1802.3 
«who perifhed in an attempt to reduce the be- 
fore-mentioned Palma to the power of Spain. 
In order to underftand the fecond ftanza, 
which partakes fomething of the pun, it will 
be neceffary to premife, that ** Palma” fig- 
nifies a palm-tree, which, like the laurel, 
is rather,emblematic of ‘triumph and joy, 
than mourning 5 therefore, fays the poet :—. 
“*. Thou art no palm; thou art a Seep 
bramble.” 
ORIGINAL SPANISHe 
TL EOR: AD las damas, 
Affi dios os vala, 
Guillen Peraza; 
Quido, en la Palma, 
La flor marchita 
De la fu cara. 
No eres Palma 3 
Eres retaina: 
Eres cypres 
De trifte rama: 
Eres defdicha 
Defdicha mala. 
Tus campos rompan 
Triftes volcanos, ~ 
No vean plazeres 
Sino pefares. 
Cubran tus flores 
Las arenales. 
Guillen Peraza! 
Guillen Peraza ! 
Do efta tu efcudo ? 
Do efta tu lanza? 
Todo do acaba 
La mala adauza ! 
IMITATED Or PARAPHRASED. 
Lament, oh ye fair, for Peraza is dead, 
Lament, as ye hope that th’Almighty will 
fave; 
For in Palma the lily his manly front fled,’ 
And the flow’rs were transferr’d from his 
cheek to his grave*, 
Oh Ifland, no Palma art thou—buta thorn ! 
A funeral cyprefs, productive of ill: 
No fruitage is feen on thy branches forlorn, 
But misfortune and evil there es 
Kill, 
May the difmal volcano burft hot from thy 
hills, 
And pleafure’s {weet reign be ufurp’d by 
defpair ; 
May the fands of the defert alight on -thy 
rills, 
And thy flow’rets all die "neath the parch’d 
weftern air. 
* As rie is eapited a paraphrafe, and nota 
tranflation, the reader wil] not be furprifed if 
he find no veftige of this laft line,-and one or 
two others, in the original. Sosmuch diffi- 
culty attaches togiving a clofe verfion in Eng- 
lith, and indeed fuch apparent impofhbility of 
Tetaining its native {pirit thereiny that the 
author did not attempt it. 
Mon rhiy Mas. No. 1, 
Original Poetry 
517 
Peraza! Peraza! oh whete is thy fhield ? 
Where the lance which thou hurledft thy 
foe-mén among? 
Alas, they lie ufelefs upon the fad field! 
Where'thy rafhnefs, thy zeal, laid thee lifes 
lefs along. 
Nottingham. H.K. Waite. 
Rn a SiS eed 
A FAREWELL to ENGLAND.—=By Mifs 
Shackleton, Daughter of the learned Ou, 
Abraham Shackleton, of Ballitore, in Ireland, 
the well-known Tutor to the late celebrated Mra 
Burke. 
f Bk Britain’s ifle a long farewell ! 
Where plenty {miles and pleafures dwell; 
Farewell, ye woods, all waving wide, 
Ye vales attir’d in fummer’s pride, 
Ye towers, which proudly rife in air, 
Ye cots, fo cleanly and fo fair. 
Now Cambria’s rocky wilds appear, 
Her mountains rude, and vallies drear, 
While folemn midnight rules the iky, 
And darknefs veils the dangers nigh, 
Save when the fullen gleams difplay = 
The rocky fteep befide our way 5 
While the full torrent’s hollow roar 
Sounds fadly on the fandy fhore 3, 
And fancy dreads in every fhade ~ 
The midnight robber’s murd’ring blade. 
And now we view the ocean wide, 
And now the {welling furge we ride s—« 
Loud roars the wind, the billows heave, _ 
Swift bounds the atte from wave to wave 
Opprefs’d with ficknefs, pale we lie, 
And with for land—the land is nigh 5» 
Hibernia’s welcome ifle appears, 
Returning health our fpirits cheers. 
There, feated in her beauteous bay, 
Eblana’s towers their pride difplay 5 _, 
But there tumultuous Folly raves, 
And high her torch dire Difcord waves 5 
Then—hafte me to my native plain, 
Where all the peacefui Pleafures reigng 
Once more my longing eye devours 
Her filent ftream, and modeft bowers 5 
Once more the welcome dear I prove 
Of friends, whom, as myfelf, I love 5 
Once more confefs, where’er I roam, 
No place I find fo dear as home. 
Oh Thou! whofe kind paternal hand 
Preferves by fea, proteéts by land, 
Grant us {weet peace—’tis thine alone—i 
To a tumultuous world unknown; 
That—whether warring winds engage, 
Or reftlefs human paffions rage 
A facred refuge we may find, 
The temple of a quiet mind. 
ee 
AUTUMNAL VERSES, 1ore 
12! radiant Summer takes. her A’ ghtg 
And fpeeds to fouthern climes afar ; 
While ftreaming floods of lingering light 
Float_backward frgm her burmith’d car. 
3 4 II, Her 
