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PREFACE. -|»vl Jil .(../» •-i... t .i,i ..I , •'} t;'v6l!.J lOillli/. tb' ' ..* .i»;jil lifTiif t*n:.l hn^uumi >f:ti •.'«/ sioa.; *^t»*ii;o.; »^Tr^IIE Author ileems it moit eligible to give -*^ the following brief Accouut of _ the rise, progress, and inteu>of the Jouroal:— « .j-,j^\ ,;j; ,, Is coming from JBristol to Cork, he narrowly- escaped shipwreck. A brig in company was dashed to pieces on the coast of \Vales= Being iheve detained by contrary winds,, and* ia>|is€|l(tary situation, he commenced his Reflections on Bristol ; what befell him there-^the Voyage, and Remarks on Wales. The rest of the Voyage — Description qf €ork— Voyage from America-r-Remarks on Ports- mouth — a Man of War in Port— Lomloi\ i»vid Bath, were composed in the City of Cork. iv'\n *:rj i<(*H% . The Introduction, Description^ of ,I|s9v.a, Sqotia, Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island; and. Dublin, were wrJtlea .in this City, where he first indulged ■:^y ^"yiitmmjmtini^ t **»'.«tf TiliMiTr^uj^-. PREFACE* the hope of publishing his little Journal, which he was induced to do^ not so much from choice, as from necessity. ..'A ^ ' ■ It is humbly hoped, that the candid and humane Reader will grant every indulgence which tJjc Author pleads for in the Introduction. Pie has jnothing more to recommend him, than that which ought to be the boast of every Briton-^a loyal heart, arid th'e %^V(ebr hi"s country ; and which, he is thankful to "say, fikvebeeh' prominent features in the several pieces he composed from his youth up, many of wbicn weri perused and approved of by Ilis Royai tlighness Edward Duke of Kent. 't'^»S« it is oftered to a iHscerinmg and gener«^s PuWic, as being not the most unimportant iubject that may claim their suffrages, having truth for its basis ; and for the suf^erstmtttire^utii^y/ love, and the BES*r of r^ ;: : Tk MUTHOR.iti P'^% v" t i-r INTRODUCTION, ,-.;„...■; i?i:!'> r. f « Y F, ( f' ORGIVE the strain, ye great and wise, Which untaught genius here supplies j i q^j Pardon the rudely varying verse, x , i.,;^ f,\1 That need has prompted t© rehearse ; Who never made the lute complaia • For bread, nor ever may again ; » An Irish mother's only son, (Her race on earth was quickly run) nl'ii My father fought, and laboured hard, ■ ' } nl For George and Fame — a sweet reward, r, A Came home to die, and leave his child it i(> Uncultivated, lonely, wild; i:;o'< in-.i'l A poor, unpolish'd, orphan lad, r . ^i/ll^nl Who learning's favors never had ; */i .oUln-vl Whom mercy, smiling from above, •' ♦ olA Hath bless'd with common sense and love, ilA "^»ri INTRODUCTION. ■c I crossVI, while young, the Atlantic wide, Where Iltav'n provided me a bride. One of a thousand Fairs is she, And virtue was allied to me ; *■ '^ ^ From Scotland came the precious prize, We met beneath Columbian skies. While bu&iness rars'd our hope of gain, ^f, Four sons, four daughters, fill our train ; No want of prudence was our lot, y^f uoiftH Embargo, loss in trade, what not — brvjjj ji4,| f Combine to spoil our mutual care, /^v >r; < d7/ And to misfortune I am heir, /f^r ,f;fi 'tJ -nv. When hearing that my uncle died ^.j -^qW In Cork, with riches on bis side ; iU^ yJ/ A man of wealth and well-known faw)e,^;> ^ ; Of Ireland — Conoily his name ;. ♦ on/od utw ) From Nova Scotia, all that'r dear, ^T^nlt^fial I sail'd, and now at I'enrjth am here. .ioo» i Fruitless my search as yet hath been, ^ miW Most dreary each delightful scene. ^^ mod^^ Ah ! who relates the pungent smart, ^J if^fjj That must affect each absent heart ? INTRODUCTION. -'7 My blooming offspring, virtuous wife, l*:'iV/ The dear tlonestic joys of iife ; ' •/ Those absent, which so long I held, How are my sweet enjoyments kilPd ! *'*' The little stock, with which I saiN, "^^ '.^• Hath left me long ago and faiPd. . id Now, if f dare, as British born, To state my circumstance forlorn ; Will no kind heart assist the man '"*'''''^' t^^' Who forms a poor, but honest plan, '*"■ "' * Wjiile he is fortune-toss'd and twirPd, '*^ V To shew his Journal to the world ? *'*'' ^ .^ _ ...... .... ^ .., ;• 'JViii o»;') Methinks the synipathetic mind, To real goodness much inclined, 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. Though hard necessity *s my school; I write from sentimental rule ; 'M #• 8 INTRODUCTIOX. Weak heads may from pure codes depart, While bold and upriglU is the heart. Am I exposed to scorn and hate ? May Ileav'n defend my abject state ; Prepare me for the ills that come, 'Till I shall reach my distant home. Do I succeed anions the good, ,, . My bosom glows with gratitude ; The best returns I can prepare, ,. My old Bass Viol shall declare In untaught strains, while I shall sing, God savic the people and their King. , . r i / ;t.i i A\"it ,li :,L\>f: •!» J y)-: fi, .■^•i^< ■\. ."'.'it '.iir.'f j/vV:j.i:/(,>i. iA'>iruyn /. 0( i^«Vt'a ' t J t t i »: .f* DESCKIFIION "^ ' '"^ o J..01I '..r.'T -. OF : j/i J >:ii ;:») * .ti /l.ro-l rr ..I;,. iM AY>/v/ SCOTIA, CAPE BRETON, PRINCE EDJVARD ISLAND^ ' i .^n ^c. 5Cc. ^c. 'VJff'>rn V;.-"!'-.*?!-. -^ ij.jd In.n >i<,i ALSO, A .' REMONSTRANCE WITH GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA. /.lit. . ji. / . . ROM shores, where howl;* the savage beV; And tawny tribes of Indians arc ; vj-j-^ I^ffilH Where quiet, endless forests grow, That never felt the woodman's blow ; 1 ». ' A continent, rul'd by extremes ,. ...J o*; ///' Of frigid cold, and flaming beams ; nil > |£'> Far distant from Europa, fam'd, n-^rovJ I'i'*/ 10 A POETICAL JOURNAL. And wbicli, 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 all accounts you hear. Environ'd with forbidding views, • ^ You ma}', at first, her shores refuse j - Liternal 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. 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. Oh 1 Sweet Nova Scotia and her shore, t •• AYcre trac'd and travell'd o'er and o'er ;' >■> Ca[)e Brc» oil's intersected isle, '• ■ ! it,;.'; Well known by musing there awhile. .. . A POETICAL JOrUNAlj. l^ >:i • •;■ (>j /. f\ Prince Edward Island well &he knew, • , ..^ j Long winter one, 3weet; summers two ; ,.,i ^ / New Brunswick and old Fund}^ I^^y, Have heard her infant chijning lay. _^,( . _j,.f| The spacious Canadas, with all ;,(j J^, , ; , | Detroit, and fruitful .Miontreal, • .V;,i; ^n^ j Rich Newfoundland, , ^,.^.^ ^' One cannon, in the tata^fiigh^,.. -nir,;;*. M ;. l' Has never flash'd upon IjhyiBiigUjt j , yj^ j^^^j , .,/^ r I I2 A POETICAL JOURNAL. Long blest — yes — ^ever blest remain, ' As free from' want, be free from pain. /' But thou, my native parent isle, 'J :')i^ On sweet Columbia ever smile ; Let not the fur3'-foaming Fates, " Urge thee to war with her fair States ; . o -f .< 1 )J ■li 1 Paternal goodness ever bear, - j/'^ To those thy ffee-boi*n offspring there ; Flesh of thy flesh, and bone of bone, Be thou and dear Columbia one : ;. i^id f,- Then, be our foe's defiance l^url'd. Thou art a match for all the world !, un I ■:'> ;\ i '■■'''. ■ill I'fii - it jit 'i'.)'.: ..> And thou, America, be mild, Know thy own duty, as a child ; Yes — know thy privilege— and be What thou admirest — wise and free. --^ • ' - Thy freedom well confirmed, at length, ' Let wisdom lead thee unto strength ; ' ' *' • • Let strength and fortitude prepare To meet with skill, the force of war ! ' • If these thou hast, at thy command, ^. ! ; T Let prudence guard* thy warring hand* (> 'ni A Kven then, let not mistake provoke 'i^ yviA'f/ To lift against a Friend thy stroke ; nn»f) i;frO Against thy best, thy truest friend,: f 'Vo.i ^rM On whom alone tiiou canst depend. O Tl V B[ Tl T '■:.■« . -Mil TV. il J 7/ :!( I ^5 A POKTiCAL JOURNAL. 13 Let not French principles prevail, ^^h.^ ^* Or soon tliey turn the wayward scale ; Think on their revolution strange, .j. .j,,^^ What seas of blood have mark'd the change ! I^.1t should you side with such as these, „ * Thy States may be French provinces ; >^^, . Thy timbers felTd — thy coft'ers drain'd, And thv fair fields with crimson stain'd ; , Thv youth nnus'd to martial deed, ,■■, ,^r l'»e drawn to fight and forc'd to bleed. ..,( , See Spain and Austria, see the Poles,; i[;rf/ And millions of deluded soulti : ■.. i , / '^rhcn view thy highly favorM state, ; rno ; i 'J he contrast — how amazing great ^ n! -ju ; > 'yj'-) '[[ Now to return to Scotia's hills, ^ ,, ,^^ ^ ^V'ith ])leasing hoj;e my bosom lilis, ;. . • . 'J'here Halifax, of bless'd renown, ., -,, . ' .)''■{ Still smiles, a wooden, warlike town ; • in L\*Mtij, ^\\\\\ batteries of imjiortant ^livng'h \ j A lofty (vitadel is there^ -j .'J.'iJoru'j/i ••/;; •,, <) Cov'ring the whole in front aid ve:a'. ,^^' In (tiitre of the harbour stitfiJs • »' • ^ ,, r St. (vcorge's Isle, which all comnuuids ;.^;,^; Good h;ub'rin<>- for a Britisli crew, ,,.,.,,,<; With Naval Yard excellM bv few ! ,- '• ■-■' ''J'- r 5- ':;,■? B :\ 1 v A POETICAL JOURNAL. ) »' A spacious bason deep and wide, ' : • .! Li which five hundred ships may ride. - Our navy there, of equal force, . .. To stop Napoleon's threatening course. An army, which no danger 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, Tlie neighb'ring states may count the co^t, If once debarr'd our fishing coast ; Our Paris Plaister they demand, > ■ To cultivate their teeming land ; *i : 'i ^ To them a most prolific prop, - ^ '; • •' Which always yields a double crop ; Here, what would British Anglers give, One twelvemonth on our shores to live, To paddle beauteous lakes about, . . * And catch the krge delicious trout ? ; ' Sweet birds attract the ear hard b}^, llomantic prospects take the eye ; i No tlircat'ning lords your wish to curb, r Nor fine, nor fears, your sport disturb. ■4 i A POETICAL JOURNAL. \5 ■'.' :.A ride. >? O . .. i' ourse. ./ .. ;:■[ ir Iiea) < Old Loui^bourgh in ruin clad ; It rose— it ftll — in victory's hour, ' Sad spectacle of short-liv'd pow'r ! '^ l.ii /- A so! it iry farm or two, .^;»o'> Win ■« » I r i I / Is all it now presents to view ; ^ ';^;ii> *?ti. .. (•{;'. You trace its strength, and wonder that '''^'' ^^^ 'Twas made to shield the owl and bat ; • J .U'*' 1 Hut cities fVdl, more fattiM than this, '"^^ TiO?.'^ T' oblivion's old mctropftHs ; ' '>^ J-.-iUK;-/! 'Tis ours and we can do no less, "^'^^M - ^>^ ^^ • -'H l^han sing the islands we possess. ^i»^»J»>:ii ' ii i Ml ' 7 . Herd's various timber, soft and hard For which our saw-mills are prepared ; On living streamlets all around, Where trout, and perch, and smelt abound. Some luills (amazing to pronounce) , ,. ., M^>rk more than twenty «aws at once ; . , Thus landlords doubly clear their land, i - ,, 1 Kart'riner their woods for cash in hand. !'l. !!,-..», ■■■■ • ■■•• -^r-iuji :/rj^ . Here happy husbandry can tbrive, .,,.7,; • j ^ ' The lab'riniij heart is kept alive : , ,.., .. ,,,.-, N! F( T| T^ I J. ^- . ,.; !)X "i-'^r I'll '/ * * ■ :i. .1 ' «■ ■'»>:U '.li 1 f ■ w y ^ 7 I "lix- !ii(;. I lound .; -jii i 1 i ■ ; ^» ,^;) - ^ J . • ■ ; •t .'fir' I f A POETICAL JOURNAL. 17 ■i-.>;ti:rr! '/ No tythes hard industry perplex, { S ijjiM il Few taxes honest toil to vex ; ., !■ The land's their own, and all affords To make our farmers manor lords. ; Few years will make a farm compleafe^ I ! '.'i'r- '; J; » ) •il For all you wear, or drink, or eat ; . . ^ /., Should you for luxuries complain, Ev'n thsse you buy for wood ox grain^ 1 j i,)( > /. 'T ■• / /( Prince Edward Island, happy place ! , sw . AdornM with ev'ry natVal grac^ ; ,; . r» It smiles, in old St. Laurence fair, ;, i'jt'i 'j. Ten thousand emigrants are there ; . j ?! ,!.'." Their winter's night, and summer's day^ As chearful as a morn in May ; ;.i> "):■•, Far from the noise and din of war, ; >!?' •, lleav'n grants them providential care :;!'->'> , For here confess'd the traveller meets* ^ /jq - A little paradise of sweets. i>^7i ,;;jj > .) j No rocks to dash the shipmen on, n And on her plains is scarce a stone j 'i' ■ I J i< O' I Fish, flesh, and fowl abundant are, in: >!> 10 j,.i That live in water, earth, or air ; ..>.t:;lL()f>w Vii i' The lands are cheap, the waters free, ' .:j Lj; •* The fowl on shore, the fish at sea; > w >;! '->{ xt »'/ Nor lack of all that's good, we find,.*^ : j;;* h . A To chear the body, please the mind, jf ?j .jA A 2 5 i> ! I 18 ' A POETICAL JOURNAL. * It ••■*'.• •/.' If British farmers hete resort, • • No matter if their cash runs short ;' They hare their lands for little pay, • ' *''' ' That little on a distant dav ; "''♦'• i lo.i.iiiru '.'<' Once settled her^?, the man and wife, ' <•' ' ( «" * They never wish to change for life. '•'" V '* j.vj'ur ^ 4> ' A i I i #' t t I ii^ ;. Our province greatly was improved, Since Royal Edward there removM ^ The military grand abodes, ^ l/ivw .1 'd: n'l Defensive works, and public roads f' '' ;. i f - .' Were form'd, And from disorder rose-— * 'i: ■ -'-' All which to Noble Kknt she owes. ff-iJ r/i" ■ ■*••■-,',■ • i.i.>^' ,('' Science enconrag'd, ripening fast, i,'"^ ;,; n;:> ^/ ioigets the age of darkness past ; jih ,(wni u: - Yes, happy coast, no more forlorn, lu j* •:: M' The peaceful arts thy groves adorn ; .-j r. j.i -r , ; For thy uncultivated shade, t ■.;•!!« / Wiih corn and flowers thou att repaid ; ,1 u-{ ,;/' Tliy youth, akrt, shall make thee yield nj in,' Fair orchards join'd to many a field ; , fJ>-,;i ,f{... . Thy woodlands, savage now and mute, I . i^i Shall ring with flocks and shepberd's flute i r : Where now a cottage decks the plain, . .,; j^ P A village shall in order reign ; . i i..; ..j ;■) *;.< iij'/: And commerce, such as rustics know, cj:!^ -•> i With peace and weiiUh in plenty flow ; I .'»• t f > .' •)•? I I « -I ' / 1 'i < inj''"« f ■ 1 ' > ^ — ■ -. <> « - ■'• r .....it i:.'/r '.>.'l. i V If, . i'/ )i!t nun t -n:'^ s l U .'• .:-!{ '-■j /. ).'! 1 ^;i /. cl; • .-i > ( ( ■ el( ■ : 'J If!.'. ,{ f •.')ji . te, .:i , ,.ul flute i i\'\' > < \^i •nH' ;o ;■) *i,i •io!.-; r > ■t:3d' ^ '.* i ^ ^ A POETICAL JOURNAL. I!) > ' , » 1 (.-111 ■ . • ; i « ■I ii Tl > i IMost useful studies shall be known Li every hamlet, every town : 1 or this we stand in Edward's debt, >V ho left thee with a pure regret. ■ i Yes, he, as gentle goodness can, ^>^< • ,, » T ^ Spake to, and heard the lowly man, j'j • i / J. iMicourag'd merit, Jie*er so low, .,, n' And bade the wildest blossoms blow ; He read those jingling accents wild, •' OomposVi by me, when but a child ; i • In which he saw the homely truth ; • , ■ ^ Of patriot zeal, in humble youth ; "^ ConfossM them pleasing, ev'n to him, And bade me still pursue my theme ; Then with an heart, as good as brave, Some tokens of his friendship gave, '* Whh this injunction — *' not to slight ** The infant muses lowest fliijht." So tlic strong bird, that soars the sky, ; ^ : Will learn its new-ttedg'd brood to fly. . 1 ' M .,.-,..-^ ].i,i,> S;r^ 1 f''/:;-)?? •< >o^^ .^-nh :, H And more — he knew the generous part, To chear the lonely widow's heart ; j; ji Her orphan son he made his care, And snatch'd him from misfortune's snare ; A bold, intrepid youth was he, Whose forte was warlike deeds at sea j * 'I , ;S'.i . I 1 :• •* r • f . - 1-1 • • I > i m: .■■! 20 ' A POETICAL JOURNAL. ' 1 I r.i ; II. f t t • M A captain in the navy now, ..; . . Like Nelson, with undauntetl brow ; He learns by victory to prove, >' ; ' And thus repays his patron's love. 'I'hus may our Colonies provide, Their sons to rule the foaming tide, And, by the power of merit great. Supply the wants of church and state. .1. ■<;*( »■ iii' '>i M' I I Here, too, a famous college stands, The pride and glory of all lands ; '. ' 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 hand. Shall take their walk throughout the land ; The olive branch shall be displayed. For truth a shelter, and for trade ; Sweet husbandry, and science prove, The bliss of pure, fraternal love. '*^ • »'• ' " Grant this, good Heav'n, I still would pray, O, turn impending ills away ; And, if it be thy gracious will, ' '''' *' ' Say to the warring world " Be still — ^^ '<•" '^ ** Peace, peace, to the contending ball, '' " Let heav'nly peace be all in all.'* " '* ■r,l in t ' < A '.< m; - — iiiB il L. ' •• ■ v.. f I I • f. e. ..'/ .; ind :5-n » < f ' pray. n I'm; /. I 1 t. /;i.Ji' \\ lij'i y. * V.ol rfi» rwrn /' 4 qoji^ or Oifii.i .' iij^-.'.j ill I" VOYAGE * 1 « i * * * J '•>{♦){?"-'?? ^*!V1 M, f ! •'V.V/ .VOr^ SCOTIA io PORTSMOUTH: "^ JOURNEY to LONDON, .,;: • .^c. 5Cc. 5Cc. fi/> "E AREWELL, America, awhile, Farewell, to Margaret's lovely smile ; /'^ ''* My cliildrcn, take a sweet adieu, . ^ *■''' ''^ U er Ocean I my way pursue, .\ • , In cold December's wintry date, " '''^ ' * , The eighteen hundredth year and eight ; The old Bt'llona, good and sound, (Launcird in the year our King was crown'd,) Bear s me across the dangerous main^ aofain : To see my native land Seven hundred souls embark, or more^ On board the antient seventy-four. avii n A POETICAL JOURNAL. ">--rg Cfiill blows the wind, antl threatening gales Attack the rigc^ing, rend the sails ; In reefing which, throug!i weather hard, A man was lost from off the yard, PlungM in the furious fatal deep, Till resurrection r^iorn to sleep \ And two that died, from sickening pain, Were buried in the restless main. The storms increase^ the billows roll, ^ u\ And seem to shake the central pole. , ** Who on the deep their trade pursue, ** Do God's amazing wonders view." See th' unwieldy vessel work, Her mighty weight no more than cork : O wondVous Pow'r that thus controuls A ship so vast, so many souls I T.'.r//v^,(/. ?»; I' But see a greater wonder far, Our Globe itself — a rolhng star ; For ever flying, changing place, , . Through trackless ather, boundless space. To thee Great Architect, we bow. If these are oreat, how great art Thou ! \ Blest be the pow'r and gracious will, Who gave to men such daring skill, That they no longer sail by guess. With little helm, and compass less, I. i' .■\:.U)\ .- ♦u'.V:- ff»ilMH '.r■^ '-''H ' gales aid, iw. 'W UV/ ue, k : Is * I. t • f > ■ t' lace. j~- > :■ In ' , 1 ' '>m; ■. 1 • , ■ ' » » i ' 1 . 1 •ri . ' t * 9 - < r ' 1 ■ • y • ' • • * -;1 «;'■«»• 2 . A POETICAL JOURNAL. ^S And charts comprisinj]; all the seas, , > ..^ Tlicy trace the unknown globe with ease ; ,.j While but a plank *twixt them and death, .u Still siiockino- languagjc taints their breath. - Ail, would my countrymen beware, . ^y Nor curse, nor by their Maker swear. ^ ^^ -'/o \ 1. Jl ■^■i it4 ii: // vn'f . The liquid mountains rise again, i^ ^r i T And threaten death, but all in vain ; <,., - M'e laying to for thirty hours, , • ,j, ; Saw winds and ocean's awful powVs ; ,,7; Sucli heavy gale, on sea ar shore, <; .,.\v Our oldest mate saw not before. It now subsides, and we proceed ; ;!I ( » Behold, a shapeless hull a- head ; w; .mi; »• At mercy's call our captain hails, ..1 j :i Ui( ' A brig, without or masts or sails ; •!,• ry/j •»?■ When ascertain'd her numerous wants, j-.u- He masts and sails, with rigging grants ; ; i Our hardy crew by order fix, , a s ...M /».i.'T And rig her out in hours six ; i^a/ They hail us with their thankful cheers, She sails, and shortly disappears. , .; . Thus sailors, gen'rous, kind, and tVee, ;; Should help their brothers poor at sea. * > 11 Now we descry the Isle of Wight, ^ • ' '' Jleav'ii's darling — Britain, heaves in sight ! i 11 1?1. A POETICAL JOURNAL. IS I ) ^ Most favorM isle, thy flowing robe Protects thee from th' invading globe ; But ah, do 1 forget the hand, ■''^' The Saviour of my native land ? * ' No : call me Methodist or mad, f f •> If 1 forget thee 'twould be sad ; / - I ever will confess that PowV, That shields us to the present hour : > •' Nor will I worthy praise withhold ' ' i From British heroes, good and bold, Who think their lives too cheap to give, That Britain's honor still may live. O Heav'n, propitious, hear my pray'r, :' Be they and all their crews thy care ; , v Our fleets at sea, our force by land, .. j , < ' Be ever under thy command : ' ? ] ; Save from the foe, the rocks, the storm, f Thy pow'r defend, thy grace reform ; [{ May Britain hold the balance still, . j And justice all her measures fill, •; .' ; ' .J i.. > i' * • Thou once wouldst save, from fire and pain, The ancient cities of the |)lain, .., : , ., . If only ten, in all the place, . . ., : ■ :, Were found to supplicate for grace ; Thou God of Truth let mercy sway, And hear Ten Tiiousam> Britons \ni\\, . . Not Wit I Nor But I Let I And Fi Fori Nov ^ My But Wh Mv Cur For Tha Ilea For Tin Frn lint Mei Sav TIm Wl !>ha f ■.f a AL. (I)C lobe ; '!• I i; f . , V ! ;.-' 11 r 1 ' ' 1 '•■If! old, I ' ogive, ) Y piay'r, ire ; storm, > ►rni : i , 1 re and pain^ - 5 jrtfv. A poetical' JOURNAL. * 5 2'^ -r—r 5i Not with the knee, or lip alone—- , With contrite hearts address thy throne . ' Nor for estates or lives of men, i. ^ a But that sweet Peace return aj^ain ; ., , ,,-.. Let hloocj no more manure the land, , r^ And brino; forth veiij^eance from thy hand. , . Full twenty years rny absent feet, rorbear their native soil to greet ; ^ Now, now, I willinjT feel once more, .. » My knees should kiss the favor'd shore. . ,» ,, But e'er I left the man of War, . r. i a What scenes of wrc'tohedness I saw ; , . , I\Tv fellow-crcaturcswhipt and torn, . , ,, Cursintj the dp.y that they w.^re born ! , . . tr For trifles too wq may notiname, • .r That scarcely bear the cjood man's b!nriu."< .^ Ileav'n and ,the State meet liiiih di^dMin, , , ■ ,■ ■ ^ ', " ri'jiii A For wliich iinpnnish'd tliey reii);iin :' , , ,,, Tlius act the men we Chii^liaivs eall, , ., ,^ r troneons and irrati©iial. t • , . , , , : • " ■ .III Ml m: bnA l)Ut, hark! hqw tliev for UKrcN" pjcad, ,, ,, Mercy is deaf, ;th^.ir backs nui.^t bleed., .^ H-\jt Saviour of mqn, in this I see • ' , .,, , The bitter pan"s cndur\i by thee, . , When, iVom the garden to the goal, Sharp sorrow sciz'd tljv hanulv'ss mwI ; aj 1) *.'II'. f!:' i ;j:/n ^^ •;••;;.'/ ;• ^.i // I 2fl A POETICAL JOURN^i^. Thee, faultless — they, without rtjmqrs^, Scourg'd, curs'd, and fastened to the cross ! ' ' But these, ev*n in their wounds and blood, Still hating qI I that's wise and good, '' ^^" ' ' ' Swear, drink, and quarrel, play the beast^ ' And with lascivious harlots feast ! Hence fell debility ensues ,, ,. • ■ ;j 1; jj ., Among our brave gnd hardy crews. , , See the full boats, from neighb'rhig shores^ Polluted females bring by scares, And these are bought for less than gold, As cattle in a market sold ! ' ' --.:"..• Thus for awhile in ships they dwell,"'''' • Most truly call'd, " a floating hell." ' ^•'' "' ; Poor magdalens, an hapless rac(^. .] :-^!' (1 r> J i''. iivA How lost to virtue, dead to graOe !' *' Is there no plan, in our wise nation, **' ^'' To stop this wretched dissipation ? No : far from this the deed's approv'd, And by the higher orders lovM ; Yet Heaven for us, on ragihg seas, Will fight and conquer too by these ; *Tis lie permits our sliips to swim, O, what doth Britain owe to him !i ';''•" * Ah, would the glorious day appear, ' «■ ?'• '^' "^Vhen warriors might Heav'n's uruiour wcar^ A. .A 1 ■ > J •■•:■'" Go Anc Go. A v> Son 1 Th Bu Wi In Yo Le An Ha Sw n M( In Hi Tl T V T ir\ \L. jmorse > the cross ! s and blood, the beast, ' ' "/,'j lij'-: 'S. . J ; •| *^'J^Vg shores. 1 gold, ell, li »t J v'd, - ■i...A .' ?ar, ';?--'' our wear. I a' ^OETII'AL JOURKAL. 27 ov ■ '■u^' Go forth to war m faith and pray'r,' And in a double doriqiiest share ; Go, sclf-subdii'd, to victory, '^ A warlike nation, wise as freC- Some think, bbdanse they fight and die, They nre entitled to the sky ; ' ' '- "" ' But, hear the mandate, true and just, *' The sb*ut that sin net h die he must.'* M . :>f. // ,>:.< ' !/: Nor are t^tiV lati'd*s1ncn wi^cr grown, Witness old Portsmouth's naval to\Vn t' '•' '' Iti her, by day's meridian Tight, ' '' ?- •-■ -'^ You sec wh4t Lomldn is by tiight ; '••*''' -.' •^'^- Lewdness, and drunkenness, and strife, <'^ ''^ And all the iUs that blacken life ; Happy exception, here and there, "''^'' Sweet charity adorns the fair. . ' * ' Thou, honorable Groy,* and yoii, '"^^' ' Most amiable Montague:'' " ■'''-'• -'^ '■ In social bands, ye still impart, ^ '■^ ? Kich blessings to the widow's heart'; The wounded brave, from war who come. 'J Thy lib'ral hands hands relieve at home j ' l\iQ stranger too, oppressed with care^, ''^* '' Thy kind assistance often shares,'^'' ' "" * Two at the head of rn.iny more T^adies/engagea !n most pious charitio<;. iilf :;(m!T i • i' V t«H A PQI^i,liC^\L J^^UKNAL. I ^i i i li 9 (\ !' l\n tliia ev'n Placers will junite To ^lla^e tijc profitij of the night Thi'v a'.;t, on the theatric board^ I or Tar^, who act fo/ thein aUioad ;,j./ » And ne'er perform so good a part, • i As wiicn they chcar deep sorrow's Ji^'Urt. i (' -i; . r> : ; ifnv/ / ■Ji; 'i:; » K I^.U'r I t il >f' ^■jini O'.v i, through cold and d vfin'n •>? I) Hi? 4? Jiviug rain,w; ^ iSIy native city, I.ondon, gain ; 'i"u nie, though ahsent twenty years, j,j-/ It siill most natuial appears; : ■ tt'nV Its state, its manners, means and ways, ^ ^\ ^-i As if those years had Ijeeu but days ; .,^j, .^(j/ Except th' .enlargements gi^Qat, and ne\v,j^'jty,,.j ji Which with a. pleasing sense I view. i. n^ i,,,/ Great mistress, ol' the civil world* .,•>/> "fi.trU When all thy scenery'S(Unfyrl'!d, -inr.fo yr^fic Thou secm'st the* main-spring of the whole, [ \ TiiKi life of trade — the very soial j.^dnii/i« }^()\>'' In this, the Uuecn of Cities,, sue, -.,,} ji-j-o;^ t;' All nature .i^^ej^ilpi^c.;;- 5,,;. 01 -^^um'^Ad dnV^ Such th(^ effects of .iioarvftiiiie, , ■ .'-a .,,.■■. Jn our most scienlifjc clin^«.; .,,- i^Tdfrii^ uii l () J'inic, illusive, yet most true.j^.,,.'|^,,-( f{\ We spend, but rarely reckon you ; What niiglity and important things, ,.j - Arc coverM with thy outspread wings! 1,,^,,, -a XAL. A POETICAL JOURNAL. 29 t ; { <^;.^ .Or. I t, 1. 's heart. .,,..:-,. ing rain Jars, .^(iU >: 1 the whole,; 'J Tn this long period, seeming short, . i Thy vast exploits surpass our thought.- ;n*ii: / f i Lo ! France, o'erturn'd as in a day, v<.» ii'J :< I RuPd with with still Wore despotic sway ; ^ " * * Her Monarch "murdered, shocking scene, J*^.^' And still more dir6, a bleeding Queen I . . 1 Fire, blood, and slaughter mark her state, v"'^' And shapeless ruin b6w« to t atJe ! .'?> *: Jwi . .r.// ., u A monster who assumes the helm,. 'O li.if.iif, f Would Europe and the world o'ei*vvheim..i'i-Fir Now, France, jiisr as the fit may take her, , ; A Will have no king, but a ! i- g-maker ; . '^ * An P^mperor,, forsooth, is he, - Jvii ..i^ "I'l o I A tyrant as th^ world ^nay see j-ii* *^i^f/ ^I'c^f i ? i A spoiler of the nations all, . But ill content without the ball J '';.!-'^ il'mir. Had he the spacious globe, he*d soon- ~ ^'*'' ■ * Engage in arms the neighb'rirtg moon ; T -'^''^ * Restless and terrible as heff,' • ■' ' -" ' ^'J'' As suffVing nations krio\v full wdllj;;''*' *^'-' ^'^^ ' But shall Britannia yield or die, .^^-^ ^''' '^^' ^^ Encircled with the sea, the sfkV'V ''"^ vff'i.'UM .. r,( And cover'd with the fost'ring wingV •'" ■ '*'*' '' Of Thee EternalFking of Kings : ■ui ;;-iJi;v;.n{ No: Thou wilt banish fell despair/ *' '-"-^« '^'"^/ ,-.' ^And make us thy peculiar caH\ '''' '' "'-^'^^ ',J —^ m% ,,. -••^.■,,*^" -^ [f ^Q: A {POETICAL JOURNAL. il If For \h\6 ibe truly' pious pray, -.fr'!;-* 't> ,o! ^iili nl In Liirnoathope! both night anddily;fj .;>; / -nil' I'Or tills our wdrtby.Pattiot$ strive, ,eo(' /('I i o J may their mutipl eflforta ^ii^iv^-;// ,'j:^; [/I,//, N\'l»at (e'er t bey do, be for; the h^sty ;.ricI4 -i jM 71iis siMi'tiuient befits, my; brga^t;,! u-uun llii-. [>♦;/. Su re ;ion& wfrtiljdi sign wiitU sanguine breat li - ; . i Our warriors doom in foreign deatU^ )(,{;, jj, j.ifA Lauding our troops on hostile grouod, >(joni /. Merely to meet theit". mortal vvojiind. lu.i ijiao'//' A hint may serve my Country hferoy),;,,.] ../(//i 1 drop it mth afiect ions teat ori;l o i •/ i.d lir.V Lor Britain mourn^and lotid deplo.rps ,,j.-:i ,i/\ Her sons who fall on.foreign.shoresi.; j ,.,:••{/: 7. Much legislative timp was spent .,,,^,j j[; y,,<] Of late— cprruptioi|i to prevent ;^^^., ^.jj ..^j jj^.t; While pesulential eflvj^s eye .j, ^^^J.^ ,,- ,,^^,._^,,'i Saw F— tl— k lay his honors by:,,..; {, ,.. ,:;|j, ,^^ This not enough to glut her fil],^jj...j w..j,'j.j ^ . /. W'ith rancour she pursues him still. W^hat ! no compassion— pity— none: jj.^;^ . ht claim what yo.u deny, A ^^injCe ,; ',. ,, ■,.. «, .1 ' n ■ i if) f i;/. "rSBS- ,# u, A POETICAL JOURNAL. 3i y >^ . -; •/ -'ii [' •I -m {li;V: [>•;/. le breath., iii "Od, vffofa / ';• ■!. .i UUjoir on ;>7i.,{ Jir.V i io •lijiii.c]^ A Jistno'j If; t;K ;oi» r : ;;^: •■* But eie again such lengths you come, iii> ;!j.1'7 Let every Briton look at home, i r " rtilluii ' • Be thus rcsolv'd — Whate'er is done— r wfr n/ I am determined to mend one; ioh.trif r i'l Then should we act from censure frce.ifbtK.! r A And be what vve wish all to be.inni k!)}.*/. -n^id"' Instead of this, but late we saw," lor^fj . iF In spite of reason, sense, and law. ; li >U'; ^f'V/ From public prints and pictures too,' ,>ir! .'.n All that is base expos'd to view ; .,.;;*;, i; .) ' ;! I A thousand brains construct the plan, /> : ' "f' 1 To prove corruption in one man : m '• Ji ■;<:;: ' Whereas if they consult their soul, n ••< • / < H. They find corruption through the whole. -^ > - - These truths to «:reat and small belonir- Whatever is not right-+~is \^ronir : . ">■-■' ^ a f rH v.mo'y< »• I'hen as a free, born man I say- — ■■: ill It is afoul and filthy play,, ti;M!i;i t7:'ti.;t.r. i; W^hoever at abuse connives,"?^ •,*.>-)'rir r<^uvf[otv' Who deals in plurals touching wives, 1' i jL'; ' Or having one he ought to love, ,. > . In : .'. Doth still a concubine approve, i n b;. nj,>; L \ The king himself might hear me tell, i'jr.j i That such in virtue don't excel ; f*. t; i;'»t!- '. ;7 That he whom one will not suffice, [..ct j 1 -.A.il >^ Is rather giv'n to guilty vice. 32 A POETICAL JOURNAL. !i I Guilt smites itself, we all admit ; f 'f'' 2 *^' ••' J Let follies past instil more wit. f "^^^t^I v-i/') 1 * i Hut since no British law controuls <' '< ''' ■ " '^ The humour of such loving souls ; 'jt^'''» inn I As touching judgment, this is known^^tl^i t^-^'^^' ' Their sweets and bitters are their ovi^iii' ' ti lul^ The poor in general are the few *<> Ix.O'".! Who such high life dare not pursue ;"> *>ii*i^ "I Hear this, ye fashionably great, . . 'ii<; tno: i The evil cleaves to you of late. ' :*^ ' i ^^'''^ ^i'' The bar, the pulpit, and the stage \.uu((j o r To ye the friendly hint is given, •*♦ •' ci^- i^^ilV/ Its issue is enrolled in Heav'n.' ,hr'cs^ ! ui vvi! i' Mean time who could stich peltings b6ar ^ As fell, great F- — d — k, to thy share ? .•.({.' f It seems as though printsellers had ' '^ '; ;' mI i' With gaping, laughing fools run mad 5 ^< » '» ' •' Involving Majesty and thee, * i^udij u; rr '•)«.»! 7/" AVith half the royal progenyj ■■"!-•'{ -li rli;' 1) n.iW In foul contumely and scorn, "i '>nf> p;fH7;;.i -lO And scandal hardly to be borne. ''^'> '■> -ii*;' d'-Al The piliory, so due to crimes, I'd rather "bear a dozen times : -^^'if v-nf/l oil V Yes — bear a shower of rotten eggs, '' '''^'^^' ^''•'' ' While I could stand upon my legs. •'''' '^*^ ^^'' * It H ThI Til Ye Hi! \V Th Is I Sav Sav Sav Mai Crc Crc Ble His Let Be No' Wc Nc Th Wi Hi $ """"■"■ ■ — % ■» ih. /!<>?. )wn^ -lei ii'jii'l' i^s bear'''* ad ; ' J K r-j J I il riiifl) r.-XU . -J.'' A ')ii'r A POETICAL JOURNAL. 33 It shews their love of sacred things, How much they honor sons of kings : 'f'hcy love their king, it phiin appears, ^ This crowns his reign of fifty years 1 ,. p let oft we hear the people sing, High-sounding strains, *' God save the King," While public prints and conduct prove. That words are diff'reiit things from love. '^ God sav6 the King, in terms express, . Is neither more than this, nor less : .^,^ .., -r Save him from ill of ev'ry kind : „ v Save him in body and in mind : .. ' , . Save him from temporal complaint^ . , , i Make him a holy, happy saint ;.„ J^j, .,, ._^ .^^^ Crown him with favor here below ; j, r r ,r Crown him, in heav'nly clory too ; ^ , Bless him, wi,th every .good desire, ,j^ ^,:.^ ^^u His mind with charity inspire ; ; , .. .. t , rf Let nothinff in his heart or house t-, . ' - Be subject to a foul abuse. lit: i * 4. f 1.^ 4 I I V \ a ;i II 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, ^.-r His head must ache that wears the crown. -^ u "$4 A POETICAL j6UR:tJAL. ^1 > r I' % Ah ! why should scandal hurl her diiri' Envcnonrd at the sovert?i2:n*s heart ? 'Tis neither scriptural nor sound, j'.W 1T1 1 r -I * i-J ' -■ ^M7/<.i'i .'.111 I he sacred lainily to wound. " ' ' ' t T f '-King David knew not what wasdort6, ^'-'' By nauohty Absalom his son ;''^^ '"'';''^': ''^^'';[ The father^ sh^ll not bear tire bhiitfe'r""' ^'"'^ ^' Much less partake the children^ bhamt' j Nor did the thoughtlew Hebrew race ,* "^ Throw children's sin in David's face."'"'-;''" "^ Can George rfecall what Y — K hath (lone. 'J7.V !U rn. 11 D7BC. Or give a rans6rti for his' son ; ^ Can he make white, what ieemcih bla:i'k, ^ ^^ Or call the mis-spent season %ack ? M If he hath been a fro ward child, '.' ' * ' In am'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, ** From evil still educinnr ffood." yff If ,v/(j/ His honor and his income yield, Nor doth he guide the warlike field ; ^ , generous nation, why pursue A man who meekly bowis to you ? 'Tis not the geniui of our isle, Self-humbled greatness tb revile • ]Mi.i LiV^il dill '-■i The Anc Ii A PI If r Aga But Nor Thi Yoi A The Swe Mf.s Gra As V Wh. And ,^Suc] An" ■N •Yet A f r Wh( May vWit] \ 1; •:', I liWi»iiH«t«i'w \L, A POETICAL JOURNAL. SS ,.'.\: "J. I Then Icarn, what you expect, to give, And let the name of others live,. I f ii;-.i; , >',., { \ It O I j'».-i fiv; .,«<'.-. Now from my.child I soon must part, Yet not without an hopeful heart , A friend, I found, however rare, " ' * ■h AUiU. ■ V.' i Who took him to his guardian care ;" May Heav'n reward him here below^'^ 'in. '»> ^ vWith bliss that cruardian ancjels know.''^* ' '* u- t f Ifi id- A POETICAL JOURNAL .-.^.^ '1(1 il But I depart from London's noise, ' ' ' Its busy cares and frantic joys : ' '' * '' ^''^^ Tow'rds lovely Bath my way is bent, The seat of all that's excellent ; ne day was spent upon tne road ,^ ^ ' • To visit Windsor, bless'd abode ! '**'''* ^, T U 1 £ ) i'.lll 1:1.1/., 'J / Por many years I had not seen Ileav'n-chosen Britain's King and Queen ; 1 bought laboured much to have the view, And lake my long, rny last adievf, I could not pass her towers by, But gratified my heart and eye. , , On holy-day, m royal dome,,.,,, . . .^ ^^ ^^ ,,j, 1 saw my Reverend Sovereiji^n come, ,, ., Both, then and there, with solemn dread, -.- Partook the Eucharistic bread ; ■ . _ ^' . i ,. .. Beneath the flaming ch-erub's wings,. ,, . I ate with th' King, and KiiNG of Kings ! . ,, O what a. double feast was this. Replete with pure, extatic bhss. :,>J!'i' ,'i;'! •(ijoY When thus my wish was greatly crow uM, ' One disappointment still was found : ,^ .. Ill 1 11 1 ' ' nu/-jt v/o/. Ah! sad to tell, went there. to see, , . those eyes which could not l-ook on me ; . The Monarch mov'd, as Justice blind. In hands of Kent and Cambridge ioinVL . Alas ! my pitying heart exprest, ' ^ What Heaven ordains is for the best ; ni A -_. % ''^"''"•^•"'"'•"'^ ■», l|i »M ti||t. S liyt^| j O^ il. A POETICAL JOURNAL. »«M.^«A>t«^ 37 31lt, ., ....: i;rifi!l ''.iiii^l ii. t n-f 'if '1 ) «ill 2^:11)., «:/■ •■/ID •;!' ■• • Ull^ Queen ; .^ le vie\Y, 'u v.t.tr l)nA I dread, ^- ' ' - ; /.' bi.ii'i'O Kings! . ,, i flii. llVifi fid/. >' croun d, d : . on me ; ... . jomd.. If England's sun no ray can yield, , ,. , < r. '' To bless tljc cit}' or the field ; - \ . '? If liglit is fled, strength is not lost, ,; , . - . j He'll crush the proud Philistine host, And Samson-like, of antient prai.sc, .(., ^ .: I A His last be most victorious days ! ; t. r ' >; ! r Grant this, thou Light of earth and skies, lic'joice his heart, restore his eyes ; , ^ ; Sweet light and love in iiini increase, And let him sec returning peace ; Tier olive branch of during green, Shall cheer his last expiring scene : ' n I . i To him let two-fold peace begiv'n, .' ;.. -. Then, as on earth, be crown'd in hcav'n. I . ■ ... I ... . .... , ! ,, I ' '' i ' I ' ■ ' I Ilail, Bath, the lovely I\Iuses' scat, ■; At once so elegant and neat ; . , . , ; .r /^ Hail, lowly vale, inchanting place, The sweet resort of cv'ry grace ; , • ; Pure svmetry of buildings rare, A portrait of the good, the fai) ; ,^ , 4 . . »- With all that art and nature give, < , ■ 'i 7'hou kindly bidst thy lovers live : . , , . *'•{>,' For this ihy pleasing walks are found, : j r :, For this thy living streams abound. si .> ., , , Warm from thy bo.'som torrents gush, ^ in:- • . _To yield fair beauty's wonted blush ; n/ r .U / St ; vl i i - 1 It D :.i l)'v,ii'L_ j; 3S A POETICAL JOURNAL. AVhile captivating scenes appear, Debilitated strength to chear j ■ ' » The charms that music, science pour ' Along sweet Avon's winding shore, Inspire my heart with love of thee^ • And all but envy cure in me. .' - ' ' ' So, to retrace life's chequer'd state, -'■ We view the whole, but love the great ; To see and sing yield small relief, The absent mind, a prey to grief. ' • • t '. • ■ '%.: \ ) To Bristol's busy city come, ': ' (For me, alas ! no friendly home ;) • • > Three days 1 had not breath'd its air, i>eforc I was suspected there j A poor, unwary stranger, I • ^ .';^i; i Was look'd upon with jealous eye — '' JSeiz'd as a culprit, horrid state ! '.' Come, tragic muse, the fact relate : No friend to plead my lonely caune, JOxpos'd to most vindictive laws ; Poor me, of peace and hope bereft. Stood charg'd with cruelty and theft ; With cruelty to woman kind, Which mostlv shocks the fe(*linfr mind ; For this plain reason, seeming right, I was the wretches size and heifrht ; ■ ■' In countenance, ^iice was no choice, But differ'd much in heart and voice ; ,> i [J.U rii it* A P02TICAL JOURNAL. 39 ur r 1 ' 1 ' < ■■ ' roat ; - I'll t, . . ; . ( The clothes the fiend of darkness had, HesoQibit'd these in wliieh I'm clad : ' <^ The neigJibouf.s saw, iu harmless plight iVIe puss the" d(x)r that fatal night ; The very hour in vvhicli the deed ^Iade weeping worth and beauty bleed ; But tha!iks to lleav'n, this hinge alone— The voice, my fate was tuvnVl upon ! ; ^) may that voice foi' ever raise, •*..' Melodious by a\ as of grateful praise. The villain's art had watch'd the time, In which to perpetrate his crime ; ^ . M'hen every soul from home had gone, But virgin innocence alone, • ; , < lie ready entrance to insure, FeignVi *.hat his tooth-ache wanted cure ; (A Dentist was her father's trade,) This the pretence the robber made ; " She courteously had ask'd him in, ..' I'l J^ Then ripe for his infernal sin, ' ; ■> ;, ] Demanded, with expressions rash, The valued paper, plate, and cash ; ■ She, fainting, sunk upon the floor, • > As if to die and feel no more ; 'j ' '^>' • Then, fearing she the fit might feign, lie put her to the fier:;est pain, tl ^^"ith kicks and brutal bruises dire, Then adds the force of dreadful fire : '^ ■,'iil I' ! i i-',r/ ■ •} i r ,»v * > »MM* ^- i » • / , I "' *)) u I fli 40 A POETICAL JOURNAL. I'hc vivid ilamcs her clothes consume, lie loft her burning in the room : * ' ' I hen just esca|)M, — her father came, And saw Fiis dauo'hter in a fiame ! - Ah ! mc, how dismal was the place, Was over sire in such a case ? His tcchngs wake, at pity's call, i ■ Mis child insensible to all ; ' . ' ' Distracting frenzy secm*d to seize *■ His heart, and smote his trembling kncc^, Mine too, for I could scarcely stand, Her ti; dfr'd garments in my hand ; 1 felt a father's love and pain, > ' Compassion cut my heart in twain ', • - To see sweet beauty losing breath, ' ' '- In wrestlinjr with the arms of death. ' • X '' ^ IC H i'f^ \ \i But while I felt for h'm and child, What were my dread commotions wild ? Do I stand charg'd with crimes like these? Dtfeiid me, Heav'n, if thee it please. ■. Now to the chandler we withdrew. Where she lav lan<^nishin«x in view ; When favoi'd with her speech and siglit, Uow did my warring passions fight! ,: My hope, from conscious innocence, My fear from want of sure defence ; J)es!re of life, on all bestow'd. Love to my wife and babes abroad I ' t ' i ^ \L. A POETICAL JOURNAL. 41 ime, lie. f ■ ). ■ ? knees, * (I, ivild? these ? se, ■; ight, * llcr wccpiiij^ Father softly said, ' s " ** My love, one moment raise your head ; *' Stands here the cause of thy complaints r" She looks, and with that look she faints ; Ac^ain reviv'd, her dying eyes -^ • , :• IJeheld me with a wild surprize ! •' -^ . : . ' A second time the question's put, ■ With — '' notice liim from head to foot ;'* That moment, Heav'n to ease my heart, Did nature's elofjnence iivipart ; '4 The maid assum'd a death-like smile, My causeless trembling to beguile, Ami answcr'd thus — " There needs no more, •' I never heard that voice before.'* The father then his tears rcpress'd,. And took me to his throbbing breast ; With eyes uplifted, tlien, said he, " May Heav'n defend thee, thou art free ; Yet may stern justice sally forth. To search the sea and spacious earth ; O brino; the monster into lio;ht. Whose deeds the fiends of hell afFrioht : My child, my child," the father cried. My all, since I have lost my bride ! The vernal sun, full three times seven, ** Endow'd her with the gifts of heav'n ; *' But now, amid her youthful bloom, Already gapes ih' untimely tomb j ]) 2 ( ; ii (( a ? > 4'2 A POETICAL JOURNAL. '* Fell hands of villainous intent, ** That no kind angel might prevent : " May all thy punishment be here, ^^ And God remove my pain and fear.'* rarcvvell, sweet lady, heav'n be yours, A:id all that innoeence secures : 'I'his said, I closM the interview, ('omplacence smil'd a long adieu. J now forsake the awful place, \Vhcre nature met such foul disQ^race, jjut who will say no beauty reigns In Bristol, and adjacent plains ? Let such injurious proverbs be Lost In iuimense obscurity. Here men of parts and business too, Antl ladies their own plans pursue ; In circles high or lower move, Not without beauty, grace, and love. «' (f 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 , Is irrand and awful to the sic^ht ; Svveet op'ning meads attract our view. With j)rospects picturcscme and new L\L. A POETICAL JOURNAL. 4J V }. ftar." ours. *ace. 5S tot), 3 • o\'e. ne, »; icie. ]t From Pill we catch the driving gale, , And scour the deep with swelling sail ; All hands at their respective work, Klate with hope of seeing Cork. v. Alas, how soon we lost repose. The clouds grew black, the winds arose Lash'd was the helm for hours two scovv , AV^e driftinix to Carnarvon siiore ; The gale so hard increased our fear, l^he dreaded breakers now a ppeai No boat nor pilot near at hajid, Nor craft could leave the foaniinj; strand, AMiile furious billows sweep tlie deck, And every soul expects a wreck ; The heavy swell our vessel shocks, . . . (jrim death stood gaping on the rocks. Courageous hearts, most void of fear, 'I'he women and the weaklings chear * Keep up your s|)irits lovely race, We soon shall make an anchoring place. Kscap'd beneath auspicious skies, Let go the anchor, Davis cries ; The surges lose their dying strength, We ride secure at cable's lenht scandal and detraction cure. Our diet simple, sweet and good, AVas cook'd in manner somewhat rude, Yet serv'd with loving looks and kind, The eye an index to the mind ; 'I'his with good will is better fare ' Than sumj)t'ous 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'llcr is not nice. Let this and oratitude suflicc. Necessity's primaeval law, ' " Yields us good beds of hardy straw : So roval sons of noble race, •' Have frequent found hard resti.ig place. No rest so swcer, beneath the skies. As that deriv'd from exercise ; Then in the morn, through dewy fields, We sip the sweets which nature yields : 1 i A POETICAL JOURNAL. 45 Hear larks that soaring sing on liigb, Their matchless carrols to the sky, Responsive 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 converse, joy supreme; The hospitable man of prayer Invites, his friendly boon to share ; Listening, as we proceed along. To heav*n*s pure tone— the humati tongiifc, Well taught and in a nat'ral strain. Which here about is hard to gain. - Through daisied fields in grticn array, This music wiles the hours away, Like solo of the sweetest sound, ' ■ Till we approach the Parson's groOnd* • His mansion iti 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 calPd his flock around, UnwilUng to enjoy the treat, Without his charge around his seat ; 46 A POETICAL JOURNAL. Simplicit}', unus'cl to this, ConfcssM the charm and ovvn'tl the bliss. r ? The matron and the maids appear, To welcome us with all good chear ; Her friendly parlour opens soon, ; 'J'o stay the rage of hungry noon ; Two virgin daughters grace the feast, M'ith delicac}^ wit, and taste; :. I^arcntal culture rais'd them well, In real po]iteness to excel!, . - *> re ^ / r While peace and plenty here prevail, The priest supplies his nut-brown ale, Talks of the nations now at strife, Our perils tlirough the voyage of life, The Church— the State — the King, all three, Our arms on shore, our fleets at sea j js ' ! . J Of this one's rise, and that one's fall, fi; .' Drawinc: sweet inference from all : But most admires that Pow'r above, ; ic Whose word and will our bulwarks prove. Thus Ministers, when right inclined, Refresh our frame and chear the raind. 'I' : I But hear the case, however hard, Si.ch worthy men meet small reward ; l^are education, shining parts, ^ . Fine feelings and the noblest hearts, i I • ' ,; ; 's.'' " . . !f ;' •• .'■_• ' ' , I i i i. ' .\, ,. i I :i;o .i .: // ';• .■'<:!/»"■ :mi'. -y '[ i] ■' i .' Ji I .-. . i. I ■;.i r_. ' '^'V I- AIRMVAJL IN IRELAND; REMARKS ON CORK, &c. »e999|^S>I^d«®* -W OW from Welch hills and fav'ring sky, Ilibcrnia's mountains we descry ; Fair blows the gentle summer breeze, To lure us to the faithless seas ; Yet ere we reach the destin'd port, We find provisions running short ; For sixty souls, with fam'ly cares, We had not more than fifteen shares : But when our fears were at their height, Cork harbour shews a pleasing siglit. Now beating up the tranquil tide, See beauteous seats on either side ; A POETICAL JOL'JlNAr.. 4-9 In comely form with taste display'd, <» /u // Strong forts with cannon well array'd ; . n tij-jH At length all hearty, strong and sound, ^r.\\ \-) f We set our feet on Irish ground.if! w iit>) Ln/ Though Cork may many beauties claim, ^^.j,, There still exists much cause of blame \ ^ ,;>>|j j I am no censor, but will prove, >^>ir^^a>{(J (hf7/ 'I'he evils which you may remove. I love Hibernians antient name, y^'n ?■> »njil<^ For, from her genVous blood I came : . , .•; iifH Her weal I study, as a friend,^' !li5 >i >?;. { vilT Asserting — there is roo^ to mend, inrahi jm: ipi Let praise or blame attach to me, ?.[ nanji mXV No matter so thy state he, iree ; tjio / t -: /m: ijoY Free from the lesser ilJs that rise, vnir ,l fi'/ujll And which the candid must despise. , [jj «i.ri And first this censure might be sav'd, irnni oM F If all your streets were better pav'd. j its t.nl/l This error musjt the iJtrajiger strike — //oil .r;fiT The paths of man and beast alike ; '' n j njo! i Tm wrong, for see the grand i)ara(lc. Its horse path is superior made ;^"-> i A blunder this, from error's skull, That such a road should serve a bull. While f^et most delicate and pure, >■; The roughest walking must endure. nVY r» .. .. r yoin'j'l JfO A POETICAL JOURNAI.. ''»w Why not, since you have stono enough, >:) nl Kcuiove this hobling pavement rough ? :>ii(yi)'l Let flagi: or lesser squares be placM, '^'^' ; ;l */ And Cork w.ih pleasing walks be grac'd : t>'''^ Then Ladies, as they elsewhere do, May case their feet and slippers too jijif »' I I Then age and infancy wiH crown • '^''-^ '-J*^'"'' ^ AVith blessings thy indulgent town.'' '> '^" ""• ' .Oi'cnrj vnisi CI07 iloid '/ rp/. .n| f OlTcnces rise abroad, at home,'-f''t'Hf U >/; < ' But woe to those by whom they come 5 ;t }<' 1 Thy lanes all other lanes excel ■■y..:. ■ * i.,>7/ j ! i For an abominable smell ; « *i ovh\j — i\r\\.tv)- L The cause is plain as day-light there is — ; ^ ' ^ You are so void of Necessaries, '' ' •' *f'»t»r,m )V' Ileav'n hates th' unclean with frowninsr view. "' This rule the antievit Hebrews knew; • ; '<* The moving host so much belovM, ' '>^'ii^ i? 1/ Must all be clean or disapproved : ^ jnov lii i; Then how much more should cities be ' ' -' ' I'rom every foul pollution free ! ',' J" 'k .! Thy scavei>gers, with filthy tricks, ; v.? In pent up streets vile ordure mix :.;; 1 .}/»,(.' What keeps contagion from thy door ; (;> To tell, is past my fancy's pow'r ; a i Remove the practice of this tribe, ; •' ■ Which Swift himself could not describe. > . f Ye Of ne i: ■■■'^'f^ Dtf it!*; i )!7. -sii ! • » 1 I » ;i 1 '>"/( ' • \i/jff J 'I I •Jfli.iT> A. r / .Ml .if a '3'' ■5 /V -^l' » ibe. A POETICAL JOURNAL. Ht acrr :»rr On Sunday too the croud olVcnds With noise of town and country iViends, .^ , J^itting in streets upon tire ground, ,,,,;, ., .^ Quite low, indeed, and iuunble found > Drinking and smoking, doing jobs Tn njale and female roarin;; mobs ; ,,, Tlieir children playing too at ball. Perchance against the church's vvidl. ♦ i i.i I ( Men bathing in the gfarc of duy, And women standing in the way ; I thought they had all shame forsook, i The men who swim^ the maids who look ; „ , r •1 " I must the naked irutli rehearse, ^. , , .. . t Forgive, ye delicate, my verse; <( . ,. , i ,' I would that Cork were vested well, .. .^^ > • WitL every grace that mi^ht excel. _, ^, ,;^ 7 '-■o ft ♦' Thy shops arc fitted up with ar^, ^t ImO But shopmen act no quakcr's pan ; Not to their word, so very nice, . n- They ask and take a diff'rent price ; , Be at a word, let both be true, , , ,, Ye customers and shopmen too. ^r '.' ! f in •i 'A i 1 L?- iVM^ rWii^li »'V>« i- 'f' One truth among the rest is clear, Small prostitution revcb here ; ^^i*. ^m. Of thefts, which we may elsewhere see, 1 never saw a to\^n so free. ' j: -^*-''^^^^^f»^ 52 A POETICAL JOURNAL. And now thy Poet gently sirigs, ' The fairer side of men and thitigs : ' '* ' ' Adhering strictly to thfe truth, ^*''''= -'' ''''*;'-^ I never saw more handsome youth ; '^ •' '•'> Vcs, Cork, thy charming nymphs and swains, Announce where blooming beauty reigns j "^rheir sense and wit my bosom warm, Their taste correct with music's charm ; Polite and lib'ral, just and kind, True models of a virtuous mind. , , Thy furhtttli'^anff rt^t'atfiiW, ' ^^'^ '= - ' ''^ ^ In general we must admire; -'-'•'•' -"' ^'' - In sitting rooms for caS6 prepaiT'd, ' ''■' ^'f ^^' * The sweet Piano oft is hfeard ?''''' '' ,^viji;o'( The sweeter femdle voict prevails, ^*'*'' ^'^''^'^^ - Which soft rctifenieht irtrales, - '- -^"■- ■^^' ^* if ' U I Good paintinn[s and the finer arts. Uti r Kind genius to thy sons imparts^ i:'->ui:( >;.>; We view in scenes of vouthful hfeJ''-^^' ^' The future mother and the wife ; • -' Aspiring boys of parts and \Vit, M'ell train'd, and for hiirh callincTS fit ; With books and and tutors well supplied The nation's glory and her pride ; ' ' Much pains bestow'd and taste and skill, To form and cyif|c tho infant will : :«:*< l/. A I f \.» i* f • ii' I Th J. ' : ' . To sii Av^ier Than When As Hi] r.U ■♦•■' J* .".■.•! : A POETICAL JOURNAL. 53 lUi'// :)n^'»^ . . • ^ T swains, is; • ,-.■ ; •:>■..' » :v;IV ov I'-A * '"1 '( \:iVMi 1 '*!•'*' ^ :li07«' -' ■iii-N '•i'V « .U .lliii ..) rS/ • . -il' ' . L ^ ! J ^ * r» r i i ;l •> I ,' These still adorii the Irish name, >» y,,;,, ,;// They leaxl to virtue and to farae.;.^j,j,;.^ ^j.,}. (i^{}y How sweet to hear tfte melting lay .^^ , ..^ ^ Of virgins who can sing and play ; < i .., ,,^'p This we in charming H 11 d^ find,. To captivate th' enraptur'd mind ; • . To you, dear girls, such pow'r is giv'n, Sweet antipast of future heav'n ! O might I in the least conduce ., . j„ .. { j^ ^ By off'ring songs to such an use, ,; .,.^-^./ ,yr Be this among my joys on earth, ..,.,.,< r To share with them harmonious mirth. ' ,.,, .. »• But let our subjects be confin'd '^V ; , To such as may exalt the mind ; , ,, • jp If purest virtue swells the breast, . , » .. Let sensual ntv^ minds enjoy the rest ; ;^ ,^ ^, Wiiile we the baser arts foresjo, , , . Virtue alone is bliss below. ,. ^^.^^.^ . ,^^,,.^ ^^^^^ ..^^ Think It not mean among your lays To sing the great Creator's praise ; Where can you hear a sweeter sound Than in your several choirs is found ; Where can you find so high a theme, As Him who did your life redeem ? i !i.. '.' 1 »'.'/' iJ ■>.' >\Vf •,i\-f! im 'J.I '"'0 >> :.;'<: ;.j 'i .i\'U m 'CiH 11. . J >l>a >j>aixj j< 'i't}--- n ./j*?j!it^si:!r n *u :v^^ I 54' A K)£tlCAL JOURNAL.-- I :"5(!1' We give St. Batry's chiirch tb fslihel^' With that which beats th6 bki^sed ilMrie ; Which trumpet forth in pleasing awe, His praise by excelietttM^e-—-hr"-''; ''[^^ o i tMO J- A juU The buildings grand artd Wfell array *d,'^'''^^^/ ^^^ Their organs exquisitely f)lay'd ; '^ r^/ ^^n^'l The truth is read attd published ther^'^^'^"^^ '\^] Which makes the whol6 divinely fdv.' '^^'". *' ;' Yet let me, as a public friend^--' '^^ -^ .'>i 'jJin O To lesser chapels recori1fhi5hd,*'^'^'*ff>^ ^^initto fJJ Where instrument is tiever foilnd,.noirj;i nidi -M To mend the powV of vocd sound^-^ ' -^■"• To sing by rule and form a choir, And at pure harmony aspife ; A.-^' * This is the only substitute '^^^ 1^^^' '^ '^''^^ '''^ For aid derived frbiil bass ahd flute ; ' ^^^'''4 '^^ If singing's titneW, dull, and flat;^' •^'^^"^'^ ^;;^ Sure no excuse atones fbttbat ; ,' J'^^ ">'' ^'"^'^^ Where nature gives a Vbice sb clkf,'^'^''*' i^uni'/ And with it a tenacious ear ; What hinders then an active pari, In that which tunes and mends tjie heart ? Shake olf dull sloth the theme pursue, What cannot perseverance do ? ^ n n Add i •y.-.A'h U „ i- . , i * Full many things there might be said, In which amendment could be made j A POETICAL JOURNAL. [ir Ito yH -_-^ ,t ^ n. IT' a^ t ,rv.«!s.i. ■■>.»■. 55 Thy citizens will not deride These plain remarks, by love supplied. I want 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 leading tliy great town, Might tell the world of thy renown ; I too, in a more decent etrain, ^vm »« ^ Could say where health and order reign : When thou shalt be, in all thy parts,° A picture of thy ^en'rous hearts. 3)1 suii oUi iiuniV i AiVlli / ax riitfi \B'^ OVJxVff 8>lO.|iT3aJ1iIM .YTit* .rAiTi/'iiiTMn yji iVii •*i»*'"ass^*#^*5'^ i;;('/= o-j iiii/ jv^ol . AUTHOR [w'ujTu:uu u'jiir , ^v/^c ... ; :r,w »ib \hi u\oiU\ PROCEEDS TO DUBLm,'' ;! "^ / ^iiliiiff Hi\j lUi -tl.l .*'jiJ •;lr;firt f /iff f^iir// WITH SUITABLE .... ^. . • . ^ V ^i)J 'i o .^ \\:nZd\ KEFLECTIONS i ON THAT BEAUTIFUL CITY. >eeedKS&/9«««i N. O love can thine, kind Cork excel, Accept my long and last farewell ; The good of plenty, love, and peace Incessant flow, nor ever cease • In pure tranquillity abide, No ill thy genVous shore betide. I 0?; /ir^s^ !•> hi!!!; » A POEtlCAL JOURNAL. dV n?" V) 1- ■ ^ i I V i i The sloop is rfeady at the Quajj 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'er J Hailing Hibernia as w6 pass'd, ' ' Each county vying with the last; • • "'• ''*^ "' Smiling in vefdure all around, ' ' *»' !>'(i«< . .^ While plenty strews the GultuV*cf ground. '^^ ■ Far other scenes of late were known. Her peace and uriity o'erthrown ; ».• "■: // •> f Confusion roll'd, a baneful flood, unU ji.-niMf. Thy shores were wash'd with human blood :• A Truth bore the tale with awful speed, ) tniiT Where Indian shores bewfeii the deed, nv^ hKl Oh ! could I sirtg thy coast along, ' "'ii:; *jo'I Nor make discordance in the song ; r'V'> bnA * But memory wakes the df^adful lyre,n uit^ \^\'7'cu/-iti For those who needlessly expire. Thy sons, with sin infatuate, Fell wounded, slain by madd'ning fate ; The brave, defending British laws. Fell too, in virtue's bleeding cause : ' i*.' i- J^^' Thy towns so fair, thy fields so green, ^ ''^^^ At once a burning, bloody scene!'! hhui! i;^U\ and torture ■ Mi \y:L Tumi reigi Few days the work of ages spoil 1 I, ), % i >!jr. 6« A POETICAL JOURNAL. TM-X 1.' ;// The young, the old, to death a prey, ,,, j And desolation mark'd the day^ j ^, nu-n •>f''l What cause infernal movM the' breast^ f To break Hiberuia's peacelul retrt ? ;,(;' From Franee the dire contagion came^ And devolution was its name ; Jin-j^tili ,'.uilii;i ? With fire, and death, and ruin fraught,- rl-, ; j Ad join Vi to some by d0Bnlon\s taught, . r.i'jiii'': Conspking, form l,h<2 fatul broody . i? ulid":/ Contented only with thy blood t Ye who consult the wilF of heav'^n," »[ *"> ■ ' Intreat that such may be forgiven; Oi^nlrc j And with umceasi hg cry implore, ^*>T(>it; i ' That scenes like those appear no more; ' > - : ^ Let gratitude salute the skies, i l : . ;.)s! // For timely aid and brave supplies} 1 ino > ■ ;(> And ever bless the Sovereign Pow'r, /!f-n 'lo'A For cutting short the tyrant hour; >' ' u t;i/( For making black rebelfion ceascy! And from confusion yielding peace. • :j>i)i^'i -i'.} ,„.i.i^ No more may \Ve such horrors see; i i * May union hokl her sweet command ; i j-^io j/ Our Constitution be rever'd, ,: ^j ilhaiw'l And each to each remain endear'd j; i .vt;; /. i II A POETICAL JOURNAI -•»- 5^ .y » » V ' • ' Mi'? • f T '.•.il// . -luA 1 J :.aT , !' id :. fj 111 I'M .; ..... t Henceforth may no Hibernian slight, if, /jo> //, The guard of ail his civil right ; . , _, j [[ o ». f.R To conscious duty all return, And for Britannia's glory burn ; j ,,: .y,'j{|'f Now raise the well-directed blow, ,;i .. ^jj..-) ^ uj Against the vvorld*s inveterate ^oc, ■ ,/] ^yj,.! / it • I 'rifi *'* ........ .,. .. -. . , ;..1 ^, ! .--JiJtf.fp/^ See where appear our hearts desires,, ,y |,.,^.^ Great Dublin's old and lofty spires, jj^^ ifjid // Thy Liffey opens to the sea, ,j,jj„., („„. ,,-^;| „i y ti •' "^I'lftjf) ,1 ■ Lt'l And Europe c^o^ds all sail for thee As London's port on, either side, ,,.^f^,[i^,^. |),,/^ A numerous craft adorn the tid?, .^, ..,u . .r^r* 5 d'j'--'>ti« \\ hat beauteous palace on the ri^ht • ' Arises grand upon the sight, . \ , , , ('. .»v With forms of virtues on the place , . ... And crown'd with Hope, a shining grace ? For customs was the fiibric 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 ; Gradation works the vast machine. And order rules the living scene. While thus evinc'd a nation's sense, -Supplies are sure, and sure defence, ' , . ,.. ^■uu 7 4 ti 'i I Hi 'I / ''fir-, rt'j y.^ j|> i|;ji/oii'l 60 A POETICAL JOURNAL. No Constitution can we see," '^"'^^ vi'viUyyn-} So well constructed, sound/and fi'ee li .•r :.))! -^ . . i . 1-^ ■'.'rttiO o 1 There in that broad and beaut'ous street, '"J^*'- In centre where four passes meet, ■ ' '* •' ^''^ A lofty Pillar from the ground, '*' ''^'^ i // iSo high exalted v.s in thee. ii r'. .;j'j'i;u*ii-;).> IU'-VYm < r i-^iT!/ Thy Bank, the former House of Lords, ' The grandest symetry affords ; Its anticnt riches now are fled, Its present worth, though rich, is dead ; 'J'hough dead, its language can obtain What oratory seeks in vain : X I • ; ' ' • A POETICAL JOURNAL. V A «l) j'l.'j'Hi'jl ( '■ i// .li/ t(^ ( 1 ■ \*.ji ■ r\.'\ ! .,.i ^j .1 > ,'i ' ds, .i ' w ' a' ,1 I , . < l-l- Long may it hold the nation's weaWi) iijtjjicf A BVom foreign or domestic stealth.. .,. Mi mI ; iil Thy CoixLGE and the. Public CotJRrs^u'n^fil 7'o which high learning's son resorts, d'^Ui r'.k Are models of perft ction's art;,),iuft btu) >i nimlO And elegant ideas impart..- ;! id ^-vjlrn, nj .iiA Where'er in musing nfiood Lrange, ■■! ff; vd T By Church, Bridge, Castle, or Exchange,- o'i Sweet harmony connects. th' entire, liv. lj lUi iii In beauties studious men admire..!) io Looa ojIT Sacred antiquities we find, ill .aJi|l:jtj v i T .To feed the contemplative mind, < unci-jtii roi In great St. Patrick's antieut 'pilc, ; - "'iio;.! o'V And Christ Church' soul inspiring aisle ; :lt jci/i The sculptor'd hero still appears ')ij/:(i;v!r|qii juM T' have slept fornear a thousand years iv.' u >ii f/ The deep-tou*d organ shakes the grauud^i '^iVV In all the powVof solemn sound ; .;.;i. : c.ii.o^^ VV'liile warbling choristei*s prepare, > ■]»;({ SjOi.ri To chaunt th(; high cherubic air ; .j b il^.ii;:! bcA Siill emulation sits umpire, .uJ^: ;• vj;; rn . liivVA On Britain's and Hibcrnia's cb(^irui-f- J> oni i)nA Each sacred edifice we find, ^ v.'bI t^ii I Strives which can most exalt the mind ; "'"^ ^'' ^ Within, without, the whole is built, ..w uui' .-.i. A range for grace, a check for guiit.j j-'^ on V Behold that lovely spire ari.se, J '^n;?/ -t-p^n'^ -AV \ sacred shrine to greet the slJcs ;■ ' hfi r.ti // An emblem of the city fair, i oo odi h/d Which comes from Heav'n, a pcrfocV'/^^uWi' ; '^ F C2 A POETICAL JOITRN At.: A A pattern of masonic gracc,i? '*ImI ii v« •' ^ltJ In eligible form and phoeynt.io m nj»ij'io't nion Insuring architect' i^al fiime, ftn .ai i.ic/) vH T As rais'cl in GKOllGE'S Agk and NamH^^^' ^ • Chapels and Schaob for grace and- taste, ij /»/. Arise in order, high and chaste. • f iui-y'-h Utu' Thy charities, nor fdvv nop wcakjM n- •o'votl'//' To sympathizing pasfiiton $pe?ijivri!; ,fl;)fif:i') v?I In all of which, we trust, is found fi; if; if lo-n,'' The seed of doctrine pure^and saundi'i'D.s-jii <\\ Thy pulpits, IJuIijinj may benam'd i-r''' For rhetoric supremely fani?d;';)fi(rj >ib b'' t <.>'i To mention parties we defer, >• J'* i' .'?"• t-or^ :! Nor thereby angry blan^incur jiiH.) icul't Iv:/ But approbation may be spelt^ si h' wuiUr^^. ?)i''r ! I "When what is heard is warmly felt ; j'^u ^^£1; The soul in pleasing rapture hung, j-f?'^/ b .: Hears nature's voice and music's tongjue .: ' l'/. r\ Sweet pathos marks the flowing) line j ... ■ xni /- And fmisl'j'd periods speak divine ; Jii .ht: 1 < . While manly gesture acts aloud, iuiiU-lmw" ii.;." And more than speaks to all the croud* ' .iiM r' The law may all its wrath discharge, Uh,A Yet cannot boast a field so large, / -rr/!-;^ As that which comprehends all space, • , liihi ' The subjects of Redeeming. Grace. »; i »;}iiirj A The Stage may add to action, show, ,ii« 1 I'dofl With all the pow'rs that man can know >jf:>f;« / But the concerns of every soul,^ <, jtr.'djdo r / Eternal things, outweigh the wholcimoi f[')!.i / A POJSrioA^, JqLRjis'Al.. <«s mot 'J •fi'l' ' // c"I n 'Jil. > Un'^ ) rd i u'{ r. ■•' y'ff ,-' ' ' ' I ♦ I: . iilf! V/ if) \:( ! . rl O^ great importauce it must b«^ ..^)>j. n] That pulpit dicuipfirsbpuUI be fr^e^f inr.'^il fiV-'^ Not nicasur'd by cdntrac^ecJ r,iilG ^ ; ,i ,- '» Of written themes, like^bo^'s at school ; u >» Harangues of twenty iTiiriutes long, i,^ ^.^(^» - Then bencdictus end thfc song : jjij?. sjITT ' Is this the labour of the week ?, ♦. ,. ,,'r .- Yon read, — but never, say you speai. ^j{ Methiriksi see, ipj^use nf pray'r,.,,,,jj > The MAStEa .of A»$fiMBUES there; ,,.,,j ^/, - Incarnate Loycj ii).fimnble guise, ^ y^,^ Who ever acted on this wise : — •♦ .,^,,({ He read«5 the pprtion, names the text, Then shuts the sacredpage — what next? , -j/") Sweet elocution, with a tear, . ,,,^ „,, -,^ Pours her full soul upon the ear j . ,«.. All anionatiou, life, and fire, ,.. : ;, Faitihf^fiopej and love, joy, grief, desire ;..'| All nature ransack'd, Heaven and earth, .,,,,. { To give to struggling Passion birth: iyiv'^in ^he sbul op.iwing, the rpan sublim'd I .,j ,„; v O how uiiliHe^ sermon chimM : j,,^,.j'| <^^,,^ ) As clock-work ia a steeple hung^ >^ . ,»? '<- .,* The bell moves not,; nor .moves its tojjguc; > | By foreign touch j.mecbanjc.vvire,,; ii;jo;> msf Ding dong the f<}i,i\it;ii\gf pounds c^'pire : ' jx;,i'r But see, the many .cbap^gi^ig (>ca],, ^-.mXn ^ •>' Makes the tt'e/Z/ow^? (/r<^>tee pie reel > f:-ibfo^ A Within, w i tjl^iput, ; t)^\ ^ ffe.pts ara fop nd i,r. o '*v j O Inspiring joy foT.jn^c? around n,:n.t r v\ \y jXA ^:I7/ ■ ■ 1 $4 A POETIC AZ JOURNAL. << <( ;th''6tli6T' day, ■.. ' ^Ve heart! a 'R^vVeiy(MV(^l^(fe sav : i'-'^} -^i^'' To ki'Cp our hearefs af! sicnre, '^'^ '' '<^"^' Aiifi to assist tbe paHsh poor, '' ''^^^i*"'' ^'^^ "Jiir churchi s mi^iit lioVivenient he, -'f"''«' • Witli seats, like crou'deJ chapels, fre6':''^ ' The want of thfes^, beyond a doubt, Ilatl) shtit our wandering hearers out ;' Hence they, poof shcJiep, are stolen away^ ** To heai-'what certain babiers say.'* *'- " ^ The fact is plaifi, t^vcWi&'ihe dull, -^f' ''^f'i A church that*s>eH sut'p'i^d- is full : "'' ""^'^^^ Where music and the sweeter sound ' '"• '-'** Of evangdic truth ar'cifbiiiid, -'''^' ''•^'"^'^ '''''•'!' Seats, or no seats, an host re pair" '"^"''^ J'jr//f^ To catch the balmy dMritiesth(*feV'"'^ '^"'^'^ Then would vou thin tihc^e meetrnfif!^ iaflv'' Preach, and spare ndt, like sound Si? 'Parrf;''' Your words, likedcxv, on herbs distd'l"d,' ''^^ Prevail, and cvltv church is filVd. '' -^^'^ ^^ ' Xovv, modern seruitjus, wrote in books, ' ^' ' Come from, and ciiijs6 suspicious looks ;' ^ As if the State can^t tiriist'tlre nia'ri^ ' "' '''- Jo follow loyal virtue^s plan ; -'^-'i 'i-'^* '^'^ * And seem to raise the hearer's doubt, ^*^'~^ 0^ That he can't preach his book without; ^ ;mh([ [ K Say, which do ybU' prefer as good, " t^-^^ A golden preacher. in phiih wood ; J-' - '-• Or' wooden priest^ that yo*u behoki, '' f '^ ' •' = ^'' FixM in a pulpit made of g6ld ? ■ 'L ;;'ii^!';' s-l^ A POETIC/U. JOURNAL C a] i * 9 IT Then sliake, all drowsy custoixtoflV i , .»»' Nor lono-er be the mii^ic's soofF. ■ t r , The Lawyer for \m clioot pleads, . . ' », JU' nature's power, and succeeds. , i ■ ,, * ... '-^ '^ i'-'OiJ ' / 'J he Phiyer acts his winning^ part,,. r •. And mu-stad'ect the dormant heart. ,, •ji ,n The Commons and. the House? of Peers^j^q ' i \tort the siffhi and vvrinrj our tears : . • r All this, and more,,, we know, t^kcs place,. >^ A\'ithout the aid of special grace ;.,.,,.,, t., t Then how much more shouK'l Preachers be * From naturc-criplii]fr;^i-amol5i free ? ■•■ ^W \ if Throw by 3 ouf crutehe^s, learn ,tq walk, , Nor read your thought,s,j {>nt makeit.bc.m ti^lk; () try, for once, to go akvne, ,,,.,,, .1 And evidence each step your ©jvn ; ,'' ,. Nor let it in,l)ie news l^e tqki^ .,<,.,/i ^' ,, •, IVhere SermoHi.:\i]f^i^yi Jfc^ 'i^f^sifiiT an4 sold. ..> Thank Heav'n^ th^, cusfpm, dies ,apace, While hert; and. tbcre^ome speak vvith ^race ; Who tread no more the beaten road, ., . . r But taking both the IJqoks of God^ | ,: j.. , x Ev'n Gjrace and nature, surely find ., , ■ r A ready entrance to tlKJ mind ^,., . ,, / And Ao7?w//^ri, mptto great, ^ voii ' Y Ls brightest pceacher in the Stated- . »« , Through EngUu^d is this truth express'd, r Nor is sweet Dublin City least : .f "* « ♦, v The purest Unguage here, wje find, ; *I'o mend the heart and form the mind. '. ' k " 1 66 A POETfOAL Journal. 'J.rf .n 'il Thus blessM the sacred rostrum shines/^ i * Supplied -with eloquent divines ; *' '^'n'^'^' '' -^ Masters of art in truth, indeed; ' v' > * -i « AV^hose lectures more or less sttcceed : ' *' '"^ As diff'rent incidents take place, ' v ' • • * Hy learning some, and some by grace.'- '^ "^ I3ui is there not an error still, '^'*^'^'' ' '•• ■ Tliat must the liberal feelings kill > ' ' ' • >5el f-lo ve an d par t y zeal ij ni te , * ^"^^^^ ' ' ^ And opposition claims her right. ''(i / A thing of nought contracts the soul, While we, impatient, of controul. Resent the meaning of a friend, '' ' ' - ' XVho works with us for the same end, '-'* '"- Though ainiing different at the mark, < • '■' ' * Through err6r*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 siifmiiunt, ' *-^" ^ '^' ''•• For which an angel cad't account, 'M'"^-^ a^^^ Diving in science, fetch from tlience : •' '* ' Immortal secrets down to Sense f '*'^'''^ V'" ^'' Yet know, vain man, and once for all, *''* Like Milton's angels in their fall,-^ - -|rui .) Ycu mpy assert, to aggravatiort, * ' iJj^'-^i'' ^ Of free will and predestination,' "^'^'"'- • ^ '-'*''' \U''i\ life's' gUrntti' ring' lamp goes ouf,''{ -''^ ^ Iff I -And re You le If you Salvatii Some < Behold And in Attemf A way Recaus Confes: Embra< Think J o ext If thes. He is 3 The But ho Mo hel Nor o\ A bird Looks But wi Goes n Cot Are uti The In ele< Where In ic ill A POETICAL JOI/RNAL. 67 v.l\ ;i IS ■; o .' ; f » ■ 1 .'1!' ,ii} And reason, breathl^ssi' dies with man, You leave off just where you began, -ifr • If you believe, and so relate, '-•- '^^' *• Salvation comes by certain fate. ' > '^'^'^f" Some equal fav'rites of the sky, ''■ Behold it with a different eye ; ' 'I And in a friendly weak essay, ,:-':ii »J .c !•' Attempt to shew their humble way, f'* «''.; • A way that leads to Heav'n they prove, -- *•' '• Because they feel it ends in love; ' '*i^f^^^(i'i / Confessing something' in their mind, '- '' '• ' Embracing (^od and all maiikimi. '^^^'- ^ i^ ' ^ Think and let think, give each hii^ scope ■ 'i^ To exercise his Faith and hope ; - '**' •' If these effect a virtuous end, -> • --'i^ '-^ He is your brother and you* friend. '• ■'' ■'' The city claims my strain once more ••' ''' ^ But how can I its worth explore ? — i^'' • - Mo help from fri < >' >'•' Looks not \Vith scrutinizing sight. • ti.ni: i i I But who in Dublin spends a day, ' i^ i;;4 Goes not ungratified away. i udu (' j • ?.( > Commercial Buildings, streets of Trade, Are uniform and spacious made ; -^ ■> v ^^'^^ The warehouse and the shop agree, ? -"' "<'<'? In elegant siinpli^ity ; ' ' '• ^" >/» Where merchants ply their'fhiiriticrs well, '• '^ i»i re il pol!.t;c*rK*ss tlK'V f'xcfl ; .^ ^ ^; .;;....]...:''> f m A POETICAL JOURNAL. May w.wrlqm'all tinj-ir rneaiur^ guard, ->•» 1,.^;, Vt^ trade ^id income t)ieir revyari^. ';; ,; uoY But who accounts for what; we ^eet ,,,,; \\ In Patrick or irv Pl; fij ],, . I'rom brauliiij^ wOffmn* sw;earing boys:^{/jj; Dirt ancle deep, and rotten roots,, j .^^ ,.;. ;\ A passage only fi;t for bruties. , ..^ ; •..-.iJiij 'I TMic'ir shops all open, shocking talc ! {\y^.':\[\u ) Old clothes andnew (exposed for sale j riv' r.i And not CGn^0nft to sell within, : I i,.j; /'aijl i Their w^ares iHingr-QUt, ?i, public sin. )j vj ;> i And thus profan'jJ tbeiSacr^'d hoius, , 'jc .j;; '\\ In spite of lI^re disobey'd, ; ^,!.^,j ^,, Ttiat you may ,€ai:ry o-n youi? tr^de. ,\ ,j,) i^/^ Riches so gain'4 can ne'qr do welj^ ; ^ \y^\,\ /. ''I'is maninioji till, and coines,froin.hel|. jiioo.i Heav'ij look^.^viih rightepus /ang^if down ; On such abuse in any t^wn ;* i, .• in, j,)., ^x,:> No «>pt:e piQvoke indulgeji^,f^e^v'n,;j„a3o'J But let it have pne-tlay in;>ev^n, ^lijn; 'ViK Forbear, ye traiftcerji, ypur crime, ,,/i-v. .^{•;\ No more encroach on holy^ituvj ;; . j,,i; , /j ,.| And O, ye men fi^f pp>v'r and i<^i{^ht, 7 m17' Mitintain your Great Preserver':^ r»g'jl « .^ Hea To I il And Bear 7'he Whai Such %th And t From The n Nea An He Highh For be) If suffj r blnshl hwA bh That h( Britain I ^^hy SIS The lee ^s smilel Beware I Hibernii Like th( A rich No dror Thy Fi( A POETICAL JOURNAL. 69 < ?ii 1'. /. •:>^.i:iiJ'.H ', •..<■. mI I '. ' {.) ii-itd A •)(/i.v ;)il i In ; .< Heav'n, earth, 'all look to you, of course, ■ I^o put the dormant laws in force." '"m* '*• .>ti ■ Here aqueducts of mighty strength, i^.ir And grand Canals of WbudVous length, - ^• Bear on their artificial floods -^ '• -^i: 7'hc country'^ produce and her^^oods : " ' •' What nature fails in, ai-t eilTects^ "^ '^ ^' Such labour claims our high respects ; " } '^ By these convey'd, the waters flow,' -'» ''"' And to the City Bason go ;'^ '^ '^ •^'•' '«" '' ^'^' From thenice proceeds the stream and meets The num'rdus fdliiltlEiihs in the streets. Near the Rotundtt^ garden'd round, 'j'^ An Hospital adorns the ground :'^-'*^^:'"'^ ^'^•'^ High honor may itjr fofunders gain, ' *' '0*-'^ For helping nature throiigH her pain.^^'^ ^'' - If suffering Females can foi'get , ;''i '^^''•'' *'> ^ T blushing, pay thfe grateful debt,''^^ *'' And bless the heart, the libVal. hand ''-'^ '' * '^ That helps to peojble sea dnd land.- ' '• *•-'' ** Britain I tellthee with a smile, ^"^^'' '«" -'' Thy sister is a fruitfiil !sle ; ''' ' • ^ ' ■ '^^^^ ' ^ 'I'lie least that thou for her cinst do, Ts smile, and make her happy too ; -' ' Beware of self, nor self alone, Hibernians welfare is thy own. ' ' '''' '' -''^ ^ Like thee she rises Naval Queen ; • '' ^'^•' ' ' A rich provider she hath been : No drone that*s given up to sloth ; Thy Fleets, thy Field, she arms them both; If'. .' '|r!o( '. rrr "?i, \ . — ^*<#*-»-<- y~^ 70 A POETICAL JOi'RKAf. And still tQ show her ^eals^iirf care, ,,i'-n;)l\ She helps to eloathe ^j[id f^edtii^in there !,;[ Then wli*tt*S; right be sUfe to giv^j^ ; ,, .ii O let tbj thrifty ^ster Jivcw . , ) ;;:,;, > " Hear, hear! she fatiuing Grj^^, I tro.\y,'> jf^^f As mucJl in Wei^tipiq^Ver as tho.it. -;],,• y^ oH i' Her calls revej^, her plaints reg^tr^^,;; i^iH'/'' Nor let her think thou ^eafe^t b^r^l; if [\-.i,P, Just as thy o.^'Pi^^^rr-ight detJf^^di) . v.it 7>' Will make the Urtion st)Fopg inicil^^fl? u? iu^A Wlfi^r^ rpir^ /^yior^s jqtifatit are >eert nioi'4 The ample Square of 3tfiphenis Gfeei> ^. nl Equestriaf9,:;9^9rge^^a^^rifi^; tjlie-piat;,. , .^jj^v^ Not England's; glory equ^ilsUut, ;;;jivjHoH nA May his Sucjcessoi-go be r^is'd^j^, jo :. -i fK^I! And Dublin »[ ...l r And Ocean tiliou)t,,*f ^kO^igj ^yp,^(ipK.ing.'*,^ ,r Deep Cannon sOA^wd ili|^, Fii^iiyth year,,.,, ,. H Tell it sweet be))s,.,bo|i^i f^r afyi .pear. Let not the.Chuuo^h ^}py itfcjfsl,,.^ .,.^^[^ . ,f, j Nor afterwards the sober •fi.ast 'TkIj I »>j)!./0'ft H';ri /. And when the Sun withdraws, his ^^ai'f>>i?.M^^'f^Af^! ^l^f/ii my Vf'f ,J»}',v.l i •/«' 1 Briilii BeG( Let N ^Surroi % niu And 01 Adorn Ihit do Fes to 01 Jet Lo; ^)n sue n^ill a The j In pub I Ruildi And IJ 7 he w The M. 'rho to Have J] Tiiy They n May u I, J^e guii Thounfl To gaii Mark in That ii AViicre >?.: ".Oil li-^iH .1 r »» f nay, v:1j ii' A POETICAL JOU UNA!,. 71 Brilliant devices crown the nijjht:, ^,. t , ^,tt Be George the subject of tJi.e Light ! f- ., .r/K ' Let Nelson's piilar lioUl thpsame, t .r^, ,. , Surround the Hero with a Flame ; .; ;,? r ,i,,;' By night, behold him from afar,- , •)««:)f[? [ n '• And on his bre.ast a blazing star !, o..- h \ ' ' Adorn with Lamps of various hue, . '.,j,^^ ..; But don't forget Bed, White and Blue, {t^ J/: iff Festoon t;he rai|infj^ round his feet,.,.; ..; > j. jjj/ Let Loyalty and Victory meet. . .'f o,-; •,.,;. jjj, | On such a subject light to throw, " -.IxliuA) if*'''' Will Diake a most exalted show! <- . p. -.,, .,-.;■ The City splendidly appears, -i,jv>,n jii 1 In public walks and liandsprne Squares. ;fj /, ,it Buildings for Chanities abound, :;:/> And Hospitals the Suburbs jound 7'hc worn out Warrior, poor and sick, ; ; i ^r,y The IMagdalen and Lunatic;,, i5i,,.,i j^jio/ ,.(1'.'.' 'i'he Foundling apd the Idler too, -ijuwiaI Ii.!' Have; house a^]d hom^ and work to do. (,vru' • Thy Beauties Dublin truly shine, wj; vf::ii <; They need a better peu than mine : . , j.,.') ,„ ; May what superior pens impart ,,,• .i^.mV) ,,i Be guided by a better heart ; •,;. .,, ,^. y^i^^ .. , Though Time and skill may not extend, y,,*,- To gain in every point my end,! ...,.,,..,.,,. ',i j Marking the growing Beauties here, jj j^, , • a That in and roufid thee still appear, j ,'i'}ff / The park, the Villa, Mountain, Vale y,j? .; ». I Where art or Nature may prevail. ; ,,_ ,«' w 72 A 1>0ETICAL JOURNAL. But what are all the works of earth, ' 'ii: i/rf>t f< Compared with animated worth ;""'* 'v^'o-ui tAi The manly Form, Creation's prid<»^ i'rr.jj'ir/I ;•« I AVith blushing Beauty at his sidt^?' '• bi>{>oni;r-. And these, with Justice, thou canst boasf, Vet these are not wliit charm us most ;' For what is Beauty^s winriFrt^ Form 'fvMi/o!,/ In abstract? But an haughty worm. '^*- ^'i-'l' >'. tt When Grace of guilt the mind dii^arms, ..on;^ , i Infusing intellectual charms,' :.y/\1 i^, ! The double Beauty staiids confessed J '! ^u^ hn > Vice owns the charms and ^tnites her breast. n^^' The means are wanting still to prove "''i How much thy excellence I love ?: ^:" :^\^\lt:[ (\\ Weak, lowly, circumscribed and poor,<'^>;iLl;n^ ma-?! ur; i Who visited Killarn^y Laikes -j'f' n'^'jih^jnl/I r>.'! 1 Rut happier far that they caii fHkt'nlifniuc/'! •jtlT Through Ail their tour a loyal mi^^d;^ may they as the Sovereign reign j"^»^ V i 1 Ncr feel a reason to complain. ^'><' » .>'J'>m <'-*»' j Jn Church in State let all agree '1^^^ ^£ii'/ Y.'jI " Be wise as ye are kind and free. ^ "d b'j!>ifr;^> tAl May Hcav'n adorn with every grace -^^ f'^^nod J' - ') ."i fjfi*;,: oT Thy generous, hospitaWe' face ^ Accept thi& fervent wish of mine, A weak but tributary line:''' 'onuo't bati i;/ ■f> ft: Let thy indulgent, fostering haml *di wiiwj 'Jtl r •My most unfeigned tli^nks command "? dvuI'*/ )reast,ii ^ ,:'1G7/ ad \ ill "jj"; /I'ifur < . i ■ ! ^ A POETICAL JOURNAL; va '■I'-'t' hCbi- The parting tear speaks my good will, I leave but think upon the^ still, ^p And when I view thee from the Bay, Shall singing, sigh and sail away. Shall part in sorifow frotti tby sliote. To sec or taste thy sweets no more. ••. -^ •*»■•*» ■^k ■•k^ ■%* , f /lo. I ^'iirraxiifTiE bfifi *!*4r /«;)! i EXD of-tlie JOJMl^jrX e ^j\,:h\1} \ 'hi -i-itii'l*! .'i^Mt^'. Sf;?^ I;V}|. :; ,'i;iti C* 'ji'ii'rt -'i. ^. . ■.*. n;, V'l ' V.^'H"!' ^•■. • *.'^''T'ii"^*7 ; Jli// booo veil r.fii; ,\i>. '\:'. I ;^ih.'(j.>; o.i i THE F^OLLOWTNG I^teCE".^ yr.* ii J (ilO'li 'r;iJ I /. -1 I :)''* DESIGNED FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE. INTENDED JUBILEE; ARE HUMBLY INSCRIBED To the LOYAL CITIZENS of DUBLIN i> Tune, *' God save the King." OTIIOU Almighty Word Ikav'n*sancl Britannia's Lord, Hear while we sinjj. yiixy GFoRGE reiji^n over us, . More than victoriousj llapju- and o'-^rious, God save the king. Fountain oi" Peace and Lcve, Let us thy favor prove, And jointly bing. l\Tay our good Monarch be Second to none but thee, Prince of sweet Liberty God save the king. Give him ooovl Counsellors, Patr(M)s of Freedom's Laws, Under thy winp;. O may both Church and State 'i'liy |Li,lori<)Us det-ds relate Thr()UL;h ids \o\v^ rei^n so greut \ Gi)d ^u^o the. K::n(.4. Ir •■' ■tkioift^iimS^imif^ -, , ^^ j-^, .:^.MMmTii,. i«JWf*»j-»..\fc^t,^i^..,^^tj,.-,-V^,, ►..«..».„ , ,«-^*»«». *Mi«fc,'.*(ivir,-,*>«Kw.itv.-4*i.^ :_;.,,, ,. i ;([ Oil i' fTENDED \UBLIX eat ! >/^ f ^ ( 75 :) I 4 Let Truth and Fame agree. And our high Jubilee J Make the Globe ring, • May all his enemies Know no such reign ashisj ijjl For signal victories, God save the king. ' ■ ' 5 Give him of gifts the best. Crown his last days with rest. Peace may they bring : And when he's callM awav. Far distant be the dav. Give such a Prince we pra}', God a -c the KING. Lctcve»/ hk'*.rt rejoice, AV'aker each harp anti voice, Stri' e every string ; '• ) T.et t' e loud song iiroclaim Prais*. to Jehovah's ruinie, And sound Pritaiuiia's fame, God save the king. 6 LORD NELSON'S MONUMENT. Tlne, " Rule Britannia." ■o^ -^r ^ ^ ,*» BEHOLD the Hero rais'd on high, Nor once forget the worthy name, For whom yon column greets the sky, A warrior of imaiortal fame. Pule, Britannia, ride the waves, Keep thy sons from being slaves. %:' (•76.) ,) H 2 We sing, the wonders Heaven hath wrought, The listening world shall hear us j tell That br^vc HoRATio Nelson fought, And, bleeding, conquered as he fell ! - Rule, Britannia, &c. ' v,'>.i/ 3 O may thy thund'ring uavy ride, Sole mistress of th' obedient main ; With some kind angels near her side, To gward the living and the s)ain. Rule, Britannia, &o. ^.j,, i,,^/ 4 Let not ambition berjur good,'' ^' * Nor let us seek another's right ; '' Much less may Britons thirst for blood J]ut to defend, O God, we fight, ! O Britannia, this thy pray'r . Claims of lleav'n paternal care, 5 Bring near, kind Heav'n, the halcyon day. Be union known throughout the world ; The sword of battle thrown away, And into dark oblivion hiirl'd. This Britannia loudly craves. f\ No fear of death or beins: slaves. ^ 6 The Monarch sparM, .the Country bless'd, Our Captivii Brethren aJl be freed ; When all the nation is at rest, 'Twill be a Jubilee indeed. ,r ^ 'if^« , Come, Britannia, sing with niCj ,/ ii.'ii iiii"ii /.(*;» I ■ ru;// /•► ,. = -: .--V^'