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And I will go,—for I can‘ guess | 
Whether thou whisper No / rae et 
Shepherds their infants’, lips,are, pressing, 
The village bell.an, echo. finds ; inl 
Calm gives the,ocean’s. waves her blessing, : 
Cloud after cloud,round.evening winds: 
And I will go—and. I, will go. 
Whether thou whisper Yes /..or—WNo / 
Thy father in:his’cot is sitting, 
Thy mother looks for our return ; 
Say—shall I plead our cause, befitting 
Hearts which So truly love and burn ? * 
Thy smiling ‘blushes bid me guess 
Whether thou whisper No! or— Yes / 
J. R. Prior. 
TOF 
— 
THE VOYAGE. OF SHADOWS. 
Tue sky so calm, so blue'and deep, 
Like liquid crystal'seems to sleep ; 
Andythe:moon’s white boat 
Carries'shadow’s afloat 
To the clouds” recumbent steep. 
Anchor’d in space “with a voyage so light, 
The air so sweet’ and the scene so bright, 
ni sun’s rays shine _ 
a halo ‘divine, 
As ah seek’ the island of Night. 
The Evening, Star, Aheir dutiful guide, 
Smiles in the-zenith' of beauty and pride ; 
And she leads them:to-rest 
In Time’s:natural breast, 
Away from the whelming tide. 
Thus Hope, and her favourites, Joy and Peace, 
Sojourn thro” cares, which intrude, but cease; 
For the higher they go, 
The less feelings of woe 
Embitter their fond release. 
: J. R. Prior. 
ELEGY, 
BY RICHARD WOODEHESON, ESQ., 
Late Vinerian Professor, and Fellow of Mag- 
"” Galen College, Oxford. 
Farr is the freshness of our youthful days, 
While Ho pe and Fancy blend their golden 
Avil’ Heap prospects giddy raptures raise : 
But faded new are all my youthful dreams. 
Fair is these scene which glads the owner’s 
sight, . 
In_fe ertile fields of rural wealth secure ! 
or riches, well dispens’d, give pure delight: 
Delight, my niggard means might ne’er 
assure, 
Bright is the lustre of patrician birth, 
The-ermin’d robe; hereditary fame,— 
Titles andrank bestow’d on patriot worth ! 
- But no’ distinctions Beat ‘my humble 
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Mapry spe lot of duties iin temperate 
cr mal wt oe still the “a 
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But oven health ‘deserts sity fragile frame. 
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Boppy pete fate, whom cheerfulness of 
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«tA wakes to breathe the clear empyreal air ; 
While rose-lip’d Joy’ perfumes the spark. 
ro (ding: bowl!» we TAHY we 
Butdash’dtny cup with titteroaisane 
Could’ Tthesé varibus blessings'all unite 
Youth, riches, health, and Hen wo 
and birth, 
light ?— ve 
The dearer guerdon of my Delia’ $ rt 
ON THE 
DEATH OF A DAUGHTER. 
I saw a little playful girl 
Blow bubbles ona summer’s day, 
And laugh’d, with her, to:see them shirl 
Up in the air so-round and:gay :.::9,'\"' 
Ah! me, how beautiful were they ! 
All tinted witha thousand dyes 
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And bright'as morning dew in: Maye : 
Alas! they were as frail as fair ; 
For scarcely could the. damsel ae f 
“© Oh! father, father! quick, Jook there?’ 
But they would burst, and mock the sae 
Leaving it * fixed on vacancy.”” 
And such, thought I, are all our toys) 
Our brightest hopes. and dearest joys: 
They rise, they glitter, burst, and die! ! 
Prophetic truth! within a week, 
~ | saw that maiden on her ‘bier 3 7 
And on her cold and lifeless cheek, 
In silence, drop’d a sacred tear.— ~ 
Oh! Ellen, Ellen, ever dear! * 
Could nought avert thy early doom?’ 
And has the dark and silent tomb 
Thus clos’d upon thy brief career? |’ 
Tis even so! that fragrant breath ~ 
Is from its goodly mansion fled : 
Fair flower! the cruel frost of death © 
Lies cold upon thy, beauteous head. 
But thou shalt burst thy wintry bed : 
Come Faith, come Hope Uae bting 
Visions of that eternal spring __ 
Which shall reanimate the dea 
Bridport Hall. J ITcH. 
THE BRIDAL :—a Fragment. — 
“ Buxsr is the influence of the nuptial’bond, 
When Virtue twines the knot !—when onal 
minds, Y 
Urged by ascendance of congenial stars; —” 
With equal freedom blend!—O Sex! fore- 
doom’d 
To xule by. meekness, and with forceless 
power Jes 
Guide the tough sinew, or the stubborn will 
Bend to thy, geniak sovereignty |), what OW 
To thee and thy benignant sympathies: » « | 
The lordly pride of man!' Nor ever dwell, : 
Stern rectitude and glory sosecures, | jon > 
As when propitious rea lights the torch; 
That sheds-i its i ApMepice o’er-a vires. bed. 
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Se Pred, An thebingthodgy of ou northernvane 
cestors, the Goddess of Love avid Mariage’ 9) be 
