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    Church ; Unitarians , according to the definition previously giv <* ny as ^ Worshippers of God ' the Father only yoqL assemble within these wails . ^ Mor

    the promotion of unadulterated Christianity , you h ^ ve erected this edifice . To this great object , may it ever be devoted . And may peace dwell within this tafeernacle , and happiness attend those who statcdiy assemble within its doors . " Pp . 24—28 .

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    Art . III . Eighteen Hundred and Eleven . A Poem . By Anna Jbmtitia flarbauld * 4 to . pp . 25 . Johnson and Co , 1812 . Eag « rly will the leaves of this work be opened by all whosxi ear has been charmed by the genius of its well-known author * but the

    lover of his country will almost forget the delight he is wont ro take iu the effusions of genius whilst bis heart trembles at the solemn truths , and melts p . t the sad anticipations , of this deeply interesting piQLein . Heaven grant that the melancholy strain may not prove the voice of prophecy !

    After a pathetic description of the miseries and crimes of war , we meet with the following lines : And thinkV thou , Britain , still to sit at ease , An island Queen amidst thy subject seas , While the vext billows , in their distant

    roar , & « t . soothe , thy slumbers , and but kiss thy shore ? To sport in wan , while danger keeps aloof , Tiiy grassy turf unbruised hy hostile hoof ?

    So sing thy flatterers ; but , Britain , know , TChou who hast shared the guilt must share the woe . The author , through the poem , pursues the afflicting thought that ,

    N » ght , gothic night , again may shade the plains Where Power is seated , and where Science reigns ; Ph ^ laj r ^ d , the * e at of arts , be only kqjuwn &y the gr ^ y cui n m& t ^ p mw ^ Wmt , ( tfonei ' lv ' . * - ¦ ,

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    That time may tear the garland from her And Europe sit in dust , as Asia now . This gloomy prospect is , however , somewhat enlivened by the hope that honourable fame will survive the ruis . of our native country ; and that distant lauds will succeed to all the bleserag&ol

    civilization and freedom : / V Yet , O my country , name beloved revered , By every tie that binds the sbul etufcarexf , Whose imige to my infant sen sew came Mixt with Religion '* -light and Freedom ' s holy flame ! ; If prayers may not avert , if His thy fate To rank amongst the names thkt once

    were great , Not like the dim cold crescent shall thoa Thy debt to Science and the Muse unpaid 5

    Thine are the laws surrounding states revere , r . Thine th ^ full harvest pf the mental year , Thine tjie bright star 6 in , Glory * s sky that shine , And arts that make it life to live at ^

    thine . , , -. r-i If westward streams the light that le ^ ve ^ thy shores , "'¦"' . ' ¦ Still from thy lamp the streaming racKance pours . Wide spreads , thy race from Ganges to the pole , i , i O ' er half the western world thy accents

    roll : Nations beyond the Apalachian hills - Thy hand has planted and thy spirit fiy » j Soon as their gradual progress shall impart The finer sense of morals and of art , Thy stores of knowledge the new state * shall know , ' ¦ And think thy thought * , and with thy fancy glow " .

    We lament that this poem is not more extended . For a nation . drunken with btood \ line upon / me , and precept upon precept is

    needful . Many mbre reflections of the mpst impressive nature might , bfr suet a subject , have flowed fron > the pen of aft aqilior . Whom ev ^ ry nian of poetic ap 3 r ^ oral taste -rtf * ^ V ^ ^ J ^ pfe * iaW ^ fiS ^ cjanstian * , - JVI .

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    itJS Review . —Eighteen Hundred and Eleven .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/44/