The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-02-06 00:00:00, page 4

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SENTIMENTAL MEDLEY.
" TO RAISE THRGENIUS, AND TO MEND THE HEART." R
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. THE RIVULET.
IXTRACTED FOR THE RiVULET.
MOR^.—A PASTORAL.
[Translated from the &ty@,
THE rain's difters'd, th:farm of wind is
No rare [jhiver in the drear, Haft:
Cilm is Ibe noon, the burning lamp of da,
From bill to bill ,urines it circling way ;
A fifing rainbow binds atrofs the Jkiu,
4nd sac, clouds diftla, their varying dyes,
fad pours the judden stream o'er yonder ftce,,
And tbre'tbs vail, f reads wish murmuring
fwee,:'
How foftl, plaintive founds iron m,ear !
But /after far yen mourning voice 1 bear.
*Ti, Alpin's—be in sadly Jobbing ,rain b
Laments regellantyoutbuntimfyfain.
Alpin, the fen of Fg, bis bead offnow
O'orwbelm'd with age, &bilrtears bis eyes
o'lftw.
Sa,!) 6 * of J°W mobile ontbefilent bill, -
4%e/e lonely brakes th, lad compilings fill ?
Why, lih the wave upon tbs defers fbm.
Or blajh tbro' woods, deft those tb, fate de
pita?
ALPIN.
Ryua, m, friend, tbeje heart-faring tears
are feed,
This Voice of wee it rais'd for Morar's dead.
Tbo' tall th, ftaturo on the biUis jeen,
And fair th, beauty on the level green ;
retthan mu,fall hie him, while all around
„, tomb—the voice of sorrow fall resound:
Un,rung th, too/ball bang within the ball,
Nor the bills echo with their buntjman's call.
Swift wort thou, Morar, as the mountain
roe; \
Wratb o'er th,face diffus'd aferj glow.
Deftending furious as December form,
Th, /word, like lightning, could the field de
f?rm;
Tby.voice rear'd like the torrent after raln,
Loud as beater's thunder tbro' the dfy,lain.
^Beneath bi's warrior -arm what numbers
fell,,
Then can, h O genius of my country, tell !'
This arm mow'd dowrthe valiant ^the great
As falls before the,,the the ripen'd wheat. 0
But bow ferine th, brow, beheld afar,
Returning mildly glorious from the war.!
93, fact appear'd the fun when rains (übfde.
Or fat tbe gentler soon at even tide ;
C&m as the bo,em of the lucid lake,
When not awbijfring breeze remains awake.
Ato! bownarrow is th, place become!
flow low ! boras narrow tbsue eternal home !
® Merar ! once so might, and so brave,
Three paces round put .meajun now th, grave;
No other wituejs if tby fam is fee*,
have three rude foes whoft top are m@U
withgrem. ._
Beneath yon Uffijs folitur, tree,
ah emblem of decoy'd mor'alit,, : •
%eo'the long grajs where Jigbs the Mfag
wind,
9*hm yen thi grave of gallant Mcrarfnd.
Marar the wgbfy'lfAfx—tbou art no more !
No mother's,gbs sb, ba,lift fate deplore / If,
No midtb, iofj bewails in mournful,raises,.
No tears flows bedew th, cold remains !
Forab ! she dome is dead whogave him birth,
And Milan's lovely daughter lai, in earth.
?'„bo ! wb, is be censes tottering o'er the
plain!
Scarce can bis 4tf blsfable limbs fa,ait !,
Grief marls bit furrow'd face, bis boar, head
Is debits with age, his eyes with tears are red.
Itis tb, father Morar—yes— 'tie bet %
Th, bopelt, father— be bad none but thee—
Os when thy gallant adieus fame basjung;
Hm o'er the tale enraptur'd bar be bung
r^bi^rt ^^ tf^fs
Oaf bro's bis dar.%g breatkie, to the ground.
Lee, like an oak be farifo'don the plains, f
Ab / why this blewto fort bis remains ?
ft fen is deaf, weep, wretched father ,weep,
fc lie the dead, and bsav, istbdrfap. ,
Their tilloW cartb, with them thro' Cue long
fr w < & ✓ teAm ;rt?d
tyOTw'gt—^^ " ty, k
tfbA ^ictibatn'd bis warlikejoul to cheer.
v;til the morning ts thegrave arrive, %
ri ttomLpk&rte the grave revive?
fo^'m^r^fa
-tonobly fell.
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EPIGRAMS.
CHARLES keeps a secret welteor I'm
™° deceiv'd; >%.
Since nothing he can fay will be believ'd.
JOVE's head held Palki-Samb like
Jove of late :
A girl hath taken lodgings in his p?te.
MISCELLANY.
From the FARMEr's Weekly Museum,
Common Sense, in Difabilh.
N°. XXX.
foe
BOUGHT WIT.
IX7"EN young, 1 wn taught
VV only the easy, cheap lef-|
fool of pliin truth and common j
sense. Little did I suppose o-I
then so much wiser than myfelf.l
Before I had taught much koowl-I
edge of the world, I went to the
capital to fee fine thingi, and boy
met new coat At the firft shop
I went into, I was (hewo several
pieces of cloth, by fomethiog be
hind the counter, I unfortunately
mistook for a gentlemans [was
perplexed a long time with the va
riety. At last I sfked the advice
of Mr. Smoorhtongue, and ob.
served, as I was unacquainted with
ctohs, I would leave it with him
to make a choice for ^e, and let
his j^wn price. He answered,
with a wonderful air of politeoef,,l
that " feeing I hart reposed so
much confidence in him, he would I
certainly do me justice"— handed
me a piece from the (helves, which I
he declared to be the cheapest and I
best fuperfine that could be bo't
io the place—Master Pert ftep # ,
ping up at the fame time, and ex-|
claimed, O, that's your fort !——|
the fame piece your coat was I
made of, that you wear to the as- I
fembly. —:What to understand by I
the assembly, I did not know ;I
but supposed, Mr. Smoothtoogue|
was the representative of the town,
and that after Pert meant the
General Court. In my simple I
heart, I really tho't him a very I
fine man, paid him hit price for I
my pattern, went home well p'eaf-I
ed, said much in his ptaife, and |
Flowed the cloth I had purchased,
as a proof of the good usage i
met with. My grandma'am,
who war a gpod judge in wares I
of this kind, examined the pattern I
and (hook her head—My grand-I
father, with an air of difapproba-|
tioo,, exclaimed, " you have bo't I
the rabbit' nowhich in hit dialed, j
figbified, I had “ bob wit," or
made a bird bargain for myfelfi
My new coat was made, and the
6rft holiday completely unde
ceived me. I was fully convinced
by the observations of better judg
es and feverat rents Un my coat,
that, in (lead of good toperfine,l
had purchtfed rotten Second rate,
that would Scarcely bear its weight
on a nail.— Thk to 66 buying
wit.'^ It had' never before been
fuggeßed to my mind, that a lie
behind the counter was a lets fin
than in the meeting house, or that
OFC used for the purpose of cheat
fog a fimpte led.he sea port, was
tefs harmlefi than if told to the
priest of our country parish
kLuck'efi wight I I had not learn
ed my A. B. C, on the refine
ments of trade. It was my honey
I moon wih the world. 1 was not
I even fufpiciousof fl honefly or
I frieodfbip. But I had not bo't
I wit enough with my firft cost —
In my next number, 1 (hull appear
lio my second, mke Some mo a'
Ireflraions, and endeavour to re
I commend to the practice of all
I traders, an old fafhioced, though
I very ufeful precept ; which mod
-lern refinement has carefully laid
I aside with the leathern aprons of
I our plain dealing ancestors.
From a late London Paper.
IRISH SPECULATION! I
SIR H. B. Hayes, for the ap
preheefioo of whom a reward
I of 2001. was offered by govern-
Imeat1 meat for forcibly running away
I with Mifa Pike of Cork, is taken
I and in confinement. We are fa-
Ivoured1 voured wih the following par
iticular account of that dclperate
1;&:=
A letter was feat to the young
I lady at a late hour in the night,
lacquainting her chat a particular
I friend of her's was suddenly taken
I ill, and (bowed strong fymptomi
I of death ; end that it even (he fee
I out upon the receipt ofthe letter to
I fee this perform, is was likely, if
I very great haste was not made,
I that death would uke place before
i (he, Miss Pike; could arrive.
The latter immediately ordered
the carriage, after reading the let-I
ter, and fee out to take a lift fare
well, as (he imagined, of her friend,
On her way, at a place near Glah
mire, about 2 o'clock in the morn
ing, the carriage was beset by five
persons, one of whom was. Sir Hen-
| ry, and carried off in triumph to
ithe knight's residence at Mount I
IVernon. A female was put into |
Ithe carriage 'ay the party, with
Miss Pike, whole business was to 1
soothe the young lady, and pre-1
vent fear from preying feverel, I
upon her.|
W hen arrived at Vernonl
Mount, Miss Pike was conduced I
into the house, and introduced in-I
toa room, where a person, alleged I
to be a clergyman, was pre
pared for performing marriage I
ceremony, to which (be waa ed-1
treated to give her conlent to firl
H. but (he resolutely refuting, hel
pulled out a pistol, and threaceaedl
to destroy himtelf if (he did notl
comply. Although she still per
sisted in her refinance, a marriagel
ceremony was forced upon her,l
and she was obliged to receive a
ring, which at soon as she receiv
ed the use Os herJharids, she con-1
temptuoufly threw away. Sir H.I
compelled her to follow him intol
a room, where, having tried in I
vain for feme time every art to 1
induce her to favor bis defiant, 1
lie left hetconfined. 1
She Vafeon after released by a
near relative ofthe knight, who
told the young lady the Q not
to be confined; atxlif she would [
be fimfied, and comply whh the
mnffotipi that had been made CO I
safck.qwqlfeffl'auriamwrawßimrei^qmfflffifrfflEm^ *np;
I jpd every person in it. The la-
I dy'a friends, who had been ap
praised of this extraordinary ad.
venture, by this time had fetched
I Vernon Mounq a:d rescued her
from the party. c
, Sir H. B. Hayes i§ the son of a
I brewer at Cork. He is about 35
I years old, and was lately deprived
lof a company in the fourth Cork
militia, io confluence of having
I struck Lord Donerail, the Co!.
I who had refufed to fight him.—
I He some years ago married a lady
I of good connexions near Youghalt,
I who left him a widower with 7
children.
Miss Pike pefftffes 40 thousand
I pounds.
ADVICE.
I IF thou art blessed with riches,
I be liberal, be charitable, be
frugal, be content; If thou art ex-
Isited, be not contemptuous, be
I mild, steady, wife determined, be
I content : If thou art low, be judi-
Iciou?, make thyfelf deferring, be
I content : II thou knoweft neither
I riches nor poverty, be content, be
I happy; thou art blessed indeed, if,
I in this situation, thou haft a cou-
Itented mind. The man who has
I a contented mind, has a treasure ;
1 but he who has not, has nothing !
I even though he possess the Indies.
BANQUET of COMUS.
I ANECDOTE
Os the present Queen of Portugal.
THE present queen of Por-
g toga), in common with her
I countrymen, entertained a strong
I predileaion for the English nation.
I The protedion they received from
I England in their lift war with
I Spain, and the generous affiance
lof the Briiifh parliament at the
I time of the great earthquake, were
I held is grateful remembrance by
leverylevery Portuguese. Previous te
the queen's accession to the throne,
she had evinced a tendency to
I that religious frenzy and despond
lency with which she so now so hea-
Ivily iffiided; and is fooo as she
I had possessed herfelf of the rein#
of government, to show her affee
tion for the English nation, she
I issued an ordinance that every
Englishman who would embrace
rhe doctrines of the church of-
Rome Should receive a reward,
amounting in currency, to about
four pounds, and a new suit of
clothes ; her success more thane
quilled her expectations, not a
British veffeL entered the Tagui
but the men were,oe and all con
verted to at good Catholics as mo
ney and clothes could make them, „
I and as for the crews of the packet,
they received the queen's bounty .
money (as they termed it) five or
fix times over, as they constantly
complained on every return from^
Falmouth, of the strong affsults their
relatives sad friends had made upon their
[: newly sdopted tenefs; the queen it
length discovered that the pious work
file had begun cayld not be accemplilbefe{
even it th& whole riches of the Brazils!
had been put in requisition, and & or.
distance was revoked; to the greatdiffat
fofaafon andchagrin of theßritiffi tarn ;
1-Moriuchi