CANADA IN THE BODLEIAN. 899 



its conquest by Britain is patriotically declared to be a rescue from 

 " Grallic slavery." Our extract thus proceeds : 



" No more thy walks, Kensington, shall see 

 A presence more august ; nor shall thy plants 

 Which grew beneath his fostering hand, perceive 

 A kindlier influence. ' Here he stood ' — 

 'Here walk'd' — shalllate posterity remari, 

 And reverentially Msa the sacred ground, — 

 ' Planning with thee, Pitt, successful schemes, 

 Determining the fate of kingdoms ; while 

 Thy realms, Canada, that too long groan'd 

 The Gallic slavery beneath, restored 

 To smiling freedom, own his gentle sway. 

 Him as another sun the western world 

 Revered declining, anxious for his fate. 

 Till Thou, another orb, as heavenly brigbt, 

 With every art and early virtue graced. 

 The loss repairing, lead th' auspicious Hours.' " 



Canada again is expressly named in tbe poem of " the Right Hon. 

 the Earl of Abingdon, of Magdalen College." He adopts the Pindaric 

 style, and arranges his matter in a series of strophes and antistrophes. 

 In a stanza relating to the triumphs of the reign of George II. in 

 different quarters of the globe, he excitedly exclaims : 



" Hark I hark ! the feather-cinctured Muse that roves 



O'er Canada's high-trophied shore. 



Calls to the sable nymph that dwells 



Amid the thunder-echoing cells 



Where Senegal's rough waters roar,— 



Calls to the Muse sublime that swells 



Her voice in Asia's spicy groves, 



And oft her glowing bosom laves 



In the rich Ganges' sparkling waves. 



To chaunt the triumphs that have crown'd ■' 



The second George's arms ; 



To chaunt the blessings they have found 



In British virtue, thro' the world renown'd, 



And British freedom's unresisted charms." 



That the same ideas should occur to our versifiers -was, under the 

 circumstances, inevitable. We have several times already heard whiat 

 " Thomas Foley, Gentleman Commoner of Magdalen," says in hia 

 address to the shade of the departed King. The author was probably 

 youthful. The excerpt is given for the sake of the name of Canada 

 occurring therein : 



