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By madding fa&tion vex’d, and dire mifrule : . 
So reigns he—=rais’d by deeds of high renown 
And fav’ring chance, girt with the pomp of 
war. 
But not unvifited (if Fame fay true) 
Of fearful thoughts, that heyer round: his 
couch, 
Aind mar his midnight flumbers; nor fecure 
_ From vengeance ever plotting to deftroy 
His ufurpation, and the juf difdain 
That loyalty and honour feel to bend 
Submiflive at the fhrine of tyrannous pow’r. 
Nor think wethat the Gods lock recklefs- 
on, 
While he enjoys the throne of lawful kings, 
Who hath fo oft blafphem’d them, and bow’d 
down 
To monftrous deities: and a.day will come 
For retribution, when the hand of Heav’n 
Shall blaft his vaunted fortune, and his fword, 
Wherein he trufted, fhall avenge the biood, 
That cries againft him, proving to vain man, 
That,though fuccefsrul guilt triumphsawhile. 
Eternal Juftice will at length affert 
Its rights, and pure Religion vindicate 
Her holy altars and unfpotted name.* 
After the Thoufand-and-one Sonnets, which have 
been written in Italy, ** on a young Lady’s 
taking the Veil,” it could only be expetted 
from the ApnavTe Monti, (Author of the. 
Epopea In Morte di Ugo Bafieville) to com- 
paje another with Nowelty and Spirit: even 
this he has not bitherio thought worthy of the 
Prefs: 
SUGGIA Licori al chioftro, e tutta in vifo 
Di fanto zelo la bel’ alma ardea 5 
E una luce gentil di paradifo 
‘Tranquilila dai fereni occhj piovea. 
-* We infert this piece on. account of its 
merit as acompofition, without meaning to 
be refponfible for its fentiments. | Epiton. 
Proceedings of Learned Societies. 
fAug, 
In quefta parte Amor, vinto-e derifoy : 
Sulle impeotenti e rotte armi fremea; 
E 1a, ful crine virginal recifo, 
La calpeftata Liberta piangea. 
Il Piacer lufinghiero in quefto mezzo 
La fua tazza le offerfe in fulle porte, 
E il veftimento le fcotea con vezzo; 
Sorrife acerbo la danzella forte, 
Chiufe le facre foglie, e con difprezzo 
We confegno le chiavi in mano a Morte. 
TRANSLATION, 
A holy zeal the lovely foul o’erpow’rs, 
And bids Licoris to the cloifter fly ; 
Forth from her eyes ferene a luftre fhow’rs, - 
Soft as defcends the paradifial fky. 
Love vanquifh’d, pique’d, in idle ambufk 
lours,. ’ 
Stamping his broken arrows angrily 3 
Onthe fhorn hair difcrown’d of bridal flow’rs, 
Weeping lies {corn’d and trampled Liper TY. 
Blithe PLEASURE, C00, his fpangled garmeak 
fhook, 
Offering the fpicy cup, the fragrant wreath, 
And beck’ning to the filky-curtain’d nook. _ 
With bitter fmile the damfel meets his look, 
Clofes the holy gates, and firmly * gives 
The keys in keeping tothe grafp of Dgarx. 
ane. eee : 
TRANSLATION FROM MARTIAL, | 
WHEN the chaite Arria drew from out her 
breaft Ps 
The reeking fword, fhe thus her Lordaddreft 5 
My wound, dear Petus, can infli€t no fmart, 
*Tis thine, and thine alone, which rends my 
heart. 
‘Fuly ty 1802. M. 
* Thofe who mifs the penultimate rhyme, 
may read, 
¢¢ And proudly faith, 
The keys in keeping 1 confign to Death.” 
a 5 , - 
PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 
= 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 
FRANCE. 
Memoir of Cit. TOuLONGEON, 
on public fpirit, was read in this 
fitting. “ Among rude and fimple nations, 
(Jays the author) the love of our country 
is an inftin&t or a fentiment; among né- 
tions pelifhed and refined, there is no 
longer either fentiment or inflinét 3 every 
thing is fubmitted to calculation, even the 
Jove of our country, and then it is called 
public fpirit. ‘The fpirit of party is the 
oppofite of public fpirit, becaufe it con- 
centers the affcétions in a narrower fphere; 
but the fpirit of oppoiition is net contrary 
to public fpirit; well regulated, it forms 
apart of it, It is a friend of the houle, 
who takes charge of contenticus affairs— 
who takes on himlelf the doubtful and de- 
licate part—and who, if things do not 
fucceed, confents to charge himfelf with 
the event. A nation may be celebrated 
and powerful, externally, by arms, by 
riches, by knowledge, by induftry, by 
arts; but it cannot be free, that is to fay, 
ftrong and peaceable internally, unleis by 
public {pirit. 6 Fi 
<¢ Philofophy is truth; itis the foundeft 
reafon, and the purefi refult of the opera~- 
tious of our -underfianding. It embraces 
every thing that proceeds from our intel- 
ligence. Different men deized different 
branches of it; but it cannot be allowed 
to any man to embrace it wholly becaufe 
the intelleGual faculties of all are included 
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