474, ANNUAL REGISTER, 1792. 
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Soul-soothing-plant !—that.can such blessings give ; » 
By thee the mourner bears to live! . ; Lond 
By thee the hopeless die ! Pia add bel 
Oh! ever * friendly to despair,” vs 
Might sorrow’s palid vot’ry dare, yaad, OD ot 
Without a crime, that remedy implore, 
Which bids the spirit from its bondage By, vid Lito 
I'd court thy palliative aid no Motes weds b'a 
No more I’d sue that thou shouldst spread. 
Thy spell around my aching head, ~ 
But would conjure thee to impart. 
Thy balsam for a broken heart; _ 
And by thy soft Lethean pow'r, — 
(Inestimable flow’r) ana 
Burst these terrestrial bonds, and other regions try. 
PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE TO dolibos, 
%R A WORLD DISCOVERED: An Historical Play. 
ProLocue written by W. T. Fitagerald, Esq. Spoien by Mr, Holman. 
HEN fam’d Columbus nobly dar'd to brave 
The untry'd perils of the western wave, 
Ten thousand dangers in his passage lay— 
Dark was his night, and dreary was his day ! 
The rude companions of his bold design, 
Fatigu’d with toil, against their chief combine : 
When sudden—bursting on th’ astonish'd view ! 
A world discover'd prov’d his judgment true.— 
** Yet black ingratitude, the great man’s fate, 
“* Pursu’d Columbus with envenom'd hate ; 
«« But minds like his, a base degen’rate race 
‘© Might meanly persecute—but not disgrace ; 
“¢ ‘The noble soul its energy maintains, 
“ In spite of dungeons, tyranny, and chains.” 
The sons of Europe found a guileless race ; 
No fraud was veil'd beneath the smiling face ; | 
Their manners mild, benevolent, and kind, 
Pourtray'd the cloudless sunshine of the mind : 
Bless'd in their prince’s patriarchal reign, 
Whose power reliev’d, but ne’er inflicted pain, 
Their placid lives no fancy’d evils knew ; 
Their joys were many, and their wants were few. 
One custom with their virtues ill agreed, 
Which made Humanity with angnish bleed ; 
Compell’d at Superstition’s shrine to bow, 
The hapless victims of a cruel yow! 
Their 
