MOTO MELANCHOLYA

O MELANCHOLY, sweetly musing maid!

That lov'st to take thy mournful midnight round,
Where coldly stretch'd beneath the dewy ground
The sleeping relics of the dead are laid !

Oft, plaintful pow'r, when evening, glimm'ring pale,
Sheds her soft influence on my wand ring way.
I think I hear thy wild harp's wailing lay,
Pouring melodious music on the gale!

Ah! Nymph, of worl when o'er my mould'ring breast
The grass, ere long, to ev'ry breeze shall wave;
Oh! kindly on the humble green-sod rest,

And shed thy tear of pity on my grave!

My soul shall bless thee from her kindred sky,

And Heaven's applauding seraphs love thy streaming eye!

ALBERT

THE MARINER.

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WIDE o'er the world of waves when sweeps the blast,
And yawns the reeling bark's distended sides;
As high in air, on surging hills she rides,
Or sinks in ocean's dreary caverns vast,
Dauntless all forms of death the sailor braves;

Ascends the giddy shrouds with fearless soul;"
Heeds not the dashing waves, that round him roll,
Nor lists how loud the rushing whirlwind raves!
Then on the maid he dwells, or partner dear,

Who, on the distant shore, awakes to weep;
Who wails her absent love with many a tear,
And deprecates the storm that swells the deep:
He sighs, and hopes when past are all alarms,
To find a blissful haven,-in her arms ey

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THE FEMALE GRAMMARIAN

A Kiss," said young Charles, is a noun, we allow; alia 312 But tell me, my dear, is it proper or common? Lovely Myra blush'd deep, and exclaim'd- Why, I vow,

"I think that a kiss is both PROPER and COMMONI

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AMATORY EJACULATION.

BY MR. GRAY, THE ENGLISH PINDAR.

WITH Beauty, with Pleasure surrounded, to languish
To weep without knowing the cause of my anguish}"
To start from short slumbers, and wish for the morning, ›
To close my dull eyes when I see it returning ;

Sighs sudden and frequent ;" looks ever dejected—
Words that steal from my tongue, by no meaning connected i
Ah! say, fellow-swains, how these symptoms befel me?o?
They smile, but reply not Sure DELIA CAN TELL ME FA

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1 THE BANKER OF LOVE

Ar the Court of Olympus, assembled by Jove," LOA
'Twas agreed that a Bank should be open'd for Love;
And the Gods, all delighted, pass'd'á decree,
That the Son of fair Venus the Banker should be:

So in pity to mortals they sent him below,
To soften distress, and to banish their woe:
For he debits and credits-the smile and the kissa
He's the Patron of Joy and the Banker of Blies; DNA.
Of the firm of his house, Truth and Virtue apprové, ^.
And Hymen still audits the balance of Love, as oxine goy
Ere Commerce had shed on Britannia her smiles, i
Or Science and Arts had illumin'd her isles;* 2aæ
The fame of our Bank the whole Globe had confessed,
And its influence had warm'd ev'n the Savage's breast,
Philosophers, Prelates and Princes, all own,

That happiness flows from this Banker alone. A
For he debits, &c.

At home and abroad, or in peace or in war,

His currency never descends below par;

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Whether good news or bad, whether Stocks rise or fall,

The bills of this Banker ne'er lower at all

For their holders all know that he ne'er interferes

With the deep speculations of Bulls and of Bears.
For he debits, &c.

These pensive lines were found among Mr. Gray's MSS. They are a lites rary curiosity, as being the only amatory verses he ever wrote.

Sept.]

He issues his notes from the eyes of the fair,
And I promise to pay is the motto they bear;

His cheques are all sign'd by dame Nature's own hand,
To be fill'd up at pleasure, and paid on demand
While his debts duly honour'd to him credit impart,
For the Banker of Love ever draws on the HEART,
For be debits, &c.

HONEST JOHN BULL,

GLEE AND CHORUS.

COMPOSED AND SRT TO MUSIC BY M. C. OF THE TEMPLES

HERE'S a health to honest John Bull;

When he's gone we shan't find such another;
And with hearts, and with glasses brim full,
Here's a health to Old England, his mother,
She gave him a good education,

Bade him keep to his church and his king,
Be loyal and true to the nation,

And then go be merry and sing.
Now John is a good-humour'd fellow,
Industrious, honest, and brave;
Not afraid of his betters, when mellow,
Though betters, he knows, he must have.
Rights of Man make a very fine sound,
Equal riches a plausible tale ;

Some must govern, and some till the ground,
Or all riches would speedily fail.
That knaves are for lev'lling, no wonder,
'Tis easy to guess at their views;
'Tis they would get all by the plunder,
'Tis they who have nothing to lose.
Then away with such nonsense and stuff,
Full of treason, confusion, and blood;

Every Briton has freedom enough,

To be HAPPY, as long as he's GOOD.

EPIGRAM.

CLODIO says that he's himself
A most accomplish'd youth;
It may be so, but Clodio's known
To never speak the truth.

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SEPTEMBER 1799.

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IN our Number for October will be given a Life of CHARLES JAMES FOX, in which we shall follow the same plan which w. adopted in our Life of William Pitt; we shall endeavour to in esti gate bis intellectual, moral, oratorical, and political character; as well as give a sketch of bis history. We pledge ourselves, ib. no difference of sentiments shall in the least interfere with impartiality, or prevent us from doing, to the utmost of our power, justice to suce 4 subject as, in a country abounding with able men, very rarely oars,

We are obliged to a Correspondent who signs himself a Sackvillite; and shail, on a future occasion, make use of the bints with which he has furnished US. When he considers the impracticability of obtaining accurate intermation concerning the variety of characters which fall under our consideration, he will make some indulgence for the errors we unavoidably commit. We shall be thankful to him for information on subjects of biography cr

any other.

We have received the letter of Octavius, from Stamford; and heartily join with him in his wish of speedily recovering the taste of the Brition Nation from their propensity for German Dramas; and see the Stage, whila was originally intended for the reformation of Vice, upon its former footing. His strictures shall have an early insertion.

To convince An Enemy to all Licentiousness" that we mean to adhere to impartiality in our animadversions, his letter in Defence of certain Methodists shall have a place in our next.

Mr. Canthate's Introduction to a History of Methodism' shall appear in the succeeding Number.

The Hints for the Biography of an illustrious Character, appear to be rather tinctured with party-spleen. They are not sufficiently authenticated to induce us to rely on them implicitly. We shall draw our estimate of his cha racter not from a part but from the chole of his conduct. Several other Favours are received, tion in the next Number.

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