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2000 ) saog in concert o » the subject ; especially lamenting that no one had been sacrificed at , " the white uawi V * grave . " Not one from earth into his grave was
hurl'd , Poor lonely thing ! No kind companion in the other world Will comfort bring . " The Yaribeans are persuaded that when the dead awake from their long sleep they will need Companions and servants in the
other world ; and on the strength of this belief , at the burial of a person of importance a number of slaves are slain , and many of the friends of the deceased swallow poison , and are buried with him —a ceremony which was , of course , omit * ted with respect to Captaiu Clapperton . We shall conclude with a short extract
from one of that gentleman's letters to his faithful attendant during the short separation which preceded the death of the former . " My dear Richard , do you endeavour to keep up your spirits . You tell me you are ill ; I imagine this proceeds more from brooding over yonr misfortuues than any other cause
whatever : it is not well to do so ; you should not suffer despondency and dejection to have the mastery over your judgment and resolution . " " Let me entreat you , therefore , to hope for the best : it is unmanly to repine at auy trifling casualty that may befal one , which we are all so very apt to do . Above all things , place your confidence in the wisdom of the
Almighty ; let your whole heart and affections rest upon Him , for He alone is able to support you under the trying sickness that wastes you , and conduct you in safety to dear old England , Pray to heaven night and moriiing , and read the Church Service as ofteu as you can , particularly on the Sabbath ; for a firm reliance on the goodness and mercy of the Divine Power will inspire you with confidence , and bear you up with
cheerfulness and courage , even when all earthly enjoyments fail you . For my own part , 1 am inclined to believe you will soon be well , and that we shall shortly see better and happier days . Most likely 1 shall leave this city for Kano the latter part of the week , aud surely 1 need not I ' cpcut how happy I shall be to bee you agaiu . * ' Adieu , and believe me , " Your sincere friend and master , " H . Clapperton . "
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Art . IX . « -& 04 ml . A Poem . By Ro ^ bert Montgomery . It is hard upon a mau tUat he e * anot put his own name to his works wittamt being called an impostor ; for which
reason we have all imaginable compassion upon the author of Satan . We could wish , if it had ** o pleased him , that be had chosen a pleasanter topic , but he gives us to understand that his thoughts are mostly black-edged , and that be was
under some sort of spiritual compulsion to personify the ' auld one . " •* There was a time , * ' as he tells us , when he could see the sun and hear the wind , but of late he has seen aud heard nothing but the shadow of hell and the noise of its
roaring . " The S pirit aud the Powers of air 1 b mystery and in might they roam ; Unseen they act , unknown they dare , Aud make the evil heart their home . And One their centre and their soul There is , tbe demon-god of sin , Who o ' er the wicked hath controul , And tires the bell we feel within .
Aud such a wauderer o ' er the earth The viewless Power I ' ve dared to draw , And humanly have given birth To all he felt and all he saw . To each aveugiug flash of thought That might so dread a spirit thrill , With baleful ruin ever fraught , Yet blasted , and believing still 1 "
" Thus" ( viz . by the " human birth " of the Devil's meditatious in blaak verse ) , " Thus , virtues are as Heaven revealed , Aud love and truth eternal shewn j While whatsoe v er the Tempter wield Is darkly hued , and stamped his owu . " The printer must have been at fault in this verse , for it has not a shadow of meaning or grammar . " Nor marvel thou , if scenery bright , And beautiful by nature made ; If sii > ht aud sound that yield delight , Are in Elysian charm arrayed : For who can bliss or beauty know , Like nim , a Hebel from the skies ? Who though his doom be endless woe , Hath witnessed ail pure Angels prize . "
The Devil , in short , if his private meditations are to be trusted , has a taste for the picturesque , a smack of virtu , au
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1830, page 193, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2582/page/49/
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