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The moon by thy law Enci \ ases and wanes , The sun keeps the course Thy wisdom ordains ; He sets ; and the b . on » Roams wide br his prey , But flies to hi cavern "When n orn brings the day . " The version of the Hundred and Thirteenth Psalm , b ^ y G . Gas . co'gne , will be found extremely plaintive and impressive , notwith-1
i * 1 * * l i l standing the occasionalobsolc teness of the d ) Ction ; and a poetical spirit pervades the translation of the same Psalm , by Phineas Fletcher . Loviin ( of whom , by the way , and <> f Lor i Coleraine , we should
be glad to know more , ) Crashaw and Watts have supplied the editor with versions of the Hundred and Thirty-seventh Psalm . There is
a-translation of it by Theodosia ( Mrs . Steele , ) which is
characterized by genuine pathos , and with which , probably , he was unacquainted ; it will be called to the recollection of some of our readers by the first line .
* Where Babel's rivers winding stray . , Ogilive ' s translation of the 148 th , (* Begin my soul , the exalted lay , ' ) is very spirited and grand . In an appendix are given a paraphrase by Grotius , in Latin
verse , of the Seventy-second Psalm , a French ode , framed on the Nineteenth , by J . B . Rousseau , and a version , in the same language , by Oodeau , of the Hundred and Twenty-fijst . These add to the vajue of the selection . This volume bears much the same relation to the - devotional poetry of our country , which some rctent selections do t& ' English
poetry in / ge ^ eTaJV ' " ;; Jt f tlje' specimens here e ? chibited frano our writers of ^ a dista nt ^ ge , there is an
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energy of thought and expression , and an elevation of piety , which many of their successors have not reached . The editor is evidently a man of taste and diligence * and of a liberal mind . His critical remarks are derived from the purest sources ;* he prefers 4 * the cfarystalline stream" to waters less pure and less delicious ; and , altogether , his compilation is calculated
to increase our relish of these sacred poems , which furnish a pleasure proportioned to the care and sensibility with which they are examined .
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Art . II . Hints to the Public and the Legislature , on the Nature and Effect of Evangelical Preaching . By a Barrister . Part V . 8 vo . pp . 164 , Sherwood and Co . 1812 . ,
There is great danger that the Barrister should write longer than he is read . At first , he somewhat interested the public * au 4 greatly incensed the soi-disant ' Evangelical' party ; hut these latter are becoming indifferent to . his
censures , which will only interest the people whilst thtey sting the sect at whom tp& $ are armed . We wopld ther ^ jforg hipt to jour author , ne quid nimqs . \ Ye have paid so i ^ cK ^ teil t ^ ri to the Banister in our former
-volumes £ 111 . 104- ^ 107 . 4 ®§—508 . IV . 505—599 . VI . ;; 45 , 46 . ] that a slight notice & ( the present pubhcaUpjqi ^ tjL ^ iWGQ ^ Our author' isjets rpmt ^ with : an eulogy 0 ^ 1 Lor ^ l Si ^ W ^; and , as was natural iathetsp ^ e ^ yribt of such a statesmaiiv bi < indei about toletatioh ^ which ho , jhas
• .- ?; g * Lowth , Gcddcs , riurdii , Green , s mith ^ Notes w Lwtjgln ^ ta&nmte , Delanv , Chandler , toe ;
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322 Review . —The Barrister's Hints .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1812, page 322, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1748/page/42/
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