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X riiS »0. h ^ ACADIAN PRECEPTOR^ tONTAININia SHORT AAD EASY LESSOJ^S^ IN i*ROSE AND VERSE; FOR tas "Use of Schools* i. -' -n4-#"-^ HALIFAX: J>ftt!fTEP AT THE RdYAL AcADUN S^HOOfcS m. i ^ 'II ;, JHJ^H H . BS^^^B i H^^^^^l H^^^^^^l :. ■ ■■■^■^ ^^^1 ^^^Hj il ■ cojvrijjvfs. Iiycf(f^^ Page. 43le*neral directions for reading and speaking 3 On the importance of stu- dying the English Lan- guage Grammatically 5 Grammar,^a Poem 7 Love to mankind an im- portant branch of edu- cation 1 1 Account of Columbus 13 To the Cricket 17 Cruelty to animak V^ To a Robin 20 The Bee •SI Invitation to the Bee 22 iPride not made for man 23 The Squirrel m Calumny ^ heinous trime '^7 Oolden Verses of Pj-tha- .goras 29 P»gli4 The best way to bear calumny 39 The Beggar's Petition 3<2 The subject of mortality brought home to our case 33 i Funeral Thought 36 An Eilcgy written in a country chu-rch-yard 37 A Thought on Eternity 4 J An intcrestinr: dialogue supposed to jave pas- sed ibetwcen death and a fine young lady 42 Meanf) for diminishing the crimes cmd miseries gF man 44 The Kite, a Fable; or, Pride must have a fall 48 On the being of a God 47 On the ResulTection 48 '^**'^T 9 ^ ® TW^" TT was originally the intention of the compiler, to liave printed this liitle work in the form of a tract 5 but as frequent appllcatidris have^lately been made for a cheap pubiication, as a substitute for the larger Hvorks used in Schools, it has been thought expedient to publish the Acadian Preceptor in Numbers com- mencing with No. 1. which will give the pMblic an op- portunity of furnishiri* the compiler with original pieces suited to the naiture of the work. I r General Directjons for Reading and Sieakino, Extracted from Blair s Lectures, npHE first object of a reader or a speaker, is, to hv. •■- clearly midcrstood by his hearers. In order lor this, it is necessary that he sliould pronounce hi^ words distinctly, and deliberately; that he shouM carefully avoid- the two extremes of uttering either too ftist, or too slow ; and that his tone of voice should be perfectly natural.- A readet" or speaker should endeavour to* acquire a perfect command of his voice ; so as neither to stun his hearers by pitching it upon too^ high a key'; nor tire their patience by obliging th(?rti to listen t^ sounds which are scarcely audible.- It iy not the loudest speaker, who is always the bert \inderstood ; but he who pronounces upon that key which fills the space occupied by the audience.- That pitch ofvoicti which is used in ordinary conversation, is usually Jic best for a public speaker;- ' Early attention ought to be paicl to tHe pnuses ; but the rules for these arc so indefinite and arbitra- ry, and so difficult to be comjircheiuled, that long ex- perience is necessary in order to acquire a perfect knovvic H. f s*^ Tf one wwe to tell another that he was rrry angrjr, or verv much ericved, in a tone which (lid not smt «XLln' Ltead of being ^^:^^'^ lauehcd at. The best direction which can be givcn-,- iB to copy the proper tbnes for expressing every s*nv tim°nlffL those Ihich uaturo dictate* to us m con- versation with others. In namraltcmcs of voite for speaking ^fre\V.' So ever read— if you would e'er excel* Avoid rapidity and read so slow, That with dfslinclness every wordsiiall IIOW^ Pronounce so loud, sa* forcibly and clear, That all around— except the deaf— may hear. Take heed to know your a-^thors sentiments, Then to your hcar-ops clfcarfy give the sense. The most accomplis^'d speakers- imitate, Whatever be their ran&Mnchurch orstatc. In all you read, let these be your desires, Tomcndyour^ heari, and do whatGod- requires*. ©N ME IBPOETAWIE OP STUDYING THE EkOLISB LaK- GUAOE GBAMV . ICALLY. RIGHT Education of children has ever been ps- ^- teemed by the best philosophers and wisest legis- lators, as the most eertain-source of hf PP'n-^*^^' "?^-°"' Iv to familiesv-bul testates and Inn^domsr and is, on a^l moral and civil considerations, tie first blessing « '^g^^rhtesSlf Lttrts right.educau^^^^ toeld by the ancients, that whei^ they were m all their filory, and long after, the tutorage of youth was a.- ioiuftcd the most honourable employment ; and mK- »v nf noble birth and easy fortunes became precep tors, and took youth under their tuition. U is well knowa that the Romaas, as veil u|^ A3 • I I 'I ! If I! Il.r?rn'' ".'•^'■"'ly'PPli^'cl fhcmselvcs to the sI.kIv of S "ifT"«''"'^ were early able tosp ak^anj iUr^} •^' "'^^ ""'''« 'n°'-« ^'arly advance, ,„ he Thet:^ 'rr'' '.''"•■ ""^^ y«'"h h^veslnee Jonc! Or eks a„ R^ L^,' an'feetd^ h^^g'o^ ^1^.^ Policy, then, were there nothing else, cries aln„rl 'T^iTcLSif h"e;r'^" '■" ">^f "- ovrtrl:^ iiCe^iLcieu i^ngiish education; and for winino- nff tU t ticen, on th.,( account, so long sligmatized bv tim Irench whose language we are so Hclict^lously Ib,^ our own! "''"'''' '"'^ ^'S'''"'^""'' of a betterf e'^n si,r.!j:^Srn^x.r-;j;S end upon U, shall Britain and her Colonies de^riv; thetr sons of th.s tnost valuable birthright'the H^hTof it appears to me a thing very iinarcountaMt- th^f .masters, and those who superintend pubUcsSiooU ^hould neglect this important part of a, educadon :and suffer youth to triile away their time whe,?"; tntght be employed to so much advantage to thm selves and to lulure generations. AndThal ,,3^ inore so, is, that parents, who lotc thlir ch Id.^''' Should connive at this unpardonable neX". '*"' ' vvunout a common school educalioiT'whIrh ;« .k. anchor of libert,, th. supporter .f^^l^iSll^^lfS .1 1 '^> are be compnml to nothing but a ship at sea, deprived ol sails, rudder, compass, and exposed to the bfJIows and hurricanes ot the boitoruiis deep. With it, we have a most substantial foundation hiid, on which we can erect a superb building, for public and private utiliiy: with it, we can conduct the" ship ol state, and repose ouiselves in perfect safety ; anc!- unsharkle ourselves from ignorance, which is the origin of lends and aaiinosiiics. Do not the arts and sciences, in every kinfrdom,. participate to a great degree the hie of its language ? and rise and flourish, or sink into disrepute, as the latter is cultivated or neo-Iected ?. And as grammar i's the solid foundation on which all other science rests, and as all human inquiry is divided^ into science and language ; and funther, as- under the latter, fall the ideas and subjects of the di- dactic style, oratory, poetry, painting, and sculpii.re, judge ye, if it ought to be left to young persons to- iorm their style by chance, or lo begin the study of their mother tongue, at a time of life which calls them lorth to action. Vo^i, who are enfrushxl with the education of our yomh, and you, who superintend our schools, liavo a glorious and joyft.l prospect before you, a noble on^ portumty indeed of doing much good to mankind : of constituting real merit, and securing the warmest re- turns of gratitude, by perfecting the flower of our youth, in speaking and writing that language, in uhich alone they must act the pan of their fathers, serve their country, and become the mouths of the people. GRAMMAR, A POEM. f:2.RAMMAR, by proper rules laid down.dniKf.^>.k -" 1 he strict proprieties of evVy speech • ''" '^ .Instruct!* to speak, or read, with proper grace* lo write correct:^ and eLegaiicc to trace;. / ■ ' ramparts afxpiecH Analogy c»nfains, And cvVy rule, to speak, read, write, explains : Viz, Names, Qualitiesv ArriRMATiONs, Particlis** Names, or noun substantives^ express, we find, All objects of the senses, and the mind : In names we three peculiar species- trace, Fitting: all substantives in ev'ry case ; And, among namrs, ideal beings place. COMMOr^, PROPER,, PERSONAL. Com, 0( ev'iy kindv tl^^se names oppress the whole ;' As, ma?i, bird^ beast, Jish^ insect, reptile, fowl^ Prop, All proper names one of a kind express ; As, it- was Ailam made us all transgress.* P^. We proper names for personal resign ; As, yoti and /,. stand for your name and mine- PERSQNS:. In namess three perswna eacH^rammarian seeks ; The^r*/, as I and me, ia^he that speaks :- The second is the person spoken^ to, And' is-express-d by laou, and l^ee, and you : The third does persons Jypoken^ of suppose ; As, fit, *ke, fcim, tur thty,lhem these^.d^nd thost,. NUMBER. Two numbers we distinct in names explor«f. The sxnguristr means one, the plural more ^ As, man is sinfrular^ because but one f B«t men and /ior«£s into /)/Mra/»run.v GENDER.. Two genders still in evVy tongue prevail,, JRxprcssive of the /ema/« and the malt : tThe mascHlim, as man, betokens he ; The feminine, as zeomnn, mcanelh tht- : Names, without life, we neuter ^render caU I fAs table^ baskety hobby-horse J orbalU \ l»A !>* ■■ > *^*..*. »♦■ r 9 QUALITIES. All names in proper qualUies we dress, And each peculiar property express » As, a gqod man, black horse, or naughty boy^ An enttrtaining book, or pretty toy. By three degrees we qualUies compare 5 The first is positive, as, you are fair ; The next, or the comparative, does show That Polly Pert \& fairer still than ypu ; But the superlative, or third degree, Says, Vm the fairest creature that can be. A^ain, we may compare with more and most ; As, you ore fair, and famous as a toast* But with comparitive degree compare. You'll find anothcr^atrer or more fair r By the superlative it is decreed. That I'm the fairest, or most fair indeed. AFFIRMATIONS. Verbs, or else Affirmations, serve to show We suffer, or exist, or s&mething do ; In short, in affirmations we may find All actions of the body, or the mind : Three t}mes\hQ sense of Affirmations bound, And are in present, past, and future, found, Pres, The present tense denotes the present now 5 As, lam writing, or / write, I bow. Past. The past time still displays a something done ; As, yesterday I play^l at taiv, and won. Fut* The future time something to come explains ; As, heUl run mad, and then he'll lose his brains. PARTICLES. Unchanging particles precisely bring To view, the manner of an act or thing ; Some quality of something done explain. And each peculiar ci/ciimj/ance maintain. Grammarians, who the use of each have try'd, Inio fear parts the particles divide ; — y m i "^^Z.ADVERB,PREPOSIY.ON,CO^^JUNCTION,INTERJ.CTIO^V ADVERB. The adverb, which som^ quality bestows, ^- 1 he manner of the afflrmafi.on shows : ^ As It I fought with Dkky, or icilh miL Ui If 1 sdid my lesson, you may tell, Like a good boy, I said it wovdhous wdL FREPosmoN.' : Foi*ce to expression preposi.ions grant, And give to iiames iUe energi/ they want ; 1 hoy before ««me^ in general appear, i ho nozv and. then they occupy the rear : As, / was over hills and valleys sent ; Uver denotes tne manner how I went. conjunctio]n: Cbnjunclibhs either words,, or sentence join^ *-xplam the meaning, or the sense refine ; , As Tom and Harry went, like fools, fofi^ht ;, But, ttrd ofcuflng, lift offere\ms night.. INTERJEGTlONv The interjection of surprise combin'd;. ' l-^Miotes some sudd^n^passion of the mind v borne strong emotion of the feeling, soul, IqV j)" f""f^'' f ^^[-'ought beneath controulj; MrUh! ^Mcl Jlia^ r jih r melU^day ! O ! lei me jmd a purse ! O, that I may t sVntax. Syntax, by certain rnlcs,.disiinctly shows MOW we, with ease, m-aysenwnces composer Kospoctmg s( ntences, two things are found ; •1 h.yre either fonnM as simple, or compounds A snnpU .^cntcnoe is, where but one name Joiiis to one affirmation ; as seelc famp, ,^ « » vtl « • ISTvio stnttiitts a compound se1if^tt1xl^^ As, if Vm sood, I soon shall have a cake, CONCORD* Rule 1. In number^ and in person mvtst agrcp, The ndun and verb ; as little Joe beat me* Rule 2. Tht name of mulHtude-^fhrt crowd'^s in hoKte-^ May in the number singular he plac'd. Rule 3. The adjective dnid. subs tantive^mnsi Still Agree logethci' ; asa gilded pill. iRule 4. Two n^twes, wheh a conjunction comes fccltr fflilh ♦ ^ -- — .• --.-.-. -,» 5 •-• *_ t,? T •_■ • S * 7 T. £ • t t 52 5 ■^ I ' . ■ ■ V ' The earth affords no lovelier sight ^hao t religious youth; jDn D^ddridg^^ 13 ACCOUNT OF C OLUMBUg> rtlO Christopher Cokmbus, a nraive of Genoa, iS -^ deservedly ascribed the first discovery of Ame* rica : an event, which opened to mankind a new re* gion of science, coinmerce, and ent^erprise ; and stamp- ed with immortality the name of its projector. He was born in the y^ear 1447. He early show- ed a capacity and inclination for a sea-faring fife, and received an education which tj'jalified him to pursue it. At the age of fourteen, he went to sea, and began his career on that element, where he was to perform •exploits, which should astonish mankind. He made a variety of voyages to almost every part of the globe, with which any intercourse was then cuTvitd on by sea ; and became one of the most skilful navigators in Europe. But hh active and enterprising genius would not suffer him to rest in the decisions, and tamely Ulow the track of his prede- cessors. It was Ihc grcnt object in view at this time in Europe,^ to find out a passage by sea to the East In- dies. The Portug^uese, among whom he now resided* bought a new route to these desirable regions, bv sail- in^^ round the southern extremity of Africa. They hid consumed half a century in makino- Vanous attempts, and had advanced no further on the western shore of Africa than just to cross the equator, when Columbus conceived his great design of finding India in the west. The spherical figure of the earth, which he understood, made it evident to him, that Europe, Asia, and Africa, formed but a small portion of the globe* It is an impeachment of the wisdom atid bencfi* Gence of the Author of natul-e, to suppose that the Vast space, yet Unexplored, was a waste unprofitable ocean ; and it appeared necessary that there should be another continent in the west to counterpoise the im^ nTicnse quantitv of land.whir.h w.is known tr^ v^« .v. the eastt II 14 In the sea near the western islands, pieces of carved wood, and large joints of cane had been disco- vered ; and branches ot pine trees, and the bodies of two men, with features dillerent from the Europeans^ hud been found on the shores of those islands after a'course of westerly winds. These reasonings and facts, .with some others, convinced Columbus that it was possible to find the desired land by sailing in a westerry direction. He had a gonitis of that kind, which mates use of reason- ing only as an excitement to action. No sooner was he satisfied of the truth of his system, than he was anxious to bring it to the test of experiment ; and set out on a voyage. of discovery. His first step was to secure the patronage of some of the considerable ])0wers of Europe, capable of undertaking such an enterprise. Excited by the love of his country, he laid a Scheme befoi'e the se- nate of Genoa, CiTering to sail under their banners. But they, ignorant of the principles on which it was foriL J, rejected it as the dream of a visiona,ry pro- jector. Ha next applied to John II. king of Portugal. But he being deeply engaged in prosecuting discove- 3'ies along the const of Africa, was not inclined to en- courage the undertaking of Columbus ; yet he meanly 'jiought to rob him of the glory and advantages of his scheme, "by privately dispatching a ship to make a discovery in the west. When Columbus was acquainted with his perfid- ious transaction, he quitted the kingdom with indigna- tion, and landed in Spain in 1484. Here, after seven years' painful solicitation at court, and surmounting every obstacle, which ignorance, timidity, jealousy, and avarice could lay before him, he obtained his re- V[\icst ; and Ferdinand and Isabella, who then reigned together, agreed to bo ])atrons of his enterprise. It was stipulated between him and them, that he should be admiral in all those islands and continents lie should discover^ and have the oiiice hereditarj ia his family ; that he should be viceroy of the samo for life, and enjoy a tenth of all the merchandize which should be found. 'l^hree small vessels were fitted out and victualled for twelve months, furnished with ninety men, and f)laced under his command. With this little fleet h?. set sail from Palos, on Friday the 3d of August, 1492 ; dnd taking a westcply course, boldly ventured 'u\[f} the unknown ocean. He soon found that he had unforeseen hardships and difficulties' to encounter from the inexperience and fears of his men.- To go directly from home into a boundless ocean, far from any Hope of relief, if any accident should befall them^ and where no friendly port nor human being were known ta exist, filled the boldest seamtJn with apprehension*- What greatly added to their terror, was a new and extraordinary phenomenon, which occurred on the J 4th of September. The mngnetic needle varied from the pole, and as they advanced', the variation increased. Nature seemed to be changed ; and their only guide through the trackless waters, to prove un- faithful. After twenty days, the impatient sailors began to talk of throwing their commander into the sea, an^l of returning home. Their murmurs reached his cars 5 but his fertile mind suggested an expedient in every extremity. By soothmg, flattery, and artifice; by inventing reaccr«= for every uncommon appearanco, and deceiving them in the ship's reckoning, he kept them on sixteen days longer. On the night of the 1 1 th of October, he himself dis- covered a light, which appeared to move ; and the next morning gave them the joyful sight of land, it proved to be the island Guanahana,one of the cluster^, called Bahamas. Thus irt the space of thirty-six: days, and the forty-fifth year of his age, Columbus completed a voyage, which he had spent twenty years — J. .J — j^ J ,,5, ,,_,.! ^,j,. ,,,^., 5^._, 5.,,.^ i:j»ii v» jjvii sjrs a. iivjiv world, and made the name of Columbus immortah 16 With tears of Joy and transports of songraiwlatronv the crews of the shij>s saivg a hymn of thanksgiving to God. After touching at several islands, and Icav-' ing a small colony, he returned to Spain. On his re- turn he was ovcptakcii by a storm, which bcfcame so furious that his dcrtruction seemed inevitable. The crews abandoned themselves to despair, and expected every moment to be swallowed up in the waves. In this extremity, he gave an admirable proof of his calmness and foresight. He wrote a short ac- count of his voyage on parchment, inclosed it in a cake of wax, which he put into a tight cask, and threw into the sea, in hopes that some fortunate acci- dent would preserve a deposit of so much importance to the world. The storm however subsided, and he arrived at Palos in Spain, on the 15th of March, 1 193. The papiilace received hito with acclamations ; and the King and Qucen,.no less astonished than delighted with his success^j had him conducted to court with a pomp suitable to the event, which added such disiin* guished lustre to their reign. His family was enno*- bled ; and his former privileges and offices coniirmcd to hina. He soon sailed on a second expedition to the new world, with a fleet of seventeen ships, having on board 1500 people, and all things necessary for establishing plantations. After discovering many islands of the West-Indies, and submitting to every labour and vex- ation in attempting to settle his colony, he returned to Spain in 1498, to counteract the intrigues and et- forts of his enemies in the Spanish court. He made two more voyages, in which he touched at most parts of the West-Indies, discovered the con- tinent, and coasted on its chores for 400 leagues. But the last part of his life was made wretched by the persecutions of his enemies. Their pride and jealousy could not endui*e that a foreigner should obtain so high a rank as to be vice- roy for life, and have the o^e.e of adrtiiral hereditary in his. family, to the eX:clusibn of the Spanish ndblcs. ir They were, therefore, indefatigable in their endea- vours to depreciate his merits, and ruin his fortune. He was once carried home in irons ; and, in vio- lation of gratitude, humanity, and justice, basely de- prived of all the offices and possessions in the now world, to which he had a right by the solemn srl}>u- lations of Ferdinand. When he returned from his last voyage, in 1506, Queen Isabella, hi* only friend and patroness in the court ofSpain, was dead. Worn out with sickness and fatigue, disgusted with the insincerity of his sovereign, and the haughtiness of his courtiers, he lingered out a year in fruitless soli- citations for his violated rights, tifl death relieved him from his sorrows. He ended his useful and active life at Valladolid, on the SOth of Mky, 1506, in the 59th year of his age.. In the life of this remarltable man, there was no deticiency of any quality, which can constitute a great character. He was grave, though courteous in his dnportmentveircumspect in his words and actions, ir- reproachable in his moraU, and exemplary in all the duties of religion. The court of Spain were so just to his memory, that, notwithstanding, their ingratitude towards him during his life, they burred him magnificently in the Cathedral of Seville, and erected a tomb over him with this inscription, GOLUMBUS HAS GIV^IT A HEW WORLD TO THE KINGDOMS OF CajTILE AND LeOIC.^ TO THE CRICKET.. •r ITTL&Croakerof the hearth,. ''^ I hear thy melancholy mirth,. To me thou seem^st to say — I now supply the Robin's song, And all the summer painted throngs Whose wings have flown away.H. B2. i I i » I; 18 My bagpipe, in the chimney siJpy Shall strains of music still provide, Though thou art all unknown ; save me from the howling storm, And only keep the Minstrel warm, Thy summer friends have flown. . When cold and fierce December stares^ And through his icy man.tle glares, Let me this warmth enjoy — 'Tis all the boon I ask of men; — Grant me this humble suit, and thea My music I'll employ. While seated by the social fire,. 1 will not sing of battles dire. In strains of Walter Scott ; Of heroes on the bloody plain, Who in the glorious strife were slain, Left on that field to rot. I will not sing in Byron's lays, Whom critics oft have deign'd to praise. His glory is a dream — I, a poor Minstrel of the wood, And with no human powers endued, Alas, cannot blaspheme ! I cannot in this tempest gust, Sing like fhe Poet Moore, of lust^ To charm this world below ; If strong temptation rules the hour, Thank heav'n that I have not the pow'r To brave my Maker se* Yet I can chirp while life remains, Such poor, such humble, woodland strains,. As heav'nf has taught to me ; While seated by the social fire, O let me know, ere 1 retire, Uy insect muse is frec» 19 Dear insect hear me — chirp along, From morn to eve, thy hum drum song. Without my frowning, free ; And neither Scott, or Byron, Moore, Shall e'er such Minstrel strains restore,. As I should lose by thee. Give me thy bagpipe, insect wild, Untam'd for thou art nature's child, That unharmonious lino; And may I never dare to lose, Amidst the wanderings of my muse, A God of power, divine. At CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. fiTONTAlGNE thinks it some reflection upon hu- ■'-^-■- man nature itself, that few people take delight in seeing beasts caress or play together ; but almost every one is pleased to see them lacerate and worry one another. I am sorry this temper is become almost a distin- guishing character of our own nation, from the obser- vation which is made by foreigners of our beloved pastimes, be?.r-baiting, cock-fighting, and the like. We shouM find it hard to vindicate the. destroying of any thing that has life, merely out of wantonness; yet in this principle our children are bred up ; and one of the first pleasures we allow them is the license of inflicting pain upon poor animals. Almost as soon as we are sensible what life is our- selves, we make if r sport to take it from other crea- tures. I cannot but believe a very good use might he made of the fancy which children have for birds and insects. Mr. Locke takes notice of a mother who often pro- cured these animals for her children, but reward- ed or punished them as they treated them well or ill. This was no other than entering them betimes into % r I daily exercise of humanity, and improving their very diversion to a Virtue. The laws of .self-defence Uttdou!)tcdly justify us in destroying those animals which Would destroy us, which injaPC our properties, or annoy our persons ; but not even these, whenever their situation incapa- citates them from hurting us. I know of no right which We have to shoot a bear on an inacccjisible Islahd of ice ; Or an eagle on the moiuj tain's top j whose live^ cannot iniure, nor deaths procure us any benefit. Wc are uiiable to give life, and therefore ought ftOt wantonly to take it away from, the meanest insect, without suHleietit 1-eason. They all receive it from the same benevolent hand as our- selves, and have therefore an equal right to enjoy it. God has beeh pleased to Create numberless ani- mals intended for our sustenance ; and flrey that are io intended, the agrtreable flavour of their flesh to our palates, arid the wholesome nutriment which it administe^s to our stomachs, afe suflicient proofs. These, as they ate formed for our use, propagated by our culture, and fed by our care, we have certain- ly a right to deprive of life, because it is giVen and preserved Vo them on that condition. But Ihis should always be |)erforRied with all the tendethess ahd compassion. Which so disagreeable an office will pei'hiit; and nO circumstances ought to be omitted, which caii reruiel^ their executions as quick and ^asy as possible. •To A RoBijr, PngtiUiitAfromiVs nest by the aulhor^s appro dcK* FOl^D, timid erfeature ! fear not me ; l^am hot come with hard intent 'To Steal th(i ttfestSUfe Ilea V'ii Bath S€iiW 1 an,' 21 Hovering with fond aiyxictr Around thy unflcdgecV family, Fearful and tender as thou airt Each step alarn ., thy failing heart ? But let those fluttering plumes lie still, Those neeulcss terrors cease to feel ! Why hop bo fast from boufh to-bough? Thou hear'st ro hostile footstep now. , Compose thy feathers, ease thy fear No cruel purpose brought me here : I came* liot rudely to invade The little dwelling thou hast made— To hurt thy fair domestic peace, And wound parental tenderness. ' When chefcrlcss wintry scene appeal* Thy spi*ightly song well pleasecf we Iieary And he that robs thee of thy young But ill repays that sprightly song. I^ind hdav*n protect thy tender brood' Secret and safe be their abode ; Let no malign, exploring eye Thy little tenement descry.. Still may thy fond assiduous (iare Thine offspring unmolested rear : Teach fherrt, Tike the(?. to spread the wing,, And teach them too, like thee, to sing. And may each pure felKiity That birds can fe-el, be felt by thee. FawcetU THE BEE. rliliE Bee is a nofele pattern of industry and pru- -■- dence. She settles upon every plant and flower, and makes the most insignificant, itay, even the most - 1 I if 2-2' Ijurlful of tfipm, useful to her purpose- Thus she toils all the summer, while the days are fair, in order to get a slock, which she lays by to serve for winter, when the hcvbs and flowers ai*e dead, the trees de- prived of their leaves, and' the weather unfavourable. Then the Bees retire to their hive, which is formed like a littlc'3tate, and governed by a queen. Who dis- penses justice to her subjects. It is I'aid they bury their deaci, punish criminals, and drive the drones from their hives. Tlwy keep a regular order,' whe- ther in wiir or peace ; and, as soon as their queen dies, appoint another to succeed her, and rule their little state, wliich may serve as a^ pattern for a well ordered community. The Bee iione of tHc aptcst emblems of industry, and the art of extracting good out of evil, that can be found in nature. It is endued with an instinct, which justly excites our admiration; and its perseverance is an admirable example for the wisest of us to follow. As the Bee, in the summer, provides for itself that tvhich may seiVe for its support ih Wmter; so should we, in the sumbier of our days, take care to lay in a store of profitable virtues and good quaKlIe, which may render us justly adYnired in age, and enable us to set a good example to posterity,- Like that industrious insect, we should learn to make every occurrence of life serviceable to Us; kr ;aothmg.is so smalt or mifiute but it may be of r;.>v u ihing so badMn nature, but we may draw frou'vjt some profit or itistruction. And thus, by choos- ing thegobdi 21^^ avoiding the cvily we may purchase to ourselve^^^ peace here, arid' the hopes of a brighter reward hereafteF.- INVITATION TO THE BEE. CIIILD of patient industry, T :.*!„ _-i:„_ 1 T>__ — xuiiiit; auLivc i>us>y ucu. Thou art out at early morn. Just as the opening flowers are born, JF mus tlios Oslo thej hisi Among ihc green and grassy mends, Where the cowslips hang thoir heads; Or })y hedge-rows, while the dew Glitters on the harebell blue. Then on eager wing art flown To thy my hillocks on the dawn ; . 'Or to revel on the brooii], Or suck the clover's crimson bloom;; J\hirmuring still, thou busy Bee, Thy little ode to industry. ■Go while summer suns are brjsrht, Take at large thy wandering flight ; Go and load thy tiny feet Willi every rich and various sweet. But when the meadows shall he mowp And siunnier's garlands overblown; Then come, thou liujc busy Bee, And let thy homestead be with me. Yet fear not when the tempests come And drive thee to thy waxen home, That I shall then most treacherously For thy honey murder thee. CharloUe Smith* ""••"^••■■»— PRIDE NOT MADE FOR MAN. TF there be any thing which makes hum-in nature appear ridiculous to beings of superior faculties, it must bo pride. They know so well the variety of tlio«Jc imaginary perfections that swell the heart of in;*n, and of those little supernumerary advantages, ^vhether in birth, fortune, or title, which one man'en- joys above another, that it must certainly very much ttj-.oiu-i.-, ii II uu«;r. nwL vei-y miK.n ciivcrt ilK'in, when they see a mortal pufibd up, and valuing himself above his hei^^hbours on any of these accounts, at the same 5 1' time that he is liable to all the common calamities -of (he species. To set this thought in its true light, we will fancy, if you please, that yonder mol^^iill is inhabited by reasonable creatures, and hat every pismire (his ihape and way of life only excepted) is endowed with human passions. Kow should we smile to hear one give us an account of the }5rejudices, distinctions and titles that reign among them. Observe how the whole swarm divide and make way for the pismire that passes through them ! You must understand he is an emmet of quality, and has better blood in.his veins than any pismire in the mole- hill. Do not you see how sensible he is of it, how slow he marches forward, how the whole rabble of ants keep their distance ? Here you may ol)serve •one placed upon a little eminence, and looking down on a long fow of labourers. Hcis the richest insect on this side the hillock; he has a walk of half a yard in length, and a quartor of a» inch in breadth ; he keeps a hundred mcnia-1 ser- vants, and has at least fifteen barley-corns in hi^ irrA- nary. He is now chiding and beslaving the emmet that stands before him, and who, for all what wb can discover, is as good an emmet as himself. But here comes an insect of figure ! Do not you trfkc notice of a little white straw he carries in his mouth? That straw, ycu must understand, he would not part with for the longest tract about the mole-hill ; did you but know what he has undergone to purchase it! See how the nnts of all qualities' and conditions »u'arm about him ! Should this t^iraw drop out of his mouth, you would see all the luimerous circle of a*- tondantfi follow the next that took it up, and leave the discarded insect, or run over hk back to come at his successor. If now you have a mind to see all the ladies of the mole-hill, observe first the pismire that listens t6 the emmet on her lefthand,at the same time that she seems to turn uvvay her head frQin him. He ieils thie jxxjr 2^. . MftJ^ct that she is a gofldes^, thai hci* ejcs are brigM^f than th6 sun, that life and death are at her disposal* -She believes hini, and gives hersdf a thousand little -airs upon it. ^ Mark the vanity of the pismire on your left hand, S4ie can scarce crawl with age j but you must know ■she values hersehfupon her birth; and if you mind, spurns at every one that conies within her reach. 7'he little nimble coquette that is running along by the •side of heris a wit. She has broken many a pismire's hcarl. Do but obsei-Ve what a drove of lovers are running after her. We will here finish this imaginary scene but first t)f all, to draw the parallel closer, will suppose, if you please, that death comes down upon the mole-hill in Ihe shape of a sparre^^V, who.picks np, without distinc- tion, the pismire of quality and his flatferers, the pis- tniyc oi substance and day-labourers, tiie white-straw •officer and his sy<^np1iants, wuh all the goddesses, %its, and beauties of the luole-hill. May we not imagine that beings of superior natures and perfedtions, regard all the instances of pride and vanity among oar species, in the same kind of view, when they take a survey of those who inhiilnt the earth; or in the language of an ingenious French poet; of those pismire^ that people this heap of dirt, \vhich human vanity has divided mm climates and ^regions. . ' Addisotu MAN praises man. Desert in arts or arms *Wins public honour, and ten thousand sit Patiently present at a sacred song, Commemoration mad ; content to hear 'Messiah's eulogy for Handel's sake. Man praise man. The rabble all alive From tippling benches, cellars, stalls, and styes^ Swarm in the streets. The statesman of the c rj A pompous and slow-moving pageant, comes. ---*■«■— «r *•«*»«•« 'IL^AJ^^ ;^N^»iS^ Ailtlj; !li ( i To gaze in's cy^s, and bless him. Maitlcns wavfi 1 heir kerchiefs, and old women v icp fer joy; While others, not so satisfied, unhorse The gilded equipage, and turning loose His steeds, usurp a place they well deserve. Why? What nas charmM them ? Hath he saved the state ? No. Doth he purpose its salvation ? No* Thus idly do we waste the breath of praise, And dedicate a tribute, in its use And just direction sacred, to a thing Doom'dto the dust, or lodg'd alread ady there. CowptTm * •*'©©© 4h^ THE SQUIRREL* tJIHE Squirrel with aspiring mind, ^ Disdains tO be to earth confin'd, But mounts aloft in air ; The pine-trees giddiest beight he climbs^ Or scales the becch-tree^s loftiest limbs, And builds his caStlethete* W^ithin some -old fantastic tt-ee, Where time has worn a cavity His winter food is stor'd 5 The-cone beset with many a scale, The chcsnut in its coat of mail, Or nuts coixiplete his hoarA Soft is his siiining aiiburn coit, As ermine white his downy throat, Inlclligcnt his miert; With feathery taifand cars alert, And little paws as hands expert, And eyes so black ahd keMl^ Soaring above the earth-born herd' Of beasts, he emulates the bird, Yet feels no want of wings i- l^xactly pois'd, he dares to launch In air, and boiinds from b rase h to branck; With swift elastic springs. And thus the man of mental' worth Majr rise abave the humblest birth, ir L And'adverse fate oontroul ;; « to the upright heart be join'd The active, persevering mind,- And firm, unshaken soul. Charlotte Smi th. CALUMNY A HEINOIJS CRIME. INHERE are but few vices more injurious jn their piovea m the Bible, or more commonly nractis. j: Thf SjJ^^" ^'^^ of speaking evil one^ofTno;^^ ' 1 he folio wmg are amon^the admonitions, precept. Z^^Z!^^ ^^^^'^"^ '^ '^- vice, containKL^ " He that uttereth a slander is a fool." Keep not company with a railer." «T!.,"ln"i'" '"'■";' '0;«Pe»kevil ofno man." In % tabernaclf . Who ^hall d wdl tyS ^ni ."^ niietn not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to hi«; nri(.h bt. 1 aul exhorts Chrisifans ^ not to keep cSmnan v''^ with a man that is a " railer " Tin ^\\P7"^P^"7 " revihr'^ u/,-tK fk« '«"ef. lie also classes llie re-vtier with the most odious character* and-., sures us that such mea « shall nof inh J^'uL L?!"ii:t The benevolent example of Jesus Chris-r .^n.,i i alwa;. be regarded and'imitated,::::^^ ^'orlLrht W H :i WIS reviled, reviled not again." This temper he dis- played wiiiie " he went about doing good," and when ho was reviled on the cross. The practice of reviling, or speaking evil,* is for- bidden by all the precepts which rc(}uire men tolove one another, and particularly by this— '"^ TiWu. s^halt love thy neighbour as thyself." The practice of slander always implies a want of duo consideration, or a want of Christian benevo- lence ; and too often envy or malignity is the direct source of caluoinious remarks. This vice ever abounds when men are under the inlluence (:i[ party spirit, whether the parties are form- td on account of politics, religion, or particular per- sons. Under such ii;tluerice people are litde inclined to admit or suspect any evil in their revilings. As evil speaking generally proceeds from evil pas- sions, so it tends to excite evil passions in others;. and the measure' u'liich tho slanderer metes out, is very commonly measured to him in return. Much of the contention, which exist in societies and neighbourhood? is produced by this vice; and not unfrcquently public wars between nations have been excited or accelerated by the same pernictous means. As kind and soft words turn away wrath and pre- serve peace ; so unkind and reproachful words ex- cite anger and produce hostilities. Calumnies which originated with a few men, have occasioned the de- struction of thousands, and deluged countries in blood. " A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches." He therefore, who waatonly or maliciously robs his neiirhbour of a good name, does a greater in- jury than the highwayman or pirate, who merely robs a man of his money. A good name is essential to extensive usefulness ; and he that robs a worthy man of his reputatioiv docs a great injury, not only to the individual whom he- defames, but to the community of which he is a mem* ber. Tlie defamer not only injures his ncighljoiir antf society, but he injures himself in the view of good men ; for in th'eiresteem his reputation sinks, and the evil which he intended to another falls finally on his- own head. Young people, therefore, who wish (o l)e respected By the good, and to be useful and happy in this world,. or to please God and to be happy in the w orld to come, should be as careful not to defame others, as. thcy wish others to be not to defame them. The man who doth his neighbour wrong, , By falsehood or by force, The scornful eye, the slanderous tongue,, I'll drive them from my doors. The pure, the faithful, ^nd the just,' My favour shall enjoy : T-hese are the friends that I wall trust,% The servants ril employ. - The wretch who deals in sly deceit^, I'll not endure a night ; The liar's tongue I ever hate,. And banish from my sight, * Walts, ' -^-^-b*-- GOLDEN VERSES OF PYTHAGORAS. ' TjlTRST, the Supreme doth highest rcv'rencc claim j -■- Use with religious awe his sacred name. Honour thy parents and thy next of kind ; And virtuous men wherever thou canst find. Useful ami steady let thy life proceed, Mild every word, good naturd every Aeod ; , ls\_TV.i TTJLll lli^ llivlll Lil' '« IXJV .31 WlSlS-lJll . Bat bear a thousand frailties tVom thy friciid< C2 er lust, o'er angor, keep the slriclest rein, fcubdue thy sloth, thy appetite restrain. One way let all thy words and actions tend, Iteason their constant guide, and trut^ their end. Wouid'st thou be justly rank'd among the wise, ihmk ere thou dost, ere thou resolv'st, advise. Among the various ends of thy desires, JL IS no inferior place thy health requires. * irmly for this from all excess refrain, 1 liy cups be moderate, and thy diet plain. Kach night ere needful slumber seals thy eves. Home to thy soul let these reflections rise ; How has this day my duly seen express'd f vy hat have 1 done, omitted, or transgressed ? 1 hen grieve the moments (hou hast idly spent. 1 he rest will yield thee comfort and content. l>e these good rules thy study and delight, I ractise by day and ponder them by ifight ; Ihusal thy thoughts to virtue's herghi shall rise, And- truth shall stand unveiFd before thy eyes. Fitzgerald* THE BEST WAY TO BEAR CALUMNY. A ^^PH. ^,^"^^'^nce is to the SQuI what health is to the body ; it preserves a constant ease and sc« rcnity withm us, and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can possibly bef\il us'. 1 know nothing so hard for a generous mind to ect over as calumny and reproach, and cannot find any method of quieting the soul under them, besides this single one, ol being conscious to ourselves that we do ijot deserve them. The way to silence calumny, says Bias, is to be al- ways exercised in such things as arc praiseworthy. Socrates, after having received sentence, told his Jnends that he had always accustomed himself to re- gard truth, and not censure, and that he was not-trou- bled at his condemnation, because he knew himaelf . free irom guilt. 31 Others of the philosophers rather chose to- retort theinjuiy l>y a smart repljr, ihan thus to. disarm it with respect tor themselves. They shew that it stung them,, though they \u\d the addrt ss to make their a'^- grcssors sutler with thenu '^ Ofthis kind was Aristotle^s reply to one> who pur- sued him with long and bitter invectives.. ^' You ^ says he, who are used to suffer reproaches, utter them with delight ; I who have not been used ta utter them take no pleasure ill hearing them.." ^ Dio^nes was still moi-e severe on one who spoke illofhini. "Nobody will believe you when, you speak ill of me^ any more than they would" believe me should I speak well of you." In these and many other instances,, the bitterness ol the answer sufficiently testifies the uneasiness of mind the person was under who made it. I would^ rather advise my reader, if he has not, in this case the secret consolation that he deserves no such re- proaches, to. follow the advise of Epictetus r— " If any one," said he, " speaks ill of thee*, consider whether he has the truth on his srd«; ami if so, re- form thyself,, that his censures may not affect thee." When Anaxim^nder was told that the very bovs^ aughedat his sinking, "Ay," said he. '^then Fmu.t earn to sing better." But of all the sayings of phi- Josophcrs, there are none which carry in them mor<^ candour and good sense than the two following ones of Plato : — ^ Beiug told that he had many enemies who spoke ill of him— "It is no matter," said he, 'M will live so that none shall believe them."— Bearing at ano-^ thcr time that an intimate friend had spoken detract- ingly of him,—" I am sure he would not do it^" say* he, " if he had not some I'eason for it." This is the surest as well as the noblest way of drawing a sting out of a reproach, and a true method of preparing a man for that great and only relief a- ^«««u sjiu |/a«io ui \.aiiiLnr,j — a gooa coiibciencc. Addison^ 1^ 3^ Th'*ihsiclioiTS slandering thief is worse Than the poor rogue who steals your purse* • Say, he purloins your glittering store; Who takes your gold takes trash — no more. But the dark villain who shall aim To blast thy fair, thy spotless name, He'd steal a precious gem away, Steal what both Indies can't repay ! Here the strong pleas of want are vain, . Or the more impious pl^as of gain. No sinking family to save ! No gold to glut th' insatiate knave, . Cotton. '^ ' THE BEGGAR'S PETITION.. PITY the sorrows of a poor old man, . Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door. Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span. Oh' ! give relief^ and Heaven will bless your store. - These tatter'd clothes-ray poverty bespeak, ITiese hoary locks proclaim my lengthen'd years;: And many a furrow in my grief-worn cheek- Has been the channel to a flood of tears* - Yon house, erected on the rising ground, . With tempting aspect drew me from my road >^ For plenty there a residence has found, , And grandeur a magnificent abbde.. rtard is the- fate of the infirm and poor V Here, as I crav'd a moi'^el of i heir bread, . A pamper'd menial drove me from the door, . To seek a shelter in an- humbler shed. Oh ! take me to your hospitable dome f . Keen blows the wind, and piercing is the cold! Short is my passage to the friendly tomb, For I ai& poor and miserably old. m. )r. 33 Should T reveal the sources of my grief, If ayoft humanit^^ e^er touchM your breast, Your hands uould not withhold the kind relief. And tears of piiy would not be rc[>rcsb-d. Heaven sends misfortunes; why should wc repine 'Tis Heaven has brought me to the stale you see;, And your condition may be soon like mine, The child of sorrow, and of misery. A little farm was my patenial lot, Then like tlie hrk I sprightly hail'd the mornj; But ah ! oppiTssion forcM me from my cot, My cattle dy'd, and blighted was my corn.- My daughter, once ihe comfort of my age, Lar'd by a villain from her native home, Is cast abandon'd on the world's wide stage,, And doom'd iu scanty poverty to roaim My tender wife, sweet soother of my care, Struck witb sad anguish at the stern decree,. Fell, lingering fell, a victim to despair. And left the world to wretchedness and me^ Pity the sorrows of a poor old man,. Whose trembling limbs have borne him l(J your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span, Oh r ^ive f elief and^ Heave;\ will bless your store- The subject of Mortality brought home to our CASE. H "ERE I called in my roving meditations from theiir - long excursion on this tender subject. Fancy b>fonpd a while to the soliloquy of a lover; now; judgment resumes the reins, and guides my thoughts to more near and self-interesting inquines.-- However^ upou a review of the whole scene, crowded witft f I ji >( « ] l\ ffn," x!!" "^""'r"'% and t^ophxt, of death, I chultf i.oUotbear .smiting my brcalt, aadfetcl.i.,.^ a siX and lamentmg over the noblest of all visibfe beS "or /W 1^ '' "°' 1°*^=«- '*"" P«'hetic exclamation,. latL t -f^""*' "^«' *«*' 'W rfon. /" What deso! SerL mil i^,v t?*""^'"" '"""S*" °" 'he earth t oee tnc mal gnuy, the ruinous malignity of sin > Sin has demolished so maay stately stfuct-^res offlesh"- j-dnKS ot uod 3 lower crcat on ;: and sin rthat dndlo^ bane of ournature) would ha^e plungei our better K? no Vu;1^"'?1''"m''T°'-^ <"■ "»*= "ethermost hell' the^wholeTorw'' r S'""'^"': «'^'^"'>»-I«lgniems doe«^ reuirns of ^nvl* "•1?""'?'.''"."^'^ °''^ !^hat ardenr returns ot love will a who e Heaven of elnri St,! h^ Levers pay to such a friend, benefac"or anSvere," Musing upon tfiese melLicKory objects a fluhTni' 'Tadfharj;.", '"'^T f-", -''h^^n.— "' ^ S - last ' "T/"".""'' '" '"1 "I*" ' Am I to draw my "■whl/iT' /° •^*'<=°'n<'!''5'-eathlcss- corpse, and be « KntP'fn^J^'''^'"''^ ''■•"* ^PP'-^acWng when « n^ B i'"^ '•''*". ''^ can^ied om upon the bfer and' « ZScT"r r^-^"'''''^^; '^•'"^ ''°'»« Wnd ac^. " and ^v aV ^7^""^^' T^ ''■•°P ""^ parting tt.ar^ Should one ofthcse ghastly fim,res burst from hi, ore'^r"'!'K""fr'rV'P' '" '■'•'Shtna deformh" b !• WhT ~'^7'''^. ""''"'>*«•'"•'' '"^''^'''» lift a clatter- ing hand;.and point it full in mv view ---shoH lit open ,he slWened jaws; and, with I I oar e t emondl .-., „. . „,., ^.jj., piuiuuiiu silence : — sed tC tl-l^Tr " "T- '' ^""'T''^ «Ppari.ion addres- thee aUo Wiethe hands o/dculh : yeta litlk while, aU ihoiiihalth «'i//imf,,-"— the solemn warning, Mivo^ ^d in so striking a manner, must strongly impress my imagination : a message in thunder would scarce sink Geeper — Yet there is abuiidant|jr greater reason to be alarmed by that express declaration of the Lord God Alrtiighly, " Thou shnlt surely die.'' Well then, since sentence is passed, since J am a tondemned man, and know not when the dead war* rant may arrive ; let me die to sln^ and die to the toor/f/, before J die beneath the stroke df a righteous God. ° Let me employ the little uncertain interval of rcs^ t)ite from execution, in^^reparing f^r a happier state, and a better life ; that, when the fatal moment comes, find I a-m commanded to shut my eyes upon all things here below, I may open them again, to see my Saviour in the mansions above. Since this body, which is so fearfully and wonder*^ fully made, must fall to pieces in the .grave ; since I tiuist^sooh resign-all my bodily powers to darknesfr, inactivity, and corruption ; let it be my constant care to use them well, while I possess themi— Let my hands be stretched forth to relieve the needy ^ andi always be "more readv to give than to receive."— Let my knees bcmd, in deepest "humi^atlon, before the throne of grace ; while my eyes are cast down to the earth, in penitential confusion, or devoutly looking tip to heaven for pardoning mercy l—Ifi every friend* Jy interview, let the " law of kindness dwell on my lips ; ' or, rather, if tfhe scriOusriCIBs 5f my acquaint* ance permit, let the gospel of peace flow from my ;ton,£CUC. ^ O ! that I might be enaKled, in ercfy public con- •ourse, to lift tip my voice like a trumpet, and poui- abroad a more joyful sound than its most melodious accents, in proclaiming the glad tidings of free salva- tion !— Be shut, my tars^, reSoiutely shut, against the malevolcTit whispers of slander, and the contagious ureaih of filthy talking ; but be swift to hear the in* •fetructioiis of wisdom, be all attention when your Ra* \ i & .3B IJHISMER spcfilts ; imbibe the precious truths, ancl con« 'vey them carefuHy to the heart.- -Carry me, iUy feet^ to the temple of tbe Lord ; to the beds of tlic sick, and houses of the poor. — Way all my meml>ers, devoted entirely to my divine Master, be the willing instruments 'Of promoting his glory ! Then, ye cmbalmcrs, you mny spare your pains: those work's of faith, and labours of love, these shall be my apices and perfume^. Enwrajiped in these, I ^'ould lay me gently down, and sleep sweetly in the blessed Jesus ; hoping that God will " give com- mandment concerning my bones ;" androne day fete h Ihem up from the dust, as silver from the furriacr, purified, " I say not, seven times, but scvcr'y times ^even." A Funeral Thought, Mark ! from the tonibs a doleful sOund^ My oars attend the cry, •" Ye living men, come view the ground, " Where you must shcrrtly lie. " Princes, this clay must be your bed, *' In spite of ^11 your towVs ; "The tall, the wise, the rev Vend lie ad, *' Must lie as^low as ours." "Oreat God ! is this our certain doom ? And are we still secure ! 'Stilhwalking downward to our tomb^ And yet prepare no more ! tjri'ant us the pow-rs of quick'ning graccf, To lit our souls to fly ; Then, when we drop this dying ilesh, We'^Ji rise abo\'e ihe sk^% Th Th Th f Ko ^•o Or No ' Or pf Th lie it AX ELEa ir Written in ▲ Country CuuRCH-lfAitm ^T^ITE cwrfew tolls the knell of paHing day, -*■ The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploi^hman homcwnvd piolls hi^ weary wdjj And leaves the world to darkness and to mc. Now fades the glimm'ing land'icape bn the sight, >nd all the air a st>lerlin stinnrss hoUls, 8ave where the beetle tVheels \uh droning flight, And drowsy tinkiings lull the distant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled towV, The moping owl docs to the moon cotliplain t)f such tisij'ivandVin-g nfcar her sietrct bow'r, Molest her ancient solitary roign, Beneath those rugged eltns, that yew tree's shade, WhOre heaves the turf in many a mouldVing heap, Each In his narrow ciell for ever hid;. The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, ~ The swallow, twitt'ring f\-oni the str:i\vibuilt shed, The cosk's slirill clarion', or the echoing horn, Ko more shall rouse them from thcr lowly bed. t^or them no more tKe blazing hearth shall burn, f>r busy house-wife ply her evening jfare : No children i'un to li^p their sirens return, Or climb his khecs ihc envy 'd kiss to share, Qh did the harvest to the sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn p:lcbe has broke j Jiow jocund did they drive their team afield ! - |it>yf bovv'd the woods Icneaih their sturdy strike D \P « n ■I i Let hot iitiifcitidfi fiiock their useful, toll. Their homely joys, and destiny obscure i ^or grandeur hear with a disdainful smile/ 1 he short and simple annals of the pooiJi The boast of heraldry, the pon^p of powV, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er eave. Await alike th' inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but, to the grave, Kor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, It mcm'ry oVr their tomb no trophies rai^e, \Vhcre, thro' the long-drawn aisle, and Ireitcd vault, J he pealrng anthem dwells the note of praise* Can storied urn, oi* animated bust, Back to its nlansion call the fleeung breath f Tan honour's voice provoke the silent dust? 'Or flatl'ry sooth the dull cOld ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is^Iaict, Som^ heart ohce pregnant with celestial fire ; Ifands, that the l-od of empire mij^ht have sway'd; Or wak'd to ecstasy the Uving lyre. ' But knowledge to their eycs'hcr ample page,, Rich withthe spoils of time, did ne'er unrol; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage. And frozfe the gehial current of the soul. Full mni)y a gertiof ptirest ray serene, The dark unfnthbiti^d.cavca of ocean bear: Full many a flowV is bdi^h to blush Unseen, And waste its sweetness bn the desert air. Some village Hampden, that, With dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withptood \ Some mute inglorious Milton hei-ft may rest, Sotoe Cromwell, guiltless of his cbuirtry's blood% faulty 'd; ;a^t, Their lot forbade : nor circumscf ib-d cilonc Their growing virtues, but their crimefi .coiifin'd ; Forbade to wade thrx)' slaughter to a thrqnc, And shut the, ga,t^s of n>6rcy on mankind : The struggling pangs of conscious truth :to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, •Orrheap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled rat the inuse!s flame. Far from the madding crowd's igndble strife, ^ Their sober wishes never IcarriM to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of -their .way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult. to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes'and shapeless sculpture deck'd^ Implores the .passing, .tribute of a sigh. Their n;im€,their"years, spelt by th' unlettcr'd muse, ^Tfhe place of fume and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That, teach the rustic moralist tt) die. • For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prevy This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm, precincts of the cheerful ihy, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? On some fond btcast the parting soul relics, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of nature cries, Kv!n in our ashes live their wonted firos. f tl 40 For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonourM dead i)ost m these lines their artless tulc relate • ' • li chance, by lonely contemplation led, ' borne kiiidrea spirit shall inquirt thy fate ; }^^!K^^^^ ^oary headed swain may say, J n L .^'^ ^""^ '''^" ^^"^' ""^ ^^e pe^P of dawn. Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, .10 meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " TKpre, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, * J hat wreaths Us ojd fantastic roots so high, " His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch " And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. 1 H^^l ^^ ^'^" ^^'°°^' "^w smiling as in scorn, « Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove : « rjow droopmg, woful wan, like one forlorn,' " Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. " One morn I miss'd him on the customed hill, *' Along the heath, and near his favVite tree ; *' Another came ; nor yet beside the rill, ' « Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he : , u J.^G »e^x^ ^vith dirges due, in sad array, blow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach, and read (for thou can'st read) the lay , V.Urav d on the stone, beneath yon aged thorn.'' THE EPITAPH. jrTERE rests his htad upon the lap ofp.arth, A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown. Fair science frowwd not on his humble birth, J nd melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large, was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven did a recompence as laro;ely send ;. He gave to misery ail he had, a tear, He gain'dfrom Ihav'n {'twas all he wish'd) a friend. > I 1. 4i I 1. rnc, Y I Xo farther seek his mtrifs to dischse^ Or draw his fraiUks from their dread aUdt. (there they alike in trembling hope rep9S€) The bosom of his Father end his God* A THOUGHT ON ETERNITY. ry ETERNITY I Eternity ! how are our boltlpst, *k ^"^s,t';^'^S<^»t thoughts, lost and ever whehned in thee ?. Who ean set landinarks to limit thv dimeii- aions; or find plummets to- fathom thj depths? A- FithraeticKiTO have figures^ to compute all the pro- gressions of time :: Astronomers have instruments lo calculate the distances^ef the pla«cts : but what num- bers can state, what lines can giiage the lengths and breadths of Etermfcy ? h n higher than heaven : Wu/rf canst thou do ^■ Deeper than hell ; what cansi thou know? The measure thereof is hng^p tho^ Uie eurilu and broader than the sea^ Mysterious, mighty existence!' a: sum^. not' to be lessened by the kiKgest deductions: an extent, not to be contracted by all possible diminutions. None can li-uly say, after the most p!t>digions= waste of aijei, ihat ^0 much ofEtermty: is^one. For, when millions of centunes axe ebpseck, ii is but just commencing; and when millions more have run their ample round « will be no nearer endings ^ Yea-, when ages, numeiws as th^ bloom of sprint, increased by the herbage of summer, both augment! ed by the leaves of autumn, and all multiplied bv the drops of rum whfch drown the winter— wtidn tho«^e and ten thousand times ten thousand more— more' flian can be represented hy any similitude, of imarir: ed by any conception, are all revolve.]: Eternity"* vast, boundless, amazing etcrnilr, will only be becin- ning, or rather (if 1 may be allowed ihe expressiou), only beginning to begin. ^' What a pleasing yet awful thought is this ! full of dehght and full of dread. O! may if alarm our fe^rs, SUickcn . Forbear to call, their skill will never do, They are but mortals here, as well as you ; I give the fatal wound, my dart is sure, f'ris far beyond the doctors' skill to curf. You now may freely let your riches fly ; But know, fair lady, you must surely die : My Lord beheld wherein you did amiss, Aiid calls you hcn«e to give account of tkit. I J i ^ / 44 •1 \ L* Oh, heavy news ! must J no longer sta j ? How shairi stand in the great judgment cJay ? Do\yn from her eyes the crystal tears did flow, While she with tears exclaim'd— And must 1 go? Loi'iJ Jesus Christ ! hav: . -y on my soul j My sind are great, but thou ^ ..' make me wlioie j: rho* justly 1 deserve thy rignteous frown. Yet partlon, Lord, and poor forgiveness down. Then with a sigh she bid the world adieu, And shut hor eyes on sin , ond sorrow too. Thus do we see the great and mighty fall,. For cnicl Death shews no respect at all To any one of high or low degree ; Great men submit to Death as well as we r Tho'' they are gay, their lives arc but a spany A lump of clay, — so vile a creature's man* MeAK* for diminishing TI'E CfilBTES AND MlS»ll88 OF Man.. fJpHAT crimes and miseries abound on eartii, is -■- well known in every eountrv ; and whatever may tend to diminish these evils should be ardently sought far by Qy^ry philanthropist. As a great portion of human rrrisery is the natural result of vices or crimes, those means which tend to dinjinish critnes, or promote virtue, will also tend to diminish the aggregate of human wretchedness. A general division of the means of virtuont? educa- tion, may justly be placed at the headofidlthemeaft* for improving the condiiion of human society. To advance and diffuse these mc ns should l>e a principal object of pursuit with every human govern- ment — with all who arc ex4>Ued to rule over rnon. In the next place, M should be the special care of those in authority, by their own temper ai^d conduct, to give examples of true virtue to all withm tbe circle of their inilHence. Evil example* of men in power arc of the most pwind soon jllung'dit in thctidc. • Oh ! .fooli,slv kite, thou hadst no wing, How'could'st thOH fly Withoat a siring f My heart reply'd, "O Lord, I see How much this kite resembles me ! Forgetful thafby thee 1 stand, • Impatiejrt of the rn-Hng hand, How oft I've wis h'd to break the lines Thy wisdom,for my lot assigns i' How oft indulg'd a vain desire For some'hing more, or something high^! And hut for Grace and Love Divine, A fiill'tlius dreadful had been mine. *^ cid/l^mt^--r''''^^^ shut out ;~Tby thought Imagmalion's airy wing repf ess*— ■Lock up thy senses j-^Let no. paWion stiV ;-* Wake all to reason ;-Let her reign alone ;— 1 hen in thy soul's deep silence, ami the depth ^Ol iNature's silence, midnight, thusinoiiire/ As I have done*— ^ What am 1 ? and from whence?--! nothing hno^. But that.-I am ; and, since I am, conclude ^ ' S^omething ctei-nal : had there ere been nought. Nought stiH had been , eternal there must be.— - l>ut what eternal .^~Why not human race ? And Adam s ancestors without ah end?—--- Ihats hard to be conceiv'd: since evVv link Ot that long^chaih'xl succession is«o ihiil : Can ev'ry part depend^ and not the whok f \ ct grant it tree ; new difliciilties rise- ; J m still quite out at sea j nor see the shK^a, n hence earth, and thesfe bright orbs ?--^EternaI too* Gt-ant matter was feternal ; still these orb. * W ould want some other Father j-Much dt^eiVn Ts seen m a 1 theit motions, all theh-makes.5 l^esign implies intelligfcnce, afid art : I hat can't be from themsclves-^or man : that art ^lan scarce can- com^reh(.nd, cotrld man bestow 1 And nothmg grcat^., yet allow'd than mam ^ Who, motion,: foreign to the smallest grain. Shot thro^vaist masses of enormous w^eifi-Ut? M ho bid rude matter's restive lump assume Such -various forms, aHd get ve it wings to fly f Has matter inhate motion ? 'Thch each atoia. Asserting its indisputable h'ght ^ Jo dance, wduld form afi^Univdi-Se of dust-^ •Has mattt^r none; Thcii Whence these glorlom r