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-• ADDRESSED Td LOUISA.
From whence, Louisa, comes the
• fire,
That in my bosom glows ?
That thus, awakening fond desire,
Forbids my J'oft repose ! ,
Is it thofc eyesfo keenly bright ?
Thoje cheeks of rof eat e. hue ?.
v That bosom fw citing with delight,
To love and nature true ?
Is it (for which a faint might sigh,
Which fioic hearts would warm,
And give delight to ev'ry eye)
That love-inspiring form 7
Oh, no ! V is neither form nor face,
That thus enchants my foul:
What heart alone could give such
grace ?
The charm is in the whole,
EPIGRAM.
You*vc fioTn my ravi fil'd foul
away,
** *
Maria pity my despair ;
Return it to its place, 1 pray,
Or take my body in yonr care.
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ANECD 0 T E £.
A plain countryman bringing
his daughter to town, said, though
(he was brought up altogether in
the country, Jhe was a girl of
sense. Yes, fays a pretty young
female in company, country sense.
Why, faith madam, fays the man,
country sense is better fame times
than city impudence.
Aperfon [peaking of Bonapar
te's vafi extent of empire , an Ir ; fi>
Jailor exclaimed. “By my troth,
he has'nt as much ground on the
ocean as will make him a potatoe
garden.”
. ‘ The dcceafed Count Bibb, one
‘night at a cider cellar, told a friend
‘that he intened to leave 20 pound(
‘to be Jpent at his funeral ; whiff
induced the other to ajk him, if
the money was to be !'pent going or
reTurmng ? Bibb good humoredly
•hjpiied x P, Going, to be sure ; for,
when you return, 1 lhant be with
you.” “ “
Awful •infiancc of Almighty
wengeadtf , on a cockfghter, as re
(corded in the obituary of the Gen
4lemanfs -Magazine u Died
April 4, at lottenham, John
AxAtfoify Esq. a young man of
large fortune, and in thc fplendcr
of his horses and carriages rival-
Vr d by few country gentlemen.—
His table was that of hofpftality ,
where it may be said he facrijiccd
‘'too much to conviviality . Air.
Ardefoif was very fondcf cock
fighting, and had a favorite cock
upon which be had won many pro
fitable matches. The lafi bet he
layed upon his coik he loft , which so
enraged him, that he had the bird
tied to a (pit, and roafied alive
before a large fire. The Jcreams
cf the miserable animal were Jo of
fering, that feme gentlemen who
were present attempted to interfere ,
which so enraged Air. Ardefoif,
tint he foized a poker, and with
the mofi J uncus vehemence declar
ed that he would kill the firfi man
who interpejed ; but in the midil
cf has pajnonate ajfeveraticns, he
4 ell down dead upon the (tot ! ,f
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V rom it;l I\v•-V j r.Ea: i v
Advertiser.
Ext rail from Ur. Miller's exccl
cellent difeourfes on fuicide', re
cently publifijed.
(( Beside the injury done to
•focietyin general,-he who de
stroys his own life feldom'fatls to
•inflict-the deepest wounds upon
• all who fraud rriore immediately
related to him in domcftic • and
social life. Sav, miserable raan !
who art contemplating the crime
of felf-murder, haft thou no pa
rent, the evening of‘whole- days,
by this crime, would oe embit
tered, or whose grey hairs would
be brought down with sorrow
to the crave ? TD.ft thou no a-
O
miable partner of thy life who
would be precipitated by this
step into the deeped affliction ?
Haft thou no tender babes, who
by thy deferticn would be left
fatherlefs, and exposed to all the
dangers of an unpitying world ?
Haft thou no brethren or jifiers
to ftiarc in the grief, and the dii
grace of thine unworthy con
du6t ? Are there no friends who
love fhee, who would weep o
ver thy folly and iin, and feel
themfelves.wounded by thy fail ?
In foort, would the execution of
thy wicked purpose disturb the
peace of no family r torture no
bosom of sensibility and kind
ness ?. defraud no creditor ? Did
thy conduct extend only to thy
own person, though fill! a crime
it would be comparatively finall.
But the consequences of such a
step would prcbably extend be
yond thy conception, and lait
longer than thy mercy. Stay
then, guilty man i (by thy mur
derous hand ! extinguish not the
happiness and the hopes of a fa
mily, it may be, of many fami
lies ! Forbear, O ! forbear to
influft wounds which no time
can heal, and which may tempt
survivors to wish that thou hatflt
never been born !
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—Let us go to yonder viftim
of impatience and despair, who
wanders silent, melancholy, &
alone, medita 1 ing the termina
tion of his sorrows by the pil
tol, or the poisonous draught—
Let us approach, and require
why he is disgusted with life ?—•
•You are embarrassed in your cir
cumftantes ; you have been rob
bed of your property by-baud,
’or by other difaftious occurren
ces ; you have been precipitated
from the height of affluence to
the moft abject poverty; you
i cannot dig, to begyou are ajhamed,
and therefore resolve to fly
from life. But before you take
this dreadful and irrevocable
step, pause a moment and an
lwer me the following questions ;
Is a large portion of property
indifpenlably necefiary to hap
hinefs ? Have not thoulabds
been contented and happy with
as imall a pittance-as that w hich
you yet pofiefs ? Nay, have
not fome found more realerjoy
ment after being thus reduced,
than they found in the days of
their affluence and prosperity ?
Was not the Saviour of the
world, when he fejourned up
on the earth without a place
to lay his head I And has he no:
by his example, made poverty
and iuibrings honorable ? 13c
w
’ fifos, though you are now so
ft rammed circurr stances, may
. not a k ; nd providence hereafter
fmiie upon yen, and reward
your inauftry with comfort and
plenty ? Who can tell but that,
- bke Job, your latter end, in rhis
re sped! may be more blejfed than
your beginning ? But even sup
posing the woaft-j will you de
stroy a life on •which so much
depends, for the-lake, of trea- ;
lures which are tranfieht and
unfatisfying; -for a lime-glitter
ing dull, which pen flies in the
tiling; “ for so much train as
may be grasped thus ?** Mise
rable estimate ! Ignoble alter
native ! Live, and exhibit the
sublime, the edifying ipedtacle,
of one struggling with -want,
and yet holding raft his integrity.
FROM THE MINERVA.
( Concluded from cur inf.)
Harley was a good deal ft ruck
by this discovery ; he had pru
dence enough, however, to
conceal his amazement and bow
ing as low to the monarch, as
his -dignity required, left him
immediately, and joined his
comoanions.
He found them in a quarter
of the house set apart for the in
sane of the other sex, fevers! of
whom had gathered about the
female visitors, and were exa
mining, with rather more accu
racy than might have been ex
pected, the-particulars of their
dress.
Separate from the rest flood
one, whole appearance had fome
thirg of superior dignity. Her
face, though pale and wafted,
was less fqualul than thole of
the others, and (bowed a dejec
tion of that decent kind, wnich
moves our pity ; unmixed with
horror: upon her, therefore, the
eves of all were immediately
• *
turned. The keeper, who ac
companied them, observed it-;
ts This, 0 said he, “is a young
lady, who was born to ride in
her coach and fix. She was be
loved, if the story T have heard
is true, by a young gentleman,
her equal in birth, though by
no means her match in fortune :
but love, they fay, is blind, and
so she fancied him as much as
he did her. Her father, it
Items, would not hear of their
marriage, and threatened to turn
her out cf doors, if ever (he
law him again. Upon this the
young gentleman took a voyage
to the Weft-Indies, in hope’s of
betteiing his fortune, and ob
taining his mistress ; but he was
Icarce landed, when he was
seized with one cf thole fevers
which are common in thole Is
lands, and died in a few days,
lamented by every one that
knew him. This news’foon
reached his mistress, who was
at the fame time prelied by her
father to marry a rich miforly
s fellow, who was old enough to
he her grandfather, ft he death
of her lover had no effect on
, her inhuman parent: he was
| only the more earned for her
\ marriage with the man he had
provide 1 for her ; and that be
tween her despam 2: the death
oi the one, a. and Ur svetfton to
’ the btU\. she poor your-., * “
vas reduced to the ecu <};•'■
you lee her in. but Got! w .
not prufper lech cruelty ; her
father's affairs boon after wen:
to wreck, and he died a! me ft a
beggar.”
Though this story was told H
very plain language, it had par
ticularly-attracted Hatley’s no
tice ; he had given it the tribute
•of lbme tears. The unfortunate
-yoiK-g- lady had nil now feetntd
entranc’ and in thong u, with her
eyes cn a little garner ru g foe
wore on her fi <r r ; fne turned
them now upon 1 iadeyu ?Jy
Billy is nc> more !’’ laid Inr,
do you weep nfar my- Billy !
Bleflings on your rears ! I wool j
weep too, but rhy brain is dry;
and it burns, it bur ns, burns :’ ’
—She drew nearer to fdarley.
{C Be comforted, voting lady, ‘
faip he <c your'Bii’y is in i)ra
ven.”— <JC Is he in- eed ? r>-d
fhaii we meet e.g-ftn ? and fna 1
that frightful man (pointing t >
the keeper) ru -1 be there ?—•
Alas ! lam grown mu.-uhrv e-f
late ; I have almofc
to think of Heaven : yet I pray
sometimes ; when 7 can, I pro ,
and sometimes Iftng; when l
am faddeir, I sing :—You tftail
hear me—hufn !
“ L'rht he the earth on Billy's
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breast,
And green thefod that wrafs hit
grave !”
There was a- plaintive wftdne'k
in the air no: to be withstood ;
and, except the keeper’s, there
was not an unmoistened eye ag
round her,
” Do you weep an-ftn ?” said
foe: ct 1 would not have you
weep; you are like my Duly a
you nre, believe; just so he
looked when he p;ave this ringi
poor Billy ! ‘twas the last time
ever we met !
a ‘Twas when the seas were
roaring—l love you for re fumb
ling my Billy ; but I foail never
love any man like him”—She
ft retched out her hand to Har
ley; he prdTed it between both
his, and bathed it with his tears*
—“ Nay, that’s Billy’s ring
said foe, “ you cannot have ir s
indeed, but here is another, look
here, which I plaited to-day of
fome gold thread from th s bit
of fnuff; will you keep it for
my fake ; I am a ft range girl;
but my Feart is harm Id's; my
poor heart; it will built lbme
day ; feel how it bears ! ” She
pre fif'd his hand to her bosom,
then holding her head fn the at
titude of hfteniiig—Hark !
one, two, three ! be quiet, thou
little trembler ; my BuSy is
cold !—but I had forgotten the
ring.”—She put it on his huger.
<c Farewell i l muff leave ‘you
row/’—She would have with
drawn her hand; Harley held
it to his lips.—j dare not stay
longer ; my head throbs iadly :
farewell.” She walked with
a hurried step to a little apart
ment at so medl ft an ce. Harley
flood fixed in aftop.ifoment and
piry ; his friend gave money to
the keeper.—Harley looked on
his ring.—-He put a couple of
guineas into the man’s hand :—.
Be kind to that unfortunate.**
—1 le burst into ce Ul <ll *X 1 left
them.