POETRY. 'j Zi ATS. 
Their sweetest maids were often doom’d to prove - 
No joy in friendship, nor no bliss in love! ; 
Yet love and nature cannot be suppres; pall 
The sigh will heave, and palpitate the breast; wo al 
For spite of vows, which Heav'n's wise laws disown,’ 
Love sits triumphant on the heart—his throne ! of 
And breaks: those fetters bigots would impose, | 
To aggravate the sense of human woes. 
The rigid laws of time and place, our bard 
In this night’s drama ventures to discard ; wa 
If here he errs—he errs with him whose name 
Stands without rival in the rolls of Fame: .> 
Him whom the passions own with one accord, 
Their great dictator, and despotic lord! ; 
Who, plac’d aloft on inspiration’s throne, aL 
Made Fancy’s magic kingdom all his own; — A. 
Burst from the trammels which his muse confin'd, 
‘be, And pour'’d the wealth of his exhaustless mind ! " 
Though Shakspeare’s flight no mortal shall pursue— ~ 
Columbus’ story, patroniz’d by you, 
Will yield an off’ring, gratetul to his dust— 
A British laurel on a hero’s bust. . 
Eritocug, written by Miles P. Andrews, Esq. Spoken by Mrs. Pope 
Oo” stories done—old times long since forgotten, . 
Like musty records, little read, and rotten, 
Return we now to periods sounder grown, 
To happier days, and readings of our own. 
Where'er we ope the book, the style is clear, 
The int rest charming, the conclusions dear ; 
Our means are flourishing. our joys not scant, 
Possess’d of ev’ry good the heart can want ; 
Old tales of conquest thrown on distant shelves, “ 
We've little ieft to conquer—but ourselves. 
Aw arduous task—and yet, to dovus right, 
We lose no time in env’ring on the fight. : 
Miss, scarcely in her teens, attacks mamma, 
Already having routed sage papa: 
“ T'm not a chit—I will turn up my locks: | 
«© ] will wear powder, and [ wont wear frocks ;— 
«« | hate to dance with boys. now I'm so tall; 
“ ]’m fit for any man, at any ball: 
“ You want to keep me back, because ‘tis known, 
“ When girls grow up, their mothers they grow down,” 
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