When soon, twelve Sylphlike forms, I dream'd

Promiscuous on my vision darted,

And still the latest comer seem'd

Fairer than she who just departed.

Yet one there was whose azure eye
A melting, holy lustre lighted,
Which censur'd, while it wak'd, the sigh,
And chid the feelings it excited.

"Mortal!" a mystick speaker said,

"In these the sister months discover, Select from these the brightest maid Prove to the brightest maid a lover!"

I heard and felt no longer free,

From all the rest I gladly sever,

And in perennial joy with thee

Dear MAY-O! could reside forever!

ODE

TO TRANQUILLITY.

Thou peaceful power! by whom unblest,

The mind in vain will sigh for rest,

Ah! from my bosom sped,

No more thy balmy spell I own,
The prey of wo, and anguish wild,
And care, that inly makes her moan,

When every joy of hope is dead,

Of wasting grief the pining child!
What charm o'er lifes chill altered scene,

Shall fling one smiling ray serene?

Quenched is the sun of calm delight,

And hoarsely howl around the raving blasts of night.

How soon thy halcyon reign was o'er,
No gems, no treasure can restore !
In vain to thee I breathe,

With fervent lips, and at thy shrine,
The constant prayer that asks thy aid;
In vain, with humble hands, I twine,
Of varied flowers the votive wreath :
Unheeded still, Oh, meekest maid !
My supplicating accents flow;

No calm is here,-I feel the shore :

My soula wave that never sleeps→→

In ceaseless tumult toss'd, one troubled motion keeps!

Broad gleaming on my dazzled mind,

Ambition, goddess unconfin'd,

Her lustre poured of day:

Then all my dreams were full of fame,
And future ages rose to view,

That brightly seem'd to gild-a name;
When half in love's ignobler sway,
Dissolved the vision fancy drew ;
As sighs, to speak the captive soul,
Oft from my melting bosom stole-
With memory brooding o'er my pains,

I sat, and feebly strove to snap the enervate chains.

Perhaps, retiring from the world,

On which my destiny is hurl'd,

I yet may reach the vale,

Where thou, at dewy eve, may'st come,

From out thy holy hermitage,

To listen to the wild bees hum,

To hear the turtle tell her tale,

And once again my soul assuage;
Till, surged away each guilty fire,
Each wild, irregular desire,

The close of life at length may fall,

A sweet and heavenly close, with peace incircling all!

Yet tho', Tranquillity, my lot

Be ne'er to reach thy hallowed grot,
Or haunts thy footsteps trace,

When death has closed my aching eyes,
That now with fruitless anguish weep,
Thy hidden star for me shall rise;

The grave shall be my resting place,

And thou shalt watch my dreamless sleep.

Oh! in that still, that silent bed,

Unnoted time shall o'er my head

Pass with broad pinion, as the wind

That leaves thro' viewless air no tell-tale track behind!

G. W. C.

EPIGRAMS,

FROM THE GREEK.

Farewell to wine-or if thou bid'st me sip,
Present the cup, more honour'd, from thy lip;
Pour'd by thy hand to rosy draughts I fly.
And cast away my stern sobriety;
For as I drink, soft raptures tell my soul,

That lovely Caroline has kiss'd the bowl.

Oh! that I were some gentle air,

That when the heats of summer glow,
And lay thy panting bosom bare,
I might upon that bosom blow!

Oh! that I were yon blushing flower,

Which, even now, thy hands have pressed,
To live, though but for one short hour,
Within the elysium of thy breast!*

*See Dumain's song in Love's Labour Lost,

ADVICE TO A FRIEND WHO LOST HIS WATCH.

He that a watch would keep, this must he do,
Pocket his watch, and watch his pocket too.

CANTATA:

FROM METASTASSIO.

Gentle Zephyr, as you fly,

Should you meet my cruel fair,
Whisper softly, you're “a sigh,
Of a lover in despair,"-

But tell her not whose sigh you are.

Limpid brook, since by your side,

The lovely object oft appears,

Gently murmer as you glide,

"See a hapless lover's tears,"

But keep my name still from her ears.

G.

J. C.

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

December 4, 1810.-This being the day appointed by law for the meeting of the 2d Session of the 11th Congress, at 12 o'clock the Speaker took the chair; upon proceeding to call the members, 76 answered to their names, whereby it appeared that a quorum of the house was present.

On motion of Mr. Dawson, ordered, that Mr. Dawson and Mr. Shaw be a Committee, on the part of the House, jointly with such as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait upon the President of the U. States, and inform him that a quorum of both houses is assembled and ready to receive such communications as he may think proper to make.

December 4.-A message was received from the Senate by Mr. Otis, their Secretary, informing, that a quorum of the Senate was assembled, and ready to proceed to business.

And also that they had concurred with the house in the appointment of a Committee to wait on the President of the U. States, to inform him that a quorum of the two houses are assembled and ready to receive such communications as he may think proper to make.

Mr. Dawson from the joint committee appointed to wait on the President of the U. States, reported that they had performed the service assigned them, and that the President gave for answer that he would make a communication to the two houses to-morrow at 12 o'clock.

December 5-At 12 o'clock the message of the President was received and read. The house were occupied in reading the documents until 4 o'clock, when an adjournment took place without having gone through them.

December 6.-The house resumed the reading of the documents accompanying the President's Message. They were finished in little more than an hour, after which, on motion of Mr. Macon, they were referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the union, and 3000 copies ordered to be printed.

On motion of Mr. W. Alston, the several standing committees were ordered to be appointed.

Mr. Southard laid before the house several resolutions of the legislature of New-Jersey, dissenting from the amendment to the con. stitution of the U. States proposed by the legislature of Massachusetts, declaring that congress should have no power to lay an embargo for a longer period than 30 days; also, from the amendment proposed by the legislature of Virginia, respecting the removal of senators of the U. States; and lastly, from the amendment proposed by the leiglature of Pennsylvania, for the establishing a new judici. ary tribunal. Ordered to lie on the table.