1806.] 



Proceedings of Learned Societies^ 



S67 



While the fond partner of his blffsful days 

 With look delighted gazes on, 



And fwellins brcaft of love, 

 V.'heve IWeeUncis makes her heav'nly 

 throne. 

 Mild as the evening gale, foft as the feithful 



dove ; 

 O'er lier fine cheek the fluth of rapture plays. 

 And from her tender eyes bright beam tbe 

 thrilling rays ! 



Not the prou<l dome. 

 Where Splendour I'wecps along in fpanjjled 

 veft, 

 Of Luxury the high-pil'd home. 

 While at the gats ftands ragged /hiv'ring 



■ Want, 

 And vainly tells her tale diftrcft, 



Does gracious Peace atten.l to cheer: 

 And mild Content muft iTiun the haunt 



Where gulltv pleafures blaft the year. 

 She fcorns the fcenes of vacant Folly, 

 Her noify train, and Mirth unholy, 

 That echoes round her gaudy fhrine ; 

 But ftill within the humble dwelling, 

 In neat array, all pomp excelling, 

 S erene, relides her artlefs form divine. 



Behold the reftlefs, toiling fon of Care, 



Whofe fordid wilhes fpcak the grov'ling 



mind ; 

 With thoughts of bafe controul confin'd. 

 That varied' pains his bolbm tear. — 

 While eagerly the path he treads. 

 Where onward fullcn Av'rice leads. 

 What dire attendants confiant round him ftay 

 And, vengeful, often ftrike the blow 



That ftabs th' unihiclded heart ! 

 Remorfe, th^ parent fad of Woe, 

 And DifappointmenC there lifts high her 

 freezing dart i 



And pale Miftruft, who ft rews with thorns the 



w-ay, 

 And feigning Falfehopd fly fmiles treac.h'rous 



on his prey ! 



Yet he, ev'n he, perhap";, a momenl's pow'r, 



Kas felt a wifh within the v.-.^unded breaft. 

 That, as it I'ofe, has figh'J for reft, 



Far from the citv's bufy hour ;— 

 When wand'ring forth at Evening's reign. 

 While Freflinefs breathes upon the plam. 

 He fees the farms and cots around him rife, 



(What time meek IMature ihcds a balm 

 Upon the foften'd 'mind) 



And thinks, in fuch a fcene how calm 

 His yenrs would glide away, nor leave one 



fting beftiiid ! 

 In vain : — as fa-des the penfive light it dies. 

 And ftill the rugged path at morn again he 

 tries. 



Oh 1 may my days. 

 In fome fecure retreat, fome peaceful (hade. 



Beam o'er my life with tranquil rays, 

 Where Nature lights with fweeteft charm the 

 fcene ; 

 With Contemplation, holy maid ! 

 And 'mid the changes of the year. 



Forget each groiVer care unclean. 

 That wakes the ever-anxious fear ; 

 Let Infpiration oft, infufing 

 Her fpirit o'er my lonely mufmg, 

 Defcend in filent dreams at ev'n ; 



And Hope, her milder influence lending, 



When life's dread clofe is near, attending. 



Shall whifpcr charmed words, to foothe tlie 



foul, of Heav'n! 

 Ui-erpool. G. W. C. 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



.SOCIETY OF ARTS, MANUFAC- 

 TURES, !kc. 



MEPHAMCS. 



THE filver medal unci tliirty guinea"? 

 iiave been adjudned to Mr. Gilukiit 

 Gii.PiN of Shifnai, for an improved Ci'aiie 

 and Flexible C'liains. From the iimpiicitv 

 of form, and facility of manufatiure, the 

 eoinmon chain, formed of oval links, has 

 been ill ufe fi-om the earlieft a^^es, and 

 that it did not unfwcr eveiy purpofe of a 

 lienipen rOpe in working over pallies, was 

 not owino; to its pecnliar form, but from 

 an error in the application. Every chain 

 of this nature has a twill in itielf, ariling 

 from a depreflion given by the hammer 

 to each link in the weldiir^; which caufes 

 a purpetual tendency to alfunie a fpiral 

 form. Hence the alternate links of a 

 trfiuin, ill coiling louiiii a barrel, or work- 



ing over pullies,fonnobtufe angles in af- 

 fuming the i'j iral thape, bearing upon the 

 lower parts of their circumferences, and 

 forming as it were two levers,which wrencli 

 open and cruili each otlser in proportion 

 to tbe v.eight fafpended, as well as pre- 

 vent the' freedom of motion in tiie links 

 themfolvos, and thereby load the chain 

 with additional friciion. 



To prevent this and other evils attach- 

 ing to the common chains, Mr. Gilpin has 

 grooves call in iron puliies of fntfici^'int 

 dimeniious to locsjive the lower circum- 

 ferences of tiic links of the chain, wlucli 

 work vertically; thole which wijrk hori- 

 zontally, and form the gudgeon part of 

 tlm chain bearhig upon each iide of the 

 grooves. The barrels are alfo of call 

 iron, with fpiral grooves of the fame di- 

 roetjiions, at fuch a dillance from each 



oiher 



