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SONNET 
TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR JOHN 
DOYLE. BARONET, LIEUTENANT-GO=- 
VERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF 
OF GUERNSEY, &¢., &c. 
On the Compliment paid by the Captain of the 
Syipb French Maa of War to bis Nephew 
Lieutenant Doy Le, of the Royal Navy (by 
avhom fhe was captured), for bis dignified 
condu in widtory. . 
* [ The.idea was adopted (in contemplation of the 
grateful incident as the fubje& of a poem) from 
a MS. Sonnet addreffed by the late good and 
learned Dr. Jonn Hoapiey to JAMES 
Harris, Eig., on the early Negotiations o 
q> ry Neg 
bis Son, the prefent Lord MaALMESBURY.|] 
‘© Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re.” 
O THOU by Virtue than Bellona taught 
No lefs, forgive th’ adventurous Mufe, 
who feeks : 
(While of Alexis, young yet great, fhe 
fpeaks, 
With thy own merits prematurely fraught) 
To digntiy her lay—the dormant thought, 
Long bent on earth-bred cares, again to raife 
To fome high pleafing theme of worthy 
praife 
Who dares avow ‘the grace of. life un- 
bought, 
A nation’s cheap defence.” Such waft thou 
feen, 
When erft Columbia’s ‘hoft thou didft op- 
pofe :— 
How brave yet merciful, with courteous 
mien 
Auaying Conqueft’s tears "mid& various 
foes ;— 
And laft on Nilus’ banks. What thou hat 
been 
Alexis now becomes, his aéts difclofe ! 
Gir. Ch. C., Fanuary 1806. S 
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LINES 
ON SEEING SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 
TOWN OF BELFAST, SUPERINTENDED 
RY THE MARCHIONESS OF D 
DRE was the magic, though the art was 
vain, 
When Birnam-wood march’d forth to Danfi- 
nane. 
But, here, Delufion feems to cheat the view— 
We look again, and find th’ enchantment 
true. 
With higher art our fair Magician grac’d, 
Wrieids at her will the potent fpell of tafte. 
In the charm’d circle, ‘where fhe takes her 
ftand, 
Ev’n rooted trees obey her beck’ning hand, 
Faft, from their foreft. heights, defcend in file, 
And, waving, wait the fanétion of her fmile, 
Original Poetry. 
[March }, 
Where the axe fell’d, nor flacken’d in its teil, 
Here a new wood adopts the grateful foil, 
Breathes health and fragrance thro’ the am- 
bient air, : 
And makes the town refle& the country fair, 
Then wave again your branches, while you 
meet ‘ 
This fair Enchantrefs with a whifper fweet. 
Let every fibre ftrike a firmer root, 
Let the green bload in fwifter circle fhoot ; 
To thape her name, ftrive every fportive fpray, 
Prepare for hers ye Flow’rs, your beft bou- 
guet, 
And every Leaf announce the radiant May. 
— . 
MY FATHER. 
3 Wao took me from my Mother’s arms, . 
And fmiling at her foft alarms, 
Show’d me the world, and Nature’s charms ? 
Who made me feel and underftand 
The wonders of the fea, and land, Be 
And mark, through all, the Maker’s hand ? 
"Who climb’d with me the mountain’s height, 
And watch’d my look of dread delight, 
While rofe the glorious Orb of Light ? 
Who, from each flow’r, and verdant flalk, 
Gather’d a honey’d ftore of talk, 
And filid the long, delightful walk ? 
Not on an infe&t would he tread’ 
Nor ftrike the-ftinging nettle dead, 
Who taught, at once, my heart and head? 
Who wrote upon that heart the line* 
‘Paidia grav’'d on Virtue’s fhrine, 
To make the human face divine ? 
Who fir’d my breaft with Homer’s fame, 
And taught the high, heroic theme 
That, nightly, flafh’d upon my dream ? 
Who, with Ulyffes, faw me ream, : 
High on the raft, amidft the foam, 
His head ftill rais’d to look for home: ? 
What made a barrenrock fo dear ? 
My boy, he had a country there— 
And who then dropt a prefcient tear ? 
Who, now, in pale and placid light 
Of Mem’ry gleams upon my fight 
Burfting the fepulchre of night ? 
: My Father. 
O teach me ftill thy Chriftian plan, 
For practice with thy precept ran, 
Nor yet defert me, now a man.— 
Still let thy fcholar’s heart rejoice 
With charm of thy angelic voice, 
Still prompt the motive and the choice. 
For yet remains a littie {pace 
Till I fhall meet thee face to face, 
And not, as now, in vain embsace O43 
My Father. 
_ * Aletheuein Kai Energetein. 
TT ee 
ERRATA IN THE VERSES ENTITLED §§ GLENDALLOCH,” INSERTED IN OUR NUM< 
BER FOR JANUARY. pier 
For “ Juathal” read *¢ Tuathal ;” for «* Reivin,” throughout, read «¢ Keivin ;” for 
Ryle”: read: Kile?” for’ 6 pillow’d ftone” read ** pillar’d ftone 5? fox “Be forded fa- 
thers”’ read ** hooded fathers ;” for * Ipisfail” read ¢¢ Innis-fail 3° for s* Nor only office to 
adore” read ‘* Her only office to adore.” 
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