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Wlion the fair apple, red as eveiiiag flcy. 

 Doth bL'iid tlie tree unto tlie truitful 

 ground ; 

 AVIieii juicy pears, and berries of black die, 

 Dance in llie an-, and all is ylati around ; 

 Then, be the evening foul, or evening lair, 

 Jkletlnnks uiy heart's delight is luingled with 

 fome care. 



SliCOND MIXSTIIF.L. 



Angels are painted as of neither kind, 



And angeib only from defue have reft ; 

 There is a foniewhat in the hiniian mind 



1 hat witliout woman never can be bleft. 

 Theio is no fainted hermit, but the fi>;ht , 

 Ol' Lovely woman iires, and " cheers his dull- 

 ed fprile." 

 Woraan for man, not for herfeh, was made, 



Bone of his bone, and child of his delire; 

 To him from whom llie fpranj;, (he Hies for aid, 



Her gentle frame lefs mix'd with native firej 

 Therefore the fire of love is giv'n, to heat 

 Her niilkinefs of kind, and make herfelf com- 



pleat. 

 So, without woman, mar\ yet kindred were 



To favage hearts, and war his lole employ; 

 But woman bade tlie Ipirit of Peace appear, 



And won the brutal nuiid to love and joy: 



Tlien let a wife be to^hy bofom prefl ! 



Ill marriage-iife alone can mail be highly ble^- 



E31MJi.t.Cl.«. 



Tor tin- ^Lia'.ltlii Miiguzlne. 



[The following concluding Lines of the Fras- 

 ment of Smionides, was by miflake oiuUted 

 in out laft number.] 

 T>UT fliU one race remains, (an<j oh ! moft 

 -" bled 



Among mankind, of fuch a wife pofleft!) 

 One only race, from every cenfure tree, 

 And every fault, the daughter of the Bee. 

 Superior to her fex^ foiiic winning charm 

 Of grace almoft divine furrounds her form; 

 Her induitry fupports her hnlbaiid's name, 

 Her care maintains his honour and his fame. 

 Her love inftrufts a fair and numerous race 

 To (bare his glorie-, and fupply his place. 

 Bleft flic defceuds into the vale of years 

 AVilh the lov'd partner of her youthtui cares^ 

 And peaceful age, which no vain trouWo 



moves. 

 Exalts their union, and Ihcir love improves. 



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ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



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DR. IIep.schel lias Jaid before this 

 Learned Society fonie fiirtlicr Ob- 

 lervations and Remark.- on the Figure, 

 Climtite, and Atmolphere of Satnrn and 

 its Ring. It is known that the axis of 

 the phmet's equator, as well as that of 

 the ring, keeps its parallelifm (Uinnt!; the 

 lime of its revolution about the iun ; 

 and hence it follows, that the fame 

 change of fituation, by which the ring 

 is alfetted, mult alfo produce fnnilar al- 

 terations in the apiiearance of the pla- 

 net: but fiiice the Ihapc of Saturn, 

 though not lliictly fpherical, is very dif- 

 ferent from that of the ring, the changes 

 occalioned by its afpetts will be fo mi- 

 nute that they only can expeft to per- 

 ceive tliem who have been acculloined 

 to look at very fniall objec'ts, and who 

 arc furnilhed with iulhuineiits that will 

 ilievv tliein diltinttly, with a high and 

 luminous magnifvinj power. In the year 

 1780, Dr. llerfchel al'certained the pro- 

 portipn of the equatorial to the polar 

 diameter of Saturn to be 2a. 81 to 20.G1 : 

 jn this nieafure w-as included the elFeCt 

 of tlie ring on the figure of the planet, 

 though its intlucnce had not been in- 

 vt'lligated by dirett obfervation. The 

 rotation of tlie planet was determined 

 afterwards by clkinges obfcrved in tlie 



conngiiration of the belts. The Dofior, 

 ill fpeaking of the nccellity of higii mai- 

 nifying powers, fays, that a lo>v power, 

 fuch as 200 or 1(30, is not futlicicnt tu 

 Ihow it to one who lias not already feeti 

 it perfectly well with an adequate higli 

 power : an obi'erver, therefore, who has 

 not an inflrumcnt that will bear a very 

 dilHiiCt magnifying power of .500, ought 

 not to expeiit to fee the outlines of Sa- 

 turn fo well defined as to have a right 

 conception of it.s figure. The quintuple 

 belt is generally a good criterion ; if that 

 cannot be feen, .the telefcope is not fuf- 

 ficient for the purpole : but when once 

 a pcrfon has had a clear and luminous 

 fight of the planet with high powers, he 

 mav then gradually lower the power, in ' 

 order to be allured that the great curva- 

 ture of the eye-gialfes giving thefe high 

 powers has not occalioned any decep- 

 tions in the figure to be iuvefiigated. 



The obfervations of Dr. Herfchel on 

 the figure of Saturn were made daring 

 the prefent vcar, from April the 16tli to 

 June the Otli inclulivc; upon wliicli he 

 obl'crves, that the following particulars 

 remain as the lalt year's obfervations 

 have eftablillied them. " The flatten- 

 ing at the polos of Saturn is more cx- 

 tenfix'e than it is on the planet Jupiter. 

 The curvature in high latitudes is alfo 

 greater tiiaa ou that planet. At the 

 equator, 



