180 SOJJNET : TO SUBN9. 



As the noble and patriotic Armaud Carrel, the most talented po- 

 litical writer in France, boldly stated to the peers, many who had 

 condemned Ney being of the number, when sitting in judgment on 

 the National, for breach of privilege, " Time has pronounced, at the 

 present period the judges have more need of being reinstated in public 

 opinion than the victim /" After having been violently interrupted 

 by the president, he continued " If, among the members who voted for 

 the death of Marshal Ney, who sit in this assembly, there is one who 

 considers himself aggrieved, let him summon me to this bar ; I shall glory 

 in being thejirst man of the revolution of 1830, who came here to protest, 

 in the name of indignant France, against that abominable assassina- 

 tion r 



This feeling is deep, and we may say universal, amongst our neigh- 

 bours ; it cannot, of course, be expected that the Duke of Welling- 

 ton, as commander merely of the invading allied forces, could be 

 popular in France ; still his name would pass without indignant remark, 

 were it not a lamentable error in his otherwise glorious career. 



SONNET : TO BURNS. 



THIS SONNET IS INSCRIBED TO ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, WITH SENTIMENTS OP 

 SINCERE ADMIRATION, BY KENHICK VAN WINKLE. 



There are more wrecks on thy enchanted shore, 



Sweet Poesy ! than on the rocks that guard 



Cape Horn's terrific coast, where winds blow hard, 



And waves their everlasting thunders roar. 



Dear Burns ! thou child of inspiration ! Bard 



Of eagle intellect, and fate ill-starred ! 



Thy strains snail live though thou art see? >,o more. 



The soldier, far away in battle scarred 



The shepherd boy, roaming the mountains o'er 



The sailor, clinging to the main-mast yard 



Each fond enthusiast holds thee in regard, 



And cheers his spirit with thy tuneful lore. 



May I, though tossed upon the self-same sea, 



Escape the rocks that made a wreck of thee ! 



