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 1 ME best apology for ri'printing tlie follow- 
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 Having been upwards of twenty yenw in 
 our American Colonies, and lately called to 
 Europe on account of property which has not 
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 my little finances. I was entirely unknown, 
 and without the means of bearing the expencet 
 of returning to my Family. 
 
 Having a natural turn for Music and Verse^ 
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 the moHt approved airs x but some pcrso:is may 
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 good effect :— again, 1 have hereby pleased 
 my benefactors j so thjit, without vanity, I 
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 be the boast of every Briton — a loyal heart 
 and the love of my country, which have been 
 prominent features in every piece written 
 from my youth ; many of which were pc« 
 rused and approved of by His Royal Highness 
 the Duke of Kent. 
 
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 Who never made the lule complain . 
 For bread, nor eVfcr may again : ' • 
 An Irish mother's only heir, "^ ' 
 
 Soon lost to her maternal care. 
 My father fought, and laboured hard, • 
 For Geouge and Fame — a sweet reward,. 
 Came home to die, and leave his child 
 Uncultivated, lonely, wild ; '" 
 
 A poor, unpolish'd, orphan lad, 
 Who learning's favors never had ; ' 
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 One of a thousand FairsMMbe, 
 And virtue was allied to me ; 
 From Scotland came the precious prize : 
 We met beneath Columbian skies. ' 
 
 . While business raised our hope of gain, 
 .,s ^^oiir sons, four daughters, fill our train. 
 No want of prudence was our lot, • 
 But loss in business, and what not, ; 
 CombinM to spoil our mutual care, 
 And dread misfortune was our share. 
 
 When hearing that my uncle died 
 With ample riches on his side ; 
 A man of wealth and well-known fame 
 Of Ireland — Conolly his name ; -:. 
 From Nova Scotia, all that's dear, 
 I sailM, and now at length am here. ; 
 Fruit 1js8 my searcli as yet hath been. 
 Most dreary e;ich dclighlful scene. 
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 The little stock, with which I sail'd, 
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 Now, if I dare, as British born. 
 To state my circumstance forlorn ; 
 Will no kind heart assist the man 
 Who forms a poor, but honest plan, 
 While he is fortune-toss'd and twirl'd, * 
 To shew his Journal to the world ? 
 
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 To real goodness much inclinM, 
 Will stoop at pity's soft command. 
 And take the stranger by the hand ; 
 Will overlook each faulty line, 
 Nor quite reject the weak design. 
 
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 The best returns I can prepare. 
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 And tawny tribes of Indians are ; 
 "Where quiet, endless forests grow, 
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 A continent, riil'd by extremes 
 Of frigid cold, and flaming beams ; 
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 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 all accounts you hear. 
 Environ'd with forbidding views, x - 
 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 British North America, 
 Where oft she sang, in ruddy youth, r ^ 
 Accompanied with simple truth. 
 By silent lake, or murm'ring stream. 
 And still pursued her artless theme : - 
 Now what she knows shall sing again. 
 Blind error distant from her strain. 
 
 Sweet Nova Scotia j and her shore. 
 Were trac'd and travell'd o'er and o'er ; 
 Cape Breton's intersected isle, 
 Well known by musing there awhile ; 
 Prince Edward Island well she knew, 
 Long winter one, sweet summers two ; 
 
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 New Brunswick and old Fundy Bay, 
 Have heard her infant chiming lay. ; ^/ 
 
 The spacious Canadas, will all , :? 
 
 Detroit, and fruitful Montreal, 
 Rich Newfoundland, cold Labradore, 
 Slie knows by reading — and no more. . x 
 
 But \iihat a field is Albion worth, 
 Of teeming seas, and fruitful earth I 
 Well may she, with incessant care. 
 Protect her dear-bought treasures there* 
 And be resolv'd to hold her own, \.i.r\ 
 
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 And well-disci pi' n'd arms provides. 
 To guard the inexhausted good, 
 Iler fruitful fields and living jQood. - 
 
 Hail ! peaceful shore, this dreadful wair^ 
 Thou hast not heard the thund'rer's car. 
 The dismal trump, death-drowning drums^ 
 Where slaught'ring desolation comes : 
 One cannon, in the fatal fight, . ^" 
 
 Has never flash'd upon thy sight ! 
 Long blest-r-yes — ever blest remain, * 
 As free from want, be free from pain. 
 
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 On sweet Columbia ever smile ; 
 Let not the fury -foaming Fates, - 
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 Flesh of thy flesh, and bone of bone, - '. 
 Be thou and dear Columbia one : 
 Then, be our foe's defiance hurl'd. 
 Thou art a match for all the world I 
 
 And th:»n, America, be mild. 
 Know thy own duty as a child ; 
 Yes — know tliy privilege — and be 
 What tliou admirest — wise and free. 
 Thy ficcdom well confirm'd, at length. 
 Let wisdom lead tliee unto strength ; 
 Let strength and fortitude prepare 
 To mcbl wUh skill the force of war ! 
 If these thou hast at thy command, 
 Let prudence guide thy waning hand. 
 Even then, let not mistake provoke ^ 
 
 To lift against a Friend thy stroke ; - 
 
 Against thy best, thy truest friend, 
 On whom alone thou canst depend. 
 
 Let not French principles prevail, ^ - 
 Or soon they turn the wayward scale ; 
 Think on theii' revolution strange, 
 What seas of blood have marked the change ? 
 But should you side with such as these, 
 Thy States may be French provinces ; .: ,•: , 
 Thy timbers fellM — thy coffers drain'd, : 
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 Thy youth unus*d to martial deed, 
 
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 See Spain and Austria, see the poles, 
 
 And millions of deluded souls ; ' 
 
 Then view thy highly favor'd state, 
 
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 INDIAN HYMN. 
 
 Sentiment and Air by an American Indian, -:. 
 
 In de dark woods, no Indian nigh, 
 Den me look Heb'n, and send up cry, 
 
 Upon my knee so low : 
 Dat 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 um prayV, 
 
 If Indian heart do pray : 
 Him see me now, he know me here. 
 He say : — ** Poor Indian, neber fear, 
 
 *' Me wid you night and day." 
 So me lub God wid inside heart, - 
 
 He fight for me, he take um part^ 
 
 He save um life before : 
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 NOW to return to ScuUa's hills, 
 With pleasing hope my bosom fills* 
 ' There Halifax, of bless'd renown, * ,.i. 
 
 Still smiles, a wooden, warlike town ; 
 Not wide, yet near two miles in length| 
 With batt'ries of importanL^trength ; 
 A lofty Citadel ivS there, . , 
 
 Covering the whole in front and rear. 
 In centre of the harbour stands 
 St George*s Isle, which all commands ; 
 Good harbVing for a British crew. 
 With Naval Yard excell'd by few ; 
 A spacious bilson, deep and wide. 
 In which five hundred ships may ride. 
 Our navy there, of equal force, 
 To stop Napoleon's threatening course. 
 An army, which no dsinger dread, 
 And brave Sir George Prevost their head. 
 
 Our cattle. Which increase, excel. 
 Might grace an English market well ; . 
 Our fish are fine, our fishing free, 
 With boundless multiplicity: 
 A cheaper market can't appear, 
 From May to May throughout the year. 5 
 The neighb'ring states may count the cost, 
 If once debarred our fishing coast ; 
 Our Paris Plaister they demand, ^" '" 
 
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 Totbcm a most pr-lific prop, 
 Which always yields a double crop ; 
 
 Here, what would British Anglers give, ' 
 One twelvemonth 9n our shores to live, 
 To paddle beauteous lakes about, 
 iffid cntch the large delicious trout ? 
 Sweet birds attract the ear hard by, 
 Romantic prospects take the eye; . 
 No threatening lords your. wish io curb, 
 Nor fine, nor foars, your sport disturb. 
 
 The fowler too finds grand employ, ^ , 
 No tax io mutilate his joy : ' . ;; '^ 
 
 Free for peasant as a king, <. - 
 
 To shoot at fowl of ev'ry wing. 
 
 Wild geese and ducks, with dippers rare, 
 And birds that wing the woodland air ; 
 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 fayor'd clime ; 
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 IVitb bread of life, and cordial beer ; 
 MeroL European merchants dwell, 
 And almost cheap as London sell ; ^ 
 
 Cape Breton's Niibicrraneous fields 
 For fuel, sooty niinoral yields ; 
 And all advantages beside. 
 With which our province is supplied. 
 
 Here onco proud France a city had, 
 Old Louikbourgh in ruin clad ; 
 li rose—it fell— in victory's hour, 
 8ad spj'ctaclc of short-livM pow*r ! 
 A lolitiiry farm or two 
 Js all it now presents to view ; 
 You trace its strength, and wonder that 
 Twas made to shield the owl and bat ; 
 But cities full; more famM than this, 
 T' oblivion's old metropolis ; ^ . . 
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 On living streamlets all around, 
 IV hero trout, and perch, and smelt abound* 
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 The land^b their own>.and all afFordi 
 To make our farmers manor lords. 
 Few years will make a farm compleaf, 
 Fur all you wear, or drink, or cat; 
 Should you for luxuries complain, 
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 Prince Edward Island, happy placed 
 Adorn'd with cv'ry natural grace ; 
 It smiles, in old St. Laurence fair, 
 Ten thousand emigrants are there; 
 . Their winter's night, and summer's day, 
 Asii^Jparful as a morn in May ; 
 Far from the noise and din of war, 
 Heav*n grants them providential care : 
 For here confess'd the travdler mffsl* 
 A little paradise of sweets. *] 
 
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 ^ack of all that*s good, we find,* 
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 ^Bf^ish farta^ here resorf , 
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 ^hejr have their lands for little pay^ 
 
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 Since Royal Edward there remov'd ; 
 The military grand abodes^ : 
 Defensive works and public road's -^ 
 Were form'd, and from disorder rose^- 
 All which io Noble Kent she owes. 
 
 Science encouragM, ripenii|g fast, 
 Fo^ets 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 art repaid ; 
 Thy youth, alert, shall make thee yield 
 Fair orchards join*d to many a field ; 
 
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 SMI ring with flocks and shepherd's flute 
 Wkc now a cottage decks the |>Iain, 
 A vlJIige shall in order reign i 
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 In^viBrjr hamlet, every <own : 
 )<^dr this we stand in Edward^ 
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 Composed l||^i^,^i||9irbiit a chim- 
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 Of patriot zeal, in h limbic youth ; "^^ 
 Confess'd them pleasing, ev'n to him. 
 And bade me still pursue my theme j 
 Then with a heart, as good as brave. 
 Some toliens of his friendship gave, 
 With this injunction — " not to slight 
 " The infant muses lowest flight." 
 So the strong bird, that soars the sky^ 
 Will learn its new fledg*d brood to fly. 
 
 Andl more — he knew the generous part, 
 To chear the lonely widow's heart ; 
 Her orphan son* lie mide his care. 
 And suatch'd him from misfortune's snare. 
 A bold, intrepid youth was he, 
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 Shall take their walk throughout the land ; 
 The olive branch shall be display 'd, 
 For truth a slielter, tind fot trade ; 
 Sweet httibnndr^, and science prove, 
 The bliss of pure^ fraternal love. 
 Grant thlA, good Heav'n, I still would pray, 
 O) turn impending ills away ; 
 And, if it be thy gracious will. 
 Say to the wanli^ world ** Be still — 
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 My powder, shot, me take : 
 Me paddle on de blue big tide. 
 Den, o*er de ipoiintain toder side, 
 
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 No partridge on de mountain see, 
 ."i^o rabbit, wild goose, duck for me; 
 
 All gone like blowy wind : 
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 No catch um eel — no catch um trout, 
 
 Dis day no luck me find. 
 Me gib um dollar to de priest, 
 Him tell de Indian what is best ; 
 
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 Adieu to Marg'ret*! lovely smilo; 
 My children, take a sweet adieu, 
 O'er Ocean I my "way pursue, 
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 The d^teen hundredth year and eight ; % 
 The w Bellona, good and sound, 
 (LauBjch'd in the year our King was orown'd,) 
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 Attack the riggings rend the sails; 
 
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 man was lost fron^ off the yard, 
 
 ungM in the furious fatal deep, 
 
 ill resurrection mom to sleep ; 
 And two that died, from sick*ning pain, 
 Were buried in the restless main. 
 The sto ms increase, the billows roll. 
 And seem to shake the central pole. 
 '* Who on the deep tlieir trade pursue, 
 " Do God's amazing wonders view." 
 See th* unwieldy vessel work. 
 Her mighty weight n6 more than cork : 
 O wond'rous Pow'r that thus controuls 
 A ship so vast, so many souls ! 
 
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 Our Globe itself — a Tolling star ; 
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 Through trackless. ether, bondless space. 
 To thee, Great Architect, we bow. 
 If these are great, how grea^t art Thou ! 
 Blest be the pow'r and gracious will, *' 
 Who gave to men such daring skill. 
 That they no longer sail by guess, #' 
 
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 While but a plank 'twixt them and death, 
 Still shocking language taints their treath. 
 Ah ! would my countrymen beware, 
 Nor curse, nor by their Maker swear. 
 
 The liquid mountains rise again, 
 And threaten death, but all in vain ; 
 I- We laying to for thirty hours, 
 Saw winds and ocean's awful powers ; 
 Such heavy gale, on sea or shore, 
 Our oldest mate saw not before. 
 It new subsides^ and we proceed— 
 Behold, a shapeless hull a-head. 
 At mercy's call our captain hails, 
 A brig without or masts or sails ; 
 When ascertained her numerous wants, 
 He masts and sails, with rigging grants 
 Our hardy crew by order fix. 
 And rig her out in hours six ; 
 They hail us with their thankful- cheers, 
 She sails, and shortly disappears. 
 Thus sailors, gen'rous, kind, and free, 
 Should help ih^r brothers poor at ^ea. 
 
 Soon as subsiU^ late alarms, 
 We soothM our c;are in music's charms ; 
 The courteous^ j>ougIas sought the lay, 
 A nd heard t^self>taught minstrel play-v 
 Who could withhold the mQial Glee 
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 Ah ! why divide the mutual pair. 
 So true to nature*s sweet command ? 
 
 Let me enjoy the chearful day, 
 While Time is rolling like a stream ; 
 
 PleasM, let me on^ny Viol play, 
 And sing of Love— a heav'nly theme. 
 
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 How shall we mortals spend our hours ? 
 In Love and sober thinking : 
 
 None but the fool consumes his 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.. 
 
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 Protects thee from th* invading globe ; 
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 No : call me Lunatic or mad, 
 If I forget thee 'twould be sad ; 
 I ever will confess that powV, 
 Tfaat shields us to the present hour : 
 Nor will I worthy praise withhold 
 From British heroes, good and bold, 
 Who think their lives ioo cheap to give, " 
 Tliat Britain*s honor sTW may live. 
 
 O Heav'n, propitious, hear my pray'r. 
 Make them and all their cretvs thy care ; 
 Our fleets at sea^ our force by land, 
 Be ever under thy command : 
 ' Save from the foe^ the rocks, the storm^ 
 Thy pow'r defemdy^thy grace reform ; 
 May Britain hold the balance stilly 
 And justice all her measures fill. 
 
 Thou once would*stf save, from fire and pain. 
 The iipcient cities of the plain. 
 If only ten, in all the place. 
 Were found to supplicate for grace. 
 Thou God of Truth let mercy «way. 
 And hear Ten TnousAifn Britons pray. 
 Not vrith tlie knee, or lip alone — > 
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 Nor for estates, or lives of men, 
 But that sweet Peace return again. 
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 To Dr. AnNE*a " Come, Brilamna." 
 
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 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 ocean shall remain, 
 -, France may threawn us in vain ; 
 While on Britain smiles the sky, 
 Lo I her foes dare not come nigh*: 
 
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 Full twenty years my absent feet, 
 Focbear their natire soil to greet ; 
 Now, now, I wilting feel once more. 
 My knees should kiss the favor'd shore. 
 But c*er I left the man of war, 
 Wliat scene of wretchedness I saw ; 
 My fellow-crcataVes whipt and torn. 
 Cursing the day that they were born ! 
 For trifles too we may not name, 
 That scarcely bear the gobd man's blame. 
 Heay*n and the State meet high disdain, 
 For which unpunished they remain. 
 Thus act the men we Christians call, 
 £rroneous and irrational. 
 But, hark ! how they for mercy plead^ 
 vMercy is deaf-^their backs must bl^* 
 Saviour of men, in this I see 
 The bitter pangs endur'd by thee. 
 When, from the garden to the goal. 
 Sharp sorrow seiz'd thy harmless soul ; 
 Thee, lft)Atless — they, without remorse, 
 Scourg'd, cursVV, and fast'r.ed to the cross ! 
 
 But these, cv'n in tlieir wounds and bloody 
 Still hating all that's wise and good, 
 Swear, drink, and quarrel, play.ihe beast^ - 
 And -with lascivious harlots fea&t I 
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 Polluted females bring by scoffs, 
 And these arc bought for less than gold. 
 As cattle in a market sold ! 
 Thus for awhile in ships they dwell, 
 Most truly cali'd, ** a floating hell." 
 Poor magdalcns, ah ! hapless race, 
 How lost to virtue, dead to grace ! 
 Is there no plan, in our wise nation, 
 To stop this wretched dissipation ? 
 ^0 : far from this, the deed's approv'd, 
 And by the higher orders lov'd ; ' • 
 Yet Heaven for us, on raging seas, - .', 
 Will light and conquer too by these; 
 'Tis he permits our ships, to swim, 
 O, what dotii Britain owe io him ! 
 
 Ah I would the glorious day appear, 
 When warriors might HeaV'n's armour wear, 
 Go forth to war ii>4aith and prayV, 
 And in a double conquest share ; 
 Go, self-subdu*d, to victory, 
 A warlike nation, wise as free. 
 Some think, because they fight and die, 
 They are entitled tp the sky ; 
 But, hear the mandate, true ari(l just, 
 " The soul that sinneth die he must." 
 
 Nor are our landsmen wiser grown, 
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 In licr, hy duy*s meridian li^ht, 
 
 You iro Vfhai London is hy night ; 
 
 LcwdncM) and drunkenness, and btrife^ 
 
 And all the ills that blackei^ life ; 
 
 Hnppy ciiccption, here and (here, 
 . Hwcet charity adorns the fuir. 
 
 Thouy honorable Grey,* and you 
 
 Most amiable Montnguo: 
 
 In social bands, yc still impart, 
 
 Rich blessings to the widow's heart ; 
 
 The wounded brave, from war who come, 
 
 Thy lib'rnl hands relieve at home ; 
 
 The stranger too, oppressed with cares, 
 
 Thy kind assistance often shares. r^,; 
 For this ev*n Players will unite, 
 • To fcharc the profits of the night ; , 
 
 They oct, on the theatric board, ' ' 
 
 For Turs, who net for them abroad ; 
 . And neVr perform so good a part, 
 
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 ** O, the hours I have spent in the arras of my 
 
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 Fond affections recur and extort the sad tear ; 
 With my babes ail around hcv I ieft them to , 
 
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 While I traverse tlie land and the ocean alone. 
 
 Exposed to misCortunc wlierever I go, 
 Roaring waves on one hand — on the other the 
 
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 A stranger iji Britain, which gave me my birth, 
 So the dove from the ark went alone thro' tho 
 
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 Mcthinks I behold my fond MargareUn tearS| 
 A prey to despair, and the victim of fears ! 
 Ah ! where is my love, at this moment, sbQ. 
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 In the grave — in the deep, and in yonder fail 
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 Not yet, my sweet angel, come, listen to me, 
 This thought in a twinkling flies over the sea; 
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 Now I, through cold and driving rain, 
 My na(ive city, London, gain ; • 
 
 To me, though absent twenty years, 
 It still most natural appears ; - 
 Ks state, its manners, means and ways. 
 As if tliose years had been but days; 
 Except Ih' enlargements, great and neyr, 
 Which with a pleasing sense I view. 
 Great mistress of the civil world, 
 When all tliy scenery's unfurl'd, 
 Tliou seem'st the main-spring of the %hol«, 
 The life of trade — the Ycry soul. 
 In this, the queen of cities, see, 
 All nature in epitome. 
 
 Such the efft'cts of hoary time. 
 In our most scientific clime. , 
 
 O time, illusive, yet most true, 
 We spend, but rarely reclion you ; 
 What miojhfy and important things », 
 Are cover'd with tliy outspread wings ! 
 In this long period, seeming short. 
 Thy vast exploits surpass our thought. 
 Lo ! France, o'erturn'd^ as in a day, . 
 Rul'd with still more despotic sway ; 
 Her monarch murder'd, shocking scene t 
 And still more dire, a bleeding queen ! ' 
 Fire, blood, and slaughter mark her state, 
 And shapeless ruin bows to fate ! 
 
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 A monster, who assumes the helm, 
 
 Would Europe and the world o'er whelm. 
 
 Now France, just as the fit may take her. 
 
 Will have no king, but 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. . '" 
 
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 Had he the spacious globe, he*d soon 
 
 Engage in arms the neighboring moon ; 
 
 Restless and terrible as hell. 
 
 As sufF'ring nations know full well. 
 
 But shall Britannia yield or die, 
 
 Encircled with the sea, the sky, - 
 
 And covered with the fost'ring 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 night and day ; 
 
 For this our worthy Patriots strive ; 
 
 O may their mutual efforts thrive ! 
 
 Whatever they do, be for the best/ ' * 
 
 This sentiment befits my breast. *'*' ^ 
 
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 Our warriors' doom in foreign death ; 
 
 Landing our troops on hostile ground, 
 
 Merely to meet their mortal wound, 
 
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 I drop it uitli afFectioirs tear ; . . : 
 For Britiiiri mounts and loud deplore* 
 Ilcrsons who l^dl on foreign shores. , 
 
 Much legislative time was spent ./ 
 Of laic— corruption to prevent ; . ..5 | 
 While pestilential envy's eye 
 Saw F — d — k lay his honors by : 
 This not enough to glut her till, 
 With rancour she pursues him still. 
 What 1 no compassion — pity — none ! 
 Is sympathy entirely gone ? ... v 
 Wlint I no forgiveness due to one 
 Because he stands so near the throne ? 
 Hufrt many a culprit,*not long since, 
 Might claim what you deny a prince; 
 But ere again sutli lengths you come, 
 Let every Briton look at home, 
 Be thus resolv'd — Whatever is done — 
 I am deterntiin'd to mend one ; 
 Tljen should we act from censure free. 
 And be what we wish all to be. .. 
 
 Instead of this, of late we saw, ■ y 
 In spite of reason, sense and law, , 
 From public prints and pictures too, 
 All that is base expos'd to view. • ♦ 
 A thousand brains construct the plan, 
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 They find corruption through the whole* 
 
 These truths to great and small belong— 
 Whatever is not right — is wrong: . .r;^ 
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 It is a foul and filthy play, ; . i \i 
 Wiioever at abuse connives, ^ '. - 
 Who deals in plurals touching "wivoi, 
 Or havini^ one he ought to love. 
 Both still a concubine approve. 
 
 The king himself might hear me tell. 
 That such in virtue don'f excel; 
 That ho whom o!ie will not suflice, 0. 
 Is rather gi.v'n to guilty vice. ^\ 
 
 Guilt smites itself, we all admit ; 
 Let follies past instil more wit. ^^ 
 
 But since no British law contcouls 
 The humour of such loving souls ; 
 As touching judgment, this is known, 
 Tlicir sweets and bitters are tlieir own. 
 
 The poor in general arc the 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, ; • 
 
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 As fell, great F — d — k, to thy share? 
 
 It seems as though printsellers had 
 
 With gaping, laughing fools run mad i 
 
 Involving majesty and thee, ^ 
 
 With half the royal progeny, 
 
 In foul contumely and scorn, 
 
 And scandal hardly to be borne. 
 
 The pillory, so due to crimes, 
 
 I'd rather bear a dozen times 8 
 
 It shews their love of sacred things, 
 
 How much they honor sons of kings : 
 
 They love their king, it plain appears^ • '^' 
 
 This crowns his reign of fifty years I 
 
 Yet oft we hear the people sing, - 
 
 High-sounding strains, " God save the King!" 
 
 While public prints and conduct prove. 
 
 That words are diflf*rent things from love. 
 
 God save the King, in terms express. 
 Is neither more 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 him in heav'nly glory too; 
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 Now, if we love our king indeed, 
 We shall not make his feelings bleed ; ' 
 Nor can \vc wound the queen and othcri, 
 The royal sisters and the brothers. 
 With years and care now sinking down, 
 His head must ache that Wears the crpwru 
 Ah! why should scandal hurl her dart, 
 Envenom'd, at the sovereign's heart I 
 'Tis neitlier scriptural nor sound, 
 The sacred family to wound. 
 
 King David knew not what was done 
 By naughty Absalom, his son. 
 The father shall not bear the blame, 
 Much les&. partake the children's shame; 
 Nor did the thoughtless Hebrew race 
 Throw children's sin in David's face. 
 Can George recall what Y — k hath doncj 
 Or give a ransom for hj^ son ; 
 Can he make white what seemeth black, 
 Or call the mis-spent season back ? 
 If he hath been a froward child, 
 In nm'rous daliance 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, 
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 Nor doth he guide the warlike field, 
 O, generous nation, why pursue 
 A man who meekly bows to you ? 
 *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 prevail. 
 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 I repair, 
 The soul-delighting feast to share : 
 Sweet Handers master-piece of sound, 
 Messiah, great in glory crown'd ! 
 Grand was the music and supreme, 
 As well befits so high a theme : 
 When Bland and Dickons lent their aid. 
 And Braham wond*rou3 pow'r displayed; 
 Such harmony to Heav'n belongs— 
 Angels might listen to their songs. 
 
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 But I depart from London's noise, 
 
 Its busy cares and frantic joys : 
 
 Towards lovely Bath my way is bent, 
 
 The scat of all that's excellent ; ■ 
 
 One day was spent upon the road 
 
 To visit Windsor, bless'd abode ! "^ 
 
 For many years I had not seen ^ 
 
 Heav'n-choson Britain's king and quren ; 
 
 Thought labour'd much to have the view, 
 
 And take my long, my last adieu. 
 
 I could not pass her towers by. 
 
 But gratified my heart and eye. - 
 
 On holy-day, in royal dome, . 
 
 I saw my reverend Sovereign come, 
 
 Both then and there, with solemn dread, 
 
 Partook 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, , il^* 
 
 Replete with pure ecstatic bliss. 
 
 When thus my wish was greatly crowned, 
 One disappointment still was found : 
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 Tlio miinnrcli m(»v'd. as justice, blind, - 
 In lininls of Kent and Cambridge join'd. . 
 Aliib! my j)itying heart express'd, * 
 What Ilea von ordains is for (he best; 
 If England's sun no ray can yield,, ■ 
 To bless the city or the field ; 
 If liglit is fled, strength is not lost ; 
 H«*ll crush the proud Philistine host, 
 And vSampson-like, of antient praise, 
 His last be most victorious days ! 
 Grant (his, (hou 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 heav'it* y^,. 
 Hail, Bath, the lovely muse's seat, ■/ 
 
 At once so elegant and neat ; ' v 
 Hail, lowly vale, enchanting place, ,- 
 
 The surcet resort of ev'ry grace ; / ^ 
 
 P^ symmetry of buildjngs rare,'' 
 A portrait of the good, tiit^'^air; • 
 WMlliSt (hat art and nature give, 
 Thbu kindly bidst thy lovers live : 
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 To yield fair beauty's wonttd blu: h ; 
 While captivating scenes appear, 
 Debilitated strength to chear; 
 The charms that music, science pour 
 Along sweet Avon's winding shore, 
 Inspire ray heart with love of thee, 
 And all but envy cure in me. 
 So, to retrace life's chcqiioiVl state, 
 Wc view (he whole, but love tlie great ; 
 To see and sing, yield small relief, 
 The absent mind, a prey to grief. *- - 
 To Bristol's busy city come, * = *' ^ 
 (For me, alas ! no friendly home ;) 
 Three days I had not breath'd its air, 
 Before I was suspected there ; 
 A poor,' unwary stranger, I '^*--' 
 "Was look'd upon with jealous eye — 
 Seiz'd as a culprit, horrid state ! ^ii^ ' : 
 Come, tragic muse, the fact relate : 
 No fripnd to plead my lonely cause, 
 Expos'd to most vindictive laws ; 
 Poor me, of peace and hope bereft, 
 Stood charg'd with cruelty and theft j 
 With cruelty to woman kind, 
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 But differed much in heartand 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 Aight ; , 
 The very hour in which the deed, 
 Made weeping worth and beauty bleed ; 
 
 ' But thanks to Heav*n, this hinge alone — ' 
 The voice, my fate was turn'd upon ! 
 O may that voice for ever raise 
 Melodious hymns of grateful praise. 
 The villain's art had watch'd the time, 
 In which to perpetrate his erime ; 
 When every soul from home had gone, 
 
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 He ready entrance to insure, 
 
 ~ Feign'd that his tooth-ache wanted cure ; 
 (A Dentist Was her father's trade,) 
 Jhis the pretence the robber made. 
 She courteously had ask'd him in. 
 Then ripe for his infernal sin, 
 Demanded, with expressions rash, ^t 
 
 The valu'd paper, plate, and cash ; - . 
 She, fainting, sunk upon the floor, . , 
 As if to die and feel no more ; 
 
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 The vivid flames her clothes consume ; 
 He left her burning in the room : 
 Then just escapM, — her father came, 
 And saw his daughter in a flame 1 
 Ah ! me, how dismal was the place, 
 Was ever sire in such a case ? 
 His feelings wake, at pitj's call, 
 His child insensible to all ; 
 Distracted frenzj seem'd to seize 
 His heart, and smote his trembling knees ; 
 Mine too, for I could scarcely stand, 
 Her tinder*d garments in my hand ; 
 I felt a father's love and pain. 
 Compassion cut my heart in twain ; 
 To see sweet beauty losing breath, ^ 
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 But while I felt for him and child. 
 What were my dread commotions wild ? 
 Do I stand charg'd with crimes like these ? 
 Defend me, Heav'n, if thee it please. . 
 Now to the chamber we withdrew, -^ ' 
 Where she lay languishing in view ; 
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 Dc'slie of life, oil nil bestow'd, 
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 Ifnr wrepiii^ i'athcr sofily said : 
 <* My love, one moment raise your head ; 
 ** Slands here (he cause of thy complaints ?'* 
 8hc loolis, and >vith (hat look she faints; 
 Aiifain rcviv'tl, her dying cyos 
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 That moment) heav'n to case my heart, 
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 The maid assumVl a death-like smile, . 
 My causeless frenibling to beguile. 
 And answcrM tlius — *' There needs no more, 
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 The father then li is- tears repressM, 
 Ami took me to his throbbing breast j 
 With eyes uplifteil, then, said he, 
 *' May heav'n defend tlice, thou art frecj • 
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 *' To search the sea and spacious earth ; ■-.■. 
 ** O bring the monster into light, • '. 
 " Whose deeds Iho fiends of hell affright i 
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 " But now, amid her yoiitbi'ul 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 pain and fear I*' 
 Farewell, sweet lady, heav*n be your*s. 
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 This said, I closed the interview, 
 ComplHcencc smil*d a long adieiu 
 I liow f )rsakc the awful place, 
 W here nature met such foul disgrai^e. 
 But who will say no beauty reigns 
 In Bristol, and adjacent plain;5 ? ' 
 Let such injurious proverbs be 
 Lost in immense obscurity. 
 
 Here men of parts and business too, ' 
 And ladies (heir own plans pursue ; 
 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 ponderous height 
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 From P:ll \\c catch the driving ^alt*, 
 And Jscour the tl-op with svvi lling sail ; 
 All \niiuh at thijir respecrive work, 
 Elate with hope of seeing Cork. 
 Alas, li'W soon we lost repose, 
 The clouds orr^^w black, the winds arose ; 
 LnshM^ was tl.e helm for hours two score^ 
 Wc driftiuff to Carnarvon shore ; 
 Tiie jijale so hard increased our fear, 
 The dreaded breakers now appear ; 
 No boat nor pilot near at hand, 
 Nor craft cotdd leave the foaming strand, 
 While furious billows sweep the deck. 
 And every soul expex;ts a wreck ; 
 The heavy swell our yessd shocks, 
 Grim death stood gaping on the rocks. 
 Courageous hearts, most void of fear, 
 The women and the weaklings chcar. 
 Keep up youriipirits, lovely race, - 
 We soon sliall make aa anchoring place. 
 EscapM beneath auspicious skies, 
 Let go the anchor, Davis cru^s ; 
 The surges loae their dying strength. 
 We ride secure at cabel's length, 
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 IWhil- ♦jhlImo ejicli so bfirbarous seems. 
 
 tliallhe venlersof brtse tales, . 
 VVcre all Imiisporied inti) Wales; . 
 r!>e aiitiiloie they should eiiiure, 
 Vlighl sciirit'.il an.l detraction cure. 
 
 Our did si!Hi>Ie, s\ve( t and good, 
 Was cooU'd III manner soraewlitat rude, 
 
 '^et serv'd with loving looks and kind, 
 The eye an index to the mind ; 
 i'his witli good Avill is better fare 
 f'han sumpt'ous meat with flatt'ry there ; 
 
 'our meat is dress'd — care not a rush, 
 iVhcthcr it be by coal or brush ; 
 No matter for the polish'd feature, 
 |f dinner comes with plain good nature; 
 
 'he b'Migry trav'ller is noi nice — 
 
 iCt this and gratitude snflice. 
 
 Necessity's primaeval law, ff 
 
 'ields us good beds of Iiardy straw : 
 royal sons of noble race, 
 
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 |lien in the morn, through dewy fields, 
 '^e sip the sweets which nature yields : 
 
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 Hesponsive songs, from spray to spray, 
 Regale the ear, while lambkins play ; 
 At once affording sweet delight 
 To nicest ear and sense of sight. 
 
 Yet once again I change my theme. 
 To social con verse, joy supreme : , ^ 
 The hospitable man* of pray 'r 
 Invites, his friendly boon io share; ' ; 
 List'ning, as we proceed along, * 
 To heav'n's pure tone — the human tongue, 
 Well taught and in a natVal strain. 
 Which here about his hard to gain. 
 Thrdugh daisied fields in green array. 
 This music wiles the hours away, f 
 
 Like solo of t be : weetest sound, 
 Till we apprc i\ <e parson^s ground. 
 His mansion in the vale before us, ^ ; 
 Affords fine opening for a chorus : ; ^^ ^ 
 The deep violoncello J play'd, ^: i ^ j,^ 
 And rustic spirits merry made ; 
 With moral songs and pious airs, ' 
 
 We thus allay *d our varied cares. 
 Inspired with love of sacred sound. 
 The shepherd caird his flock around. 
 Unwilling to enjoy the treat ' ./' 
 
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 Confessed the charm and own'd the bliss. 
 
 The matron and the maids appear, 
 To welcome us with all good cheer ; 
 Ilei* friendly parlour opens soon, , ?> ' 
 To stay the rage of hungry noon ; « • v.- . , r 
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 The priest supplies hi« nut-brown. ale, •• ,// 
 
 Talks of the nations now at strife, *- 
 
 Our perils through the voyage of life, "*4 
 The church — the state— the king, all three^ "■' 
 Our arms on shore, our fleets at s«a : * 
 
 Of ihis one's rise, and that one's fall, ^ 
 Drawing sweet inference from all : _ ' 
 
 But most admires that pow'er above, 
 Whose word and will our bulwarks prove. 
 Thus ministers, when right inclined, v 
 
 Refresh our frame and chear the mind. 
 
 But hear the case, however hard. 
 Such worthy men meet small reward ; 
 Rare education, shining parts,. »- 
 Fine feelings and the noblest hearts, 
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 May British wisdom shortl j give 
 Our poor clergy more to live, 
 To live like men of lower trades. 
 The ivaiit of which their cloth 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 ; 
 Britain may see, midst all her brags, 
 Her clergy and their sons in rags ; 
 Large revenues uphold the gceat. 
 While equal souls submit to fate, 
 In want and misery to pine : 
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 ** I can prove, that at this time (1809) there are twenty 
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 that there are seventy iu England under twenty pounds a 
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 Oh ! that rich parsons, rob'd in red £ind white, 
 
 would think 
 How many of their brethren of small living! 
 
 want both meat and drink: 
 Do pray, consider them while you enjoy repose ; 
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 You who eojoy five hundred pounds a year, or 
 
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 Pray can't you help poor preachers and their 
 
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 You who possess » thousand pounds a year, 
 
 why sure such plenty ^ •. ^* 
 
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 Then why not give poor half-starv\l clergymen 
 
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 Ere Satan shortly with bis host do come and to 
 
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 From inward horror and from outward burniil|^ 
 
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 Full glad would the Right Rev'rend be for 
 
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 Though he but little had of bread itsell^go hit 
 
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 Hibernia's mountains we'dctcry ; 
 Fair blows <he gentle summer breeze, 
 To lure us to the faithless seas ; 
 Yet ere we reach the destin'd port, 
 VVe find provisions running short ; 
 For sixty souls, wi(h fiira'ly cares, 
 We had not more than fifteen shares : 
 But when our fears wore at their height, 
 Cork harbour shews a pleasing sight. 
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 In comely form with taste displayed, 
 Strong forts with cannon well array'd ; 
 At length all hearty, strong and sound^ 
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 Though Cork may many beauties claim, 
 There still exists much cause of blame : 
 I am no censor, but will prove, 
 The evils which you may remove. *% ^ 
 I lore Hibernians antient name. 
 For, from her genVous blood I came : 
 Hcf weal I study, as a friend. 
 Asserting — there is room to mend. ' -^ ' 
 Let praise or blame attach to me, *^ '* 
 No matter so thy state be free ; 
 Free from the lesser ills that rise. 
 And which the candid must despise. 
 And .first this censure might be savM, 
 If all your streets tifei«»l)etter pav'd. 
 This error must the stranger strike— . 
 The paths of man and beast alike ; 
 I'n4 wrong, for see the grand parade, 
 
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 -'A blunder this, from error's skull, 
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 While feet most delicate and pure, 
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 And Cork ivith pleasing ^valks be gracM : 
 Then ladies, as they elsewhere do, 
 May ease their feet and slippers too; 
 Then age and infancy will crown, 
 With blessings thy indulgent town. 
 
 ^ OfTenccs rise abroad, at home. 
 But woe to those by whom they come ; 
 Thy lanes all other lanes excel, { 
 
 For an abominable smell; ' 
 
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 You are so void of necessaries, 
 Heav'n hates th' unclean with frowning vieWy 
 This rule the antient Hebrews knew ; 
 The moving host, so much belov*d, 
 Must all be clean or disapprov'd : * 
 Then how much more should cities ba 
 From every foul pollution free ! * •' • 
 
 Thy scavengers, with filthy tricks, 
 In pent up streeti vile ordure mix : 
 What keeps contagion from thy door, 
 To tell, is past my fancy's pow'r ; 
 Remove the practice of this tribe, 
 Which Switt himself could not describe. 
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 Sitting in streets upon the ground, > 
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 Drinking and smoking, doing jobs, 
 In male and female roaring mobs; 
 Their children plajing too at ball. 
 Perchance against the church's wall. "^^ 
 
 Men bathing in the glare of day, ^ ^ " ^; 
 And women standing in the way ; - . 
 
 I thought they had all &hamc forsook, 
 The men who swim, the maids who look ; 
 I must the naked truth rehearse, 
 Forgive, ye delicate, my verse ; . ' 
 
 1 would that Cork were vested well, 
 "With every grace that might excel. 
 
 Thy shops are fitted up with art, ' 
 But shopmen act no quaker's part ; -^ ', 
 Not to their word, so very nice, > < -.^ 
 
 They ask and take a d Iff' rent price s ' ' 
 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. 
 
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 The fairer side of men and things : # 
 
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 I never saw more handsome youth ; 
 Yes, Cork, thy charming nymphs and swain?, 
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 Their tasfe correct with music's charm ; 
 Polite and liberal, just and kind^ 
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 Thy furniture and neat attire, 
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 The sweet piano oft is heard ; 
 The sweeter female voice prevails, .%_ 
 
 Which soft retirement regales. ,^, 
 
 Good paintings and the finer arts, 
 Kind genius to 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 ; 
 With books and tutors well supplied, 
 The nation's glory and her pride ; 
 Much pains besfowVl, and taste and skill, 
 To form and guide the infant will ; 
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 IligliCht prAi»e (o thee be g-iv'n, * 
 Uy ihy Tvorks in earth and heav'n ! 
 
 Angels >vl)0 in might excel, 
 In thy lucred presence dwell ; 
 YH tlioy leave thnt world of joy, 
 Me io \\v\[) in this employ. 
 
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 LiMtening to an infunt song ; 
 Holy KcrnpliH, ^vhen 1 die, 
 I fihttll King with you on high. 
 
 Ye, in flcav*n, before his face, 
 Hing liis rich preserving grace : 
 More than you on earth I prove — 
 Boundless mercy, dying love I 
 
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 To such as may cx;dt the mind ; 
 If purest virtue swells the breast, 
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 ' When I err I make confession, 
 Easing thus a troubled breast ; 
 
 Carefully avoid transgression, 
 Then I have immediate rest. 
 
 Loving parents, let mc pray yon. 
 Guard me with a watchful eye ; 
 I will chearfuUy obey you 
 '' Till the moment that I die. 
 
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 Where can you hear a sweeter sound ^j 
 Than in your several choirs is found ? 
 Where can you find so high a theme, 
 ^ As him who did your life redeem ? 
 
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 With that which bears the blessed name ; 
 Which trumpet forth in pleasing awe, 
 His praise by excellent M'G — ^h ; 
 The buildings grand and well array'd, • 
 Their organs exquisitely play'd ; 
 The truth is read and publish'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 sirtg by rule and iform a choir, 
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 This is tlie only substitute 
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 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 oflf dull slolh, the theme pursue, 
 What cannot perseverance do ? 
 
 Full many things there might be said, 
 In which amendment could be mjRle ; 
 Thy ciKzens will not deride 
 These plain remarks, by love supplied* . 
 Iwish that Cork may flourish fair, . 
 And be what other cities are : 
 Why not, «ince 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 shalt be, in all thy parts, 
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 How all hcav'n stood amaz*d at the story, 
 To see the Redeemer die erown'd with the 
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 The Sun hid its face, and the heafe'ns were 
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 The earth shook in darkness forlorn ! 
 All this prepar'd for the Saint's happy crowning, 
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 From whence arrived, thoirjstranger poor^ 
 
 And what's thy calling here ? 
 Come in, and welcome, at my door, 
 
 Dispel thy gloomy fear. 
 
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 To lonely grief a prey ; 
 I'm far from home, and insecure, 
 
 Oh I guide my weary way. 
 
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 The pleasing truth I greatly fe(?l, 
 Warin glows my grateful breast ; 
 
 Expression fails me to reveal 
 How much I wish you blest ; 
 
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 The alQop is ready at the Quajr, 
 The wind is fair for Dublin Bay ; 
 Bright Sol the fair horizon gilds. 
 For harvest ripen all the fields. ■ ^ 
 
 Close sailing in upon the shore, ^ . 
 We view the beauteous landscape o*cr ; ' 
 HailingHiberniaai we passed, . 
 Each county vying with the last ; 
 Smiling in .verdure all around, V 
 While plenty strews the cultur*d ground. 
 
 Far other scenes of late were known, 
 Her peace and unity o'eithrown ; 
 Confusion roUM, a baneful flood, ^ 
 Thy shores were washed with human blood 
 Truth bore the tale with awful speed , 
 Where Indian shores bewail the deed. 
 Oh ! could I sing thy coast along. 
 Nor make discordance in the song ; - 
 But mem'ry wakes the rueful lyre, 
 For those who needlessly expire. 
 Thy sons, lyith sin infatuate, 
 Fell wounded, slain by maddening fate; 
 The brave, defending British laws, 
 Fell too, in virtue's bleeding cause : 
 Thy towns so fair, thy fields so green. 
 At ottce a baining, bloody scene I 
 Tumult and torture reign awhile^ 
 F^ days the work of ages spoil ; 
 
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 The young, the old, to death a prey, 
 And desolation markM the day. 
 
 What cause infernal moy'd the breast, 
 To break Hibernia's peaceful rest ? 
 From France the dire contagion came, 
 And Revolution ivas its name ; 
 With fire, and death, and ruin fraught, 
 AdjoinM to some by dasmon's tanght, ' -»' . 
 Conspiring, form the fatal brood, 
 Contented only with thy blood I 
 
 Ye who consult the will of heav'n, 
 Intreat that such may be forgiv'n ; 
 And with unceasing cry implore/ 
 That scenes like those appear no more. 
 Let gratitude salute the skies, 
 For timely aid awd brave supplies,. 
 And ever bless the Sovereign Pow'r, ; 
 
 For cutting short the tyrant hour ; 
 For making black rebellion cease, 
 And from confusion yielding peace. -. 
 
 No more may we such horrors see, 
 Sad sample of French liberty, 
 Now checkM by heav'n's avenging hancj i 
 May union hold her sweet command ; * ^: 
 Our Constitutiuii be rever'd, ^ =^ . ;, , . 
 And each to each remain endear'd : ^.^i^'A 
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 To conscious duty all return, 
 And for Britannia's glory burn ; 
 Now raise the well-directed blow, 
 Against the world's inveterate foe. 
 
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 Oh|! spare my sweet £rin, thou Soul of creatioh^ 
 Her offspring be dear to thy fatherly love ; 
 
 If darkness is brooding a cloud o'er the nation^ 
 Thy hand can the gloom of affliction remove. 
 
 Surely the pow'r that so often defended, > . 
 
 Will rise iu her cause^ and she shall h% 
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 And with the best blessings of heaven attended; 
 The favor I wish may she speedily prove. 
 
 But, Erin, thy nobles are fickle and faulty, 
 
 They love like a husband that's given to roam ; 
 If father's will wander, the children^ grow 
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 And only lebellion awaits them at home. 
 Come to your duty, ye lovers of Erin, 
 O, let yourselves with your wealth be appearing,^ 
 Thy mother, thy country this moment is fearing, 
 Ah \ why are her lovers delaying to come ? 
 
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 Willi purest affection her bosom is glowing, 
 
 A»d all but her own arc reviv'd by the iiame ; 
 Her generous conduct, with bounty o'erflowing, 
 Is owri*d by the minstrel, who warbles her 
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 O, may poor Erin be timely defended, 
 With all the best blessings of heaven attended^ 
 By Britain her sister forever befriended, 
 Be mutual their warfare — ^their friendship 
 and fame ! 
 
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 See where appear our lieart's desires, 
 Srreat Dubinin's old and lofty spires. 
 Thy Liifey opens to the sea, 
 ^*nd Europe cpouds all sail for thee ; - 
 As London's port, on either side, 
 A num'rous craft adorn the tide. ' ^' 
 
 What beauteous palace on the right 
 A rises grand upon the sight, i* ** " ' 
 With forms of virtues on the place, '■ > 
 And crown'd with Hope^ a shining grace 
 For Customs was the fabric rear*d. 
 Our palace and our castle's guard. '> 
 Yes, kings, with all the glitt'ring state, 
 Become, by commerce, truly great. 
 The monarch, merchant, rich and poor, 
 By trade well guarded, live secure ; 
 
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 Gradation worlis the vast machinei 
 And order rules the living scene. 
 While thus cvinc'd a nation's sense, 
 Supplies are sure, and sure defence : 
 No constitution can we see 
 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, 
 Aspiring, looks the country round ; 
 And Nelson on its top doth shew, ^ * 
 Which all but breathes on ye below ; * • 
 The life and attitude expressed, 
 Inspire with courage every breast ; ^ ^ 
 And sentiments the most rcfin*d 
 Diffuse through all the public mind ; 
 Though great and costly, not too grand, 
 His genius living in the land. 
 "While she beholds the model there, '.; ' 
 Hay Ireland raise her sons as rare. :^ 
 This monument insures renown, v v 
 And Britain's thanks-to Dublin town ; 
 For, Nelson, yet we no where ice 
 So high exalted as in thee. ^ * 
 
 Thy bank, the former House of Lords, 
 The grandest symmetry affords ; 
 Its antient riches now are fled. 
 Its present worthy though rich, is dead ; 
 
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 What oriUny seeks in vain ; 
 Long ni»y it hold the nation^s wealth/ 
 From torcign or domestic stcaltli. 
 
 Thy College, and the Public Courti^ 
 To which high learning's son resorts, 
 Are models of perfection's art, 
 And elegant ideas impart. -f .* 
 Where'er in musing mood I range, • ' *• 
 By cliurch, bridge, castle, or exchange^ 
 Sweet harmony connects th* entire, >' 
 In beauties studious men admire. • 
 
 Sacred antiquities we find. 
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 In great St. Patrick's antient pile, 
 And Christ Church* soul inspiring aisle; 
 The sculptor'd hero still appears 
 T' have slept for near a thousand years ; 
 The deep-ton'd organ shakes tin; ground^ 
 In all the pow^r of solemn sound ; . 
 While warbling choristers prepare, 
 To cbaunt the high cherubic air ; 
 Still emulation sits umpire^ 
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 To sing the Great^Jehovali, 
 
 Who did my soul redeem^ 
 Such an exalted lover, 
 
 Deserves the highest theme : 
 He left his brightest glory, 
 
 To bleqd in sufiTring love ; 
 And 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 preparipg. 
 
 Which you shall ever wear. 
 Yes, happy soul, that heareth^ 
 
 Believe his holy word. 
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 Behold that lovely* spiro arise, 
 
 A incred shrine to greet the skies ; 
 
 An emblem of the city fuir, " : • • 
 
 Which comes from heaven, a perfect square ; 
 
 A pattern of masonic grace, 
 
 In eligible form and place, 
 
 Insuring architccl*ral fame. 
 
 As rai»*d in George's age and name I 
 
 Cliapcls and schools for grace and taste^ 
 
 AriHc in order, high and chaste. 
 
 Tliy charities, nor few nor -weak, 
 
 To sympathizing passion s^etAi ; 
 
 In nil of \s hich, yre trust, is found 
 
 The seed of doctrine pure and sound. 
 
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 Slow broke the liglit — at length came the morn. 
 When the ** Antient of days" of a virgin was 
 
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 His advent so low, and so humble his birth, 
 No room was afforded for him on the earth ! 
 Behold his deep sorrow, ah! hear him complain; 
 Oh { witness his trouble, his anguish and pain! 
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 Was, Tvitb guards round his corse, in a sepulchre 
 
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 But on the third morn, ere the dawning of light. 
 The conq*ror of death from the tomb took hit 
 
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 Behold him ascending to his ^od and ours, 
 Poor sinners defending from infernal powers ; 
 While now interceding for Adam^s lost race. 
 His spirit is pleading redemption through gract • 
 
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 Thy pulpits, Dublin, may be nam*d 
 For rhetoric supremely fam'd ; 
 To mention parties we defer. 
 Nor thereby angry blame incur ; 
 But approbation may le spelt, ' " 
 
 When what is heard is warmly felt ; * 
 The soul, in pleasing rapture hung, 
 Hears nature's voice and music's tongue t 
 Sweet pathos roark&the flowing line, ^^ 
 And finish'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 field so large^ 
 As that which comprehends all space. 
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 With all the pow'rs 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 (he song s 
 Is this the labour of the week ? 
 You read — but never say you speak. 
 
 Mcthinks I see, in house of pray*r, 
 The Master of Assemblies there ; 
 Incarnate love, in humble guise, 
 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, gritf, desire ; 
 All nature ransacked, heaven and earth, 
 To give to struggling passion.birth : 
 The soul on wing, the man sublimM ! 
 O how junlike a sermon chim'd : 
 Ai clock-vrork in a steeple hung, 
 The bell moves not, nor moves its tongue ; 
 
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 By foreign touch, meclmnic wire, 
 Ding dong the fainting sounds expire : 
 But see, the many-changing peal, 
 Makes the welt-founded steeple reel ; 
 'Within, without, th> effects are found. 
 Inspiring joy for miles around. 
 
 In sister kingdom, th* other day, 
 We heard a rev*rend prelate say : 
 " To keep our hearers all secure, 
 ** And to assist the parish poor, 
 *' Our churches must convenient be, 
 " With seats, like ciouded chapels, frc« : 
 '* The want of these, beyond a doubt, . 
 ^ Hath shut our wandering hearers out ; 
 ** Hence they, poor s^eep, are stolen away, 
 " To hear what certain babblers sav.'* " 
 
 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, an host repair. 
 To calch (he balmy doctrines there ; 
 Then, would you thin those meetings all, 
 Preach, and spare not, like sound St. Paul ; 
 Your words, like dew, on herbs distiU'd, 
 Prevail, and every church is iill'd. 
 Now, modern sermons, wrote in books. 
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 And seem to raise the hearer's doubt, . 
 
 Thai he can*t preach his book without. 
 
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 Or wooden priest, that you behold, t.\ 
 
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 Then shake all drowsy custom off, < , > 
 Nor longer be the mimic's scoff. 
 The lawyer for his client pleads, , , ^. 
 
 By nature's pownr, and succeeds. 
 The player acts his winning part, / . ^ 
 And must affect the dormant heart. ' 
 
 The Commons and the House of Peeri 
 Extort the sigh, and draw our tears : , 
 All this, and more, we know, takes place^ 
 Without aM of special grace ; 
 Then how much more should preachers b« , 
 Fromoiature-crippHng tramels free ? 
 Throw by your crutches, learn to walk. 
 Nor read your thoughts, but make them talk ; 
 O try, for once, to go alone, 
 And evidence eaqh step your own ; 
 Nor let it in the news be told , 
 Where sermons may be bouglit and sold. 
 
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 Who tread no more the beaten road, 
 But taking both the books of God, 
 Ev'n grace and nature, surely find 
 A ready entrance to the mind ; 
 And homo lihri^ motto great. 
 Is brightest preacher in the state. 
 Through England is this truth erpress'd^ 
 Nor is sweet Dublin city least; 
 The purest language here, we find, 
 To mend the heart and form the mind. 
 Tims blessM the sacred rostrum shines,^ 
 Supplied with eloquent divines ; 
 Masters of art in truth, indeed, 
 \yhose lectures more or less socceed ', 
 As difF'rent incidents take place, 
 By learning some, and some by grace. 
 
 But is there not an error still, 
 That must (he lib*ral feelings kill ? 
 Self-love and party zeal unite, 
 And opposition claims her right. 
 A thing of nought contracts the soul. 
 While we, impatient, of conlroul, 
 Resent the iTieaninff of a friend. 
 Who works with us for the same r>nd, 
 Though aiming diff'rentat themirk,^ 
 Tlirough error's medium in the dark^ 
 
 Saint Peter, holy, wifse, apd good, 
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 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! 
 
 Vet know, vain man, and once for all, 
 Like M'lton's angels in their fall, — 
 You may assert, to aggravation. 
 Of free will and predestination. 
 Until life's glimra'ri ng lamp goes out, 
 Still unresolv'd remains the doubt, 
 And reason, breathless, dies with man, 
 You leave off just where you began. 
 If you believe, and so relate. 
 Salvation 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 mind, 
 Embracing God and all mankind. 
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 To exercise his faith and hope; 
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 MGRNIxXG HYMN. Tunb— " Coolin,'* 
 
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 Now the terrors are fled with the darkness of 
 
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 And to offer my thanks by the dawn of the 
 
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 Thou hast kept me from cril, and answer'd my 
 
 Thy loveliest angels have had me in caret 
 
 In ?owly obedience I come, at thy will. 
 
 And implore 1 this day may be kept from all ill. 
 
 The sun in the firmament 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 
 ,Ict it shine. 
 
 Till the last happy day of raj journey below, 
 Let me live to thy glory, thy righteousness 
 
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 And bad not where to lay his head ; 
 Yet do(h his providence secure ~^ 
 
 My food and raiment, home and bed. 
 Thy lofty praise, eternal King, 
 In grattful numbers let me sing. 
 Recount thy mercies with delight, 
 And crave thy bleising through this night. 
 
 Forgive the errors of the day, 
 Before in balmy sleep I lay ; 
 And, if I die, ere morning come, 
 O may I reach ray 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 ! 
 
 l^he city clauns 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. 
 
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 Comincrcial Buildingsj streets of Trade, 
 Are uniform and spacious made ; . 
 Tlie warehouse and the shop agree, 
 In elegant simplicity ; ■- 
 Where merchants ply their manners well, 
 In real politeness they excd ; . 
 May wisdom all their measures guard, 
 Be trade and income their reward. 
 
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 Whatk'er your trade is, never be above it, 
 Nor of your calling be ashamed, but love it* 
 
 Do not disdain the men of your profession, 
 But seek their company and conversation : 
 You need not grovel with the vulgar neither, 
 Yet men must talk before they deal together. 
 
 Without much diligence and application, 
 No trade can prosper in this busy nation; 
 AVhilc thrifty justice, if you call upon her. 
 Insures success, and with success much honor. 
 
 Trade not beyond your stock, but gently feed ir. 
 Nor give nor take yourself a random credit; 
 Better to slip a bargain than to say for, 
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 Should your affairs go wrong in spite of watching, 
 Creak — break in time, in that there is no catching; 
 Ten shillings in the pound is better doing 
 Than paying ten.pence, which is next to ruin. 
 
 The cruelty of creditors — your bettfTS — 
 Runs in proportion to dishonest debtors. 
 
 A well assorted shop is near perfection, 
 And far before a large and wrong collection. 
 
 Lay in much patience, for all tradesmen want it, 
 I And customers expert, yet may not grant it ; 
 
 Conquer your passions with a firm endeavour ; 
 J Weather impatience — then I'll call you clever. 
 
 Too much diversion and immoderate pleasure, 
 Tradesmen will find to be a fatal measure; 
 Dogs, Horses, Retinue, and Gaming Places, 
 By some deera'd innocent, have double faces; 
 
 The first five years of business, fortune's winking, 
 When thus the Merchant often should be thinking — 
 Though cash and credit are in my possession, 
 To live luxur'ously is a transgression. 
 
 To mimic high life, or your lofty neighbours. 
 Will sink your purse and baffle all your labours ; 
 Besides inhancing numerous expences, 
 'Twill bring you to the Gazetteer for senses. 
 
 On holidays, when you have less employment, 
 Let exerciie alone be your enjoyment ; 
 But he who rides ten miles — two bottles taking, 
 Imtpares his health, and sets both hands a shaking. 
 
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 Beware of bonds — even suretyship for brothers, 
 Sport not with that which may belong to others ; 
 Yet if you can, yourself and name preserving, 
 You may assist the man who is deserving. 
 
 To wed for life — ifnature seems inclined, . . 
 
 Be sure your spousy be not too refined : 
 
 A miss from boarding school sometimes degrades 
 
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 Beware of her who wouM despise a tradesman. 
 
 You'll need some help — iheu hoar my wish so 
 
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 Trust not too much your business with a servant, 
 Yet do not let them see that you reject them, 
 As worth no trust, for that would quite deject them. 
 
 An idle servant wants a thorough mending, . 
 He is not honest while your time's misspending ; 
 If servants dress too much, you must detect It, 
 But let them know you only would correct it. 
 
 Trust not to schemes of paper speculation, 
 Instead of specie, to enrich the nation. 
 
 Avoid all partnerships — or if you enter, 
 Study your partner*s mind before you venture j 
 Or, after knowing gaming's his pollution, 
 Break off from him by speedy dissolution.' 4if 
 
 On pricing goods — be mod'ratc in your charges, 
 Stand to one pric« — for that your fame enlarges. 
 
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 Must silent be, or speak the truth precisely. 
 
 In all your trade acquire dispatch and ncatncsl^ 
 No vulgar bustle — cringing — all compleatness. 
 
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 Be sober, serious on each occasion. - ^ 
 
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 Talk to your friends and those who bring you cus- 
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 Talk like a man — nor like a quack disgust them.. 
 
 Trust not your memory, so like a vapor, 
 Commit your business to (he faithful paper. 
 
 ^For ease — retirement — don't be in a flurry ; 
 Mind, ancient Rome was not built in a hurry» 
 
 De wise, be honest, diligent, and frugal. 
 
 Nor break your word — nor forfeit vows conjugal; 
 
 Teach, brother tradesmen — teach the town and 
 
 nation. 
 That you're a person worthy of your station. 
 
 But who accottnts for \\}mi we meet 
 In Patrick or in Plunket-street ? 
 Fair city, let them never say — 
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 Dirt, ancle deep, and rotten roots, 
 A passage only fit for brutes. 
 Their shops all open— thocking tale ! 
 Old clothes and newexposM for sale; 
 And not content to sell within, 
 Their wares hung out — a public sin : 
 And thus profanVl the sacred hours, 
 In spite of hcav'n and earthly pow'rs. 
 'Tis said ** they late receive their pay, 
 <* And therefore buy on Sabbath day ;'* 
 So God and man are disobey 'd, 
 That you may carry on your trade. 
 Riches so gainM can ne*er do well, 
 'Tis mammon all, and comes from hell. 
 
 Heav'n looks with righteous anger down 
 On such abuse in any town ; 
 No more provoke indulgent heav'n, 
 But let it have one day in seven, 
 Forbear, ye traffickers, your crime, 
 No more encroach on holy time ; 
 And O, ye man of pow'r and might, 
 Maintain your great preserver's right ; 
 Ileav'n, earth, all look to you, of course, 
 To put the dormant laws in force. 
 
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 Bear on their artificial floods :. 
 
 The country's produce and her goods: ' 
 "What nature fails in, art effects, 
 Such labour claims our high respects ; 
 By these convcy'd| the waters flow, 
 And to the citj bason go ; 
 From thence proceeds the stream, and meets 
 The numerous fountains in the streets. 
 Near the Rotunda, garden*d round, 
 .j^ An hospital* adorns the ground: 
 , High honor may its founders gain, 
 For helping nature through her pain. 
 If suffering females can forget, 
 ^ I blushing pay the grateful debt, 
 .. And bless the hearty the lib'ral hand, 
 That helps to people sea and land. '* - 
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 Thy sister is a fruitful isle; . " 
 
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 Is — Smile, and make her happy too > r 
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 Hibernians welfare is thy own. . '•-' • 
 
 liike thee she rises, naval queen ; 
 A rich provider she hath been : 
 V No drone that's given up to sloth ; > ■ , 
 . She arms the field and navy both ; 
 
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 And still to bliow lu!r zciil and care, 
 She helps to chmthe and feed tliem there ! 
 Then what is rijLjht bo sure to give, 
 O let thy thrifty sister live. 
 Hear, hear ! h\u' fuintiiKj cries, I trow, 
 As much in W('stinini»(er nsthou. 
 Her calls revere, her plaints rej^ard, 
 Nor let her think thou dealest hard : 
 Jnst as thy own, Ik r n.i»;ht decreed, . 
 Will make the Union strong indeed ! - 
 Where fire- works jubilant are seen, 
 Tiie ample square of Stephen's Green ; 
 Equestrian Ciuor^? adorns the plat, 
 Not England's f^lory equals that. "; t 
 May his successor so be rnis'd, 
 And Dublin more thnn London prais'd, 
 For making vrry stones to smile, 
 Like kings and heroes of the Nile ! 
 We hail the joyful morn at hand. 
 When Jubilee throughout the land. 
 His matchless reign shall tell to all, 
 From Nova Scotia to Bcii«ral: 
 The isles, the colonies siiull rin^, 
 And ocean shout *' lunj; live the king.*' 
 Deep cannon sound the fiftieth year, 
 Tell it sweet bells, bjilh fir and near. .; ., 
 Let not the church ciijoy it least. 
 Nor afterwards the tobci feast ; 
 
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 Am\ ^v!vii. (lie sun withdraws his ray, 
 lih^ih '•: an artificial day : 
 BriUi nt devices crown the night, 
 Be George the subject of the light! 
 Lef Nelson's pillar hold the same, 
 S'l' round the hero with a ilame ; 
 liy night, behold him from afar, 
 And on his breast a blazing star ! 
 Adorn with lamps of various hue, 
 But don't forgot red, white, and blue. 
 Festoon the railing round liis feet, 
 Let loyalty and victory meet. 
 On such a subject light to throw, 
 Will make a most exalted show ! 
 
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 TWO SOMC8 COUPOSEU EXPRESSLY ON THAT OCGAIIOXt 
 
 Tune, — ^^ God save the King,** 
 
 O thou almighty word > / 
 
 Heav'n*s and Britannia's Lord, 
 - " Hear while we sing. 
 
 ^i May George reign over us, 
 
 More than victorious, ' ■ 
 
 Happy and glorious, ' 
 God save the king. 
 
 ''" Fountain of peace and Ipve, 
 Let us thy favor prove, 
 
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 May our good monarch be 
 Second to none but thee, 
 Prince of sweet li.berty, 
 God save the king. 
 
 (live him good counsellorf, 
 Patrons of freedom's \&v,Sy 
 
 Under Ihy wing. 
 O may both church and stale- 
 Thy glorious deeds relafc 
 Through his long reign so great ! 
 
 God save the kin<j. 
 
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 Make the globe ring, 
 
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 God save the king« 
 
 Give him of gifts the Ijeit^ 
 Crown his la»t days with rest, 
 
 Peace miij^ they bring ; 
 And wlien he^scalPd away, 
 Far distant be the day, 
 Give such a prince we pray, 
 
 God save the king. 
 
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 Let every heart rejoice, 
 Waken each harp and voice, 
 
 Strike every string ; 
 Let the loud song proclaim 
 Praise lo Jehovah's name, 
 And sound Britannia's fams, 
 
 God save the king. 
 
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 Tune — " Rule Britannia,^* 
 
 BeKold the happy morn appears^ 
 
 And thankful Britons hail the day j^. 
 When George attaineth fifty years ; 
 Of his benign and royal sway. 
 
 Come, Britannia, join >vith me, 
 Sing the welcome Jubilee. 
 
 We sing the wonders heav'n hath wrought, 
 The listening world shall hear us tell 
 
 That brave Horatio N*lion* fought 
 And, bleeding, conquer'd as he fell ! 
 Rule, Britannia, &c. 
 
 May thy triumphant navy ride, 
 Sole mistress of the yielding main ; , 
 
 With some kind angels near her side. 
 
 To guard the living and the slain. - \, 
 
 Rule, Britannia, &c. 
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 Let hot ambition be bur good. 
 
 Nor let us seek aiiotlier's right; 
 Much less may Britons thirst for blootl, 
 But to defend, alone, >Tc fight. 
 O, Britannia, thii thy pray*r, 
 Claims of heav'n paternal care. 
 
 Bring near, kind heav'n, the halcyon day, 
 . Be union known throughout the >v'orUl ; 
 The sword of battle thrown away, 
 And into dark oblivion hurrd. 
 O, Britannia, &c. 
 
 The Monarch spar'd, the country bless'd, 
 'v^ Our captive brethren all be freed j 
 When all the nation is at rest, 
 'Twill be a Jubilee indeed. 
 
 Come, Britannia, join with me, 
 Sing a gen'ral Jubilee. 
 
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 The city splendidly appears, 
 In public walks and handsome squares. 
 Buildings for charitios abound, 
 And hospitals the suburbs round. 
 The worn out warrior, poor and sick, 
 The magdalen and lunatic : 
 The foundling and the idler too, 
 ilave house and home, and work to do. 
 
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 ADDRESSED TO A FEMALE HARPER, 
 
 Tune— " Cofcraiw." 
 
 <ell me, sweet harper, your favourite hour, 
 
 ' When most to delight me you seem to incline ; 
 Remember your promise of harmony's power, 
 
 To raise a frail spirit dejected like mine. 
 If music hath charms to remove a dull spirit, 
 And soothe the worn mind that is burdcnM 
 with grief, 
 
 1 pray thee exhibit the skill you inherit, 
 
 Let music and virtue afford me relief. 
 Who knows but at length my request may bt; 
 given 
 Not only enraptur'd to listen io you : 
 With a harp in my hand I may join you in 
 heaven, 
 And sing a sweet anthem eternally new. 
 ]^o parting- with friends, no dependence on 
 
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 , Nor sickness nor sorrow shall ever come there; 
 A harp and a crown shall compensate our 
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 My harper, may we this felicity share. , 
 
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 Thy Beauties, Dublin, truly shine, 
 They need a better pen thnn mine : 
 May ^hat su|)crior pens impart 
 Be guided by a better lieart ; 
 Though Time and ttkill may not extend. 
 To gain in every point my end. 
 Marking the growing Deuuties here, 
 That in and round thee still appear, 
 The park, the Vilhi, Mountain, Vale, 
 Where art or nature may prevail. 
 But what are all the works of rnrth, 
 Compared with animated wort!> ; 
 The manly form, creation's pride, 
 Witli blushing beauty at his side? 
 And these, ^vitli jtistice, tliou canst boast, 
 Yet these arc not w hut chnrm us most : 
 For what is beauty's winnin:? form, , 
 In abstract, but an haughty worm ? 
 When grace of guill tlie mind disarms. 
 Infusing intellct^ual charms,.' • " 
 
 The double beauty stands coiifess'd, 
 Vice owns the charms and smites her brc.is 
 
 The means are wanting ^till to prove 
 H w much thy excjllcnce I love : 
 Weak, lo\\'ly, circumscrib'd and poor, 
 I cannot take the phasing tour ; 
 
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 Yet I am bappy for tlieir* inkcs, 
 Who visited Killarney Lakes ; 
 But happier f»r that they can fiixl 
 Through all their tour a loyal mind. 
 C) may they as the sovereign reign, 
 Nor feel a reason to complain. 
 
 In church in state let all agree, 
 Be wise as ye are kind and free. 
 May hcav'n adorn with every grace 
 Thy generous, hospitable race : 
 Accept this fervent wish of mine, 
 A weak but tributa*-y line. . 
 
 Let thy indulgent, fostering haiKl /' 
 My most unfeigned thiinks commands 
 The parting tear speaks my good wiVI, . > 
 
 1 leave, but think upon thee still, ' 
 
 And when I view thee from the bay^ 
 Shall singing, sigh and sail away, _ 
 
 Slrall piBrt in sorrow from thy shore. 
 To sec or taste thy s-wects no more.. 
 
 THE CONTRAST.—^w Irish Mehdj/. 
 
 ' That Erin is genVous a Biiton must grant it. 
 Her heart will embrace you at each open door; 
 
 Her bounty she shares with the needy who want it, 
 Polite to the rich, and all love to the poofr 
 
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 Her love to Britannia, thus amiubly glowing, 
 Metts no such return for |icr sons yiho ate 
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 Rough treatment she sliews, and small kindndt 
 bestowing, 
 As if her poor £rin ivaa not wolrtYi her care. 
 
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 Are Erin's sweet fields less- approved of by 
 
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 Her children less dear to the Ruler above? 
 No : this is the charter sweet mercy hath giv'n^ 
 Be geirrous to all nnd inherit my love. 
 
 Content with the smiles of her Lover in glory. 
 
 And conscious of dntics whicii ar.gcls display ; 
 
 She hears while I sing to my harp her own story, 
 
 ^ .Accepting the tribute of truth's humble lay. 
 
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 FAREWELL TO THE BEAUTIES OF DUBLIN. 
 
 >. Written on leaving that Citif* A. 
 
 Farewell, lovely city, forever farewell, 
 
 How much Vm attached to thee tongue cannot 
 
 tell : 
 While I sail down thy stream, o'er thy beauti- 
 
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 Looliiog back with a sigh,! recite the last lay* 
 
 
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 FaccwcU to (he scenery that yields such delight, 
 Fair prospects by Jny, and sweet friendship by 
 
 night ; 
 I own thy benignity often could raise 
 Pure gratitude*s call — adoration and praise. 
 
 Farewell, cheerful age, with beneficent smile, 
 Farewell, blooming youth, of the Emerald Isle ; 
 Dispositions so modest, angelical, plain, 
 Ah I where shall I go to enjoy them again ? 
 
 Farewell, sweetest melody, music rcfin'd. 
 Adieu, thrilling sympathy, food of the mind, 
 Where humility crowns with true grandeur the 
 
 great, 
 fAnd the lowliest merit may revel in state.- 
 
 Farewell, ye bright circles, harmonious and fair, 
 AVhere the evening is spent in thanksgiving 
 
 and pray'r. 
 Where the heralds of righteousness hold forth 
 
 the word, 
 And the house of the rich is a church for the 
 
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 In virtue and richest of blessings excel ; 
 What I fail to express, may I gratefully feel, 
 And that power protect you to whom I appeal. 
 
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 WRITTEN IN THE IRISH CHANNEL. 
 
 Tune— "JBriVaiV* Ifest Bulwarks," 
 
 Lei Britain boast her *^ wooden >vall> 
 
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 ilcr fatal cannon, flying balls, 
 Her warlike chiefs, and glittering sword:^, 
 Yet know the battle is the Lord*s : 
 Attend the call that loudly cries, 
 A voice that issues from the skies— > 
 O, Britain, hear, I speak to thee, 
 A princely people, brave and free. 
 One arm, Almighty strong, can save thy coasts, 
 Britain*s best Bulwark is the Lord of Hosts. 
 
 Still use the means thy Saviour gives. 
 Unite your hearts, then England lives : 
 In patriot zeal and pious prayer. 
 Still hope for heav'n*8 indulgent care. 
 The brave who fight, the wise who pray, 
 May look for a victorious day : 
 While He, who each fond bosom warms. 
 Will steer thy fleets and wield thy armsv 
 With no mean triumph thtn shesings and boasts, 
 Britain's best Bulwark is the Lord of Hosti. 
 
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 Now o'er llic devious deep! roam, 
 Still bent, Ihougli not direct, on home, * 
 Taking Auld Scotia in my way, 
 Good Glasgow will attract my slay. 
 I long to see the fruitful earth, 
 That gave my dearest rib her birth. 
 Yes, Margaret, thou'lt forgive the wrong 
 Of staying from niy love so long ; 
 When thou shait know by lines like this- 
 1 only stay thy friends to kiss. 
 Ni'ar thirty years, no kiss from thee, 
 Deserves acknowledgment by me : 
 And when I have thera in my arms, 
 My licart shall realize thy charms. 
 But first, 1 wish to let you know, 
 I mean in strange disguise to go. ; 
 The |)!easure that I mean to reap, 
 Will make me partly smile and weep. 
 I never saw thy friends before. 
 And you may never see them more. 
 Assuming now my new disguise, 
 I feed my heart and feast my eyes ; : 
 I trace thy features fair in their's, 
 Which soften and assuage my cares. 
 And to enjoy my specious end, 
 Tell them I am your special friend : 
 My jname shall secret be awhile. 
 Till I am tir'd with harmless guile. 
 
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 If not, I quickly change my place, 
 
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 Perhaps next door, or opposite, 
 
 IMl sing tl)y virtues every night, 
 
 Announce my partnership, and tell 
 
 Of her I sins; and love so well. ' 
 
 But disappointment's fatal breath. 
 
 Proclaims thy brother's early death. 
 
 His widow and her orphans round, 
 
 Are all in sable mourning foimd. 
 
 I dropp'd my innocent disguise. 
 
 She read my heart through weeping eyes. 
 
 Sad sympathy our passions seiz'd. 
 
 While silent tears each bosom eas'd. 
 
 Her tale of woe she then began. 
 
 And 'wail'd her dear departed man. 
 
 A husband, father, saint, and friend. 
 
 In life's high noon brought to his end. 
 
 Ah! me,' the lonely widow's case 
 
 Needs help from nature and from grace. 
 
 May such, and helpless orphans find, 
 
 A balm in every feeling mind. 
 
 "hij scanty boon I now impart, 
 
 To cheer and bless her lonely heart. 
 
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 uiftempted in hi$,omt metre, 
 
 ON SBEING TBI PIiACS Of! BIC, NATIVITY. , 
 
 Siveet Bardie of Aii]|d Scoiia^s p1aii|| 
 
 In tbee a son tbe jnines gain ; 
 
 Well may each j^fu\ nymph and swajn , 
 
 Both jo«M^^d'!air, 
 Sing to thy rustic ^ood-note strain, 
 
 Tlioq pride of Ayr* 
 
 My mnsc, inrllh an amhitious speed. 
 Shall twilieJlii^ elasteri rdnnd't^y hCild, 
 Of hpHey JeaTes and buries red, 
 
 Fairest thiitgroinr : 
 And wild, hut fragrant, flowers spread 
 
 "jj^hy native wit and geniUs ddiin,, 
 !«» peotland an -ihrmortal name ; 
 XfSemdrithalhittiuif^d the same;, 
 ■' As tl^'riwafd.^' y' ' ; 
 All England, tniiUhg', awns thy fame, 
 Thou bdnHtlMtrd. • 
 
 Nor England:'6hiy -knows thy worthj^ 
 Or C&tedomiang in the North : , 
 Thy mtfte^ ii»f0iter*d, wi&iid^rs i^rtk 
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