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Clazomene, of old renown.

A lover of poetic art,

Who knew Simonides by heart,
And long with ardour had desir'd
To see the man he most admir'd,
Delighted such a guest to have,
Clothes, money, all he wanted, gave.
The poet met his comrades, poor,
Begging for alms from door to door,
And said, "I told you, as you see,
I carry every thing with me."

Vol. I. p. 88. A few fables then follow, from Avienus, a writer of the 4th century. We are next presented with a number, under the general title of Fables, from the Greek and Latin, but without any specification of the individual author from which each is taken. The noted one of the Men and the Oyster, may afford a specimen.

Any partition better make,
Than all the hungry law should take.

By the sea side two Travellers found
A fine large Oyster on the ground;
His claim each obstinately lays:
"I saw it first," one eager says;
"I pickt it up," the other cries;
< Mine" "Mine is certainly the
prize."

They talk'd, as usual, loud and long;
And more they reason'd, more were
wrong;

Till they a neighbouring Lawyer see
Passing, and mutually agree
To take him for their referee.
With legal dignity of face,

He heard them both relate the case;
"Your claims are good," then gravely
said,

And a brave law-suit would have
made.

Which to prefer I cannot tell,

;

So each of you must take a shell
And, as the Oyster is but one,
That I myself will swallow down;
To stink it otherwise had lain,
And many a pound been spent in vain;
Your're cheaply off; go home content;

cident, is closed by some pleasing re-
flexions.

One gone to bed when it was late,
Heard a loud knocking at his gate.
He hastened to the door to send,
And found it was his bosom friend.
Rising with speed, "What, Friend
most dear,

At such an hour has brought thee here?
Want'st thou my credit or my sword?
Thou know'st them ready at a word."?
Nought," he replies, "I want, since
thee,

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My best belov'd, in health I see.
I view'd thee in a dream distress'd,
And waking, could no longer rest,
Till the reality I knew;
Thank heav'n the vision was not true.
Good night; to-morrow we will meet,
And smile at love so indiscreet."

Though men complain that friend
ship's rare,

Yet friends sincere there surely are,
Friends with affection strong and steady,
Who when most wanted, most are ready.
Like a good watch, that equal goes
On Zara's sands, or Zembla's snows;
Who dare 'gainst all the world defend
The faults and frailties of a friend;
For 'tis to these, alas, we owe
Our best propensities below.
Compassion and protecting zeal,
Who never wants will never feel.
Rakes may associate: Knaves conspire;
Love glow with lust's unhallow'd fire;
But Friendship never yet had part
In any but a noble heart.

Desire grows cool, and duty sleeps.;
Friendship its course unalter'd keeps.
Oppression, want, disgrace, partakes,
Constant when all the world forsakes.
Of goods that Heaven can grant us here,
The best is sure a friend sincere.

Vol. II. p. 88. The fabulous part of the volume concludes with a selection from various modern languages, and some originals. The whole is closed by four Satires, directed chiefly against the vices and follies of the present age. The following may serve as a specimen of the Vol. II. p. 17. Our author, as has already appearmanner in which they are carried on. ed, is not particularly partial to La Fontaine. He gives however a few translations from his fables. The Dec. 1809.

And faith the fish was excellent."

Are slaves to mode and affectation.
From high to low the vapid nation
Domestic comforts they forego
For vanity and outside show;

Like

Like him upon the bran who fed,
And powder'd with the flour his head.
The young are insolent and cold;
Frivolous, the unrespected old;
Few matrons rules or models give,
To teach their daughters how to live;
Good-breeding, manners, polish'd wit,
Deportments for each station fit,
Are out of date; all clad we see,
In selfish insipidity.

Quizzing, good lack! is all the go;
It what this be you want to know,
It is not easy to define

What has nor object nor design;
A foolish, impudent pretence,
Sworn enemy to common sense.
Passing thro' Band-Street once alone,
I met a fellow I had known.
'The usual salutations past,
"Where do you come from, Sir?" Task'd;
"You've been abroad?"-I have, by

God."

Were you amus'd?"- "All seem'd damn'd odd;

To rise at nine, and dine at two,
For men of spirit would not do;

Bounding the passions and desires
To what our natural state requires.

O happiest of the happy he,
Fav'rite of fate, who, like a tree,
On the cool water's verdant side,
Stands of his native fields the pride,
Free from factitious hopes and fears,
Life's real ills alone he bears;
A faithful and obedient wife,
The friend and partner of his life;
And mother of a blooming race,
Brought up in honesty and grace.
E'en things inanimate, around,
Dear to some sociate memory found;
Dear the known fields, and dear the

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Jack Dumm and I surpris'd them much; New Works published in Edinburgh.

Of life and fun we gave a touch; Where'er we went it was our sport To quiz the prince and all his court."

Vol. II. p. 184.

To which we shall add the conclusion, which is pleasing.

Such sunshine friends I can resign, And never for the loss repine, But sure another side there is, Less dark and comfortless than this. If we learn little to expect, 'The best that offers to select, And patiently to bear with ill, Existence is a blessing still. The joys so fondly we regret, The griefs we wish not to forget, The loves and pleasures that are flown, Prove that these joys were once ourown. And the declining eve of age Is not unwelcome to the sage. Like summer seas, the tranquil breast, From passion's maddening storms at rest,

With face unruff'd and serene,

Reflects the beauties of the scene.
Long hopes no more to entertain,
Possess'd, that rarely pay the pain;"
Still, in this short uncertain span,
To do the little good we can;
Innocuous, to pass along,
Contending little with the throrg;

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