And the Devil observed, that he never swerved,
From an air of mean servility.

He had heard that the size of the hosier's head
Was a wonder to all beholders,

And he thought, when he came to examine the same, What a weight it must be for his shoulders.

He saw him again, close by his own door,
Meet a girl, and rudely stop her;

Says the Devil, "I think, the fellow's in drink,

Or he'd never behave so improper."

He saw him and Sally, turn down the alley
-It was getting late at night-

[door,

And he watched them lower than the hosier's own And thinks he, "my own cause goes right."

I have heard a very great deal of talk

Of the Argus's brilliant wit,

"So suppose," quoth the Devil, "I take a walk
And see what I think of it."

He bought the book, and he read it through,
But he liked it not forsooth,

For said he "it has nothing at all to do
With me-for it speaks the truth.
"Tell truth and shame the Devil,' I see
Is their motto, nor is it shamm'd,
But I only wish from my heart" quoth he,
"That the work may be speedily d-d.

But the Devil, by this, began to feel
Rather hungry, and what was worse,
He didn't know how to obtain a meal,
For he'd come without his purse;
So he canter'd back, as fast as he could,
For he did not like to borrow,

And he said to himself "If the weather is good,

I'll ride over again to-morrow."

CXLVIII. General Donican, &c.

The Fleet, July 20, 1837. MR CHAMBERS says that JOHN SYMMONDS ESQ. lent £16,000 to the late LORD WARWICK; MR C. advised him to put an execution into his Lordship's house at Warwick, get possession, and then as a friend offer his services to assist his Lordship in any way when he was himself in a safer possition, and fight the battle with those creditors of his Lordship, who had obtained a Deed from him by which he agreed to give up habitation in the Castle till their claims were adjusted.

To-day he was visited by GENERAL DONICAN, a French General, aged 74, who was long in the Austrian service, and was one of his oldest friends. He speaks contemptuously of BUONAPARTE as a writer. He was in possession of the secret that B. meant to seize the Danish Fleet; he advised the British Government to anticipate the seizure; they did so, and gaye to him a pension of £400 a year. He wrote the account of the expedition to Denmark.

He was the best swimmer Mr C. ever knew, once swam from Westminster-Bridge through London-Bridge to Deptford, and offered to swim back again.

At another time he swam from Westminster-Bridge to Chiswick, and then on his return offered to jump from Blackfriars-Bridge, but Mr C. begged him not to do so.

He did once jump from WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE. Mr C. considers that a man, trying to save a drowning child, should not pull off his coat, because his shirt-sleeves, when filled with water, will impede him.

Once when he was swimming, a Newfoundland-dog, not much accustomed to aquatic performances, was thrown from a boat into the water, as GENERAL DONICAN was swimming by:

the boat was rowed by a crack waterman, who observing that the dog was getting on the man's back, and might, by keeping his head immersed, soon cause him to be drowned, skilfully dived the boat under the General, that he might get into the boat and shake off the dog. Thus the most expert swimmer in England had nearly been drowned by the best swimmer among dogs.

Mr C. has himself swum a mile and a half. He thinks that, if a man jumps off a coach, he should not jump off behind, but jump off in front, because he then moves in the direction of the current of air caused by the motion of the coach.

July 27. DONICAN has only the £400 a year pension from Government, but begged that Mr C. would accept £40, if such a sum would be of use to him, in return for the many acts of kindness, which the General had received from Mr C., but he declined taking it.

CXLIX. Slander.

"The following is a striking instance, and an alarming proof, that calumny and slander will one day grievously afflict the conscious mind :-A clergyman, with whom I had lived much in friendship, always ready to shew him every proof of civility, and for whom I had much esteem, after an absence of a twelvemonth or more, sent me a line that he was then in a dangerous state, apprehensive of a speedy death. I flew to my friend with all zeal and speed, and found him as it seemed in a very dangerous way. Almost as soon as he saw me, he burst into tears, and clasping my hands vehemently, said, 'Oh, my dear Doctor, I could not die in peace without seeing you, and earnestly imploring your pardon; for amidst all the seeming friendship I shewed, I have been your bitter enemy,-I have done

all I could on every occasion to traduce and lessen you, envy, base envy alone, being my motive; for I could not bear the brilliancy of your reputation, and the splendour of your abilities. Can you forgive me?' I was shocked, but with great truth told him to be perfectly at ease; that he had my most sincere forgiveness. I did all I could to soothe his mind. He recovered, and surely must ever be my friend! Would to God what he then suffered, may be a warning to him, and to all, how they indulge such diabolical passions, which being most opposite to the God, who is Love, cannot but sooner or later woefully distract the heart!"

THE REV. DR WM DODD's Thoughts in prison, p. 118.

CL. AN ARABIC ELEGY BY MIR MOHAMMED HUSAIN

BEFORE HIS JOURNEY.

Never, oh! never shall I forget the fair one, who came to me with timid circumspection:

Sleep sat heavy on her eyelids, and her heart fluttered with fear. She had long marked the dragons of her tribe (the sentinels), and apprehended no danger from them :

She had laid aside the rings, that used to grace her ankles, lest the sound of them should expose her to calamity :

She deplored the darkness of the way, which hid from her the morning star.

It was a night, when the eye-lashes of the moon were tinged with the black powder (alcohol) of the gloom;

A night in which thou mightest have seen the clouds like camels, eagerly gazing on the stars.

While the eyes of heaven wept on the bright borders of the sky,

The lightning displayed his shining teeth with wonder at this change in the firmament;

And the thunder almost burst the ears of the deafened rocks.

She was desirous of embracing me, but through modesty declined my embrace.

Tears bedewed her cheeks, and, to my eyes, watered a bower of

roses.

When she spoke, panting sighs blew flames into my heart.

She continued expostulating with me on my excessive desire of travel.

"Thou hast melted my heart," she said, "and made it feel inexpressible anguish.

Thou art perverse in thy conduct to her, who loves thee, and obsequious to thy guileful adviser.

Thou goest round from country to country, and art never pleased with a fixed residence:

One while the seas roll with thee, and another while thou art on the shore.

What fruit, but painful fatigue, can arise from rambling over foreign regions?

Hast thou associated thyself with the wild antelopes of the desert, and forgotten the tame deer?

Art thou weary then of our neighbourhood? O! woe to him who flies from his love!

Have pity at length on my afflicted heart, which seeks relief, and cannot obtain it."

CLI. Sonnet.

Take, oh take those lips away,

That so sweetlye were forsworne,

And those eyes, the breake of day,

Lights, that do misleade the morne :

But my kisses bring againe,

Seales of love, but seal'd in vaine :