POETRT. 



VERSES FROM A NEW POEM, ENTITLED ' A MORNING WALK.' 

 JUST PUBLISHED. 



Oeascn of' soft delight! Now to the wild. 

 Nature's admirer hies him, while his heart 

 Throbs with emotion, exquisitely soft. 

 And only known to those, whose bosoms feel 

 The chjrm of genuine beauty. H^ppy few! 

 For you the valley smiles; the lonely wild 

 Yiel.is you serene enjoyment; and to you 

 The hony mountain, rugged and abrupt, 

 Administers sublime delight. How blefs'd 

 Vour early wandering, ui;observ'd, and rapt 

 In contemplation! How serenely sweet 

 Your evening walk ! as if, with influence mild. 

 Angels unseen attended, and convey'd 

 Joy to your spirits ; not tumultuous joy. 

 But calm, and leading to th' ingenuous mood 

 Of melting tendernefj. Although to you 

 May not be giv'n those h'gh creative pow'rs 

 That animate the canvas, or entrance 

 The soul in th'extacies of rapt'rous song. 

 Deem not your portion scanty; nor complain 

 That njture hath to you, with niggard hand, • 



Her gifts in, parted. If {he hath bestow'd 

 Pow'rs to distinguifli beauty, but deny'd 

 Th' inventive energies ; perchance, with these> 

 She kindly hath withheld the recklefs zeal 

 Of pafsion; and secur'd you from the cares, 

 Th' ur.number'd, agonizing cares, that swarm 

 "liv'n in the bow'r of fancy. Ye enjoy 

 The smile of this soft season, unallay'd 

 With restlefs wllhes for ye know not what 

 Sublime, untasted pleasure; unallay'd 

 With grief fantastic, or imjg'n'' woe. 

 Fram'd for discerning ev'ry pleasing form 

 Of graceful cleg nee, your souls are c.ilm ; 

 iCalm as yon river, that so slowly moves. 

 His progrel's pafses unob-erv'd, the while 

 His breast reflects the iikencfs of each (lirub 

 And blufsum, waving o'er th'enamell'd bank. 



At the rnjuest of a respectable correspondent we, \vfllingly, have in- 

 •terted the verses above, from this pleasing little poem, which, on many 

 accounts, deserves applause. Unaffected simplicity is, perhaps, the great- 

 est beauty in poetry, and the most difficult to attain. This poem con- 

 tains much of that. Perhaps a little more practice in writing would give 

 the author a greater facility in smoothing his numbers; — a beauty which, 

 though not tJie njojt eftcntial in poetry, is an acceftary so nectfsary, that 



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