O, grant them in heaven an eternal good birth, , •■' ■n ami V -•'-"«'•« ^'^- ia8 THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL.- THE ANGEL OF STEPHEJ^S-GREEN. ^>f>^t^r<^^i^f>^ fii. In time of old, the scriptures say, Anf^clM in human form were seen.- An aged man, the other day, Saw one, he said, at Stcplhen*i-.greeni We dare not say, hte was not right ; Such thini^s, we know, have often beeir: : Though old, he had not lost his sight. But saw the angel at the Green, Others have seen the angel too, AikI tbey have glMried ifi the scciae } - Hfr shape waa My Uke to view ; She often w»IH'd on Stjepj^en's-gr^^Qn. > > She saw the decent man / \ minstrel; ET ff, on reading her ho/a Wifer truth, fair rcribe, s induced thy faithFul ritirtg tribe, e friend of men brth immortal truth, r to the rising day. [istructed youth, . r charming lay. every page: — • too |ire well deBn'd ; d milenial age, 1 visit all mankind. 1 by his side nd his spotless bride. VHB NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 133 fiCKNNBT On Edwardt a NoveL Meek Edward, charming yoatb, of tal&nts raj?, Beauty and grace sit smiling in thy mien : Sav'd from obscurity by female care, Heav'n saitr it and approved the god-Uke scene ! Thy father, in his country's battles slain ; Thy mother on the waves of sorrow toss'd ; Barnet restored thee to- her arms again, To manhood grown, though from an infant lost! Hail ! Barnet, best of women, take the praise That heav*n allows to characters like thine ; Thy Edward in a virtuous path to raise. Exalts thyself from human to divine \ And hail, sweet Carolina, Edward's wife. His mother's ward, and dearest gif^'in life. 'glSlX^ilfHi^tl**'*!^' r « 5 .... 134 THE NOVA SCOTIA MlNSTRtL. SONNET To a Rev. Gentleman who had mjustlif offended. In- -Doblin. Grant me that wisdom which my heart desires, The softest charity that heaven inspires. Arm me with fortitude, to bear the slings Which justly heaven, or earth unjustly brings. Save me from envy, hatred and from pride ; Nor let heav'n's gracious succour be denied, When hated, not to hate my fellow men, And when revil'd—not to revile again j To my impetuous temper give the curt, Which neither shall my friend or foedisturb. O, for that placid, mild and gentje mien, To keep my mind unruffled and serene. Let sweetest meekness, join'd with manly sense, Keep thee and meirqm rancorous offence. ,.1,iiC< .,:: !■«,( ^*'i ^J^^«fesawjS<««S«ISBW^SS***#<**■"**! "* ■ MIMSTftftL* ST \d unjustly offended. m ■Dublin. h my heart desires, iveu inspires, tear the stings krth unjustly brings, and from pride ; iccour be denied, y fellow men, evile again ; {tve the curb, iend or foe disturb, d gentje mien, id and serene, 'd with manly sense, ncorous offence. X THE NOVA SCOTIA MINSTREL. 135 A PRAYER FOR BUONAPjnTB. ^ «• I My untoyoa—Pra^MP**^ enemies.'' So runs divine command to mo. Is Buonaparte an enemy i Then pray for him I must ; But if I turn another way , And will not for Napoleon pray j By heaven I shall be curst. Heaven speaks^ and mortals must obey. So let ut all begin to pray. And watch the high decrees : Union in prsyer, with efforts join'd, May foil the scourger of mankind, And bring him to his knees. Murder and rapioe o'er the land. He deals about with furious hand. And knows not what he's doing ; Driving a million souls to hell. With dflsmons like himself to dwell In quenchless, 6ery rain I -.^ttaBftiajg-Av:Aaaa:^',. 1S6 THE NOVA SCORA MiNStREL. Beneath poor Europe's frowning skies, Fraternal blood for vengeance cries On theft — oppression— miirtber ! Oh thou who suffered'st his birth, May all his torments be on earth j Ail ! punish him no further. Arm of high heav'ii, awake, awake ; Him from the stage of action take : But make his soul thy care. We dare not wish him endless paio, In fire and darkness to remain With brother devils there. For all bis proud aspiring thoughts-^ Mis bold and sacrilegious faults. Oh ! pardon him, good heav'n. For all his villainies of wonder. His subtle and his bloody plunder, Oh may be be forgiven. *Tis not impossible, we say, That praying saints may see tiM day. Which must all heav'n surprike ; When Emperors, with blood ill ted. And this fel! monster at their head May march intQ the skies ! i. tiNStREL. ing skies, scries rtber ! irtb, wake; take: paio, ^ THE KOVA 8C(mA MINSTREL. 13? Till then, plain reason must declare, He'll never rest till he gets there : But, should he miss the mark. And plunge into the flaming pool Oh! what a hell ofhells!— poor soul! Thricehot— 'thrice deep and dark. But who will dare for once to say, (Should he, like Saul, begin to pray) That this his doom will be. Manasses, far from being good, ' And others deeply drench'd in blood , Were sav*d — and so may he. lughtt-^ t», av'n. '» nder, STANZAS To Mr. Richard Day^ of Cork, beday» >nse; kllt«d, head t^f\tvrt*^f\**t<*^»<> Day is my subject — late at nightj By candles glimmVing ray ; For, as I live, I love the light, So I will sing of Day. MS t ^> tii THE i«OVA sirOYiA MftirtRlft. There wm k time when all wai night ; Old chaos bore the swmy : Then God came down in gbfy bright,. And he created Day. He made all thingi^'-th^ laal WU mM, To rule, and to obey i But he lov*d not hit Maker'a flan,—. He was no friend to Day. . ^ Then this prime subjeet of his Lord Essayed to run away; But shades no shelter could afford From the bright source of Day* WkH' id hence % quarrel rose between The potter and the day ; When tftndcmiwtiwJ drop* Afc acene Of darkness upon Day ! ' But wisdom, joiaM with p^ ore,^ And make immorthK-^r ^. Now day is gvowittg fighter stiU, More pure, as weU: he may ; For ho— as runs his Maker^s wHl Shall shine a glorious Day. 140 THE MOVA SCOTIA MIMynil.. The ran attracts the Kring clod, ■ Hie clod draws oewr hit ray : Poor Day acknowleget his God. His God is one with Day. While io the dark I here may roan, Aod scarcely find the way O, gaay I gain my long sought home ! I then shall have my Day. Good Day to you— I wish you well, I have np more to say ; But only bo);>e with yon to dwell An cTerlasting Day. 8TANZAS i)n cur Losses in Ships iy storms and conquest in the late American IFar— '18 tS A gloomy theme invades my ear. And strikes my breast with pain : Weep for the lost, this faMi year, The drownM and the slain. ,i(ii *! - *j ^•J;0S^)^mS^Mi»mfi&-^''- t MiMyniL. od. ; od. roan, lit home ! )tt well) well IS twms and conquest War— lili r ear. i pain: year, * Tin VWA SCOTtA MimTRIt; 141 Ti ■ not by by«Min pow'r or night The conquest is obtain'd ; A higher band directs tlie f(gbt| And riotory is gain*d« Ah ! see the dreaded «rar*s ad?«noe, Our bulwarks gone and crews ! Ob ! telt it not in haughty France ; Forbear to spread the news. Our warriors dashed on ruthless shores. By angry billows driven ; Pluog'd in the dce^, they aink by aoores, As if at war with heaven . •f Hear the yeung lovers' parting strife, ^ Assail'd by furious waves } The son— the father— brother— wife, All sink in liquid graves. But shall Britannia once despair Because her gaavdians Meed ) No:— heav'n will hear our fSerrent prayV, And help in tine of need* Slow wtm thy eenrants to engtge On the Cdunbian flood ; Uottatmral diildrca, full of vage, Still thirst for parento* blood. • .1 1 ( 143 THB NOVA SCOTIA MIMtTRlL. Who firtt began war'» cursed diu, M»y they be fint 'o sue For peace, and, huoabled far their ain^ Fraternal love renew. Reform the nations, aovereign Lord, Let oura, above the rest, Fight only with the gospel sword, All| coniiuering and the best* f AN ACROSTIC: * BTYMOLOOY Of TBI WOED NEWS. Addressed to an Editor qfa Newspaper. New things we are fond of, whatever they are, On all the terraqueous globe near and far. Read fairly ; but hastily do not confuse The meaning of New— or its plural, the News, Here— in its construction, like weU-fitting joinU, Even here yod may see the four cardioid points : ■.:mmmmmmmmm [IMtTRIL. diu, their «iD» n Lord, ord, ITIC: OED NEWS. fa Newspaper. whatever they are, near and far. not confuse s plural, the News, , like we!l>fitting the four cardiod THB NOVA SCOTIA MIMSTRBL. 143 At N for the Northern, and E for the Ea«t, ^ So W surely deciphers the West ; Then 8 for the South, is the lase of the four, Where then irillyou look for intelligence more ? Engage the four quarters of all the globe round, Still, one on the other dependant is found. This plainly you see, or you may if you chu«e ; So tidings from four letters surely make NEWS; Or, read the initial ?ach quarter presents Upon iu plain face you will find the contents, That all information which memory endues. Hath this for itt basis— the New, or the NEWS. ANOTHER The reverse <^ A hasty person, passionate and vain, Gives little pleasure, and creates much pain: Envious of others, and averse to love, ^ Nor fears asserting what he dares not prove. 'Tis downright ignorance his passion sways, Leads him in error, and his heart betrays : Wi- ^f 144 nw NOVA Monu Mmminu Eren lito o«m fciwi^i* il toy tttdi h» Imt% MiMt exocratt tli«/d««|pio»bl« sUw { And whai U w«ne» deay th« traih wbo cm, No 009 mMmm Um MM hmmt nM. 80NNBT CTn utifi£ a cruiKd Fly in tie lewis qfUtnry Kirk White's Book qf Poems . » »»/>»<^»v»«»» •■■Im^ ^: s f ;i ! !l- 'Twas barmlew ui a lummer fluttering fly, To sport, dear White, thy golden leares among ; But itill, like thee, with heedleas heart and eye. He dwelt on lawful tubjectt rather long. Crush'd in the bloom of life's uncertain day. The little mouitof bospeaka us all ; So Henry fell, but, filing, taught the way«> Upon the bosom of fur truth to fall. ifiS»«S* htofaU. ■■>/ m iMfA iddfu irtwvniiL. I45 O for ■ •io^ bfM, ao «»Im M thine, 8* iiiht of aift, yet ilHirdeiCd «N|b iia weigbt ; W« aiNMid MM tkMiM mulf ^MUb IWIlilM, Nor charge • fiMik apw MMrring fate. «> The longeii lilaap«Qi iU, Irlio •*« will ^ry , LiToa u» a ^nmm U9wm MM ihlAfOM J^. ■f 8TABT FAIR. f^V' Tki$ Tate mm rttaNi f the AvAf^r, at m\itet, *y Gtmral Nepftut, Governor/ tf the Isiand •fCape BrettH, <>^> It happened on n SaihtMAy, In Cornwalt, u ibe peoph aay, A flock, and thepbenl by their nHle, Were feediag near the roaring tide ; Poor barmleM thinga weUfed «im1 wa>ii^ They never wiafafd their neigbbora baria. But, atop, O MuBe,>-niInd what yo»j aay ; My readers nay not go astray : Not sheep, but OMn—we put no farce on They're Cornish lads and their good Paisois j ff I, I: r -r-«H 146 THE NOVA SCOTIA MlNSTREl- I'll tell ihe truth— and do not care,, J mean, when writing, to start/air. Those Cornish wights, so well allied. Saw, on the ship-destroying tide, A sinking hull, the hands afloat. And- »hen, before they mann'd thfeir boat, They cried in church — so full of care,. «• A wreck 1" the Priest xefMed—" start fair :'* I'm almost done— the Parson yelp'd, Poor suff'ring souls they must be help'd ; We ought to succour drowning men. The graceful Clerk replied— amen The Priest, the Clerk, and Flock, all there. Set out in haste and iWr^f." ■'■'%'-. ■-U>^ ■imiii-Mi. ■^*^1 al^*^ [INSTREL. care,, tfdir. ■ II allied, tide, aat, d thfeir boat, 11 of care,. eA—" start fair-:* yelp'd, ist be helpM ; ing men, — amea. rinck.alltbere,. fair, rand, y mann'd : jinking Crew,- ck pursue — , ' >n came where- ing /air. \ they set, l^cou'd get ; ley stay'd^ L r trade ; Y" bare iinff/«ir. 1HE NOVA SCOTTA MINSTRXL. 147 AN ELEGY On the Death qfa yotahfid Wife and Mother in Dublin. Hear while ye may the living, dying truth Of genuine! wisdom in a wife of youth j See nature's exit with a pleasing dread And learn to commune with the silent dead. All refuges are rain with death in view, One only interest makes their record true : And this the narrative our sister gave— Conquest o'er sin, and triumph o'er the grave. From ittfancy — as far as man may teach. She saw and heard what mortals do or preach ; Yet these, however > good, can ne'er define The woik omnipotent of grace divine. Could this,'by dintofhuman means tak6 place, The work were man's, and there's an «nd of grace. Ifblushing virtue, different and meek, And nature's goodness may be heard to speak, She had the qualities of good and mild. In each relation— mother— wife and child. i 149 THE NOVA SCOnA MIM8TRXL. Sister «nd neighbor, or a feeling friend, , With all that might a christian recommend : Bat these she knew a heathen might obtain, Confessed, haa?'».lauglit, «U human effort vaiti In point. oFiiMrit,-Hdl thai man can do Is worse than nothing in th* Almighty's view : That means are good, — of purest goodness given, And, if not trusted to— still poiot to heaven. Th6se she had tried, but nature's power came shott. For djing misery a ^ or support. But lo !— the moir > Hlestial birth Announe*d— Omnt,. ^' > '.hath power oneartb: He broke the deep, and shewM heroll within Was one dark void, or only fill'd with sin. Then pining sidtoesi, with its terror* fierce. And thoughts of death her inmost substanco pierce^ Amid this scene she heard the Saviour say. Behold in me—** the Life, the Truth, the Way !" She looks, she lives, infernal terrors flee At sight of bleeding Mercy on the tree ! She sees the out stretch'd arms of love divine, —My Lord— my God and Saviour— thou act minel ■. rt 'i ,. IN8TRXL. ng friend, I recommend : might obtain, II human effort II can do lmighty*s view : purest goodnesa oittt to heaven. ire's power came rare. ttial birth th power on earth: rM h«r«H within ill'd with sin. s terrors fierce, inmost substanct i Saviour say. Truth, the Way t" terrors flee n the tree ! OS of love divine, iviear— thou ait TH« VOVA aCOTIA MINSTREU 149 An union this, could envy rea9h the ^kies, • Bovy might in an angel bosom rise. But can she leave the psrtner of her life. And quit the claim of mother and of wife,— .The social tie to one, the gift of God , By whom the pleasant path of grace was trod ? vWhat! yield htr offspring, which «ll nature sways» Young orphans in the world's erroneous maze, /Behold her pareoUTfWooping round her bed. And able still the gloomiogvale to tread, ? Ite ^loom of life, tit years ttot three times seven, To long for glory, and be ripe for heaven ; '^Betign the wdrW,4vitlki^H»p«5«^»»e^«o fair? Tbi»r-4biris virtue, and surpassing rare I i-Hear her lut %ords, on heav'oly strength » relying, i Her latest «cceatsr in Ihtf hours of dying :— My^Saviour comos to he*l the broken heart, *Tis- better far my spirit should depart. £ O thou Redeemer of the sin-sick soul, ^ I taste thy love, and thou bast mademe whole. "^ Wing roe for glory, let me haste away, - To siog thy grace through one eternal day. Farewell my partner, fty sweet babes, farewell, I go to glory, and with God to dwell. ; I'arents adieu, and ye, my christian friends, A band from heav'ii my happy sdul attends. 'I t50 THE NOVA SCOTIA MIVSTREL. The -angel convoy stoop, Y rr ktivl to raiie, ^She flies exulting, wbile hek lather prays And parting pi^ayV ih tears artd deatH turned to praise. '.'i« '.HYl '^OTE.— The Author begs leave to apologize fop adverting to the name of our revered Sove- reign in the lines entitled ** Harmony, addressed to the Gentlemen of the Choir" — the idea oc- ' cured in thewarmtb of musical enthusiasm. — he waited on the Printer' to have altered the tines, ' bot it was too late. However he most humbly yet confidently- asserts, ibat no person can exceed ^im in loyalty and affectionateahachment, both as to his royal persou — his house and the < constitutiou. T. D. CoWDELL returns bis very grateful ao- ' I(nowledga).ents to his indulgent Subscribers, and would humbly solicit their kind interest among their friends in facilitating the sale df tbisEditiea. . . FlWtS. I MINSniEL. ■ BOtil to raise, ather prays I artd deatH ft t>ft I leave to apologize 'our revered Sove- [armony-, addressed oir" — the idea oc- cal enthusiasm — be e altered the lines, he most humbly yet person can exceed teahachment, boUi is house and the lis very grateful ao- ilgent Subscribers, their kind interest litating the sale df INDEX. PAeB! Preface. 2- Meirical Introductiont & Do. Journal, containing , Description of British America, and Manners of the Indians, ltf> An Indian Hymn,. 18 Their conduct, religious and {wlitical, 19' Indian Song, ....,-• •• 24 English Settlements, 25 Voyage to England in a 74, 31 Two Gices, altereil from Jackson, &c 3& Song on sight of Britain, 37 Notes on arrival at Portsmouth,. 3S Song to Martfaret, .>•••. 41. Beiuarks on journey to London,. ........... 42- A Parliamentary Subject^. 44 True loyalty defined, 46 Visit to the King's castle, Windsor, 4Sf Do. to cities — Bath and Briatolj . . . . , ... 60 A dreadful occurrence— Author's escafie, .... tl Voyage from Bristol, ^ . . 55 Dri^'Cn into Wales-— Welch n)anoers,. . ... .... 5^ Chant for the Poor Clergy, 60 Voyage to'Cork^ — remarks on that city,. ..... 63 H^mn for a Child playing the Piano, ........ 6» Ditto for a penitent Child, 69 Serious Pariody'on The Thorn, 7^ Benevolo and the Stranger, (Song) 73 BefleciioDS on sailing from Cork, ........... Z4 jS^;ir^i^iEs^ri**5Fiw ! I i I.NBEX. rloB. 0, n«re my tweet Ef In ! (Soig) • • f • • ^^7 Arrival at and detcripiion of Dublin, 78 Harmony, in three ^aru, addressed to the Gentlemen of the Choir, 81 Pious Song for a young Lady, 8* Do- the end of Lent, 88 Pulpit Oratory In Dublin 89 Morning and Evening Hyum, M Remark* on the City 9» The Jubilee, and two occasional Songs, 99 Song, to a female Harper, 104 Good Will to Erin— with a Sonr, , 106 Farewell to the beauties of Dublin, 107 Song, written in the Iris^ Channel, 10» Voyage to Glasgow, HO To the Memory of Robert Bums, 11« Journey te Edinburgh, 114 Imitation ol Burns, .* HtJ Matrimoiqr » (HT, Thomas and Margaret, .... 118 A sixfold Aerosiie, 1^ tima to • l^y on htr music, "I Hymn written at Sea, 1^ To Margaret, do. do !«♦ Song, oB « Voyage from America, 19& Stephcn'e-gfeett—B true story, W* Sonnet 00 Bwaine's Poem "Redemption," .. ISl Do. on Hanah Moore's •« Geolebs/' 139 Da •«" Edward," a Novel, 13S Do. to aa ofiended Revereoid, • , 134 Prayer fbr Buonaparte, 13* Unes to Mr. Day, of Cork, 137 Stanaas OD lasses In American war, 149 Etymology of theword NEWS, (an Acrostic) 149 Another Acrestie, ; 145 fiomiet on Henry K. White, H# fitijrtFair, 1**: |»^ on ajottthaa Wife uiDablin, ........ 143 LB.Jl'19 '1 /f ■■'■?^MitPyi.15fc^-^s??<--^v'-'-- ^ -J' J