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Yes ! thy wanning voice I knew , Ivy ! and its tale is true : All is passing * or hath passMThou thyself must perish last ! Yet my secret soul replied , € Surely one thing shall abide ; 'Midst the wreck of ages , one , — Heaven ' s eternal Word alone ! ' "
There are 13 Plates in the u Forget Me Not , " of very unequal merit . The first , the " Bridal Morning , " after Stephanoff , wants clearness , and what the artists call finish . The second , the " Sister ' s Dream , " from Corbould , is very neat and well finished ; it is one of Mr . Davenport ' s prettiest plates . The "
Booroom Slave , " from a drawing of Thomson ' s , is too metallic ; it looks like the steel on which it is engraved * . We perceive in " The Wedding Ring , " designed by Mr . W . Sharpe , the usual fault of the engraver , Romuey , —it is stiff and wiry , though altogether tolerable . Those that are acquainted with drawings by Prout , will look in vain for the hand of this
master in the " Poute di Rialto , " at Venice ; the plate is destitute of drawing , colour , and effect . " Corporal Trim , moralising in the Kitchen , " does little credit either to the fine graver of W . Finden , or to the tasteful drawing of Stothard . Feeling more pleasure in praising than in censuring , we are happy to recommend to the reader ' s study ,
" The Seventh Plague of Egypt , " most beautifully engraved by the younger Le Keux , from a drawing by Martin . It is a perfect gen } . This little plate , with reepect to both drawing and engraving , has the effect of a large picture . " The Sketch , ' . ' from Howard , and " Mab ' s Cross , " from the academician Westall , are indifferent performances . A . W .
Warren ' s engraving of the " Triumph of Poetry , " from a picture by Smirke , shews great improvement in drawing , feeling , and effect . The painter ' s intention is well rendered . For " The Hop Girl , " after Uwins , much cannot be said . " The Logicians , " after Richter , by Shenton , gives promise of better things . The last plate , " The Kent East hidiaman , " is not to our taste ,
either as an engraving or a composition . The " Literary Souvenir" fulfils the pledges given in the excellence of the ^ Mmier volumes . We took it up with high expflCU * Umi * r ~ Aral we lay it down with unfeigned regret . The table of Contents contains many well-known and welcome names — Coleridge , § oiithey , Montgomery , Barry Cornwall , and above all , that of Airs , Hemans . The Editor ,
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Mr . A . Watts ' s own contributions are not the least valuable portion of the rich volume : we are delighted especially with the Christian tone of the following " Stanzas Written on seeing Flags and other Ensigns of War hanging in a Country Church , By Alaric A . Watts . Oh ! why amid this hallowed scene , Should signs of ntortalfeud be found ; Why seek with such vain gauds to wean
Our thoughts from holier relics ' round ? More fitting emblems here abound Of glory ' s bright , unfading wreath- ;—Conquests , with purer triumphs crowned ;—Proud victories over Sin and Death ! Of these how many records rise Before my chastened spirit now ; Memorials , pointing to the skies , Of Christian battles fought below I What need of yon stern things to show
That darkerdeeds have oft been done ?—Is ' t not enough for Man to know He lives but through the blood of One I And thou , mild delegate of God , Whose wordsof balm , and guiding light , Would lead us , from earth ' s drear abode , To worlds with bliss for ever bright , — What have the spoils of mortal fight To do with themes , ' tis thine to teach ? Faith ' s saving grace—each sacred rite .
Thou know ' st to practise as to preach The blessings of the contrite heart , Thy bloodless conquests best proclaim ; The tears from sinners' eyes that start , Are meetest records of thy fame . The glory that may grace thy name From loftier triumphs sure must spring ;—The grateful thoughts thy worth may claim , Trophies like these can never bring !
Then , wherefore on this sainted spot , With peace , and love , and hope imbued , — Some vision calm of bliss to blot , And turn our thoughts on deeds of , blood , — Should signs of battle-fields intrude ?—Man wants no trophies here of strife ; His Oriflamuiei—Faith unsubdued ;—His Panoply—a spotless life !"
On Mr . Coleridge ' s lines " Youth and Age , " We cannot lint set a high . value , since he himself , as Mr . Watts seems to complain in his Preface , has sent them to two of the annuals , to the Bijou as well as the Souvenir * They are poetical , thougti somewhat metaphysical .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1827, page 920, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1803/page/64/
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