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of Florian among them, every individeal 
ftrove.to outvie his neighbour in the de- 
monftration of his joy. Infants lifped his 
name, and the young women, who had fo 
often danced at kis requeft under the large 
trees of the park, preficd round him and 
ex; reffed their joy, in the moft lively and 
artlefs manner. What a picture for the 
coutemplation of the author of Effeile. 
With difficulty he fuitained fuch a trial of 
his fenfibility : he mingled his tears with 
thofe of the affectionate villagers; and. 
piedged to them his promife never more to 
quit their fociety, but to live and die 
among them. The inhabitants of Sceaux, 
happy in the prefence-of their benefactor, 
refumed thei former gaicty. The bagpipes 
again fent forth their fweet founds, and 
the yeung men, bruthing off the duft from 
their flutes, celebrated in dances with their 
miftrefies the return of virtue. I: feemed 
as if the golden age had returned again 
among them, when mankind eftimated 
peace and benevolence among the mokt pre- 
cious of bleflings, and were ignorant of 
the calamities of war, which have fince 
yavaged the world. Florian -inceflantly 
occupied himfelf for the benefit and hap- 
pinefs of thefe good villagers; and one of 
his chief cares was to enlighten and inftru&t 
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their minds. -He laboured ‘to impre%S upon 
them the duties of good citizens; and 
- all his inftru€tions were founded upon juf- 
tice and humanity, the two virtues moft 
dear to his heart. Such was the happy: 
‘tranquillity which Florian enjoyed in his 
retreat at Sceaux. It was however of fhort. 
‘duration. Florian had for fome time ex- 
perienced a decay of health. His conititu- 
tion, though naturally ftrong, had been: 
imperceptibly undermined. ‘The horrible 
atrocities of Robefpierre had fhook his 
mind with confternation; and the mingled 
effects of grief and terror had deranged 
the whole economy of his frame. Soon 
after he quitted his prifon, he experienced 
a degree of languor, which feemed indica- 
tive of his approaching end. Thismalady 
foon took a more decifive appearance 5*a 
fever enfued, and he expired in the arms 
of the faithful and generous Mercier, on 
the 29th Fruétidor, in the fecond year of 
the republic, at the age of thirty-eight 
years and three months. His remains were 
interred in the churchsyard of the parifhy 
of Sceaux, and after repeated folicitations 
Mercier at length ‘obtained permifiion to 
plant over his grave a cyprefs tree, asa 
fimple and unafluming monument to his 
memory. 
ORIGINAL POETRY... 
XIMENA AND THE CID, 
(A Ballad tranflated from the Spanfh.) 
begs in bands of holy wedlock, 
Glory calls the Cid to arms, 
Dreadful call, which poor Ximena 
Fills with forrow and alarms. 
Honour feals her lips in filence, 
While with tears her eyes o’erflow, 
7Jill her heart, with anguith fwelling, 
Chaunts this ftrain of love and woe. 
*¢ Ah how chains of glory bind us 
To the cruelleft of cares, 
Happy, happieft village maiden, 
Whofe fond heart no hero hares. 
- If thy love at early morning 
To his daily labour goes, 
Night returning, home he hies him, 
On thy bofom to repofe. 
Chath of arms, and din of battle, 
Prefs not on thy peaceful reft, 
If by ought thy flumber’s broken, 
_ *Tis the baby at thy breait. 
Soon that breaft its milky treafure 
Yields to Mill the well-known cries 
In thy hufband and thy infant, 
All the world concenter’d lies, 
a 
When the Sabbath fun arifes, 
Simply neat thou tread’ft the greeny, 
Beauty in thy eyes fits fparkling,  ~ 
With the luftre of fifteen, . 
Hark! thou hear’ft the church-bells fummon, 
Fold’ft thy babe with fond carefs, 
And, with {miles each neighbour greeting, 
Talk’ft of peace and happinefs.” ; 
On his fword the gallant warrior 
Thoughtfully reclined his head, 
And, while tears her power acknowledged, 
Thus to his Ximena faid: ; 
‘6 Know my love the felf-fame withes, 
_In thy hufband’s bofom burn, 
Soon hall every care be ended, 
J fly to conquer and return,” 
SONNET... 
TO CONTENT. 
CELESTIAL maid, thine influence deign: 
to fhed ; ani. 
Deign to impart thy “charms and folaee 
; {weet . 
To him, who courts thee in‘his lone ree 
treat, : 
Oh grant his with, and blefs his ruftic bed} 
. Ble& 
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