POETRY. 



The Ships at distance and the Boats at hand : 



And now they walk upon the Sea-side Sand, 



Counting the number, and what kind they be. 



Ships softly sinking in the sleepy Sea : 



Now arm in arm, now parted, they behold 



The glitt'ring Waters on the Shingles roll d : 



The timid Girls, half dreading their design. 



Dip the small Foot in the retarded Brme, 



And search for crimson Weeds, which spreadmg flow 



Or lie like Pictures on the Sand below ; 



With all those bright red Pebbles, that the bun 



Through the small Waves so softly shmes upon 



And those live lucid Jellies which the eye 



Delights to trace as they swim glitt'ring by : 



Pearl-shells and Rubied Star-fish they admire. 



And will arrange above the Parlour-fire,— 



Tokens of Bliss ! ■ 



DESCRIPTION OF AFRICA AND THE NEGRO. 



IFrom Montgomery's West Indies.^ 



Where the stupendous Mountains of the Moon 

 Cast their broad shadows o'er the realms ot noon ; 

 From rude Caffraria, where the guaffes browse. 

 With stately heads among the forest boughs, 

 To Atlas, where Numidian lions glow 

 With torrid fire beneath eternal snow ; 

 From Nubian hills, that hail the dawnmg day, 

 To Guinea's coast, where evening fades away, 

 Regions immense, unsearchable, unknown, 

 Bask in the splendor of the solar zone ; 

 A world of wonders,— where Creation seems 

 No more the works of Nature but her dreams ; 

 Great, wild, and beautiful, beyond control. 

 She reiens in all the freedom of her soul ; 

 Where none can check her bounty when she showeis 

 O'er the gay wilderness her fruits and flowers ; 

 None brave her fury, when, with whirlwmd breath, 

 And earthquake step, she walks abroad with deatb ; 

 O'er boundless plains she holds her fiery flight, 

 In terrible magnificence of light ; 

 At blazing noon pursues the ev'ning breeze, 

 Through the dun gloom of realm-o'ershadowing trees. 

 Her thirst at Nile's mysterious fountain quells. 

 Or bathes in secrecy where Niger swells 



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