And ran down their line, boys, through thick and through this, "Then starboard and larboard, and this way and that, "The Detroit, and Queen Charlotte, and Lady Provost, And not one of them all from our grapplings got free, "Now give us a bumper to Elliot and those "And though Britons may brag of their ruling the ocean, Though they're lords of the sea, we'll be lords of the lakes." CAROLINE. By Thomas Campbell, (not published in his works) GEM of the crimson-colour'd even, Companion of retiring day, Why at the closing gates of heaven, So fair thy pensile beauty burns This is the breathing, blushing hour, O! sacred to the fall of day P. Shine on her chosen green resort, Where trees the sunward summit crowns Shine on her sweetly scented road, Shine where my charmer's sweeter breath Where winnow'd by her gentle air Thus, ever thus, at day's decline, FEMALE CELIBACY, OR THE GRAVE OF CYNTHIA. By the author of the “ Bachelor's Soliloquy.” WHERE youthful circles make resort Nightly to flaunt in trim array, The light, the giddy, and the gay, To wet one cheek With gentle pity's holy dew: Why shade with clouds a summer sky? Why dim the lustre of an eye Which sorrow never knew? But lives there one whose feeling breast Those festive scenes can bear to leave, To wander where the weary rest, If such there be O! come with me, And view poor Cynthia's lowly bed; 'Tis yonder little fresh-green sod, Where seldom mourner's foot hath trod, Or pious tear been shed. * See Analectic Magazine, May, 1815. O, time! I would not blame thy power, Beyond compare, And ever was her heart so blithe For her, soft dreams, and slumbers light, Each eye beam'd on her with delight, With reverence meet, A crowd of flattering suitors strove; Some proffer'd glittering gems and gold, And some of endless transports told, And everlasting love. But little could their prayers avail, Nor one could win the maiden's choice; She little heeded flattery's tale, She scorn'd the sound of mammon's voice: Could she admire Of beaux that glitter'd by her side; Yet had she seen some gentle youth, In plaintive mood, And, sighing, look'd his anxious pain, And had he dropt a silent tear, The tribute of a soul sincere, He had not sued in vain. What though the charms which nature sprea Would sometimes break unbidden sighs, Was needed, who could watch each breathStill near thy sickly couch could wait-Support thee on the brink of fate, And cheer the gloom of death. Thou who couldst mourn o'er friendship's bier, Why was thine own unwept to be? Thou who couldst give to all a tear, Why was there none to weep for thee? The wild weeds wave Who shall thy perish'd worth deplore? Or say, the breast which lies beneath, Though doom'd its sighs unheard to breathe, Adieu, poor Cynthia! though thy bier By widow'd love has not been press'd, Shall still be found In spring's soft verdure first array'd, INTELLIGENCE IN LITERATURE AND THE ARTS. MR. CHARLES R. LESLIE. The beautiful vignette prefixed to this volume from a study of a bust of Homer in the British museum, by our young countryman, Charles R. Leslie, leads us to make further mention of this very promising genius. It is pretty generally known that public attention was first attracted to him about three years since, in consequence of some sketches that he made of Mr. Cooke, in his principal characters. The singular excellence of these attempts, for a youth of sixteen, almost unpractised in the art, awakened a desire among the gentlemen of Philadelphia, that his genius should be fostered and cultivated. This liberal disposition was assiduously directed and turned to advantage by the active zeal of Messrs. Bradford and Inskeep, in whose bookstore young Leslie was serving an apprenticeship; and through the praiseworthy exertions of these gentlemen a subscription was set on foot among several persons of taste and munificence, and a sum of one thousand dollars contributed, for the purpose of sending the young artist to England. On his arrival in that country he was received by our distinguished countryman, Mr. Benjamin West, with that paternal kindness which he is noted for extending to all young adventurers from his native land. Under his care Mr. Leslie has been rapidly improving, and every specimen of painting which he has sent home, evinces to his generous patrons that their liberality has been most happily bestowed. His painting of THE TRIAL OF CONSTANCE, from Marmion, has already been mentioned in this work. A large engraving is to be made of it, by Edwin, and the profits (which it is hoped public patronage will render considerable) are to be remitted to Mr. Leslie to assist him in the prosecution of his studies. We understand that Mr. Thomas Campbell, author of the Pleasures of Hope, has finished a series of biographical and critical notices of the British poets, from Chaucer downwards, which he intends shortly to put to press. An historical and critical account of the lives and writings of James I., Charles I., Oliver Cromwell, and Charles II. after the manner of Mr. Bayle, drawn from original writers and state-papers, by WILLIAM HARRIS, is announced, in five volumes, 8vo. A new translation is announced of the history of England, from the earliest periods, by Rapin de Thoyras. It is also to be continued to the present time, with illustrative annotations, historical, political, and statistical, from private collections, and from public records, in the British museum, the Tower of London, &c. by HENRY ROBERTSON, L.L.D. Dr. HUTTON is preparing a new edition of Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy; containing amusing dissertations and inquiries concerning a variety of subjects, the most remarkable and proper to excite curiosity and attention to the whole range of the mathematical and philosophical sciences; first composed by Mr. Ozanam, of the royal academy of sciences, &c. lately recomposed, and greatly enlarged, in a new edition, by the celebrated M. Montucla, and now translated into English, and improved with many additions and observations. |