522 Anecdotes of Gainsborough-Original Poetry. (July 1, being torn, and an abscess formed be- fectly recovered, le sent Gainsborough tween them and the windpipe.

word he was returned. Gainsborough,

who was extremely capricious, only re GAINSBOROUGH

plied, that he was glad to hear Sir Josbus was one day painting the portrait of a was well; and he never afterwards de rich citizen, who told the painter that sired the president to sit, por had any he had come in his new five-guinea wig. other intercourse with him, till GainsboMis manner and his attempts to look rougb was dying, when he requested to pretty had such an effect on the painter, see him, that he might thank him for the that with the greatest difficulty he was very favourable manner in which he bad prevented from laughing in his face. At always spoken of his works. length, when the worthy alderman begged Gainsborough painted the portraits of he would not overlook the dimple in his Garrick and Foote, but did not succeed chin, bis manner was so simpering, that in their likenesses according to bis wishes, no power of face could withstand it: and humourously excused himself for his Gainsborough burst into an immoderate failure by observing, that they had every fit of laughter, threw his pencils on the body's faces but their own—a remark foor, and damning the dimple, declared which may be applied to every dramatic he could not paint that or the person performer. either, and never touched the picture Mrs. Siddons once sat for her portrait

to a Mr. Scott, of North Britain, who Soon after Gainsborough settled in observed, her nose gave him much trou. London, Sir Joshua Reynolds thought ble. “ Ab!" said she, “ Gainsborough himself bound in civility to pay him a was a good deal troubled in the same visit; Gainsborough, however, took not way." He bad altered and varied the the least notice of him for several years; shape a long time, when at last he threw but at length called on him, and re- down the pencil

, saying: “ D-n the quested him to sit for his picture. Sir nose !-there is no end to it.!" Joshua complied, and sat once to that Gainsborough observed, he felt no reartist; but being soon afterwards taken gret in dying, except that of leaving his ill, he was obliged to go to Bath for his profession, which he thought he was just health. On his return to London, per- beginning to feel.

more.

ORIGINAL POETRY.

Though rich in every youthful grace,
ON THE DEATH OF

By nature's bounteous hand design'd,
GEORGINA N. A. T. GRANT,* Faint were the beauties of her face
By Miss D. P. CAMPBELL.

Compar'd with her embeHish'd mind.

That mind no selfish passion sway'd, AT thy lone tomb, Georgina dear!

'Twas mild and gentle as the dove, • The pious knee shall lowly bend;

And her expressive smile display'd
And there Affection's warmest tcar,

The soul of tenderness and love,
In dewy show'rs, shall oft descend.
Oh! what avails it that thy form

To make that mind more lovely still,

Religion came, divine employ!
In beauty's perfect mould was cast ?
The fairest flow'r must meet the storm,

To soothe each agonizing thrill

With inward balm and holy joy;
And wither in the angry blast.
Such was Georgina !--fairest flow's

Taught her with gleams of Christian faith

Etherial mansions to ascend ; That ever met the morning gale!

To smile at the approach of Death, But, ah! beneath Affliction's pow's,

And hail the king of terrors as a friend. Soun dropp'd the pride of yonder vale.

Then weep not o'er yon lonely tomb,
Though on her cheek health's roseate glow

The lov'd Georgina sleeps not there!
But lately blush'd so fresh and fair,
Deain's cruel messenger of woe

Th' eternal heav'n is now her home,
Soon plac'd the sickly lily there.

Angelic bliss is now her sphere.
What though Georgina's mould'ring dust

Is laid beneath yon grassy sod, Daughter of Mrs. Grant, of Auchter. Her soul, companion of the just, blair, authoress of " Popular Modela.”

Rejoices in the Saviour God.

1816.] Original Poetry.

523 AN ODE.

Whose potent inspiration plann'd

The glory of her warrior band;
BY EDMUND L. SWIFT, ESQ.

Yet, alas ! whose mortal eye
For the Anniversary of the Birth of Was closed on their victory.
THE LATE RIGat Hon. WILLIAM Pitt, Raise it, worthy of the name,
The 28th of May, 1816.

Raise it, like the unspotted fame,

Of Him, whose natal hour we celebrate !
Nec carus æque, nec superstes

Not with venal gold adorn'd,
Integer,

HORACE.

Which His moveless virtue scorn'd;

But in pure and solemn state,
NOT till the death of Time,

“ Simply and severely great !”
Not till that mortal hour, which opes the birth
And morning-star of high eternity,

And whom shall Albion cali, [hand, Shall silence veil His name sublime,

To deck this dearest trophy? Whose the
Whose wisdom watched the nations of the To pour the homage of her land,
And bade them all be free. [earth,

The triumphs and the tears of all,
Oh, never shall oblivion's cloud

Around its hallowed shrine !
The name of Pitt in darkness shroud! Two she hath destined forth. On Pitt's
But, oft as this revolving day

proud tomb,

[twine Calls forth His country's full array,

Heir of his wisdom, CASTLE REAGĦ shall Shall to His spirie blest belong

The olive's victor wreath ; [neath
The plaintive theme, the moral song; And, WELLESLEY! thy disdainful sword be-
And still by Albion's hand renew'd,

Shall dash the eagle plume
Her civic wreath of gratitude

of the usurping Gaul.
Shall shew its proudest prime.

THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF PITT. Lift, then, the joyful strain! (ended!

Wrillen by a Member of the Putt CLUB, And mourn we not that He his course hath

For the Anniversary of Mr. Pitt's Birthday, O'er Him the grave in vain

May 28th, 1816.
Its empire deep and dark extended :

BLEST be the hour, and blest the day
He burst the charmed chain,
And forth upon the wings of Fame ascended. A nation's hope, a nation's stay,

When Freedom gave her Pitt to light! But few are they, the chosen few,

Albion's star-serene and bright,
Who bear such glory to the tomb :

To guide her on her way!
Few are the gifted ones, for whom

Then fill the glass, and drink with me,
Such amaranth wreaths are woven, so

To Pitt's immortal memory.
lovely and so new.
Brief may be the Patriot's life,

The high born soul, the heart of fire,
Broken with the stormy strife

The spirit pure, the innate worth,
Of coitest loud and high debate :

Demand the Muse's sweetest lyre,
On his even course pursued

Her choicest strains, to hail his birth,
To his loneliest solitude,

A people to inspire !
With inexorable hate,

Then fill the glass, and drink with me,

To Pitt's immortal memory.
And many an unrelenting feud.
Painful vigils hath he kept,

That soul no danger could appal,
While the perilled people slept ;

That heart corruption could not reach,
And oft upon his studies pale,

That spirit deaf to int’rest's call, [teach,
When she drew aside the veil

That worth which Virtue's self 'might
From the wakeful brow of night

Combined t'avert our fall!
Hath morning dawn'd her weary light.

Then fill the glass, and drink with me,
Seldom may the Patriot find

To Pitt's immortal memory.
Rest of body or of mind;
While his country's deepening danger,

Now mark the Patriot's steady way;
Or the insult of her foes,

O'er Faction's snares and Treason's wiles
Leaves him to long lost repose He triumphs in the blaze of day,
A stranger.

And at his conquest Britain smiles
So troubled is the Patriot's life ;-

To see her foes decay!
And, oh! amid such countless strife, Then fill the glass, and drink with me,
What ungrateful heart shall wonder, To Pitir's immortal memory.
That He,

who bore our island's thunder,
In the torrent of its fire,

Gallia's stern Tyrant well has known
Exhausted, did expire?

His counsels wise, his actions bold;

How bright has his example shone,
Raise we now the record high!

By after ages will be told,
To Him, who lived for Albion's pride ; And Bourbon's rescued throne.
To Him, wbo for her sorrow died; Then fill the glass, and drink with me,
To Him, whose prayer was prophecy;

To Pitt's immortal memory.

Original Poetry.

[July 1, Pirt taught how safety might be won, So when the waves' tumultuous shock

Bade marshall's nations meet the foc! Hath wreck'd an Indian's little bark,
Pitt nerv'd the arm of WELLINGTON, Alone he gains some craggy rock,
And laid the vile Usurper low-

Sea-girt amid the tempest dark.
Sunk, lost, degraded gone.

All that affection prized in life, Then fill the glass, and drink with me,

With eager gaze he seeks around, To Pitt's immortal memory.

They're gone-he meets the stormy strife,

And sinks amid the gloom profound.
ON CORRECTING A MS. POEM,
BY H. C. CLIFTON.

HORACE, ODE V.-TO PYRRHA. Oh! could I thus with ease erase,

PYRRHA! what youth with odours Crown'd, From faithful mem'ry's chequer'd page, On rosy beds shall thee caress; Life's carliest hopes, jovs brightest rays,

In shady grots with myrile crown'd, Obscur'd by fate's relentless rage. What youth wilt thou vouchsafe to bless ? Though past of youth the rosy morn, For whom dost thou thy golden hair

Though none of Fortune's gifts are mine; In flowing tresses loosely bind,
Fancy would still my path adorn,

Genteelly plain, with easy air,
And still the fairy scene would shine, Say unto whom wilt thou be kind.
But what avails it now to trace,

Alas! poor youth, he'll oft bewail,
The devious errors of my way?

The plighted vow that's broke by you, No charm the luring fiend can chace,

His prayers to Cupid wo'nt prevail, Which leads my wand'ring steps astray.

Venus is deaf to all his woe.

A stranger to thy faithless mind, În vain my aking eyes explore

He thinks he is for ever blest, Where Time's dark surges ceaseless roll; Deceiv’d, forgot, he'll shortly find, But Hope illusive charms no more, The waves are ruffled in thy breast. And mingled terrors haunt my soul.

Unhappy those whom you detain, Terrors which fancy once dispellid,

Enamour'd with your faultless shape, And bade th' unstudied numbers flow;

My drooping clothes in Neptune's fane O'er Fate her magic empire held,

Declare to all my hard escape.

С. And raised me from a world of woe.

April 11, 1816.
From social joys a sad recluse,

TO A MERCENARY FRIEND.
Alone I brave the tempest's force; WHY covet those ignoble toys,
No flower its grateful tribute shews,

Why hoard those stores of glitt'ring wealth, To cheer my solitary course.

Can they afford thee solid joys, No more for me shall pity's eye

Can they secure thee peace or health? To friendship drop the generous tear ;

If all the wealth that India boasts No more responsive heave the sigh

Was added to thy useless store,
Which spoke a kindred bosom near. Thy heart would roam to Afric's coasts

And sigh to think it was not more.
Yet there's a halm for sorrow found;
A charm to quell the throbbing breast,

Say what's the end of all thy care,
To close of grief the bleeding wound,

And all thy mercenary ways;

For what would'st thou such store prepare, And give the weary wand'rer rest.

How spend it in thy latter days? Then will the dark chill mist of death

Is it a pleasure to behold Spread o'er my eyes no fearful gloom;

Thy wealth a benefit to none; No sigh prolong my fleeting breath

Was it design'd that so much gold To shun the horrors of the tomb.

Should make one happy man alone ? The soul which dreads death's fearful road,

Can you at night before you sleep Which still the cup of joy would sip,

Recount your many thousands o'er, Lingers within her frail abode,

Then think how many daily weep, And hangs upon the quiv'ring lip.

And threaten'd leave your cheerless door?

Will not that God whose bounteous band But when to toil and grief a prey,

Plac'd so much good within thy puw'r,
She longs to quit this scene of strife,
Sudden she wings her hasty way,

A nobler, better, use demand?

Where's thy account for that dread hour i Nor casts one parting look on life.

But, ah! I fear persuasion's yain,
For though in clouds life's sun may set, Since mis’ry cannot touch thy heart ;

Though every nerve may writhe with pain; Yet, О reflect, ino sordid man,
Unfelt the pang of fond regret,

With all thy wealth shou soon must part ! The king of terrors frowns in vain !

E. PRIEST.

816.)

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INTELLIGENCE IN LITERATURE AND THE

ARTS AND SCIENCES.

PROCEEDINGS OF UNIVERSITIES. OXFORD. June 4, the prize compo John's; Hoskins, John, Queen's; Jensitions were adjudged as follow:

nings, Thomas F. Wadham; Stocker, Chancellor's Prizes.

Charles G. St. John's. Latin Essuy-" In Historia scribenda In Literæ Humaniores. quænam sic præcipua inter Auctores ve- Anderson, Thomas, Exeter ; Birch, Wilteres et novos Ditrerentia ;" H. M. Mil liam S. Oriel; Bolton, Henry, Exeter; man, esq. B. A. fellow of Brasenose Col

Boucher, Barton, Baliol; Cockeram, lege.

Henry, Exeter; Deacon, William W. English Essay—“A Comparative Es Exeter; Edmonstone, Archibald,Christ timate of Sculpture and Painting;" H. Church; Ellis, Hon. Geo. W. Agar, M. Milman, esq. B. A. fellow of Brase Christ Church; Eyre, William T. nose College.

Brasenose; Fuller, Robert F. BraseLatin Verse" Druidæ;" Mr. W.II. nose; Garden, John, Exeter; Greaves, Burton, commoner of Exeter College. Richard, Wadham; Griffith, John W.

Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize. Queen's; Grylls, Henry, Exeter; Jen“ The Horses of Lysippus;" Mr. A.

nings, Thomas F. Wadham; Stafford, Macdonnell, student of Christ Church. James C. Magdalen ; Stanhope, Chas.

J. Christ Church; West, John, ExeJune 8.-The names of those candi

ter; Wilkinson, Thomas H. Exeter; dates who, at the close of the public

Wills, William, Wadham ; Young, examinations of this term, were admit

David, Baliol. ted by the public examiners into the first and second classes of Litere Humaniores In Discipline Mathematicæ et Physiee. and Discipline Mathematicæ et Physicæ Greaves, Richard, Wadham; Pope, Edrespectively, according to the alphabeti ward, Queen's. cal arrangement in each class prescribed

The number of candidates to whom by the statute, stand as follow:

testimoniums for their degrees were given In the First Class of Litera Humaniores. by the public examiners, but who were Awdry, John W. Christ Church; Clif

not admitted into either of the above ton, Lord, Christ Church; Creyke, classes, amount to 61. Stephen, C. C. C.; Dornford, Joseph, CAMBRIDGE.- The Chancellor's gold Wadham; Stocker, Charles G. St. medal for the best English poem, is this John's.

year adjudged to Mr. Hamilton Sydney In the First Class of Discipline Mathe Beresford, of Clare Hall: subject, « Ma

homet."
maticæ et Physica.
Eedle, Edward, Christ Church; Green-

Sir William Browne's gold medals are law, Richard B. Worcester; Watts, For the Greek Ode, to John H. Fisher,

adjudged as follow:-
John, University.

Trinity College.
In the Second Class of Literæ Humaniores. For the Latin Ode and Epigrams, toWm.
Allen, Henry, C. C. C.; Blackmore, Nanson Lettsom, Trinity College.

John, Exeter; Eedle, Edward, Christ
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TRINITY COLLEGE, Dublin. - The
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Hasler, Richard, University; llawkins, this year " The Marriage of the Princess
Francis, St. John's; Hughes, Thomas Charlotte of Wales.”
L. Brasenose; Manley, John, Wad-
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