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S56 Origiml 
With iron-tortures, an^ blood-starting whips, 
And hearts of daemons, that defiled our- 
ships ; 
But with those arts instruction sweet supplies. 
That teach the godLke good, to civilize I 
Be our’s to boast this era’s sacred wor;h, 
This very rlay-—that gave our Ienner birth! 
Shall we forget the glory of his hand, 
Which smiles in oeauteous thousands o’er the 
land ? 
Lives in all climes where parent feeling 
springs. 
In strengthen’d states, and In the hearts of 
Icings ! 
As Heav’n in Jehner breath’d a power 
to save 
The ‘‘ iitlle cbili^ren” from an early grave J 
It sent a teacher ze-dous tor his kind, 
To exalt tne poor and raise the lowly mind ; 
Of nature mild,—in nought but virtue bold, 
And form’d in Charity’s co'rpletes' mould : 
To rear the good—the summit ol his fanne ! 
His home the school, and Lancaster 
his name I 
And shall not glory hail th’ illustrious 
son, 
W’ho shields the works his royal sire begun ? 
A mind so exquisite,—a heart so warm. 
Where high refinement blenas with Nature’s 
charm ; 
So nobly elequent,—his fine controul 
Reaches at once the jucgnient a id the soul! 
Graceful as generous,—liberal as wise ! 
The arts bend grateful as they snriilmg rise: 
Firm ve' humane, and merciful as just, 
I'be laws he hallows as a sacred tiust: 
Glofious as good,—his arms with conquest 
crown’d, 
While noble Pity balms each patriot’s wound I 
Virtues so great, that e’en our foes shall 
own 
The seat of true renown is Britain's throne. 
O generous Britain ! be thy proud de¬ 
light, 
To shiela th’ oppress’d, and spread instruc¬ 
tion’s light I 
In darksome groves, where brooding Horror 
stands, 
And priests unholy lift their blood-stain’d 
hdnds; 
WHiere glowing altars ’mid unhallow’d graves, 
Show the wild people o the woods and caves; 
There plant thy schools I let ar i 6 and rea¬ 
son shine 
Till dusky chiefs shall learn their good in 
thine: 
Their savage mountains whiten o'er with 
flocks, 
Fields spring from wilds, and cities from their 
rocks! 
Far e’en as frozen seas a paithway yield. 
Til! floods of (‘arkne^s shioud the i y field. 
With our br^ve sails our knowledge be un¬ 
furl’d, 
And generous Britons civilize the world ! 
Podi'y, 
ANACRONTIC. 
LINES ADDRESSED TO STELLA. 
gTELLA ! to thy arms 1 fly. 
Hear thy lover’s plaintive cry j 
Take me, dearest, to thy breast. 
Lodge me there in downy rest. 
Nymph! in loveliest beauty fair. 
Hear thy suppliant’s earnest prayer^ 
Let me view thy smiling face, 
Lock me in thy fond embrace. 
Fairer art thou, love to me. 
Than the floweret to the bee, 
Svv-eter far thy balmy lips, 
Than the nectar that he sips. 
Let me steal one tender kiss, 
Heavenly joys attend the blissj 
Brightest beauty ! let me prove 
All thy truth, and all thy love. 
Not the rainbow’s luring dyes, 
please me like thy azure eyes j 
Not the beauty of the spring. 
Pleasure like thy ov^u can bring, 
Stella is my hope and joy, 
In her presence nought can cloy ; 
When she’s absent, torment sore, 
Sweetest things delight no more. 
E. Adams, 
Prioryf yur.e 6y 1811 . 
ON WIN PER. 
lovely foliage of May, 
When nature bloom’d in splendour gay, 
Behold ! how faded now I 
Where once a sheet of blossoms smil’d. 
Appears in view a dreary wild 
On each deserted bough. 
Ah I where is Philomela’s note? 
The warbling strains that, from her throai, 
Harmoniously rise ? 
How silent now i The feather’d throng 
In pensive sadness cease their song, 
Or seek serener skies. 
The fields of late so richly stor’d 
With golden treasures, now aftord 
No charms to be enjoy’d j 
But, bound by winter’s icy chain. 
How barren now appears the plain I 
How desolate and void I 
Naked and leafles. now the shade. 
Where lu'ely I with joy survey’4 
Its rich attire of green : 
Then nature shone in all her pride. 
As lovely as the fairest bride. 
At Hvmen’s altar seen. 
No more my eyes wirh transport view. 
The charms of nature ever new. 
Which feast th* enraptur’d sight j 
But, o’er the desolated plain. 
Bleak Winter holds its cheerless reign, 
Nor yields me one delight. 
Thus nature facies, decays and dies. 
Its beauties vanish from rny eyes. 
Before I’m e’en aw'are j 
lot, can I not in this discern, 
A lesson for m .self, and ieara 
With D^tiAic to compare ? 
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