316 Original Poetry. POETRY. [VOL. 2 From the Literary Gazette. We are indebted to a distinguished Poet for the following lines, though be does not authorize us to give his name. No name (we think) could enhance their beauty. THE MOSLEM BRIDAL-SONG. FROM THE ITALIAN. HERE is a radiance in the sky, TA flush of gold, and purple dye. Night lingers in the west,--the sun It is a lovely hour,---though Heaven But there are sounds along the gale ;- The flutes breathe nigh,---the portals now From the Literary Gazette, Oct. 1817. THE OLD MAN'S SONG, (From a MS. Poem) BY HENRY Neele. lady! do not weep for me, Because my closing hour is near, I only moura that I should be So long a way-worn traveller here. Cares not how soon it beats no more. The worms will soon feed on my breast, When grief shall weigh it down no more: And dark will be my couch of rest, And cold, but free from pain and fears, Unshaken by my throbbing breast, Unwetted by my bursting tears. Then lady do not weep for me, Because my closing hour is near; I only mourn that I should be So long a way-worn traveller here From the Monthly Magazine, Nov. 1817. THE RUINS OF JERUSALEM. BY W. MUNRO. AND of the fallen! desolate and low, sons woe; Far from thy Zion, wanderers they roam, Thy pride a desert, and their hope a tomb? Thy blushing streams, that warble ceaseless praise, To them who taught thee first the note to raise, Thine Israel joy not, broken, blighted, fled ; Vile Moslem now pollutes thee with his tread! Voiceless thy holy Fane! save when the wail Of some lone pilgrim trembles on the gale, Who seeks the footsteps that his fathers trod, Salem, the dwelling-place of Israel's God; His heart with inward anguish yearning leaps, As on some pile he droops his head and weeps. Land of the fallen! land of other years, Dim is thy beauty veil'd in grief and tears! Once pride of earth, now mockery of scorn, Dishonor'd, humbled, of thy greatness shorn; Pride points her scoffs, derides thy deep dis grace, Insults thine ashes, and pursues thy race! Let the unholy edge the taunting jeer, Soft is thy turtle's heart-dissolving plaint; Whose mould'ring fragments speak it's glories past: Such art thou: light'nings o'er thy beauty Wild was that eye that gaz'd and would have swept, wept ; Fierce was the burning throb, the pang acute, From the Literary Gazette. THE LOO TABLE. BY MRS. M'MULLAN. Then wonder not that beauty's eye, But seldom fails a knave. 317 The oak rain'd honey--and the fruitful ewe Gave her white streams spontaneously to flow, BEAUTY, enchantress! smil'd and bloom'd, No stripe nor war was then; the work-man's Good-nature shone, and wit illum'd, Kings moved with more than courtly ease, Cupid was charged with royal darts From thrones of diamonds gemmed with hearts, But kings were nought and Cupid failed, Oh what so fickle as the fair? In morn, of courtly bliss they sing, For Pam, yclept a knave! To be a trefoil slave; With sable, ill-shaped knave. For when your ponds the fish forsake, Fram'd not with hateful skill the ruthless BR From the New Monthly Magazine. SONG. From the Annual Register. REATHES there a soul in this gay scene VERSES TO THE BROOK OF Borof pleasure, Who at Misery's plaint never heav'd the sad sigh; Can pass round the wine-cup, and drain its full measure, ROWDALE. By D***** S******.† Yet the tear-drop of pity to sorrow deny? ADIEU! 'ye rocks, and thou sweet vale, O bear him far hence to some isle in the ocean, Where Beauty ne'er beams, nor Affection beguiles; A stranger be he still to Love's soft emotion, Its joys and its pleasures, its hopes and its smiles. Shall our hallow'd goblet by him be partaken, Who's center'd in self, and ne'er sympathy knew ; Whose heart no appeal of affection can waken, Whose hand still refuses soft Charity's due? Then think ye, who revel in plenty and spiendour, How many there pine in chill poverty's blast, With forms full as fair, and with hearts full as tender, On the world's friendless stage by adversity cast. Where winds the brook of Borrowdale: Let other waters rudely sweep From useless noise acquire a name, Be thine, sweet Brook, an humbler fate ; Or, if so undeserv'd a fate + Characterised as one "who would have taken his place among the very first poets of the age, had he not rather chosen to become its first philosopher.” VOL. 2.] Intelligence: Literary and Philosophical. From the same. EPITAPH ON AN UNFORTUNATE BY THE SAME. A LINGERING struggle of misfortune past, Here patient virtue found repose at last ; Unprais'd, unknown, with cheerful steps she stray'd Thro' life's bleak wilds, and fortune's darkest Nor courted fame to lend one friendly ay, The patriot's toils immortal laurels yield, Her's was the humbler, yet severer fate, The generous labours which no muses sing, From the European Magazine, Sept. 1817. THE FREED NEGRO. A Song. BY MISS EDGEWORTH. 319 REEDOM! Freedom! happy sound, FMagic land this British ground; Touch it slave, and slave be free, Sicken slow poor Negro's heart ; Twice the work of slave for you; From the New Monthly Magaine. THE FRENCHMAN IN THE AIR BALLOON. Translated from the Latin. lark, on russet pinions borne, What though no pageant o'er her humble earth TWith carol song salutes the morn, Proclaim the empty honours of her birth! Here shall the virtues which her soul pos- With sweet remembrance soothe a husband's breast; And here in silent grief, shall oft repair In regions unconfin'd; And fleeter than the wind: LONDON LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. HE coming season promises to be one tainment to the Literary and Fashionable World. Among the more prominent works which will appear almost immediately, we hear, are, Madame de Stael's Memoirs of the Private Life of her Father, the celebrated M. Necker; another volume of Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Benjamin Franklin, written by himself; Napoleon, his own Historian; Tales of Wonder, of Humour, and of Sentiment, by Anne and Annabella Plumptre; Rome, Naples, and Florence, in 1817; Sketches of the Present State of Society and Manners, the Arts, Literature, &c. of these celebrated Cities, with Anecdotes of their Inhabitants,and of distinguished Visitors, British and Foreign. Lord Byron's fertile muse has again teemed. The lovers of poetry will rejoice to hear that the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold has arrived in town from the Continent, and there is no danger of a treasure of this sort being long concealed from the public eye. The celebrated Kotzebue has published, in German at Koenigsberg, the "Letters of Ma A narrative of a Residence in Japan, in the years 1811, 1812, and 1813, with observations on the country and people of Japan, by Captain Golownin of the Russian navy, is in the Press. Not fewer than four editions of Voltaire's works are at this moment publishing in France. translated into French, by the author of Fiƒ- will publish a new Novel in a few days. Mr. Ryley of Liverpool has in the press a new novel, entitled Fanny Fitzyork,in 3 vols. In the press, the History of Elsmere and Rosa, an Episode; the Merry Matter by John Mathers; the Grave by a Solid Gentleman. The Quakers, a Tale; by Eliza B. Lester. 320 London Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. A volume of poetical trifles has been published under the title of "Rough Sketches of Bath, Imitations of Horace, Lines on Caraboo, and other Poems; by Q-in-the-corner." Mr. Q-in-the-corner appears to be a young author, and gives fair promise of something better in after-times. A small volume under the title of " Plurality of Worlds, or Letters, &c. occasioned by Dr. Chalmers's Discourses," discusses, in the spirit of scepticism, most of the principles and facts of modern astronomy; and charges Dr. Chalmers with applying what the author considers as errors of science to the higher claims of theology. [VOL. 2 The first is by Dr. CLARKE ABEL, physician and naturalist to the Embassy, and is entitled, Personal Observations made during the Progress of the British Embassy through China, and on its Voyage to and from that Country,in the years 1816 and 1817. It will comprise the author's personal narrative of the most interesting events which befel the British Fmbassy from the time of its leaving England to its return; together with his remarks on the geology, natural history, and manners of the countries visited. It will be printed in quarto, and be illustrated by maps and other engra vings, under the sanction of the Hon. EastIndia Company, and be dedicated by permis sion to Lord Amherst. The second is by GEORGE ELLIS, esq. one of the commissioners of the embassy, in a quar to volume, with an atlas of engravings. The characteristic sketch, by Professor Engel, entitled, Laurence Stark, or the Hamburgh Merchant, and declared by some of the German critics to be the most perfect novel in their And the third is by Capt. BASIL "Hall, of language, is, we hear, about to appear in an English translation. A new satirical novel, called "The Steyne," will make its appearance early in November. Melcombe Lodge, or Traits of Family Pride, in 4 vols. by a Lady, will be ready in Nov. At press, Manners, a novel; 3 vols. Mr. C. Fiest will soon publish the Wreath of Solitude and other Poems. Dr. BUCHANAN will immediately put to the press, an Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul. This gentleman practised as a physician for several years in that country, during which time he was employed in collecting information relative to its natural, civil, and political condition. A Narrative is printing of Discoveries in Africa by Mr. BURKHARDT. He has for some years been travelling in the countries south of Egypt, in the disguise of an Arab, and by the name of Shekh Ibrahim, under the auspices of the African Association. He is still, it is said, prosecuting his discoveries, and entertains sanguine hopes of being able to reach Tombuctoo, from the east, and proceed from that city to the western coast. This would perfect the geography of northern Africa. The Rev. C. MATURIN, author of the tragedy of Bertram,is printing Tales in three vols. Mr. JOHN BROWN has a poem in the press in five cantos, entitled, Psyche, or the Soul. Such is the incessant activity of the press in the northern metropolis, that one publishing establishment announces for speedy publication the following new and promising works: 1. Mandeville, a domestic story of the seventeenth century in England; by WM. GODWIN, author of "Caleb Williams;" in 3 vols. 2. Rob Roy, a novel; by the author of Waverley, &c. in three vols. 12mo. 3. Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary, with some account of Vienna during the Congress; by R. BRIGHT, M.D. in 4to. with numerous engravings. 4. Dr. BUCHANAN's Nepaul. 5. An Account of the Life and Writings of the late John Erskine, of Carnock, D.D. by Sir HENRY MONCRIEFF WELLWOOD, bart. 8vo. Besides numerous extensive works in progress. Three considerable works on the late Em bassy to China have already been announced, and seem likely to afford the literary world considerable gratification in the ensuing winter. the Lyra,and will relate chiefly to the nautical concerns and discoveries, with new charts,&c. Since published. NEW NOVELS, &c. published. Rosabella; or the Mother's Marriage. By the author of the Romance of the Pyrennees, Santo Sebastiano, &c. 3 vols. The Leper of the City of Aoste : translated from the French, by Helen Maria Williams. Some Account of Myself. By Charles, Earl of Erpingham. 4 vols. Prejudice and Physiognomy. By Azile D'Arcy. 3 vols. Beauchamp; or the Wheel of Fortune. By James Holroyd Fielding. 4 vols. Howard Castle; or a Romance from the Mountains. 5 vols. Conirdan; or the St. Kildans; a Moral Tale. By the Author of Hardenbrass and Haverill. Zapoyla, a dramatic Poem, by Coleridge. The Confession, or the Novice of St. Clare, and other poems, by author of Purity of Heart. Chinese Tales. 24mo. 4s. 6d. Theodosius and Constantia. 24mo. 3s. Six Weeks in Paris, or a Cure for the Gallomania; by a late Visitant. 3 vols. Adventures of a Post-Captain, Nos. 1. and II. (to be completed in 12.) Jessy, or the Rose of Donald's Cottage. 4 vls. Evening Hours; a collection of Öriginal Poems. Don't Despair, a tale; by W. Beck, dedica ted to the British and Foreign School Society. A Narrative of a singular Imposition prac tised upon the Benevolence of a Lady in the Vicinity of Bristol, by a young Woman of the name of Mary Wilcox, alias Baker, alias Bakerstendt, alias Caraboo, Princess of Javusa. Rosa, or Village Incidents. 2 vols. Tales of the Fire-side. 3 vols. Ramirez, a poem ; by A. C. Dallas. The Greeks, a satirical poem. Poems and Songs, chiefly in the Scotish Di alect: by Robert Tannahill. The Hours, a poem; by J. Hudson. The History of the Ancient Noble Family of Marmyun; their singular office of king's champion, by the tenure of the baronial manor of Scrivelsby, in the county of Lincoln; also, other dignitorial tenures, and the services of London, Oxford, &c. on the coronation-day; by T. C. Banks, esq. The Vicar of Wakefield, a Melo-dramatic Burletta, in three Acts; by Thomas Dihdin. The Youthful Days of Frederic the Great; a melo-drama, in two Acts. |