1823.] Life of Tomsaint VOuverlure. 



The two angels, however, continue 

 faithful to Dieir mortal loves, and re. 

 ftise the proffered forgiveness. The 

 elements now give signal of the 

 approaching tlestruction ; and, whilst 

 every hope of safety is withdrawn 

 from the wretched race of mortals, 

 the two rebellious angels fly aw ay and 

 disappear with their mistresses, whom 

 they convey to some brighter world. 

 A chorus of mortals express the vari- 

 ous feelings excited bj' the stupendous 

 ruin around them, with which we must 

 close our extracts. 



Jnphel. — Peace, 'lis no hour for curses, btit for 

 prayer. 



Clionis of Muria}s, 

 Fur pi"iy*r i 

 Ami where 

 Shall prayer ascenri 

 Wheu the swolii clouds unto the mouivtaius beitd 



And burst, 

 Aud ifusliine oceans every barrier rend, 

 i'nlil the very deserts know no tllir^t? 

 Accurst 

 Be He who niaile thee and thy sire ! 

 We deem our curses vain; we must expire; 



But, as we know the worst, 

 Why should our hymn be rais'd, our knees he bent. 

 Before the inipiacabic Omnipotent, 

 Since Vit must fall the same ? 

 If He hath made ei^rth, let it be his shame. 

 To make a world for torture. — I,o ! they come. 

 The loathsome waters in Ilieir rage ! 

 And with their roar make wholesoine Nature dumb; 



The forest'.- trees {coeval with the hour 

 When Paradise npsprumr. 



Ere tve gave Adam knowledge for her dower,. 

 Or Adam his first hymn of >lavery sung,) 



.So massy, vast, yet green iu their old age, 

 Are overtopt. 



Their summer blossoms by the .-urges lopt. 

 Which rise and lise, and lise. 

 Vainlv we look up to the lowering skies, — 



Tliey meet the sea-. 

 And shut out God from our beseeching eyes. 

 FIv, son of Noah, — fly, and take thine ease 

 In thine allotted orean-tsnt. 

 And view, all lloatinit o'er tiie element. 

 The corpses of the world of thy young days ; 

 Then to Jehovah raise 

 Thy song of praise f 

 A Morlnl. — Blessed are the tVead 

 Who die in the Lord ! 

 Aud though the waters he o'er earth outspread, 

 V et, as Hh word, 

 Be the ilecree ador'd ! 

 He gave me lif,',— He t ikflh but 

 'the bre.ith which is Hisowii; 

 And thouijh the ^e eyes should be.for fver shut. 

 Nor lodger this weak voice before His throne 

 Be heard in supplicating tone. 

 Still blessed be the Loid, 



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For what is p.i*f,— 

 For that whinh is; 

 Fur all are His, 

 From first to last. 

 Time,— f pace,— eternity,— life,— death,— 

 The vast known, an<l wnmeasurabJ* unknoHrn,— 

 He made, and can unmake; 

 And shall 1, for a little gasp of breath, 



Blaspheme and groau ? 

 No; let me die, as 1 have lived, in faith, 



Nor quiver, tlio' the universe may quake ! 



We trust that no one will be found 

 with feelings so obtuse, with taste so 

 I)erverted, or with mali;;nity so undis- 

 guised, as to mar the beauties of pic- 

 turcs like tlicse, by imputing to their 

 author the cool profession of those 

 sentinients which he exhibits as ex- 

 torted from perishing mortals in their 

 last instants of despair and death. 

 Such a [loern as tliis, if read aright, is 

 CHlculated, by its lofty passion and 

 sul>lime concei>lions, t<i exalt tlie mind 

 and to purify the heart beyond the 

 power of many a sober homily. It 

 will remain an iiiiperisiiaLk monu- 

 ment of the transcendant talenK 

 of its author, wiioin it has raised, in 

 our estimation, to a higher pitch of 

 pre-eminence than he ever before 

 attained. 



With reference to minor objects of 

 remark, we may observe, that there 

 IS no reason here to finil fault with the 

 versification of Lord IJyron. He lia.s, 

 not before given us so complete a 

 specimen of his powers in irregular 

 lyricid composition ; in which, it will 

 be seen, be lias here combined great 

 variety, dignity, and harmony. We 

 are, however, inclined to object to his 

 use of two syllables or a single word 

 for a line and a rhyme. It is ttio 

 abrupt, and has rather a ludicrouii 

 effect ; reminding us of the Lilliputian 

 Ode to Gulliver. But we are iinwil- 

 Kng, by such associations, or by fur- 

 ther small criticism, to weaken the 

 impression which the perusal of fhi* 

 powerlul work cannot fail to make 

 upon every reader. 



BIOGRAPHY OF EMINENT PERSONS. 



A SKETCH of the LITE o/'TOUSSAINT 

 L'oUVKttTUKE, the HAYTIAN PATRIOT. 



T>i fj.n f^y.iTiifire r.okifj.Ma; tlu it cOJ-vj 



i-jVTM ^^■^■1, ^t'f-mSfiM^.— l'liiturch. in Vilti 

 AluicrUi. 



" He wa< an experierrced warrior .... hut, as to 

 the other liaMt- of his life, he wari tiiiip -rate and 

 collected,— of a philanthropic drsposition." 



"rB^IlJ'l revolution of St. Domingo 



M. (it h:is been well observed,) 



soon furnisli<;d ample proot, that, 



uniinig those whom Eur(Ji)ean inju.s- 



tice had stigmatised as an inferior race 

 of beings, and doomed to perpctuiil 

 servitude, were heads endued will» 

 legislative wisdom, hearts pregitant 

 with heroic energies, and hands cajra- 

 ble of wielding the sword of war, or 

 swayingttie yod of empire." Amongst 

 the most eminent of these individuals, 

 were .Teau Francois, Beassou, and 

 Bigaud ; Petioii, (.'hristophc, aud Des- 

 salines: but the most wonderful, jw 

 well as the most estimable, of aJI, 



was 



