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My doubts of profession are vanish'd, 



I'll tell you the cause when we meet, 

 Church, Army, and Bar, I have banish'd, 



And now only look to the Fleet. 

 Come down then, when summer is gilding 



Our gardens, our trees, and our founts, 

 I'll give you accounts of each building 



How you'll wonder at all my accounts ! 



Come down when the soft winds are sighing, 

 Come down Oh ! you shall and you must, 



Come down when the dust clouds are flying, 

 Dear mamma ! COME DOWN WITH THE DUST. 



SWEETEST DEAREST ! 



When the fairy queen sleeps in her blue bell bow'rs 



On a couch of roses and fresh night flow'rs ; 



When the lover is. dreaming of joys now flown, 



And the dreary heart feels chill and lone ; 



When the infant is hush'd at its mother's breast, 



And its soft eyes are closing in innocent rest ; 



When the lulPd wind breathes a sigh to thee 



Then sweetest dearest, come to me ! 



By the moonlight's smile on the bright river's foam, 



By the star that guides the wand'rer home, 



By the wild flow'r that blushes so like thy cheek, 



By the language thy dark eyes alone can speak, 



By all the hours that together we've blest, 



By the kindness that lives in thy peaceful breast, 



By the vows so often sworn to thee, 



Oh ! sweetest dearest, come to me ! 



Mrs. Charles Greville. 



SONNET. 



I had a thought at midnight, which oppress'd 



My mind most deeply, and whene'er I strove 

 To cast it off, that I might take my rest, 



It clung unto me like a thought we love ; 

 And recollection could not soothe my grief, 



But aided it ; to nature then I turn'd, 

 Yet e'en from her I could not gain relief, 



I look'd, I saw, I felt, and yet I mourn'd. 

 The starry sky, the mountain's foaming brook, 



The silv'ry flowers, awakening from their sleep, 

 The trees with all their music, while they shook 



Down the bright dew-drops, only made me weep ; 

 In our own souls we often find a " void," 



Which would be filled, yet cannot be supplied. F. 



M. M.No. 8. U 



