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SONNET i. 
DEEP gloom involves the fcene ;—-on yon 
ag *d tow’rs 
The glimmering ftars a feeble ray fcarce 
caft, 
“And ‘neath the fury of the bellowing 
blaft 
The’ monarch oak ‘bows its fiff is ol 
whilft pours 
The foaming torrent down the craggy fhores 
OF yon rade cleft :—-the midnight hour is 
patt, 
And Superftition, trembling, pale, aghaft, 
Hears dying fhrieks mix with the tempeti’s 
roars i= 
With fault’ring ftep the *nighted trav’ller 
- ftrays, 
Unweeting of his way ; and chafms dire, 
The  fiood afeen, or meteor’s witching 
blaze, 
His fear-ftruck fancy peters 3 but foon re- 
“tire 
The gather’ d fhades, and to th’ enraptur’d 
view 
The hills and vales return, glowing with 
golden hue. 
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STANZAS ON THE LORDS OF THE 
OCEAN. 
LORDS of the Oceane-founds the trump 
of Fame, 
Re echoing in the ear of Britith pride : 
But fay, what monarch dares ulurp the name 
f him whorules the tempeft, and the 
tide ! 
Lords of the Sun !——no morta! e’er applies 
This title to the offspring of the duft ; 
Altho’ the cay-light, blazing thro’ the fkies, 
Reflects the heavenly progrefs of the juft. 
The Sun, with all this fublunary fcene, 
And {pangled conftellations of the {pheres, 
Are but the creatures of that Power ferene, 
Whofe finger turns the orbit of our years. 
He crowns the earth with living bloorss of. 
{pring, 
And makes the winds of ftormy winter 
fleep ; 
While round the mariner foft zephyrs fling 
Sweet odours, o’er the bofom of the deep. 
Lo! tothe Patriarch few the dove of old, 
Swift herald! with the olive-branch of 
peace ; 
When ito their prifiine caves the waters 
roll’d, 
And Haven in thunder, bade the deluge 
ceafe. 
Like Noah, we of turf an-altar raife ; 
With flowers in wild diferder ftrew the 
fod ; 
Sacred to iio praver, and chearful pos 
The altar of the Univerfal God! 
Original Poetry. 
[ May 1,. 
THE EVENING STAR. 
BE Star of Venus, at the fall of day, 
Refulgent in the dark aérial deep, 
Lights up the Tavy with her dewy ray, 
As to my pillow I repair to fleep. 
Between the foliage of a fhady tree, 
Whofe Howers and fruit alternate cheer the 
eye, 
Reflefted from the cryftal pool I fee 
The faireft planet of the fouthern fky.° 
The River god, methinks, his waves be- 
each 
The Queea a Love with melting heart 
adores 5 
While o’er his bed melodious zephyrs bucaeeies 
And fummer-fiowers perfume his fylvar 
fhores. 
But neither River-ftream, nor Ocean-tide, 
Whofe arms are ftretch’d to clafp the vere 
dant globe, 
Enjoys the Queen of Beauty as his bride ; j 
For lo! in heaven the (miles with virgins 
robe. 
Her homage there fhe pays the Sovereign 
Power 
Whofe hand fupplies the Sun with genial 
light, 
Whence flows ARS luftre at the evening hour 
That fhe afcends to grace the ti vahe of 
Night. 
No potentate befide, in earth or air, 
Attracts the ftars and planets as they roll, 
And round the world his glorious name de= 
Clare . 
In lines of liquid light from pole to pole. 
Bow, my Belov'd, before his awful fhrine, 
Within the temple ofthe farry fkies; + 
And fay,—for Him ye Conftellations thine, 
While Time on ardent wing for ever flies. - 
Sacred to Him who crowns yon orbs above, 
Be every impulfe of my beating heart; 
Each dawn of opening blifs, and charm of 
love: 
Sweet nature’s bloffoms, with the pomp of 
art } 
ia 
A RONDEAU. 
PY I TOLD my Love, I told her true, 
My fields were fmall, my flocks were, 
few.”* 
Four dow-pots conflitute my fields 5 
This but a fcanty harveft yields : 
My flocks are center’d in my bed, 
Beneath an almoft rooflefs fhed. 
ae not then my Love tell true, 
** My fields were fmall, my ‘flocks were 
few F” a 
* Shenftone. 
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