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To shun that incoherent style 
Which makes the learned justly smile;.. 
For tho’ a rapid rush of sound sue 
May fill the ynlgar mob with wonder, 
‘Tis not therein that fecling’s found, ~ 
But skill'from reason torn asunder : 
No! 1'wottld rather boast thy sense 
Of mnsic’s chaster eloquence, 
Thy pathos, and distinguish’d tone, 
To all :that rapid, voiceless‘din, 
Which ew’ry dunce may make his own, 
Whose fingers can the gamuts win. 
But never letanght that ’s deficient in taste, 
By thee, for'the sake of eclat, be embrac’d; 
Prefer, as| thou. hast, that superior 
expression 
Which charms both the ear, and enlivens 
» the soul, ; 
For that still produces alasting impression, 
And over the feelings maintains its 
control : 
Hence, Rudall, the fame of thy talents 
_ > shall bloom 
Ages after thyself shalt have sunk in the 
tomb. > J.G 
Islington ; Aug. 1823. 
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ECHO AND NARCISSUS. 
Haptess Echo! why, oh why, 
Plaintive dost thon thus reply 
To ev’ry, noise around; 
When, midst on all the murmurs near, 
Falling on thy list’ning ear, 
Narcissus’ voice. can never sound? 
Silence, Echo! for ’tis vain 
Heark’ning for his words again.: 
The lovely youth is dead., ; 
Know’st thou, Echo, where he died? 
Ona fountain’s lonely side 
_ His verdant grave is spread. 
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Know’st thou, Echo, how he fell? 
List! the sad-troth I will tell, 
_, And cause thy tears to flow. ; 
Gazing on a-streamlct ciear,, .. 
Wond’ring, he beheld appear , _. 
A briglit face in the rill below. 
Foolish boy; he never deem’d d 
?’Twas-his own, fair, form that gleam’d,.: 
Reflected in the wave,;,| h s24 
But some nymph of neighb’ring wood, 
Beauteous, in the crystal flood : 
He thought had come to lave. 
Then he panted to embrace 
Body. with so fair a face, 
And leapt into the rill;, .. 
Nought was there,—but when onshore; 
Weeping, he reclin’d once more, 
The form was in the water still. 
Rapturous words, eseap’d’his: tongues, 
To the fount again he sprung, 
And sought his image there; 
With the splash the.vision, fled, | 
To the shore again he sped, 
And perish’d in despair 
Perish’d,—and his blood: became 
A fair flow’r, which bore his name 3 
and when upon the green > 
Nymphs drew nigh to raise his pile, 
Sorrowing for his death the while,— 
‘That little flower alone was seen. 
Then, sweet Echo, tell me why 
Thou dost plaintive thus reply, 0 9" 3) 
Unto each murmur-ever?. 9." | %*" 
Wailing at his hopeless lovey! 0? «(110% 
Pan may call thee from the groves 
Thy dear Narcissus nevers,iw 1 
' , ~§, JE. 
itry HIS 
NEW PATENTS AND MECHANICAL INVENTIONS. 
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To JosePH BoRDWINE, ESQ. of Addis- 
combe College, for an Instrument for 
finding the Latitude. A 
AY he BorpDWINe’s nautieal instru- 
‘#@ went is intended to put within 
‘the reach’ of every commander of ‘a 
vessel, the solution ‘of that important 
problem in navigation, viz. the detér- 
mination of the latitude by two obsér- 
vations of the sun, or other celestial 
body, taken at'any period of the day, 
a problem which ‘has engaged the at- 
tention of scientific men for a long 
‘time past, with the view of rendering 
the forms of ca'culation more simple 
than they are at present. The instru- 
ment does away with calculation alto- 
gether, giving the results in itself. It 
is formed of four circular acres, (the 
greatest about nine inches in diameter) 
having a common centre, and trayers- 
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ing about eachother. Ontwo'of these 
are scales for the declination /of the 
object observed, and on the other two, 
scales for the altitwdés; ‘whith ‘are 
taken by the usual instruments, ‘quad- 
rant, &c: Thereisalso’a fourth: setni- 
circle, tixed in position; for' the tithé 
elapsed between the observations.” Tn 
working it, the declination forthe day 
is set off, the time adjusted,—and ‘the 
verniers, marking the observed “alti- 
tudes, brought together, ‘when . the 
instrument wilf immediately ‘show,— 
1. The latitude of the place of observa- 
tion, to 15” of a degree, lw_asiod 
2s The distance in: time from) noon of 
either observation, to 2” of time, which, 
compared with achronometer, will give, the 
difference of longitude. a ee 
3. The true azimuth, which compared 
with a compass bearing, will give the 
variation of the magnetic pole. om 
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