SELECT POETRY. EPILOGUE TO THE EUNUCHUS OF TERENCE. Par. Ch. forces a laugh) Ut nostris, fortuna, soles illudere rebus, Nudavit luxus, pauperiesque premit. -æs alienum (Enter Parmeno with some long Bills.) Ch. Sponsa placet-dulcem pravus qui vendit amorem Vana est-venatrix hominum-studiosa culinæ, (Aside) Est cognata tamen præstanti corpore virgo (Enter Sophrona leading a little dog, and Pamphila.) Soph. Me miseram juvenes, fugiam quocunque, sequentur! Par.(aside) to Cha. Ipsa est.-Cha. Quæ simul incedit, perpulchra videtur. Par. Hoc faciam Cha. (in a pretended passion) (To the ladies.) Pam. to Cha. Par. to Cha. Cha, to Pam. (He treads, seemingly by accident, on the dog.) Ah! turpi violata est vulnere cauda Cara magis collo, flagitiose, tuo! Excusate, precor, Dominæ. (to Pam.) quid? lux mea? salve! Optime, pes oculis aliquando errantibus, errat. Soph. (taking the compliment to herself) to Cha. Pam. (aside) Ut blanda ingenui nos luditis arte puellas, Urbani nimium! (to Pam. aside) Cara, benignus homo est, Et sapiens-nostro tamen hic tam distat amanti Ingenuo distat quàm Parasitus edax! (Gnatho at a distance seems greatly surprised at seeing Charea with the ladies.) Charea! quid! nostras exercet perditus artes ? Emulus? an vetulæ cognitus ille meæ ? Emulus est certè-timeo ne verbera tergo Optime; formosæ mihi vos salvete puellæ ! Sudum est (aside to Soph.) oculis lux mage cara meis ! 72 Cha. (aside) (coolly to Gnat.) Select Poetry. Gratior est semper non expectata voluptas! Ut vox deliram blandula fallit anum! [July, [tior ipsi ! Salve.-Soph. to Gnat. Quid, nôşti hunc ?-Gn. Mihi vix ego no- Indignum! nolo-me tamen urget Amor! Gnatho (aside) Virgo placet, (to Ch.) Dominas vin' deducamus ad ædes ? Nil tibi cum tenerâ; sola petatur anus! (Chæ. gives him a backhander, and knocks his hat off; Parmeno remains.) Immemor, ut solet, ipse sui, rerumque suarum! 1:|:ཀྱི Immémor argenti, consiliique mei! Adversis rebus morens, lætusve secundis, Foemineo capitur, victima certa dolo. Arceat hæc nobis quis mala tanta deus ? Exit. Enter Charea. Me miserum! perii, qui talem forte puellam Reads. Spectârim nunc me, sors inimica, premis! (Enter Par. with a letter.) Quod mihi sit faustum littera missa venit. "Tusse mala periit-moriens, fundumque, domumque, "At, (bene te novit,) ne turpiter omnia fundas, (Ch. capering for joy.) O venerande senex! æternâ pace quiescas! (to Par. laughing.) Uxor ducenda est" quid si tibi candida conjux ?” Ch. Nam tecum sentit, nisi te, quam candida virgo (Enter Sophrona, Pam. and Pythiasen) Soph. (crying.) Hunc ita me lusisse pudet; me sæpe puellam Delusit mentem-car inflammavit amore!-(cries) Hunc hominem nunquam dilexi.-Soph. Mille miparum Ut bigas emeret mihi, conjugiumque pararet ;-(sobs) Formosam juvenis dixerit esse, cave (Paints and is carried out.) si te Jam tandem fortuna favet mihi, cara, favebis ? Ealing, Midsummer, 1827. HEAVENLY ROSES. They who celestial roses cull, Of deathless scent and fadeless bloom, Rejoice then, pilgrims of the skies, S.N.E. Soon will the pearly gates unfold, NOW down the western sky, And all the beauties fly The absence of her light: By her mild beam I rove; I all rude clarions shun, And seek the silent grove : Where Philomel attunes Her symphony of love; And echo soft communes Her plaints throughout the grove! Hence sacred to the muse, Is the lone hour of night: And let my theme aspire T. N. Ah! days of childhood, now long gone, Ah days! when life was yet a toy, When each new day brought its new sun, With eaglet speed they flew. Then all the thoughts on pleasure went, And health its blessing to us lent, What eagerness was then display'd 'Twas deem'd an age of pain. Their laws, like those of elder heads, And disputes would arise and Yet not for long, O not for loug, Forgetful, soon again they shout, Their dexterous feats display; Till all their swiftness, strength, tired out, These days, they fled; and manhood came Viewing, all round, delight. All then was hope, and nothing else And fancy roam'd thro' realms of bliss,- We painted life as Eden fair, Ideal pleasures drew; Reck'd lightly of the clouds of care, And bade our future state, Alas! how soon these visions fled, How long they've ceased to play! The hopes we fondled now are dead, Time work'd their quick decay. And as we muse on days so dear, When Hope's gay rainbow shown; Who can refrain regretting tears, That what we thought a sound of joy, For, like the leaves by Autumn blown, F'en so our hopes, they fly away, The last at length departs; And as our hopes, so fade our years; The love of life no longer blooms, L. W. W. I'VE THOUGHT OF YOU. I'VE seen the lurid fire of heaven I saw his face, late flush'd with health, Change to death's pallid hue, And e'en amid a scene like this I' sighed, and thought of you. I've heard the deaf'ning thunder roar, In famine on the raging sea My thoughts have still been true, And though you 've never thought of me, Amid the lurid lightning's fire, The spirit of the thunder's ire, The tempest's chilling breath; [July Mid thirst and hunger's fiercest pangs; With battle in my view; TRIBUTE E. B. To the Memory of Miss Eleanor-Henrietta- 1826. And Science sinks to undisturb'd repose, But when, alas! in Nature's opening Grace, wit, and beauty, find an early tomb, With faded Hope,-when Love's soft rays expire, Friendship's warm tints-Devotion's hallow'd fire; Far different feelings invocate our sighs, So, fair Victoria, to the realms of day, When thy pure spirit wing'd its blissful HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT. July 2. This day the two Houses of Parliament were prorogued by commission. The Lord Chancellor read his Majesty's speech, as follows: "My Lords and Gentlemen, "We are commanded by his Majesty to express to you the satisfaction which his Majesty feels in being enabled, by the state of the public business, to release you from further attendance in Parliament.-His Majesty directs us to inform you, that he continues to receive from all Foreign Powers assurances of their earnest desire to cultivate relations of friendship with his Majesty, and that his Majesty's best efforts, as well as his Majesty's communications with his allies, are unceasingly directed to the termination of existing hostilities, and to the maintenance of general peace. "Gentlemen of the House of Commons, "His Majesty commands us to thank you for the supplies which you have granted for the service of the present year, and to assure you that his Majesty has given directions for the careful revision of the fi FRANCE. nancial state of the country, with a view to every diminution of expenditure which may he found consistent with the necessary demands of the public service, and with the permanent interest, good faith, and honour of the nation. "My Lords and Gentlemen, "His Majesty is confident that you participate with his Majesty in the pleasure which his Majesty derives from the indications of a gradual revival of employment in the manufacturing districts.-His Majesty trusts that, although your deliberations on the Corn Laws have not led during the present Session to a permanent settlement of that important question, the consideration of it will be resumed by you early in the ensuing Session, and that such an arrangement of it may finally be adopted as shall satisfy the reasonable wishes, and reconcile the substantial interests, of all the classes of his Majesty's subjects." The Lord Chancellor then intimated, that the Parliament was ordered to be prorogued from this day until Tuesday the 21st of August. FOREIGN NEWS. At the Court of Cassation of Paris, a point of jurisprudence has just been decided which may tend, more than any of the means hitherto tried, to check the practise of duelling, at least as far as married men and fathers of families are concerned. The question was, whether the widow and children of a man killed in a duel could maintain an action for damages against the surviving duelist? It was an appeal from the Court of Assize, before which a Mr. Lelorrian was tried for the murder of a Mr. Garel in a duel. Lelorrian was acquitted of the murder, but sentenced, at the suit of the widow, to the payment of damages to the amount of 20,000 francs to her, and 4,000 francs to her children, to be paid when they come of age, with interest until that period. A Camelopard, sent by the Pacha of Egypt as a present to the King of France, has arrived at Paris. It stands twelve feet high from the upper part of the head, and, being only two years old, will grow much larger. Since the conquest of the Roman Empire, no living Camelopard has been brought to Europe. It seems to be even rare in Central Africa, its native country. SPAIN. A letter from Madrid, dated the 5th July, announces the ratification of a treaty between Great Britain and France, the effect of which is to guarantee the Portuguese constitution, and the evacuation of the South of Spain, including the fortresses of Cadiz and Barcelona, by the French army. Portugal is also, by the terms of the treaty, to be evacuated by the British troops, leaving a small garrison at Belem, to protect the constitutional government from the effect of any sudden movement. The letters from the northern frontier state that the Spanish authorities at Galicia have issued strict orders to arrest and disarm the Portuguese rebels. The officer who is appointed to execute this duty is Colonel Ignacio Perreira, of the Orense Militia, the same who declared strongly in the favour of these rebels, and always supported them. A curious account has just been established of the subscriptions made by the different religious communities, by the corporations, ecclesiastical as well as civil, by the different municipalities of the kingdom, and by several private individuals, for the or |