POETICAL ESSAYS.

And tho' o'er the lone church-yard the black Who lent his cane for me to ride, cloud hung scowling,

And fix'd my little legs astride, I sat on a grave-stone with thee on my And smiled to see the horseman's pride ? knee.

My Father: And I felt too a bliss tho' the scene was so And when the cane had run its course, dreary,

And I grew cir'd of that resource, A rapture which none could inspire, love, Who bought this painted rocking-horse? but thee;

My Fathet. 'Twas the press of thy lips made me fancy it By converse wise and manners kind,

cheary, When sat on a grave-stone with thee on my With knowledge of the useful kind?

Who help'd to store my opening mind knee,

My Father And when the fierce tempest's shrill whis- Who was it that with anxious care, tlings grew louder,

Forewarn'd me of each dangerous snare, And thy bosom began to be fill?d with Taught how to seek for aid and where?

alarms; Than che gem-cover'd monarch thy William

My Father. was prouder,

Shall I not then, from day to day, To see thee forget all thy fears in his arms. Strive that my future conduct may

Thy love and tenderness repay, Thus, F, thro'life will I ever protect thee,

My Father. Thro' each varying scene I still constant will be:

Yes! I intend, while still a boy, Should sorrow assail thee, or friendship ne. My hours of study so t’employ glect thee,

As to be call'd thy darling joy, Thou still shalt be welcom'd, my by

My Father. me.

And when I shall become a man,
I'll still pursue the grateful plan
In every instance where I can,

My Father.
MY FATHER.

And as thy peaceful end draws near, WHO in my helpless infancy

Be it my care thy hours to cheer Assisted oft to wait on me,

As long as thou continuest here, To ease my mother's arm and knee?

My Father, My Father. When Death his pointless arrow tries, When at my Mother's breast I lay,

And summons thee from earth to rise, Who would attempt in sportive play,

My hand shall close thy long-loved eyes, To make me turn my head away

My Father! My Father. Sheffield, 1907. Who would not let the servant share With Mother her pocturnal care, But chose himself that cross to bear?

To the EDITOR of the Lady's MAGAZINE, My Father

Sir, And when at night I left the breast,

THE twofollowing Poems I have every reaWho took me on his arm to rest,

son to believe are original, but I cannot pledge And to his manly bosom prest?

myself that they are so. They fell into my My Father. hands by mere chance, in the remains of sona

letters from one female to another, which Who, if the Rushlight ceased to glow,

from the appearance of the paper, writing, Would softly down the staircase go

&c. must have been written nearly fifty years. To fetch another from below?

At all'events, I trust you will join with me in

My Father. thinking they are deserving of a public perusal, Who, when for pain I could not rest,

and a place in your esteemed Magazine.

I am, Sir, yours, &c. His tender sympathy exprest,

J.M.L. And tried each posture for the best?

My Father.

A LADY'S WISH, Who join'd in all my childish play's,

COULD we our present wish obtain, And in the pleasant suromer days

Should we contented rest?
Who drew me in my little chaise ?

Perhaps that wish might fatal provo,
My Father. Lamented, if possessid.

FOREIGN NEWS,

Constantinople, Feb. 14. ing of the passage of the Dardanelles. ON the 24th of January, an English The works are strengthened, and float. brig arrived in the Straits of the Darda- ing batteries construcied, while the ships nelles, when the commandant of the of war under the captain Pacha are castles informed its captain, that under augmented every day. Batteries are the present circumstances he could not also erecting at the extremities of the permit hím to pass, without sending for Seraglio, upon the Seven Towers, Leinstructions how to act. The captain ander's Tower, and as far as Scutari. of the English brig, unwilling to wait, Twenty thousand men are already as immediately sailed on, and continued sembled at Gallipoli, to oppose the land.' his course till his masts were shot away, ing of the English. It was generally thought that this cap- On the sevenih, several of the di. tain was the bearer of dispatches to Mr. plomatic corps received letters from Mr. Arbuthnot, according to which the Arbuthnor, dated on board the admiral's Porte would have to choose, between re- ship, Canopus, off Tenedos, in which newing its alliance with England and he declared, that his only object in Russia, or an immediate attack upon leaving Cons:antinople was to obtain Constantinople.

a position where he could carry on his Mr. Arbuthnot has written to the negociation with safety. This negoEnglish factory, advising them to take ciation continues through the medium measures for their safety. Till the 29th of the captain Pacha. ult. it was uncertain what part the Porte A circular note has appeared to-day, would cake, when the English ambas- which affords little hope of his prosador formally demanded his passports posals being accepted by the Ottoman in writing, with leave to dispatch a Porte; and we have just learned that courier. In the mean while, a French the English minister has received his. courier brought advices of the defeat of ultimatum, to the following import :the Russians in Poland, which the Thc Porte does nor think it consistent Porte immediately communicated to the to enter into negociations with an am, English ambassador.

• bassador who has deserted his post, On the thirtieth, Mr. Arbuthnot and has, consequently, determined to and his countrymen went on board the transmit the explanations demanded Endymion frigate. He has since ar- immediately to London.' rived at Tenedos, where he joined the

The English ambasador,

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general Sidmoratz has effected a junc. his attack on Seburg, in order to force tion with general Bennigsen's army. the enemy to give up the horses he had He brought with him about 1400 Prus- collected. sian and some Russian prisoners, as General Ploss's advanced costs fell well as 2 or 300 French by whom they in with more of the enemy's troops in were guarded. Bonaparte's rerrcat has the neighbourhood of Braunsberg; in all the precipitation of a fight, and it several actions' with them he made a is alone owing to the speed of the Cos. number of Bernadotte's corps prisack horses that so many prisoners are soners. daily made. Within these three days According to some accounts, the 750 prisoners, several officers, and a neighbourhood of Dantzic is entirely quantity of waggons and forage have cleared. Near Dirschau, there has been brought in. At the sight of the been a smart action between some of Russians, detachments of French, ex- the insuryents and the garrison of hausted by fatigue and famine, throw Dantzic, in which the latter were totally down their arms. The Russian ad. defeated. vanced guard is already at Ljebstadt. Since Sunday, 3000 French cavalry The main army is advancing towards have entered Eibing, and yesterday the Vistula, and in a short time it 2000 infantry were expected. will be seen on the other side of that

Feb. 26.

On the 24th, the head river.

quarters of general Bennigsen were Feb. 23. The skirmishes which pre again removed from this city. On the ceded the retreat of the French arıny, first day they were transferred to and the frequent flags of truce seat in Creusburg, and yesterday they were at by them, gave sufficient indications of Zinten; they were following the same their design. In all these ski mishes tract with the army which is in pursuit the bravery of our troops deserves, no

of the enemy tice, and only tended io establish the Vienna, Feb. 27. General St. Vin. superiority of our light troops over cent is sull at the head-quarters of the those of the enemy. We gained con- Emperor Napoleon. Couriers from siderable advantages on the 14th at him arrive daily, which occision long Borchersdorff, and on the 15th, at conferences, at which the emperor and Mansfeld ; and on the 16th also, when the archduke Charles assist; but no the enemy sustained considerable loss, movement is yet observed among the we obrained great advantages. troops, or the least preparation for

Feb. 25. The pursuit of the enemy affords brilliant opportunities for our Hobrnstrin, Feb. 28. The following troops almost every day.