L Poetical ESSAYS for MARCH, 1761. ODE TO SOLITUDE. ET others doat on gilded roofs of state, Whilft I, retiring, feek fome lone retreat, Loud o'er the barren heath the whirlwind howls, Hoarfe thro' the narrow plain the river rolls. On yonder mount, beneath the lonely shade Of that old oak, are Connal's afhes laid: The wither'd leaf, firft whirl'd awhile in air, Quits the light breeze, and, mourning, fettles there. Round, when the filver regent of the Who, Connal, to their fource thy fires pride, [field, Firm ftood their ranks upon the burnish'd And taught the boldest of their foes to yield, Uptorn thy root, beneath the turf you lic-- The dying groan'd, who ftrew'd the guilty Thy arm was like a tempeft from the found, Scatt'ring confufion wild the vallies round. Dargo, the chief, ambitious, fierce, and proud, Advanc'd, like an impending thunder-cloud; Dargo the strong, who never mifs'd his blow, Dark and contracted was his fullen brow; His eyes were like two caves within a rock; Bright rofe their fwords, and fearful was the shock. Behind, in armor bright, Crimora fair, Came watchful on, old Rinval's orphancare; [hair. While grey mifts hover on the hills below; Bent was her bow, and loofe her curling Long had the figh'd for Connal's manly charms, And him the fought amid the din of arms; He falls---as on the plain a mighty oak, fhe mourns-- How OW are the mighty fall'n! the great, the brave, Lie undiftinguish'd in the dreary grave! O Krael! now thy hapless fate deplore! Mourn, mourn thy heroes, now, alas! no more! [far, Where are thy beauties! once beheld from Returning glorious from the dreadful war! But now are fall'n! fall'n, and unhonour'd lie, [eye. While ftreams of anguish burst from ev'ry Proclaim it not in Gath; be filent all, Left the Philistines triumph in their fall: Declare it not in Askalon, left joy And frantic feafts th' uncircumcis'd employ. Gilboa, mountain Gilboa! let none view Thy weary'd lands, refresh'd with friendly dew! But let the angry husbandman complain As tho' not God's anointed, vilely lies. more. Who can, O Saul, thy matchless actions tell? But deeply drank the hoftile gorey flood: Such heroes victims to the dreary grave! no more. Daughters of Ifrael weep, a mournful train, more. Oh Jonathan, my foul's opprefs'd with woel For thee my eyes with heart-fpring tears o'erflow! With A New SONG. PRAY kifs me gently, Chloe cry'd; For I am weak and tender! Then clofely shutting both his lips, And fixt his eyes upon her. "Oh fie! (fays fhe) you make me blush : "Be quick, and have it over: "I would not give a fingle rush "For fuch a teazing lover." 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There be many demons that prefide over the regions of dulnefs: but it was not the merry devil of abfurdity that dictated the opinions of Bertram Montfichet, whofe performance puts us in mind of the afs in the fable, which attempted to mimic the agreeable impertinences of the favourite fpaniel. HISTORY of the PRESENT War. HE Belligerant powers are all prepar Pruffians advanced the 14th to the height Ting to cary on the war this campaign, of Langenfaltze, which was occupied by with the utmost vigour. By accounts from Turingia, we learn that his Pruffian Majefty, at the head of 14 or 15000 men, has already entered that landgravate, in order to fupport the opperations of the allies. The fame accounts likewife add, that gen. Haddick was purfuing that prince with a numerous body of troops, and haftening to the relief of the French. By advices from the allied army under Prince Ferdinand, and which were received by exprefs, at the earl of Holderneffe's office, on the fecond of this month, we are informed of the further progrefs of his Majefty's arms in Heffe. These advices are dated from Prince Ferdinand's head quarters at Haufen, near Ober Aula, Feb. 21. 1761; and are in fubftance as follows. "The commandant of Fritzlar, having accepted the conditions offered him, except thofe concerning the garrifons of Waldeck and Wildungen, which were no longer infifted on, as the troops in thofe places were not under his command; he marched out in the evening, with his troops, confifting of feven piquets of the Irish batallions, and 965 men, of the royal grenadiers, befides 105 wounded or fick. Lord Granby fent word the next day, to the commandant of the caftle of Gudenfburg, that he was ready to grant the fame conditions to him, as M. de Narbonne had obtained; which the commandant very readily accepted. M. d'Obeim having learnt the 17th, that M. de Maupeou was with his corps at Sachfenberg, put himself in motion on the 18th, early in the morning, to march towards the enemy, whofe advanced guard he met with between Sachfenberg, and Neuenkirchen. It was that inftant attacked and routed; M. de Maupeou, lieut. gen. who was there in perfon, was taken, with a lieut. colonel, five officers, and 50 foldiers. The enemy having fell back towards Hallenberg, M. d'Oheim returned to Franckenberg, to give his troops fome reft there, and obferve the motions the enemy might make on the fide of Marbourg, towards which feveral of their regiments had filed off. Major Scheither attacked, the fame day, a detachment of the enemy near Padberg, difperfed it, and took 140 prifoners, amongst whem there were four officers. The corps of 3000 Saxons. M. de Sporcken occupied the village on the left fide of the river Unftrut, with the troops of his first line, and drew thofe of his fecond line as near as poffible. The Pruffian cavalry got through the paffage of Merkleben, while their cannon was battering to town of Langenfaltze. Eight fquadrons of M. de Sporcken's first line paffed at Thomasbruck, with a brigade of Chaffeurs, and a squadron of Luckner's, whofe whole corps could not pafs, the waters continuing out all the day. In the mean time the Pruffian cavalry fell upon the enemy, who were going out of Langenfaltze; and M. de Sporcken's corps did fo likewife, upon the troops which were coming down the hills to their affiftance. M. de Sporcken computes the enemy's lofs that day at 5000 men, at the fame time that his own scarcely exceeds 100. Lieut. gen. Hodenberg was wounded and taken prifoner. The Pruffians took three battalions, and feven pieces of cannon; and M. de Sporcken's troops took two battalions, and fix pieces of cannon. On the 17th, major-general Luckner, with his corps, compofed the van-guard, and marched to Eifenach, which he attacked, and forced the enemy, who were still there under the command of the generals Stainville and Solms, to retire to Vacha. About 40 prifoners were taken there, and two Saxon officers." Nothing material occurred after the above tranfaction, till the 6th of this month; when a corps of the allies, who had lately occupied the fuburb of Ziegenhayn, began to batter the works of that town; and they expected a fpeedy capitulation. Part of the allied army the beginning of this month, laid fiege to Caffel; and on the 7th the French garrison made a fally, in which they took poffeffion of the trenches, and carried off four mortars, nailed up one piece of cannon, and deftroyed the works of the grand battery. But Count de la Lippe, at the head of the Helian guard, and Wangenheim's grenadiers drove them back into the town. On the 16th the gar rifon made another confiderable fally, but were repulfedwith great loss. The main body of the allied army, remained on the 20th infant near Schweinberg. The hereditary |