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with fo little flefh, that his clothes could 
never be made to fit but. by artificial 
His nervous and mufcular fyftem 
was no les tender. He was five feet high; 
but his head was larger in . proportion. to 
_ the reft of his’body. He had a flat breatt, 
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that bent almoft inwards; and his right 
Original Poetry. 
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fhoulder projected rather out. His form 
was otherwife quite perfect. His face, 
when young, mult have been handfome 5 
he had a freth colour, and fine large bles 
eyes, which were as eo ellive of Poodnefs 
as talent. 
ORIGINAL POETRY, 
TO MISS M. H——-——~» AT BATH. 
GAIN the genial breezes blow 
O’er the young Seafon’s blooming cheek, 
The new leaf fhoots, the flow’rets thew, 
And am/’rous birds their partners feek. 
Where the warm bank befide the ftream 
Slants to the fun’s meridian beam 
Stray butterflies appear ; 
And envoys from the cloifter’d hive 
With anxious bufy hum arrive, 
And fearch the trim parterre, 
O lovely Nature! viewing thee 
Grateful enthufiaftic eyes, ‘ 
Aftonith’d into extacy, 
Will to their great Creator rife: 
And tho’; my gentle friend, no more 
Together we thofe fcenes explore 
Where many a chearful Spring’ 
On halcyon wing fled lightly by, 
Returning Spring to Mem’ry’s eye 
Each woodland haunt fhall bring. 
Ah! ftill oer thefe fond Fancy broods ; 
And gently rifing hills are feen, 
And paftures rich, and frequent woods, 
And winding lanes embowr’d with green ; 
Still fhe beholds the Auburx ftray 
Its gentle unobtrufive way, 
With deep and filent tide: 
Thus modett Merit fteals its courfe, 
Axtd fcatters, from a fecret fource, 
Its bounties far and wide. . 
Where fhelt’ring hills encircle round, 
~ Thecurling volumes thick arife, 
And point where, near the vale profound, 
The heipitable manfion lies. 
With many a trunk of meaner fame 
The lordly Oak unites his name, 
And biends his ftately mien; 
' Around the mantling foliage twines, 
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And fkirts the hillocks as it joins, 
From ey’ry wind a fcreen. 
Hid from the loit’rers idle gaze, 
To focial kindnefs fet apart, 
*T was peaceful as the mafter’s daysy 
And warm and open like his heart, 
“Contentment lov’d to fhelter here, 
And Truth, and Piety fincere, 
And ancient Faith upright ; 
Here harmlefs Mirth could fpeed the day, 
And bid the evening glide away, 
| In furly Winter’s fpite. 
Montuty Mac. No 328, 
* Ab} "tis no more!—This weak effay 
Will you, my partial friend, forgive, 
Thofe pat enjoyments to quay 
Which ever muft in mem’ry live’? 
Though roughly iketch’d, the rude profile, 
Devoid of fymmetry or flcill, 
Or ornamental grace, 
To footh regret may often tend, 
- And call to mind fone abfent friend, 
And fondly. cherifh’d face, : 
E, A. Le Norr. 
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ON STRIPPING THE CHURCH-YARD IN 
ROSS, Raider OF ITS BEAUe 
TIFUL TREES. 
AN ODE. 
NDULGE a while the flowing tear, 
Eré yet the Mufe’s fong of fire 
Indignant fwell with grief fincere, 
Lamenting, o’er her trembling lyre, 
The handthat, with aruthlefs blow, 
Lays ever' ane beauty low. 
Sweet regent of the penfive hour, 
Come, gentle Memory, and pour 
Thy lucid gleam acrofs my way 5 
As thro’ the clouds the orb of day 
Dim fheds his half-extinguith’d beams, 
Weeping.celeftial tears o’er man’s infatuate — 
dreams. 
And ye, who oft in life’s deceitful morn 
Have fhared my tranfient joys, my griefs 
have borne, 
-Hafte, and join your griefs with mine ; 
For now, no more (as Evening’s glories thine, 
Streaking the weft with tints fo fair, 
While cooling zephyrs fan the air, ) 
The church-yard elms invite, with {preading 
fhade,' 
To fad’ but filent converfe with the dead. 
How oft with fwelling hearts we've trod 
The tutf, where many a heaving fod 
Declares«where kindred afkes lie ; 
And while the forrow ftreaming eye | 
Gaz’d ardent, thro’ the foul th’emotion ran, 
Now raifed the heart to God, now wept the 
woes of man ! 
Ye fhadowy moon-light walks farewell! 
Where erft with folemn ftep I’ve ftrayed, 
Heard, with a wrth for death, the paffing bell, 
But -foon, ah foon! to love fa life betrayed : : 
Sweet confliéts of the youthful breaft, 
By Heaven’s corre¢ting hand impreft, 
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