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Poor melancholy bird, that aH night long
. Tell’ft to the moon thy tale of tender woe;
From what fad caule can fach sweet farrow flow
And whence this mournful melody of fang ?
Thy poet’s musing fancy would translate
What mean the founds that swell thy Iktlebreaft,
When still at dewy eve thou leav’ft thy nest;
Thus to the iiftening night to sing thy fate.
Pale frrow’s vidims wert thou once among,
Tho* now releas’d in woodlands wild to rove,
Or haft thou felt from friends fame cruel wrong ?
Or dy’ft thou martyr of disastrous love ?
Ah ! fangftrefs fad ! that such my lot might be>
To sigh and sing at liberty—like thee.!
From Miss Charlotte Smith’s elegant Sonnets.
ILL afk’d his wife’s consent to go,
A trip to sea—a month or so ;
** Alas! my only dear,” fays she,
“ Why will you trust the faithlels sea ?
a The wretched hours you little know,
Which hardy sailors undergo,”
“ Nay, nay,” quoth Will,** avast my dear,
** Nor storms or wind I e’er shall fear,
•* For he that can yoUR noise endure,
Tho* whirlwinds rife—may sleep secure !
MISCELLMT,
From ^Thoma^ s M ass a c h use tts Spy.
The NEIGHBOUR.
“ Oh ye cold hearted, frozen Formalists !
On such a theme ’tis impious to be calm;
Pallion is-reason, transport temper here,
Devotion, when lukewarm, is undevout.”
Young.
THERE are two extremes which chrif
tians of different make have fallen in
to, to the detriment of real religion ; to the
hinderance of its advancement in themselves,
and of its credit and influence among others:
One,confifting in too much, the oth< r in too lit.
tie warmth of feeling and expression. The
firlt is founded lels in the didates of conscience
and the decisions of found sense, than in the
workings of the animal spirits and paflions,
and in a flighty fancy. Persons of this him
will be all rapture and ecllafy in their de
votions when they think it well with their
fouls: They will sometimes be elevated into
a trance ; or pretend to great intimacies and
freedoms with the Great Spirit, and to be
admitted to peculiar acquaintance with hea
venly things, to be in transports of joy at
the discoveries that are madethem ; and will
al mo ft pretend to revelations, toTecret whis
pers of infallible information,and to a facul
ty of discerning the hearts and character of
ochers. Such persons, in their elevations,
will be apt to exprcfs themselves in unguar
ded language, bordering on the amorous fuL
fame. There is too much of the feelings and
expreflions of animal nature in these persons,
and in such kind of devotion .* And this is
an extreme to be avoided.
On the other hand,there are fpme as much
too cold as there are too warm.u They have
religion in their hearts perhaps,®s well as in
their heads : But their heads are better in
formed, than their hearts are engaged.—
They aim* as every one (bould, to be gover
ned in their moral and religious conduCt by
the. dilates of reason and judgment; but
their paflions and affections are not fufficient
ly intereftcd. Their devotion is cold and
low. And though their moral conduCt may
J>e unexceptionable & their attendance on the
cVternal forms and institutions of religion,
ib^ v be decent and regular yet they cannot
makX’ such improvements ahd progress
is* the .heavenly life, as is necessary either to
tb'ir pi&ifure or advantage, and as every ex
peif ant cl divine rewards ought to make.—
They may ve fleering the right course. but
they w ant ti\ gales to carry them along.—
Such arc in digger of lukewarmness and in
difference in reunion ; of declenuon and for
mality ; o.f ingratitude and indevotion ; of
earthly mindednef^ tf and a forgetfulnefs of
heavenly things. This therefore is another
extreme which chriftiMM should be guarded
againfl.
The truth is,t’very ond's religion and de
votion will be tinctured with his constitution
al call. But as ev cry one endowed with
reason, this should a? ways be the regulator
of the paflions, 8c {hom'd reftrairi' them when
ever they are inclined to be eccentric and
flighty. As every one has a natural con
science, this should be kej>t tender and a
wake ; and this will tend to interell ahd en
gage the affection. For a render conference
will be fearful of falling short in duty, oh of
being deficient in love and gratitude to the
great Prcfarver and Benefactor o f men. As
the paflions are a part of our composition,
they should be kept in their proper place
and proper exercise ; should be ftron^gly *t
ushed and warmly engaged where ob
SONNET, to a Nightingale.
THE STORM.
jests are noble, and the attainment of them is
neceflary to our happiness.
The choice, the parfaits, and the af
fe&ions of men, should always be propor
tioned to the worth of the objeds which pre
sent thfcmfelves, and to their capacity to
make them happy. _ When this is the case,
religion will not be rejefted, nor formal
where chosen ; devotion will not be lifelefs
and unpleasant ; the Sabbath and the em
ployments of the fanduary will not be a wea
riness ; nor will such an eflay as this be re
je&ed as worthless and impertinent.
There remains not a doubt to be enter
tained of the authenticity of the fol
lowing anecdotes, ds they were credi
bly vouched by a gentleman who was
on the spot at the time of the Execu
tion of the unfortunate Monarch.
ANECDOTES
Os the last Twenty-four Hours of the
life of LOUIS XVL
THE scene wherein this dethro
ned Monarch took leave of his
afflided family^ was inconceivably
affefting. We will not wound fen-
Ability with a recital of the emo
tions arid expressions of the Queen,
filter and daughter of Louis; the
firft anecdote we shall record, is of
the dauphin $ who is~eight years of
age, and who found rhearis to escape,
and pass undiscovered to the? firft
Courts but was (topped at the eate.
He cried, he groaned, he fuppiica
ted for permission to pass on ; affec
ted by his beauty and his tears, one
of the guards asked him, “ Where
would you go to “I would go (an
fwered the unfortunate Heir of so
many Kings,) “ I would go and en
treat the People hot to to Kill Pap,.—
MyGod! do not prevent me from fptak
ing tothem !” and with his little arms
he attempted to overcome the invin
cible obstacles which opposed him.
The King, after the interview with
his family, returned to Lis apartment
without uttering a Angle word. His
face was hid in his hand. On enter
ing it, he flung himfelf directly on
his knees, and pafled almost the
whole evening in prayers. He un
drefled, and went to bed at midnight,
and flepc forfome hours. When his
Valet de Chambre entered his apart
ment the next morning, drowned in
tears, the King took him by the hand
and said, 44 ToU are in the wrong,
Cleri, to be thus affe tiled; those, whose
kindness still induces them to love me,
ought rather to rejoice that I am at last
arrived at the end of all my fuferingsP
He then prayed again to God, and
at 8 o’clock he was informed that
all was ready* He walked with a stea
dy step through the different Courts,
arid often turned his eyes towards the
Tower which contained his wife and'
children. He then made a kind of
convulsive motion, as if to fecal his
firmnefs, and got into the carriage of
the Mayor, with his Confeflbr and 2
officers of theGendarmerieNationale.
When he arrived at the fcaffold,
as his prayers were not ended, he frn
iffied them with great tranquility;
and got out of the carriage with a
calm serene countenance; took off
his great coat, undid his stock, and
opened his (hire in such a manner, as
to leave bare his neck and Ihoulders ;
and then knelt down to receive the
last blessing of his Confeflbr. That
over, he apt up, and mounted the’
fcaffold without any affiftarice. It
was in that moment of horror that
his Confeflbr, inspired by thefublime
courage & vrr;ue of the King, flung
himfelf on his knees* his hands and
eyes elevated towards him, and cried
with a loud voice,” Son of St. Louis f
afeend to Heaven I’* . >
When the King was on the fcaffotd
he said he wanted to speak to the peo
ple.—-The three soldiers who were
to put him'to death, informed him,
chai it wasvfaft of ali neceflary to tie
From the Columbian Centinel.
his hand* and cut p oss his hair.—
Tie my hands ! exclaimed the King*
with some anger; but recoiled ing
himfelf he added, “dowhat you please
—tis the laftfacrifice. When his Ma
jesty’s hair was cut off, and his bands
tied, he faid,”Z hope at present I may
speak P* And immediately going to
the left of the fatal instrument, he or
dered, with a firm and elevated voice,
the drummers who surrounded the
fcaffbld, to be silent : From an invo
luntary fentimentof refped, they im
mediately obeyed this last order of
their King. He profited of that mo
ment to lay— l die perfectly innocent
of all the pretended crimes which are
laid to my charge—lforgive those who
have caused my misfortunes—l even
hope that the fheddihg of my blood may
be ufeful to the bappinejs of France;
and you unfortunate people. ”
Sa^terre, who commanded the
Guard, at that moment ordered the
drums to drown the King’s voice,
and cried out to him, I have not
brought you here to fpeak^ but to die.
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