POETRY. PATRIOTIC STANZAS. [The following spirited verses were composed by THOMAS CAMPBELL, Esq. and recited by him at a meeting of North Britons, in London, on Monday, 8th of August, 1803. The bursts of feeling in the second and third stanzas, are remarkably natural and energetic.] Our bosoms we'll bare to the glorious strife, And our oath is recorded on high, To prevail in the cause that is dearer than life, Then rise, fellow freemen, and stretch the right hand, 'Tis the home we hold sacred is laid to our trust. In a Briton's sweet home shall a spoiler abide, Shall a Frenchman insult a lov'd fair at our side? Then rise, &c. Shall tyrants enslave us, my countrymen ?-No- Let a deathbed repentance await the proud foe, Then rise, &c. ON THE CAPRICES OF FORTUNE. From the Arabic. Why should I blush that fortune's frown Dooms me life's humble paths to tread ; To live unheeded and unknown; To sink forgotten to the dead? POETRY. 'Tis not the good, the wise, the brave, The pearl in ocean's cavern lies. Dark and eclipsed alone appear The Lord of Day, the Queen of Night. SEQUEL TO THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL. [The following beautiful lines are said to have been written by a young lady of Edinburgh, of fourteen years of age.] O! ye who so lately were blithsome and gay, No longer the Flies and the Emmets advance, And hark to the funeral dirge of the Bee, The Dormouse attended, but cold and forlorn, The corse was embalmed at the set of the sun, In weepers and scarfs came the Butterflies all, The Grub left his nutshell to join the sad throng, EPITAPH. At this solemn spot, where the green rushes wave, 'Twas here we to beauty our obsequies paid, And hallowed the mound which her ashes had made. And here shall the daisy and violet blow, And the lily discover her bosom of snow, Still mourning her friend shall the Grasshopper sing. THE FRENCH PEASANT. When things are done, and past recalling, O, patience, patience, thou'rt a jewel, To make ten troubles out of one. When passions rage, they heap on fuel, Hark, don't you hear the general cry, Whose troubles ever equall'd mine, How readily each stander-by Replies, with captious echo, " mine." Sure from our clime this discord springs, Heaven's choicest blessings we abuse, And every Englishman alive, Whether Duke, Lord, Esquire or Gent, Claims as his just prerogative Ease, liberty, and discontent. A Frenchman often starves and sings A Peasant of the true French breed, A cart with but one sorry steed, And fill'd with onions, savoury load! Careless he trudg'd along before, Singing a Gascon roundelay Hard by there ran a whimpering brook, The road ran shelving towards the brim, The spiteful wind th' advantage took, The wheel flies up, the onions swim The Peasant saw his favourite store At one rude blast all puff'd away. How would an English clown have sworn, Have curs'd the hour that he was born, POETRY. Our Frenchman acted quite as well: Then stood a little while to view At last he, shrugging, cried " Parbleu, Il ne manque ici que de sel, Pour faire de potage excellent." WOMAN. Woman, dear woman, in whose name, In thee the angel virtues shine, An angel form to thee is giv'n, Then be an angel's office thine, From thee we draw our infant strength, For round the heart thy pow'r hast spun, LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. J.E.HALL, Esquire, Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Maryland, is preparing for the press a treatise on "The office and authority of a Justice of the Peace, arising under the acts of the Congress of the United States, the Legislature of the State of Maryland, and the Common Law. Illustrated by a variety of precedents adapted to those Laws." J.CUSHING, of Baltimore, has in the press a translation of Dr. J. Larrey's Memoirs of Military Surgery, and of the Campaigns of the French armies in Asia and Europe, from the year 1791 to 1812. By RICHARD W. HALL, M. D. professor of Midwifery in the University of Maryland. From the second Paris edit. In two vols. large 8vo. Lately published, HALL'S DISTILLER, containing, 1. Full and practical directions for making and distilling all kinds of grain, and imitating Holland gin and Irish whiskey. 2. A notice of the different kinds of stills in use in the United States, and of the Scotch stills, which may be run off 480 times in 24 hours. 3. A treatise on fermentation, containing the latest discoveries on the subject. 4. Directions for making yest, and preserving it sweet for any length of time. 5. The Rev. Mr. Allison's process of rectification, with improvements, and mode of imitating French brandy, &c. 6. Instructions for making all kinds of cordials, compound waters, &c. also for making cider, beer, and various kinds of wines, &c. &c. &c. Adapted to the use of farmers as well as distillers. By Harrison Hall. On this last work, the following encomium is passed by Professor Cooper, in his Emporium of Arts and Sciences. "If a few pages of chymical disquisition were omitted, and some practical directions given on the use of the hydrometer, this would be the best book I have seen on the subject. Indeed, I consider it such as it is. It supersedes a great deal of what I had to say on this manufacture, but I can make some additions when the proper time comes." THE WESTERN GLEANER.-We have just received the first number of a scientific and literary work, entitled The Western Gleaner, published monthly at Pittsburgh, and edited by C. F. Aigster, M. D. It is with great pleasure that we hail this proof of the advancement of science and learning in this interesting portion of the union. The prospectus of the editor breathes the liberal and truly national spirit that should govern every work of the kind; the contents of his first number are highly satisfactory, and if he steadfastly adheres to the impartial plan he has laid down, and executes it with the ability of which he has already given tokens, it cannot fail to redound to his own credit, and the advantage of the Western Country. IN PRESS BY Howe and Deforest, of New-Haven, The Elements of Algebra, being the first part of an introduction to the study of the Mathematics, adapted to the course of instruction in Yale College. By Jeremiah Day, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Yale College. |