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AN AP@STROPHE TO A BWEW-BORN 
' INFANT, 
From the Arabic. 
f. 
After the Verfions of Carryrz and Sir 
Wirizritam Jonss, the only Plea for the 
following attempt, is the captivating fim- 
plicity of the Original. 
BURST into life, ’midft loud and wanton 
jeers, 
Thy Ete cries, fweet Innocent, were 
drown’d: 
But fummon’d hence, ’mid& friends diflolw’d 
in. tears, 
‘Be thou, ftill pures in holy rapture found. 
(Ee 
TO A BOY HAVING DESTROYED A NEST 
OF Ord DUS BIRDS, 
QyH Creel could thine infant bofom find 
No pleafure, but in other’s mifery ?—_ 
Come,—let me tear thee from thy parent’s 
arms, 
As thou haft torn thefe half-fledged innocents 5 
And dath thee naked on the cold bare ftones, 
All in thy tender mother’s aching fight :— 
But thou art young, and know’ft not yet the 
cares, 
The pangs, the feelings of an anxious parent. 
Elfe would thy heart, by fad ee ag 
taught, 
Weep o’er the little ruin’d family, 
And curfe the fraft that ae their withePd 
; biifs. ; E..M. 
+ 7 
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SONNET, ON SEEING MY INFANT 
DAUGHTER SMBLE. 
poFa AR is that cherub fmile, fweet i inno- 
cent ! 
Heaven bids thee thus reward a parent’s 
CAKE 
Whilft. Hope and Love alternate fwells 
his breaft. 
Bay virtuous joy thy every moment fhare, 
Nor e’er Misfortune, by fome demon 
fent, 
Affail thy heart, or break thy peaceful 
'reit, 
But life’s mild day with thee unclouded 
pals ! 
Fate, fpare me yete-nor from thine awful 
glafs 
Shake my laft fand—Tf anxious am to live 
To fee my plant a firmer fhoot, put forth, 
That I may wake within her aden 
mina 
Thofe heavenly feelings that fhall blefs 
* her kind, 
And call integrity to guard her worth 
This granted—take the fleeting breath Pl 
freely give, 
Liverpes!, F 5, 1800, 
Original Poeiry. 
THE FAIRY GIFT. 
An Ode. 
PRESS” D by cares and hopelefs love,. 
SadI fought a lone retreat, 
Sought the precinéts of a grove, 
Where young fairies nightly meets 
Fair in midnight’s front ferene, 
Which unnumber’d ftars adorn, 
Glows the moon with filver fheen, 
Rearing bright her beamy horn. 
Through the glade as foft I ftray’d, 
Mutfing fad in mournful guife, 
In her fk y-wove robes array’d, 
Fairy Mab falutes my eyes. 
Twenty virgins round her throng, 
Each a face of rofy hue: 
Light and gay they tripalong, 
Deftly fkimming o’er the dew. 
Soon the queen, approaching nigh, 
Wav’d her little fceptre’s prides 
Soon with kindnefs in her eye 
Thus aloud fhe fweetly cried : 
Wayward youth of penfive mien, 
By what woes fevere oppreft, 
Tread’ft thou thus the fairy fcene 
At the hour of foothing refi ? 
Gentle queen of fairy plains, 
Sad I ftray, of hope forlorn, 
Still confum’d by fecret pains, n 
Doom’d to prove Aminta’s fcorn. 
Have ye feenthe op’ning rofe, 
Redolent with orient dews, 
All its fragrant {weets difclofe, 
Manifeft its lovely hues ? 
Can the rofe, or flow’ret fair, 
Can the balmy eglantine, 
With the peerlefs nymph corepare, 
In whofe form fuch charms combine ? 
Long I’ve lov’d th’ enchanting maid, 
Oft confeft the tender flame 5 
Still my fighs with fcorn are paid, 
Still Ilanguifh at her name. 
Sad beneath a branching plane 
Thus I fpoke, in mournful wie 
Fairy Mab, te footh my pain, 
Soon in accents mild replies : 
Faithful fwain, thy tale of woe 
Moves my foul with rifing grief; 
Let thy tears no longer flew, 
Elfin arts fhall yield relief. 
Take with fpeed this glittring prize, 
Emblem pure of faithful loves 5 
Lo! it meets thy dazzled eyes, 
Blazon’do’er with cooing doves. 
Let her view the powerful fpell, 
Swift convey it to the fair 5 
Love within her breaft fhalt dwell, 
Nor thy vows be loft in air. 
Shuns th’ enchanting nymph thy arms 32 
Low’rs fhe now vied high difdain ?- 
Soon to thee fhe’ll yield her charms, . 
Thou her fondeit love thalt gain. 
[March iy 
