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ORIGINAL POETRY. ° 
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FROM CARLO MAGGI, BY MISS STARKE, Ye, Sshoip folly srer Morte seek, 
When sultry heats appal, 
VON LATA Listen! Hear Aurora speak, 
Sceng—an unfrequented Island. And answer to her call. 
' TiME—day-break. ZEPHYRE. 
SEQUESTER’D Isle, of Puce the smiling Breath of yonder slumb’ring SEA, 
piveeal, And tender sighs from Heav’n ate wes 
Where Birds, and Flow'rs, and Zephyrs only Sent, celestial Nymru, to shed 
dwell 5 : 
Enchanting spot, rich in Secx vston’s charms, 
Here, far remov'd from Forty’s wild alarms, 
Compass’d with waves, unseen by human eye, 
Methinks I range.a Tenant of the Sky. . 
No more by Pass1on’s chains bound down to 
Earth, \ 
My tow’ring Soul asserts her heav'aly birth; 
Views mercies numberless around her shine, 
And soars to claim her heritage divine 
« But see !—The sable shades of NicuT re- 
Circo 
. Th horizon blushes deep with erimson fire 
Avrora rises from the sparkling floods, 
And thus salutes the tenants of the woads: 
Bh AURORA. 
Birps, begin your dulcct lay 
_ Frow’ns, your yarious sweets disclose ! 
ZeEruyers, see! ’tis dawn of day ! 
Banish, banish dull Reposy ! 
. BIRDS. 
Lovely Goppess of the morn, - 
Who, on dewy pinions-borne, 
Com’st to chase Nig 1's shadowy gloom, 
And these choral woods relume 
With renovating light ; 
Again thou giv’st us to behold 
Ficlds of ether ting’d with gold! 
Boundless tracts, where sportive Wey 
Blest wich love and liberty, 
May wing our joyous flight. 
; ~ “AURORA, 
Wherefore, FLow’rs, your praise withhold ? 
Haste ! ‘your fragrant leaves unfold ! 
Haste to gloxity that Pow’r, 
Who, after Minnr@u7’s torpid hour, 
Renovates your faded hues, 
And feeds you with ambrosial dews. 
FLOWERS. , : 
When thy torch, with dazzling light, - 
Pats the modest stars to Aight, - 
We, Lilies, Vi'lets, Eglantines, 
Daisies, Snowdrops, Jessamines, 
Strains of thankfyl love rehearse ; 
The Jistning Hours applaud our verse, 
As, round the blazing Car of Day, 
Swift they wend their sportive way. 
All our joys of thee are bora, 
Bounteous Goppess of the Morn; 
And to thee alone we raise 
Melody of grateful praise. 
AURORA: 
Mirthful Zeruyns, ye, who fly 
To wake the tardy Hours ; 
Rouse the FEATHZR’p MINSTRELSY, 
And ope the fragrant Frow’'as 5 
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_ Shun the islands of the West! < 
Delicious odours round thy head. 
. CHORUS. : 
We, Zrpuyas, Brens,and op’ning Frow’Rg, 
Join our voices, strain our pow’rsy - 
To hail the swift-approaching Day, 
To pour the tributary lay.” 
Hail, Avrora, bounteous Farr! 
Hold !—The pealing notes forbear ! 
See! while yet we sing, she flies, 
To spread her light o’er diftant Skies ? 
CANTATA If. 
AS thro? smiling vallies I ftray, 
Behind me REMorsz= slowly wends ; 
Ev'ry flow’r that enamels the way, 
To prove my unthankfulness tends. 
The bounty of GOD I descry, 4 
_ In each perfect production of Earth 5 
Yet nor these, nor yon day-star on high, 
In my bosom give thankfulness birth, 
Prive whispers ‘* Such gifts are thy due; 
~ As a tribute receive them from Hzay'n ; 
The talent of poesy too, 
Thy pleasures to heighten was giv’n.” 
Insensate !—Let SHame dye my check? 
Sweet Pogsy’s harp I'll resign ; 
Or make the lov’d Instrument speak 
Tn prais¢ of it’s Donor Diving. 
Hail, then, modest meek-ey’d Farry 
On Earth, of Visitants most rare!) 
Hail, celestial GRatTiITupDE!! 
By, thee inspir’d, these fingers rude 
Shall boldiy sweep the sounding strings 
In praise of Heav’n’s all-bounteous KING. 
And while Ichant nis mercies here below, 
While yet encumber’d with this mortal 
clod, 
Shall my rapt soul the joy of Angels know, 
The bliss of holding converse with it’s 
y+ GOD? 
See ee 
A PICTURE 
OF PLANTATION-PRACTICE IN JAMAICA, 
Found among the papers of a Medical Gentlee 
man, lately deceased. 
rmpRrou! whom Fate has doom’d to roany 
Far from Happiness and Home! " 
Be thy pursuit boundless wealth, ©. 
Or the balmy breath of health: 
Tf e’er thou hope for halcyon rest, 
Fly! oh, fly the fatai shores _ 
Where the wild tornado roars ! 
There deep Degradation dwells, 
And binds the soul in Circe’s spells; 
There 
