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REVIEW. <£ Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame." — Pope.
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The PForks of Anna Ltetitia Barbauld 9 SfC . ( Continued from p . 489 . ) MRS . BARBAULD ' s poems all breathe the same spirit of liberty and humanity ; without
interfering with political questions beyond the limits that her sex marked out for her , she was well known to sympathize with the supporters of liberal opinions , and her feelings are beautifully expressed in many of her verses . We
take the following " , not as the best specimen , but as being accordant with the object of the Monthly Repository , and not very likely to be transplanted into any other periodical work :
" Dr . Priestley , December 29 , 1792 , " Stirs not , thy spirit , Priestley ! as the train With low obeisance , and with servile phrase , File behind file , advance , with supple
knee , And lay their necks beneath the foot of power ? Burns not thy cheek indignant , when thy name , On which delighted Science loved to dwell , Becomes the bandied theme of hooting crowds ? With timid caution or with cool
reserve , When e ' en each Reverend brother keeps aloof , Eyes the struck deer , and leaves thy naked side A mark for Power to shoot at ? Let it be . 4 evil days though fallen and evil
tongues , To thee , the slander of a passing age Imports not . Scenes like these hold little space In his large mind , whose ample stretch of thought Grasps future periods . Well canst thou affotd To give large credit for that debt of
fame Thy country owes thee . Calm ( Lou canst consign it To the slow payment of that distant day , — If distant , —when thy name , to Freedom ' s joined , Shall meet the thanks of a regenerate land . " I . 183 , 184 .
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There is great tenderness in the foU lowing- elegiac verses , I . 168—1 / 2 . " Epistle to Dr . Enfield , On his revisiting Wanington in 1789 . " Friend of those years which from Youth's sparkling fount With silent lapse down Time " : * swift gulf hare run ! Friend of the vears , whate v er be their
amount , IWhich yet remain beneath life r s evening sun O when thy feet retrace that western shore Where Mersey winds his waters to the main , When thy fond eyes familiar haunts
explore , And paths well nigh effaced are tracked again ; Will not thy heart with mixed emotions thrill , As scenes succeeding scenes arise to view ? While joy or sorrow past alike shall fill Thy glistening eyes w : th Feeling ' s tender dew .
Shades of light transient Loves shall pass thee by , And glowing Hopes , and Sports of youthful vein ; And " each shall claim one short , halfpleasiug sigh , A farewell sigh to Love ' s and Fancy ' s
reign . Lo there the seats where Science loved to dwell , Where Liberty her ardent spirit breathed ; While each glad Naiad from her secret cell Her native sedge with classic honours
wreathed . O scats beloved in vain ! Your rising dome With what fond joy my youthful eyes surveyed ; Pleased by your sacred springs to find my home , And tune my lyre beneath your growing shade !
Does Desolation spread his gloomy veil Your grass-grown courts and silent haJJs along ? Or busy hands there pile the cumbrous sail , And trade ' s ! mn > h din succeed the Muse ' s sone ?
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Review. ≪£ Still Pleased To Praise, Yet Not Afraid To Blame." — Pope.
REVIEW . < £ Still pleased to praise , yet not afraid to blame . " — Pope .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1825, page 558, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2540/page/42/
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