Memoirs of Gotihcld E[>hra'm Lfjfmg. 



[Aug. 1, 



My father's garden, grove, and orchard 

 wild, 

 In fummer-robes of rich luxiiriance drelt, 

 Methought, wiih charms like bluoming Eilen 

 fmird, 

 Where Adam with his conlort Eve was 

 hleft. 



Not fairer was the green retreat of o'd, 

 V.'here Amadis witii Oriana dwelt ; 



Bvitht Mirariores''! in ti)iit age of gold. 

 When Valour a: tlie f;et of Beauty knelt. 



Befide the fpring o'er which a willow grows, 

 And aged oaks their fliadowy braiicties 

 wave. 

 In fuiTimej'o noontide-heat, be mine rep".fe; 

 And in tlie midnight gloom ot death, a 

 grave ! 



(The following Stanzas wsic found in the 

 hand-writing of Petrarch, inclofed in a 

 leaden box, in the coffin, cui.taining the 

 lemains of Laura, at Avignon; a ciicum- 

 ftante which muft render them pcculi?.rly 

 interefling to the lovers of that amiable 

 and accompliCied writer. The tranflatcr 

 has made occafional deviations, bei.ig ra- 

 ther defirous to prefcrve the fpitit than the 

 letter of the original.) 



/3UI repofan qui cafti, e felici ofTa, 



Dl quell alma gentile, e fola intcrra, 

 Afpro, e durfaffo, hor ben teco h.-^t futtera 

 It vero honor, la fama, e belta fenlia 

 Morte ha del verJe Laurofelta, e fecffa 

 Prelca radice, e il premio di mio gucrra 

 Di Quattro luflre e piu, fe tncor i^on eua 

 Wio pcnfier triflio, et jl chiude in poca f^-fJa ; 



* See Soulhcy's admirable tranflation of the 

 charming, old romance, Amadis of Gaul. 



Felice Fianta in Borgo di Avignone 



Nacque, e mori, e qui ccn ella giace 



La penna, et ftil, I'inchioftra, e )a regicne J 



O delicati membri, O viva face ! 



Che ancor me cuoci, e ftruggi ; in ginno* 



chione 

 Ciafcun preghi il fignorte accepti in pace. 



osoxo. 



Morta belliaza indarno (i fofpira j 

 Le alma beata in ciel vivra in eterno ; 

 Pianga il prefente, e il il futur fecol privi 

 D'una tal Luce, ed io di gli occhi e il tempo. 



TRANSLATION. 



HERE lleeps intomb'd within this humble 



Itone, 

 A form where beauty's choiceft gifts com- 



bin'd ; 

 A form, alas ! where erft ethereal flione 

 The foft attiaiiions of no vulgar mind : 



With thee, my Laura, ftill belov'd, is 



flown,' 

 The boon that Fancy's fav'ring hand aflign'd, 

 Diil'olv'd the charms that fiU'd her lofty 



throne. 

 The bays relinquifh'd, and the harp refign'd. 



more than beauteous, more than mortal 



fair! 

 Reft Is the pride of Gallia's penfive plains, 



1 v.ecp tiie hand that once difpell'd my care. 

 The loil, the fjithful foft'ner of my pains. 

 While each kind bofom joins a tender pray'r. 

 And fig'ns a req'jiem o'er thy lov'd remains. 



OiOXO. 



Though fiirin'd in earth, each mortal charm 



decays. 

 The foul exulting, mounts ethereal fphere?. 

 And leaves an objeft of their fondeft praife, 

 A friend, a lover, ana a world in tears. 



R. 



MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS. 



i"!!^? ACCOUNT of iha L!FE ^W WRIT- 

 iKGS of GOTTHOLD LPHR.1IM J.ES- 

 SING. (f^onlinuedjroK p.^yG. No. i-),o.) 



IN the Icciety ot hur.cft fiitndfllip Lel- 

 fing was taught to kno.v himlelf : 

 born with all the lii'ceptib.lity ct genius, 

 he was npt to believe every "hirvg poflihle 

 to his force : he would kindle over a new 

 pr^ jed irito warmth, and he would bring 

 together in irnagiiiaticn whaitvi.r (lock ot 

 booi s or thoughts w-ere rtqiiilite for its 

 ccmplcuon; but fancy has t!ie four-fold 

 »vings cf a dtagonfiy, and iniuftry but 

 tlie fhort-pace^i feet of an tminet : his 

 {vojefls hitherto had ceafed to ple«li; be- 

 ioi<: half tile toil of ex-jcutlon WiiS in- 



curred. He was now induced fyl^ematL 

 caiiy to diitard evtry undertaking of com- 

 pals and patitnt perlevcring effort. The 

 more modell plans of his fpeculative in- 

 vention were re-examined, reduced to 

 cautious limits, and bioi;i;ht afitfli upon 

 the delk. The moil fcalible were dra. 

 mxtic. He had fketched sn-arrangement 

 of lcer.es f,.r a tragedy in comm-jn life, 

 to be called Mifs Sara Samfon. He went 

 cfF ".'.ith it to Potfda.Ti, without books, 

 and walked ai d worked until lie had finifli- 

 *d ;he piece: he then took the poJt-wag- 

 Eon !o Frankfort on the Oder, and got it 

 playe(| with the appL-iufe lie hoped. It 

 lucccedcd alio at Leipzig, at Ettlin, and 



at 



