patriotic paper to be the vehicle of an attempt to diffuade my brave countrymen from uttering the fentiments of Britons with the tongues of Frenchmen. Yours, SIMON STERLING. THE BACHELOR'S SOLILOQUY CONCERNING To wed, or not to wed--that is the queftion: To join till death diffolves-Ay, there's the rub: Elfe who would bear the fcorn and fneers which Bachelors Which each new face inuft give to roving fancy, Ey a bare yes? Who would with patience bear But that the dread of fomething yet untried, Filling the dubious mind with dreadful thoughts IMPROMPTU, ON HEARING IMPROMPTU, OF THE MARRIAGE OF CAPTAIN FOOT, OF THE ROYAL NAVY, WITH MISS PATTEN, WHICH AY the union cemented on Wednesday, at Matin, MAY The Patten for ever ftick close to the Foot! And though Pattens are us'd but in moift, dirty weather, May their journey through life be unclouded and clean! May they long fit each other;-and moving together, May only one fole (foul) be ftill cherifh'd between. Fareham, Hants. PHILO-NAUTICUS. VERSES ON A PORTRAIT OF THE PRINCESS MARY, IN THE CHARACTER OF AN ARTIST. BY P. PINDAR, ESQ SWEET Nymph, accept a verse from him, He fnatches up the pen with fpirit, To praise it, though it comes from court. 'T is true, that courts are fat hot-beds, Which Satire's scythe will ne'er keep under; TO MARIA, WHO COMPLAINED SHE HAD LOST THE KEY OF HER CABINET. [From the Morning Poft.] WHY vex a moment for the key you've loft? But, charming maid, could chance e'er make you part H 5 Could Could you but lose it, and some star arise H. THE CHOICE. BY HENRY FOX COOPER. MIRANDA, fair as op'ning day, With eyes of heav'nly blue, "Come! tell me whether you admire "Your rofes, Ma'am," the beau replied, THE THE following little Poem has lately been in circulation at Tunbridge Wells. It conveys a delicate compliment to the present father of English poetry, the juftice of which will hardly be difputed by thofe who have the advantage of knowing him. It is underfood to be the joint compofition of Mrs. Riddell and Sir James Burges : rumour ascribes to the former the first three ftanzas, and the remainder to the latter. WITH the Mufes and Nature once loit'ring, quoth Time, "Your skill you might better employ, Than in idly contriving fuch works to fublime, "Peace, boafier! your laws," cried a Mufe, "you will find One pupil of ours can defy : Your touch has improv'd the rich stores of his mind, See, where CUMBERLAND fmiles as our conteft he hears, With the treasures of fcience and knowledge of years, "Scoff on," Time replied; "the example you bring The Mufes and Graces may boast of his Spring, "You, Nature! endow'd him with talents, 'tis true, Yet 't was I who directed the fhoot as it grew, "Of your gifts I allow you to fay what you will, I confefs you 're the guardians of Helicon's rill, "Be content," cried Apollo, "and hear what I say ; At his birth I illumin'd his foul with my ray; You, each, have augmented his powers. "To make him immortal then let us unite, LINES TO THE MEMORY OF MR. JOHN KIRBY, LATE KEEPER OF NEWGATE PRISON. HENCE be the dictates of obtrusive mirth, While to the manes of departed worth The folemn knell of dissolution tolls. To each flow found, that strikes the lift'ning ear, Though plac'd the scenes of wretchedness to scan, His is was the active charity, to footh The guilty wretch his efforts could not fave :- The hapless fufferers, for crimes expell❜d- E'en in the fad receptacle of woe Will tears of fympathy for once be shed, AN EXCUSE FOR PREJUDICE. WHEN prejudice fetters the judgment of man, OT For 't is often from principle caught. Both |