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some new ideas, some insight into the 
peculiarities of foreign and ancient hus- 
bandry ; whereas the expressions, 
«« The fields deserted give to sweetest peace 
The tired steer; the ratiling harrows cease : 
The plowsbare rusts unheeded, and the oak 
» No longer trembles to the woodman’s stroke,” 
resent him only with domestic images 
ong.familiar to his imagination. Again, 
there is a picturesque distinctness in. 
“« Candida permulcens liquidis vestigia lym- 
; phis, 
Purpureave tuuin consternens veste cutile,” 
which recalls the simplicity of patriarchal 
manners, but which 1s totally lost in 
——‘* every office had been dear : 
That served thy wants to ease, thy life to 
cheer.” 
It is singular that the modern should 
“have fallen short of the delicacy of the 
ancient poet in making Ariadne “ breathe 
her fervent prayer,” for the safety of 
Theseus, forgetful of the “ tacito labello,” 
‘of his master. 
.“ Talia qui reddis pro dulci premia vita,” 
is affectedly rendered 
«« That thus repays 
The gift of life, the Loon of gilded days.” 
And in several instances the copy falls 
short of the energy of the original. 
Arr. XVIII. A short Account of John Marriot, including Extracts from some of his 
Letters, to which are added some of his Poetical Productions. 
. A Short account indeed ; out of a hun- 
dred and ninety-four pages it employs 
aine ! however thére is enough of it. 
Mr. Marriot was one of the people 
called. Quakers, and this little volume of 
posthumous poems appears to be edited 
by a member of that respectable society. 
Mr. Marriot was of a mild and amiable 
disposition, received a religious educa- 
tion, and profited by it, as appears from 
Art. XIX. Poems ; consisting of Elegies, 
Irishman in England ; a Farce in two Acts. 
MR. Jones has been tried in the Court 
POETRY. 
« Jack the Giant Killer,” possesses 
considerable merit as a good natured 
parody on Homer, and a sly satire on his 
modern initators. ; aig 
‘Of the smaller pieces it may be re- 
marked that their diction, though. fre- 
quently elegant, is considerably infected 
with those quaint and unauthorized no- 
velties, by which too many writers of the 
present day endeavour to elevate trite 
and prosaic ideas into a semblance of 
high poetry. The following elegiac 
stanzas, improperly styled a Sonnet, will 
be a sufficient specimen. ver 
«* To a Snow-drop. 
«« Fuir flower! but yesterday thy milk-white 
vest 
A pearly dew-drop on earth's bosom lay ; 
At noon thy green stem rear’d its silken crest, 
To meet the radiance of the transient ray. 
«The night came on—amid the storm-cloud's 
lower | 
The hail fell thick—the biting frost-winds rose, 
To-day I mark thy silvery front no more— - 
Deep art thou buried in the drifted snows. 
<¢ Like innocence by pe whem, ea opprest, 
But for a while thou'rt bent by winter's tread, 
Again with Heaven's all-cheering sun-shine 
blest 
Thou'lt rear to brighter hours thy spotles 
head.” . 
12mo. pp. 194. 
his resignation under the severe affliction 
of a disappointment in his affections. 
Many of these poetical pieces were writ- 
ten when he was very young; they were 
not intended for the public eye, and had 
Mr. Marriot been alive, many of them, 
probably, would not have been exposed 
to it. They have the general merit of 
mediocrity. hs 
Sonnets, Songs, &&c. and Phantoms ; or, the 
By T. Jones. 12mo. pp, 136. 
ment of the law is—but as this is the pri- 
‘of Criticism, and found guilty of violat- soner’s first offence, the Court, in its 
_ing the laws of poetry, by writing and mercy, remits the sentence. é 
- publishing nonsense verses: the judg- 
Art. XX. J Fiore della Poesia Italiana, §3c. The Flowers of the’ Itakan, Poetry of the 
18th Century, preceded by some historical Notices of the Poets. The whole selected and. 
compiled ly G. B. Cassano, Professor of Languages and of Italian Literature. 
THESE little volumes contain a judi- praise cannot be bestowed upon a com- | 
cious sélection of beautiful poems: higher _pilation of such trifling extent; yet short 
