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"Michaelmas Term, -th Geo. III. "YORKSHIRE, to-wit-Richard Roe was attached to answer John Doe of a plea wherefore the said Richard Roe, with force and arms, &c., entered into two messuages, two dwelling-houses, two cottages, two stables, two out-houses, two yards, two gardens, two orchards, twenty acres of land covered with water, twenty acres of arable land, twenty acres of pasture land, and twenty acres of other land, with the appurtenances, situated in the parish of Yatton, in the County of Yorkshire, which TITTLEBAT TITMOUSE, Esquire, had demised to the said John Doe for a term which is not yet expired, and ejected him from his said farm, and other wrongs to the said John Doe there did, to the great damage of the said John Doe, and against the peace of our Lord the King, &c.; and Thereupon the said John Doe, by OILY GAMMON, his attorney, complains,"That whereas the said TITTLEBAT TITMOUSE, on this -th day of August, in the year of our Lord 1813, at the parish aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, had demised the same tenements, with the appurtenances, to the said John Doe, to have and to hold the same to the said John Doe and his assigns from thenceforth, for and during, and unto the full end and term of twenty years from thence next ensuing, and fully to be completed and ended: By virtue of which said demise, the said John Doe entered into the said tenements, with the appurtenances, and became and was thereof possessed for the said term, so to him thereof granted as aforesaid. And the said John Doe being so thereof possessed, the said Richard Roe afterwards, to wit, on the day and year aforesaid, at the parish aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, with force and arms, &c., entered into the said tenements, with the appurtenances, which the said TITTLEBAT TITMOUSE had demised to the said John Doe in manner and for the term aforesaid, which is not yet expired, and ejected the said John Doe from his said farm; and other wrongs to the said John Doe then and there did, to the great damage of the said John Doe, and against the peace of our said lord the now King. Wherefore the said John Doe saith that he is injured, and hath sus tained damages to the value of £50, and therefore he brings his suit, &c.

"LEATHERHEAD, for the Plaintiff. Pledges of John Den.

IIIIIWITTY, for the Defendant. } Prosecutor. Richard Fenn.

"MR JACOB JOLTER,

"I am informed that you are in possession of, or claim title to, the premises mentioned in the Declaration of Ejectment mentioned, or to some part thereof: And I, being sued in this action as a casual ejector only, and having no claim or title to the same, do advise you to appear, next Hilary Term, in His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, by some attorney of that Court; and then and there, by a rule to be made of the same Court, to cause yourself to be made defendant in my stead; otherwise, I shall suffer judgment to be entered against me by default, and you will be turned out of possession. "Your loving friend, "Richard Roe. "Dated this 8th day of December 18—.'

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the innocent, unsuspecting inhabitants-amongst whom, nevertheless, it presently explodes, and all is terror, death, and ruin.

HYMNS OF A HERMIT.

BY ARCHEUS.

HYMN XII.

1.

O'ER throngs of men around I cast mine eyes,
While each to separate work his hand applies;
The mean who toil for food, the proud for fame,
And crowds by custom led, with scarce an aim.*

2.

Here busy dwarfs gigantic shadows chase,
As if they thus could grow a giant race;
Unknowing what they are, they fain would be
Such empty dreams as in their sleep they see.

3.

There lives, like glittering bubbles mount the sky,
Contemning earth, from whence they rose on high,
A moment catch the stars' eternal rays,

And burst and vanish in the moon's clear gaze:

4.

Or torn by passion, swoln with falsest pride,
Betray'd by doubt that mocks each surer guide,
The rebel heart, in self-enthroned disdain,
Its lawless weakness boasts, and penal pain.

5.

Alone it loves to bleed and groan apart,

And scorn the crowd who stir the seething mart,
Who each will own, befool'd by ease and pelf,
Nor earth nor heaven beyond his shrivell❜d self.

6.

And yet, O God! within each darken'd soul

Is life akin to thy creation's whole,

That needs but will to see, and straight would find
The world one frame for one pervading Mind,

7.

In all things round one sacred Power would know,
From Thee diffused through all thy works below;
In every breath of life would hear thy call,
And All discern in Each, and Thee in All.

8

A truth too vast for spirits lost in sloth,

By self-indulgence marr'd of nobler growth,
Who bear about, in impotence and shame,
Their human reason's visionary name.

9.

Oh! grant the crowds of earth may read thy plan, And strive to reach the hope design'd for man; Though now, shorn, stunted, twisted, wither'd, spent, We dare not dream how high thy love's intent.

10.

Oh, God! 'twere more than life to mouldering dust, The hour that kindled men to thoughtful trustThat taught our hearts to seek thy righteous will, And so with love thy wisdom's task fulfil.

11.

Redeem'd from fear, and wash'd from lustful blot,
By faith we then might rise above our lot;
And like thy chosen few, restored within,
By hearts as morning pure might conquer sin!

HYMN XIII.

1.

THE stream of life from fountains flows,
Conceal'd by sacred woods and caves;
From crag to dell uncheck'd it goes,
And hurrying fast from where it rose,
In foam and flash exulting raves.

2.

But straight below the torrent's leap,
Serenely bright its effluence lies,

And waves that thunder'd down the steep
Are hush'd in quiet, mute and deep,
Reflecting rock, and trees, and skies.

3.

And 'mid the pool, disturb'd yet clear,
The noisy gush that feeds it still
Is seen again descending sheer,
A cataract within the mere,
As bright as down the hill.

4.

A living picture, smooth and true,
Of headlong fight and restless power,
Whose burst for ever feeds anew

The lake of fresh and silver dew

That paints and drinks the stormy shower.

5.

So Thought, with crystal mirror, shows
Our human joy, and strife, and pain;
And ghostly dreams, and passion's woes,
The tide of failures, hates, and foes,
Are softly figured there again.

6.

Do Thou, who pourest forth our days,
With all their floods of life divine,
Bestow thy Spirit's peaceful gaze,
To still the surge those tumults raise,
And make thy calm of being mine!

HYMN XIV.

1.

ETERNAL MIND! Creation's Light and Lord!
Thou trainest man to love thy perfect will,
By love to know thy truth's obscurest word,
And so his years with hallow'd life to fill;
To own in all things round thy law's accord,
Which bids all hope be strong to vanquish ill;
Illumined thus by thy diffusive ray,

The darken'd world and soul are bright with day.

2.

In storm, and flood, and all decays of time,
In hunger, plagues, and man-devouring war;
In all the boundless tracts of inward crime-
In selfish hates, and lusts that deepliest mar,
In lazy dreams that clog each task sublime,
In loveless doubts of truth's unsetting star;
In all-thy Spirit will not cease to brood
With vital strength, unfolding all to good.

3.

The headlong cataract and tempest's roar,
The rage of seas, and earthquake's hoarse dismay,
The crush of empire, sapp'd by tears and gore,
And shrieks of hearts their own corruption's prey-
All sounds of death enforce thy righteous lore,
In smoothest flow thy being's truth obey,
And heard in ears from passion's witchery free,
One endless music make-a hymn to Thee!

4.

But most, O God! the inward eyes of thought
Discern thy laws in all that works within;
The conscious will, by hard experience taught,
Divines thy mercy shown by hate of sin;

And hearts whose peace by shame and grief was bought,
Thy blessings praise, that first in woe begin,

For still on earthly pain's tormented ground
Thy love's immortal flowers and fruits abound.

5.

Fair sight it is, and med'cinal for man,
To see thy guidance lead the human breast;
In life's unopen'd germs behold thy plan,
Till 'mid the ripen'd soul it stands confest;
From impulse too minute for us to scan,
Awakening sense with love and purpose blest;
And through confusion, error, trial, grief,
Maturing reason, conscience, calm belief.

6.

This to have known, my soul be thankful thou!-
This clear, ideal form of endless good,
Which casts around the adoring learner's brow
The ray that marks man's holiest brotherhood:
Thus even from guilt's deep curse and slavish vow,
And dreams whereby the light was long withstood,
Thee, Lord! whose mind is rule supreme to all,
Unveil'd we see, and hail thy wisdom's call.

HYMN XV.

1.

WHEN up to nightly skies we gaze,
Where stars pursue their endless ways,
We think we see from earth's low clod
The wide and shining home of God.

2.

But could we rise to moon or sun,
Or path where planets duly run,
Still heaven would spread above us far,
And earth remote would seem a star.

3.

'Tis vain to dream those tracts of space,
With all their worlds approach his face :
One glory fills each wheeling ball—
One love has shaped and moved them all.

4.

This earth, with all its dust and tears,
Is his no less than yonder spheres ;
And rain-drops weak, and grains of sand,
Are stamp'd by his immediate hand.

5.

The rock, the wave, the little flower,
All fed by streams of living power
That spring from one Almighty will,
Whate'er his thought conceives, fulfil.

6.

And is this all that man can claim?
Is this our longing's final aim?

To be like all things round-no more
Than pebbles cast on Time's grey shore?

7.

Can man, no more than beast, aspire
To know his being's awful Sire?
And, born and lost on Nature's breast,
No blessing seek but there to rest?

8.

Not this our doom, thou God benign!
Whose rays on us unclouded shine:
Thy breath sustains yon fiery dome;
But Man is most thy favour'd home.

9.

We view those halls of painted air,
And own thy presence makes them fair;
But dearer still to thee, O Lord!

Is he whose thoughts to thine accord.

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