gS ' ESTHONUN POETRY, 



€ f mother, the bridal prefents, which the guefts arc 

 €c expecting !" But their lituation is their fufficient 

 excufe. 



If this ballad fails to pleafe on the firft perufal, it 

 will certainly meet with better fuccefs on the fecond or 

 third. It is the expreffive language of nature. The 

 fimiiies of the duck and the pelican (or rather the 

 fpoon-bill) are probably mocking in our more refined 

 nations, where we are frequently hearing of oftrichos, 

 phoenixes, cameleons, and creatures of which nothing 

 is known, in general, except the name. But, if we 

 confider, that a poor country girl is here fpeaking, 

 who can only take her limiles from the objects ihe is 

 daily converfant with, we fhall eaiily pardon her for 

 Tiling them. After frequently reading the foregoing, 

 we enter into the genius of the poetically-complaining 

 maid ; we think with her fpirit, fympathize with her 

 feelings, and are pleafed with her language, as the 

 language of nature. 



V. A fons* of the reapers. At the corn-harveft the 

 females have ao other cloathing than a fhift, tied about 

 the waifr with a firing, or a ftripe of lift. No coat or 

 gown have they, no neckcloth or handkerchief: their 

 whole apparel confifcs in a fhift, a ribband about the 

 head to tie uo the hair, and a few beads that hang 

 about their neck. — The men wear a pair of linen trow- 

 zers betides the fhirt — all eo barefoot. — — How cutting 

 to the german landlords ought the laft line but one of 

 the following fonnet to be ! As its proper effect, it 

 fhould teach- them a little humanity; for never were 



human 



