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Or A-hen at evenin?'s penfive hour 



H ■ fouel?- the lov.v laburnuni bower. 



li iuOlc'd fiom hc4,v'r! the ftar ot day, 



V'bile roii'fl the filcnt clouas away j 



If o'tr Ills 6iOW With iialmy wing 



B f4th'ii the fwcetSouth, the loul of Spring ; 



Id ali aiou^.J, b^ eaih, above, 



He law| he fel.;, ti.e pt>«'cr ot love : 



Ana as the inotiiei's ;oul .'errtows, 



On the(.\'et baoc her a.ri.s enclole. 



So loon'a on Nature's gcnidl plan. 



So look'j to God, the rioly Man. 



Th J i^racious tVrm, th^t from this heart, 

 Whiiit lile itrra.ns, Ihall ne'er depart. 

 How dill tins preUiciic b^l^nn Iwcil, 

 What time 1 brea.h'd tne Ua farewell! 



His hand with firmer grsfp I preft, 



Long on the thrclhold did 1 relt, 



A lingering glance again i c»ft. 



Another yet— and then ihe lalt ! 



Stern Deatn ! on that dear hallow'd bvc*ft 



Unfclt thy icy hand wss preft ; 



And whilfl: thy fwiftcftairow Iped, 



btiU ietm'd to flcep the piUow'dhead. 



Haply, lome angel in his ear 



Low wr.ifper'd that the hour v.-as near. 



Or haply lome kind vilion ftole 



With bland enchantment o'er his foul: 



His hanc forae ftrartgcr's feem'J io prefs, 



His gift lo;..e forrowing mouiner blets ; 



For pali his lips, his clieek though wan, 



Still fmil'd in death the Holt Man ! 



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MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS. 



MEV50IRS of HOR.\TlO NELSON, VIS- 



covNT and BARON NtLSON 0/ the 



NILE, and f RUI<NH.,.M-THORP£ in 

 GREAT BRITAIN, UUKE o/"BRO:rrE 



-ia SICILY, KNiOHTor the tkoJI honour- 

 able OROER of the B.-iTH, C>lAND- 

 , Cd b% of the N APOLiTA.N ORDEHl?/ 

 ST. FERDINAND and oj MtRIT, 

 KNlGHT p/ /^(?TL'RK. H OROEk oj the 

 CRESCENT, a VICf ^DMIRAL cj the 

 BLUt, HIGh-STEWARD of IPaWlCH, 

 a VICE fRESIUtNr of the ASYLUiM, 



&c. &fc. &c 



*' Palmam qui tneritit ferat." 



THE navy of England h^s always 

 bre" c-icfuieed as a ha dy inoifre- 

 noiis production, iu i' me meafure pecu' ar 

 to our ftJil, otii clia'are, and nr i"liai)i 

 rants. The • ak, which i- d. 'i e ar 

 0!)ce to a<li>inan<^ dcrrnd the Br ti(h Iflc^, 

 flo iriflirs theie 'n ihc ni^neil p-r'ech'on ; 

 the na i<es, imi.'ed to ad the va-irt ts > f a 

 chargeable atmolpherc, bttoine more 

 baidv by conlf^nt hab.f ; whilr tiie ocean 

 which f irrou ids us points out ihc clement 

 by meai s li wnich our vvealrh ami glory 

 have been obtained, and oui iiuicpendc.ee 

 ii to he fecurid. 



The encouragement given to ihit grand 

 national eitabliftiment, i^y a proii'tnt po- 

 licy, has effefleil wonHer*. (,)ur fl.ig has 

 been difrltyed in the rem 'teU fi;a», lome- 

 tinnet in feaich of a beneficial commerce, 

 and at oiiier times in quelt of a lugiiivc 

 enemy. Our manii'adures and our arms 

 have been tx'ended in coi junihon to the 

 rtmot eft corners ot the globe. A nume- 



rnis and galhnt race cf feamen aiid of 

 officers has heeii piodnceti, -.uch as the 

 Vrneti:'ns, the Genuel'e, and the Pcrtu- 

 gucic, our prtcurlor.', but notour equal?, 

 in roaitime grea;nei.<, never wjtnelTed ; 

 and a Ic.iool of mval heroes has been thtis 

 cilabl Ihed infinittly l\iperior to what any 

 nation could ever boalt of. 



The remit has been uniform and con- 

 Cltent. Our Drakes, ourR.le'ghs, our 

 CrtVtndifhes, our Howards, h ;ve af.orned 

 'He period of our hiitorv ; our Monta- 

 gues, our Aylcces, rurBiake.<, another j 

 oi!r J\o kts, our Vernon.-, our Wagers, 

 our Anl"ns, ;ml I'lir fja-vke^, a third. -7- 

 In the prelt-nt -f e ihe nuinber of o ir great 

 capiains has oeen rather increaied than di- 

 iriiiiilied, alnioug^ dt^tli has of lue thin- 

 ned tneir lanks ; and we have biit too 

 often planted fureie;il cyprcfs en the 

 graves i>f tiiofe air.und '■■bofe temples, 

 while living, we hid en'.wined the vi£lo- 

 ri' us laurel. R' dney, grown hoary in 

 ihe leivicc, dieil reacetiilly Oii (hore, after 

 msny cei brated vidoiiesover the fleets of 

 the H-.-wfe ot Bourhun. Howe refigned 

 his brea h in the arms of his family, but 

 not until h hail overcome the formidable 

 navs fittt<l out by Frince wiiile a republic- 

 Duncan, the conqueror of the Dutch, is 

 no more ; — and we have now alfo to de- 

 ploie NtLSON, the hero of Aboukir and 

 Trafalgar, who peiilhcd, alio, but not 

 until his flag wa-. flying triumphant amidft 

 the difcomfiied Iqu .dions of a vanquifhed 

 enemy. 



We leave it to our poffs to fing his 



diige } to our orators to raifc trophies of 



eloquence 



