1805.] ExtraSlsfram the P-ort-ftUa sf a Man of LetUrs, 42^ 



wild girls, who have had jio fermle di- 

 reSreis to polifh their bshavionr, or any 

 other habitation than a great ranabling 

 manfion houfe in a country village. As, 

 by his little knowLdge of the world, he 

 has ruined afineeftati, that was, vvhen he 

 firft had u, 2000!. per annum, li:s prelent 

 circumlHnces oblige him to an odd-htaded 

 kind of frugality, that fliews itl'elt' in tne 

 flovenlinels of his drefs, and makts him 

 think Loncion much too exrravaganr an 

 abode for his dmghters; at the Ame 

 time, that his zeal for antiquities makes 

 him think an old coiper f-rthing very 

 chciply houg H with a guinea, and any 

 journey prrpeily undeitaktrn thit will 

 b'ing iiim to f.^me old cahedralon the 

 faint's day to which it wis dedicated. — - 

 As, if yuu confine the nritural growth of 

 a tree, it may Qioot out in the wrong 

 place: in fpiie of his expenfivenel's, he 

 appears faving in ^Imoft every article of 

 life that people would expeft him other- 

 wife in, and, in fp t- of his frugality, his 

 fortune, I believe grows woiTe and worle 

 every diy. I have told you before, that 

 he is the diitieft creature in the world, fj 

 much fo, tiiat it is quite difsgree.ible to 

 fit near him at table: he makes one fuit 

 of clorhes ferve him at Jeail two yeirs, 

 and as to his givat coat, it has been tran;- 

 mi'ted dywn I believe from generation to 

 generation ever fince Noah, On Sunday 

 he was quite a beau. The Jiilhop of 



Gloucefter is his idol, and (if Mr. Wijr 



lis were Pope St. Martin, ashecdls hinjj 

 would not v»ait a minute for cauonizatiorj. 

 To honour laft Sunday as it dci'erved, afr 

 ter having run about all the morijing t^ 

 all the ;i;. George's churches whole differs 

 ence of hears permitted him, he came tg 

 dine with us in a tie-wig, that escgedj 

 in-lre 1 nil defcription. It is a wig (thg 

 Very colour of it is inexp'-e/libk) that he 

 has had, he lays, thefe nine years, an^ 

 of late it has lain by at his barber's, ne? 

 ver to be put on but once a yeav, in hor 

 nour of the Bifliop of Gloucefler's birt!)r 

 day. Indeed, in this birih-day tie-wj^ 

 he Icoked lb like the Father in the f^^rcg^ 

 Mrs. Seeker was fo- diverted with, that f. 

 wiihed a thouland times for the invention 

 of Scapin, and I would have made nyi 

 f:ruple of alTuming the character for oyj,' 

 diveiTion. 



" And now, farewell my pen I In grj? 

 titude for the afliftance ihou haft giveij 

 mc, towards making a tedious time leeijj 

 llioiter, tawaids defeating the malice o^ 

 a tedious ablence, othervyifi; little inier- 

 rupicd, and pref'ervinb; nrie a place jg 

 thoit; memories where it is beft worth pre.- 

 ferving, here will I tif the to mydelk, 

 to relf from ail thy liboins, when thoi^ 

 haft crowned them wiih afl'uring my dejr 

 Mil's Campbell, how lincerely I am aj^- 

 ways her's, " C. TAI.F07, 



ORIGINAL POETRY. 



TO WILLIAM CLARKE, E S q_. OF LIVER- 

 POOL, AT LISBON. 



"yE hills, with tow'ring forefts crown'd ; 

 Ye plains, by fultry funs embrown'cl ; 

 Ye vales, along whofe vine-clad (idcs 

 Tlie Doura rolls her rapid tide& j 



Ye rocks grotefque, wKofe ru(;ged or r.v 

 frowns o'er the beatinj; furge below, 

 Whenci: LuHtania's genius eyes 

 The wild wave mingling with the (kics! 



From northern climes and cwlJcr (hotcs 

 My Clarke your mild retreats explores, 

 Hopeful to find your (hades fupply 

 That health his native fields deny. 



O guide his (leps, ye Sylvan powers ! 

 O lea ) him to your greeneft bowers ! 

 And whilft he treads yon flow'ry vale, 

 I/et health breathe ftrong in every gile • 



Nor be your gifts to health confjneij 

 Put /both to pea>:e his gentle mind ; 

 Infuie ContcnCment's ht-aiing h^lni, 

 And bid each anxious thought be cajnj. 



Rcleas'd frc:n Winter's icy arms, 

 V/hen Spring unfolds her earlieft charms^ 

 Then rich in vigorous henlth reflore 

 The wanderer to his naiivc ftjore. 



With learning that difdains prcBcnce j 

 Witlj na'ive wit and manly fer.fe j 

 Again to frnooth my brow of care, 

 Again my (ociai hour to (hare : 



To footh, by Peafon's (Irong cintroyj. 

 Each wilder tumult of the foul ; 

 Within cue bounas my bops confine, 

 And make his temperate Ipirit mine. 



So may nor whirlwind, blight, pr (torrn. 

 Your fragrant otange-groves deform j 



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