X. He saw a Turnkey in a trice Fetter a troublesome blade; "Nimbly," quoth he, "do the fingers move If a man be but used to his trade." XI. He saw the same Turnkey unfetter a man With but little expedition, Which put him in mind of the long debate On the Slave-trade abolition. XII. He saw an old acquaintance As he passed by a Methodist meeting;- She holds a consecrated key, And the Devil nods her a greeting. XIII. She turned up her nose, and said, And she looked to Mr. And leered like a love-sick pigeon. XV. The Devil quoted Genesis, Like a very learned clerk, How "Noah and his creeping things And he gave to the rich, And he shook hands with a Scotchman, He saw with consternation, And back to hell his way did he take, For the Devil thought by a slight mistake It was general conflagration. Sept. 6, 1799. 1 II.-LOVE POEMS. Quas humilis tenero stylus olim effudit in ævo, Ipse mihi collatus enim non ille videbor: Frons alia est, moresque alii, nova mentis imago, Pectore nunc gelido calidos miseremur amantes, LEWTI, OR THE CIRCASSIAN LOVE-CHAUNT. Ar midnight by the stream I roved, Image of Lewti! from my mind The Moon was high, the moonlight gleam Heaved upon Tamaha's stream; But the rock shone brighter far, The rock half sheltered from my view I saw a cloud of palest hue, Till it reached the moon at last : And with such joy I find my Lewti; And even so my pale wan cheek Drinks in as deep a flush of beauty! Nay, treacherous image! leave my mind, If Lewti never will be kind. The little cloud-it floats away, How mournfully it seems to fly, Ever fading more and more, As white as my poor cheek will be, Nay, treacherous image! leave my mind— I saw a vapour in the sky, Perhaps the breezes that can fly Hush! my heedless feet from under Like echoes to a distant thunder, They plunge into the gentle river. The river-swans have heard my tread, And startle from their reedy bed. O beauteous birds! methinks ye measure Your movements to some heavenly tune! O beauteous birds! 'tis such a pleasure To see you move beneath the moon, I would it were your true delight To sleep by day and wake all night. |