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Join to embellish this secluded dale, 
Which yon rude mountains shelter and con- 
ceal ;— 
And, like the Cestus round the Paphian 
, Queen, 
Guard and encircle this enchanting scene. 
For, whilst you journey thro” the dreary 
wiews, 
Which dismal heaths, and awful cliffs diffuse ; 
When once embosom’d in this blissful spot, 
‘The weary way and dangers are forgot— 
For Heav’n propitious on this valley smil’d, 
And bade a Paradise adorn the wild. 
For here, comprising ev’rv pure delight, 
Sublime and beauciful at once unite; 
Here, woods aspiring fringe the dingle sides, 
There, torrents roar, and here the river glides 5 
And more, to decorate the vale so green, 
Behold the chrystal lake that shines between ; 
Whilst ev’ry pendant grove and falling stream 
Dance on the mirror thro’ reflection’s beam, 
And whilst you wander thro? embow’ring 
shades, 
Or wind the path. way roundthe fertile glades—e 
The bloom of Erin on the lawn appears,* 
An Cultivation there her harvest rears, 
Whilst the neat mansion, form’d with fimple 
taste, 
Amidst a wilderness for comfort plac’d, 
Adorns the scene, and hospitably shews 
The seat of pleasure and serene repose, 
Unl:ke a palace, built for pomp and state, 
It bids you welcome to its friendly gate, 
And kindly open to each social call, 
Free as a Hermit’s cell receives you all. 
Then who can envy fair LATOUCHE a 
place, 
Which she, like beauty’s queen, ts form’d to 
grace 5 
Whether she here retires, or decks Belview,+ 
Her heart to gen’rous deeds and virtue true! 
Js still the same, benevolent and bland, 
To bless and ornament her native land 5 
And, like this sweet retreat, in modest pride, 
From ostentation shrinks her worth to hide. 
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STANZAS TO VIRTUE, 
(From the German), 
By Mrs. LOFFT. 
HE heart to youthful passion free 
To Love’s warm altar beads: 
But, Virtue. I will sing of thee, 
And of thy gentle friends. 
To deepest shades of midnight gloom 
Voluptuous Pleasure flies, 
Nor ioves the morning’s vivid bloomy 
Nor woos her balmy skies. ° 
But thou, {weet maid, dost walk at dawn 
The mountain’s breezy height, 
When first the trembling tints of morn 
Immerge in radiant light. 
cere AP Te eee 
* Containing upwards of 150 acres. 
+ A magnificent seat in the Glen of the 
Downs. 
Original Poetry. 
[Nov. 1, 
Truth fled the mean insidious charms 
That gild the forms of art, 
And round thee threw her naked arms, 
And prest thee to her heart. 
She follow’d close thy steps along 
Far in a peaceful grove, 
And there, its hallow’d shades amongy 
Inspir’d a sister’s love. 
Soon Inaccence, by Envy prest, é 
Beheld a-refuge there ; 
The blushing maid her name confesty 
And join’d the constant pair. 
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SONNET 
WRITTEN WITH A PENCIL, UNDER THE 
OAK TREE,* PLANTED BY THE CE- 
LEBRATED MRS. CARTER, IN HER GAR= 
DEN AT DEAL. 
By CLIO RICKMAN. 
ACRED for ages hence, shall be this 
tree, ‘ 
Here planted by those classic hands of 
thine, 
Which still devoted to the great and fine, 
To all that’s noble, —beneficial,—free, 
Mark’d, great Eriza ! every work from thee. 
Dear is this spot to me,—a hallow’d shrine, 
Pointing where TASTE, where GENIUS, us’d 
to be, 
Where scrENCE flourish’d, and the LYRE 
divine. 
‘0! may no tempest tear this Oak away, 
No savage hand its honours e’er destroy 5 
But long its waving branches proud displays 
As if it felt its origin with joy: 
*T was, great Eriza? gave me to the day, 
Go emulate her works,—your life like her 
employ.” 
Deal, Sept.1807. 
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[From a Sarum black-letter Missal, which ap- 
pears to have been printed in the Reign of 
Henry VII, I send you the following 
quaint Lines, which are subjoined to the 
Calendar. As Books of that early Date are 
now- become rare, perhaps these Verses will 
be esteemed a Curiosity by general Readers. ] 
JANUARIUS. 
‘HE fyrst sixt yeres of mannes byrth and 
aege 
May well be compared to Janyuere 
For in this moneth is no strengeth nor courage 
More than in a chylde of the aege of six 
yere. 
FEBRUARIW®S. 
The other six yeres is like February 
In the ende therof beguyneth the Sprynge 
That tyme Chyldren is moost apt and redy 
To receyve chatysement nurture and ler 
nynge. 
* This is the eastermost OakeTree, in King- 
land. 
+ The years are printed in Roman nume- 
rals. The period only is used at the end of 
the quartrains. 
MARTIUSe. 
