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6.—From Bron. 
Ei pot Hane GreAgt Ta pervopie. 
If any virtue my rude fongs can claim, 
Enough the Mufe has given to build my 
fame ; 
And, if condemn’d inglorioufly to die, 
Why longer raife my mortal minftrelfy ? 
Had Jove ox fate to life two feafons fent, 
En toil and eafe alternate to be fpent, 
Then well one portion labour might em 
ploy 
In expe€tation of the following joy; 
But if one only age of life is due 
To man, and tiat fo fhort and tranfient 
too 5 
How long (Ah miferable race!) in care, 
And fruitiefs labour wafte the vital air? 
How long with idle toil to wealth afpire, 
And feed a never-fatistied defire ? 
*Sure we forget that, mortal from our birth, 
Short is our troubled fojourn on the earth. 
7.—By Lucian, 
Tacs ay Ev @patract. 
In Pleafure’s bowers whole lives unheeded 
fiy— 
But to the wretch, one nighi’s eternity. 
8.—From THEocRITUS. 
Epitaph on Hirponax, the Satirijj. 
Beneath this ftone Hipponax’ afhes lie ; 
Traveller, if guilt alarm, turn back, and 
fly ! 
Tf confcious werth your foul uninjur’d 
keep, 
Here boldly fit, and, if you chufe it, fleep. 
a By Leonidas. 
Fair queen of love! thofe arms you bear 
The god of war is ufed-to wicid— 
Oh, fhake not thou the founding fpear? 
Oh, hold not thou the blazing fhield ! 
Thy naked power forc’d Mars to yieli— 
The mighty tamer learn’d to fear, 
Unarm’d from geds you've gain’d the field, 
?Gainft man in vain thofe arms you 
» ‘Wear. 
Qi— Apes EvTER TaUTa. 
10.—From SaPPruHo. 
MP0s Tuy aeadov % auc OY yuan. 
To an illiterate and unpoetical Woman. 
Unknown, unheeded fhalt thou die, 
And no memorial fhail proclaim 
That once beneath this upper fky 
Thou hadft a-being, anda name. 
For never to the Mufe’s bowers 
Didft thou with glowing heart repair, 
Nor ever intertwine the flowers 
That Fancy ftrews unnumber’d there. 
Doom’d o’er that dreary realm alone, 
Shunn’d by each gentler fhade, to go, 
Nor friend fhall foothe, nor parentown, 
The child of floth, the Mufe’s foe, 
~ (To be continued.) 
Hints refpeGing Cloaths catching Fire. 
~ family. 
fApril 1, 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
HINTS re/pecting the CLOATHS of WOMEN 
and CHILDREN’S CATCHING FIRE*. 
i 
V ful misfortunes which have of 
Jate years happened, in confequence of the 
cloaths of women and children accident- 
aily catching fire, it is a matter of fome 
furprife, as well as. great concern, to find 
fo very little attention paid to the pre- 
vention of {uch misfortunes in future. — 
The following hints are offered with a 
fincere wifh that they may meet with that 
ferious confideration which the fubjeét re- 
quires, and be the means of-engaging the 
attention of the public on this {ubjeét, and 
of adopting the following meafures re- 
commended, or fcme more effcCtual. 
There are two principal objeéts which 
offer for our confideration; the firlt is, 
to prevent the cloaths from catching fire ; 
and the other, to check the progrefs of 
the Hames. 
One of the moft evident methods to pre- 
vent the cloaths from catching fire, 3s to 
have wire fenders placed before the fire- 
place, of a fufficient height to hinder the 
coals from flying into the room fuch 
fenders are fo placed in fome parlours, 
but more it is believed for proteéting the 
marble hearth and carpet, than for the 
fafety of the females and children of the 
Wire {creens are fometimes 
placed. in rooms where birds are let loofe, 
parallel to the fire-place; fuch as thefe, 
if more projecting ones fhould be obj-éted 
to, might be ufed in common fitting 
rooms. One or too ftrong metal bars 
would be fome. protection, if clofe wire- 
woik fhould not be liked; thefe of courfe 
fhould come fome way forward, otherwife 
they wouid not be of much ufe. Cer- 
tainly the fafeft are fenders of clofe wire- 
work projeting into the room, fufficiently 
open to let the heat through, but not any 
coals which might fly from the fire. Nur- 
feries in particular fhould have this fort. 
Tobe fecond objet which offers for con-— 
fideration is te check the progrefs of the 
flames, . 
It bas been recommended, that perfons 
swhofe cloaths have caught fire fhould im- , 
mediately roll themfelves up in the car- 
pet, but this excellent method: of extin- 
guifhing the flames is frequently quite 
impracticable, as it is cuftomary to nail 
* The benevolent purpofe of this paper, 
which has been printed feparately, induces 
us willingly to comply with the requeft of 
giving it a more extenfive circulation by 
means of our Mifcellany.—ZptrT. te 
. : down 
HEN we refle& on the many dread- 
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