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TO THE EDITOR , On the completion of Jiis Tenth Volume . * . ——» incipient magni procedere menses * Virgil . Ten years , as told by evVy classic boy ,
Greece mark a , indignant , the high walls of Troy 5 Valour , in vain , and martial pcrvvV assail'd , Proudly they stood till treacherous art prevailM ,
Not thus a ten years war thy champions wage 'Gainst wily error , and polemic rag-e ; 'Tis theirs the sword of argument to wield , Beneath the orb of Truth ' s impervious shield .
And stiil may learning" aid thy just design , And pay due homage at the hallow'd shrine , Science each path explore that sages trod , Who looked through Nature up to Nature' * s God , And classic taste , in polished strains , rehearse
Immortal themes that dignify her verse . Proceed , —through many a lustrum , still be thine To prompt the virtuous deed , the hope divine , Till peace erect an empire , ne ' er to end . And Man describe a brother , and a friend . Bright scenes I thus anticipate for thee , Which years , and cares forbid my hope to
see . J . T . R . ———^—
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To C . S . on his Lines entitled u The Stor ?? is of Lifer [ See jo . 716 . ] Yes , my dear Charles , when gath e ring storms In the bleak hail-clouds , spread around The gloomy day , with hollow sound , When chilling north-winds blow , and forms Of Heav ' n ' s avenging- iires , with horror gleam la the flashing lightnings beam , And on a weak and shudd ' ring nature lour , Wlren persecuting tempests beat , U pon a head defenceless , that's the hour To try the man , amid the pelting" show'r Stands he where duty bids , erect , serene A * if to steer some little bark , mid shoals , And rocks , and hidden sands , and tempests ' rage ,
TJie skilful Pilot , all the crew should greet , While his strong- hand th' obedient helm controuls , While he rules all , or guides with counsel sage Nor Leeds the foaming" billows at his feet ! He knows his ground , his compass , and his chart , And eyes the Hearing * haven , nor of rest At present dreams , with hope ( not fear ) his heart , Honest and firm , beats high within his breast , Mourns not the port he left , with foolish sorrow , He has no time tr > nourish black despair ; His duty plain before him lies , and there He guides his course , nor thinks about tomorrow . liar low . B . P . S-^ i
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—^—¦ — Trice Pleasure , From the Masque of Comus By Dr . Daiton . ( Plupmtre ' s Collection of Songs , II . 234 . ) Nor on beds of fading flowers , Shedding- soon their ^ -audy pride , Nor with swains in rosy bowers , Will True Pleasure long reside . On awful Virtue ' s hill sublime Enthroned sits th' immortal Fair ; Who wins her height must patient climb , The steps are peril , toil and care . For thus does Providence ordain Eternal bliss for transient pain . ¦! ! ¦ ¦
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Peace at last . ( From Heber ^ s Translations of Pindar . J Our life in peace resign Shall sink like fall of summer eve , And on the face of darkness leave A ruddy smile behind .
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Epigram y Ascribed to a Young Gentleman of Oxford ' , on Sir Nathaniel WraxaWs Memoirs of his Own Times . ( Frgm the Edinburgh Review ^ Oct . 1815 . ) Men , Measures , Seasons , Scenes and Facts all Misquoting-, Misstating-, Misplacing * , Misdating-, Here lies Sir Nathaniel Wraxall !
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1815, page 753, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1767/page/25/
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