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§ POET’S CORNER. |
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LEDYARD’S PRAISE GF
IV0 ME N.
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X IIRO' many a land and clime a
ranger,
With toilsome steps I’ve held my wav.
A lonely, unprotected stranger,
To all the stranger’s iils a prey.
V. hale steering thus my course preca
rious,
My fortune still has been, to find
Men’s hearts and dispo id ms vaieas,
lint gentle \\ Oman ever kind.
Alive to every tender feel;nr
I'o deeds of mercy ahvavs \ r ae ;
The wounds of pain and son ,
With soft compassion’s sweet, st t ,.e. !
No proud delay, no dark m ; u n,
Stints the open bount. o; t a !u rt;
They turn not from the -ad ’petition,
But cheerful aid at once impart.
Form’d in benevolence <>f r. .uire,
Obliging, modest, ga\ and mild,
Woman’s the same endearing creature,
In courtly town and savage wild.
When parch’d with thirst, with hunger
wasted,
^ Her ft it nelly hand re fresh in ent gave :
How sweet the coarse st food nas tasted/
What cordial in the simple wave/
Her courteous looks, her words caress
ing,
oricd comfort on tin hunting soul:
Woman’s the stranger’s gen’raf blessing,
Fro**’ sultry India to the pole.
1 -E BATCHELOIt.
Tin: dry, dull Batchelor 5,u rveys
Alternate joyless nights and lonesome
days ;
No tender transports wake his sullen
breast;
No soft endearments lull hi-j cares to
rest;
btupidly d'.-c fr- namw’s dearest tic,
Aost on his ov ,a«l self he lives and
cues.
Not so the man to whom indulgent
lleav’n, 5
That tender bosom friend, a Wife has
giv’n ;
Him, blest in her kind arms, no fears
dismay;
Xo secret cheeks of guilt his joys allav.
Does fortune smile,—how grateful must
it prove,
To tread life’s pleasing round with one
we love;
Or d ».h it frown,—with one whose soft
’ning art,
Will ease your woe, and bear a willing
part.
ANECDOTES.
A Militia officer of diminutive sta
ture, was drilling an Irishman consider
ably above six le.t in heighth—“ Hold
up your head,1 said the officer, elevating
the chin of the Irishman with the head
of his cane to an angle of nearly forte
five degrees— k Hold up your head and
throw it so n what to the right, thus.”
“ And must i always do so, noble Can
tain. asked the Irishman with the ut
most apparent simplicity : 44 Yes, al
ways,’ answered the officer: “Then
l ax ye veil, my dear little fell jw,” re
joined Paddy,44 I snail never see vou
again.”
An Irishman having bought n sheep’s
head, hacl been to a friend lor di ections
n r dressing it. As he was returning,
repeating t:v method, and holding Ids
purchase under ids arm, a dog -matt lied
it, and an away • “IS > m 1< u
sidd lv, “ wh it ;i foci yon n« ke of your
self/ What will it 1 ■ < '■ ■ ■;
cion t know hoi' it is to be dressed/’
DOMESTIC 11AVl’INESS.
OIT, vhnt so rt fit hing, so soothing,
so satisfying, as t!' plat id joys of home/
St l* the true cl r. Does <:i;t\ t all him
lot a sea on to leave iiis beloved t irelt ?
i he image of his eatthly happiness con
tinues vividly in his remembrance; it
quickens him to diligence ; it cheers
him under difficulties; it makes him hail
die hour which see-, his purpose accom
plished, and his lace turned towards
home; it communes with him us he
journeys; and he hears the promise
v hi. h causes him to ho; e, “ Thou shah
know also, that thy tabernacle ‘■hall he
in peace; and thou shall visit thv habit;.
tion and not sin. ’ Oh, the joyful re
union of 1 divided f.unilv; tile pleasures
°f renewed inurviev. and conversation
after day . o' ab cnee/
Behold the man of scier.ce. Do drop®
. the labour and paiufulness of researc h, ^
closes hi", volume, smooths his wrinkled
brows, leaves his study, and unbending
himself, stoops to the capacities, yields
to the wishes, and mingles with the di
versions ol his children.
Take the man cf trade. What recon
ciles him to the to:l ol business? What
enables him t > c ndure the fastidiousness
and import'nonce of customers? What
rewards hi m for s » many hours of te**
dious coii.hi- menu' Bye and by the sea
son of lire . e will arrive ; he will he
embosomed in tm- cares-.es of his fami
ly; he will 1) >ld the desire of his eyes,
and tii. children of hi, love, for whom
he res: his ease ; and in their we lfare
and smids }.. will find liis recompense.
"N under . mih - the labourer, lie has
borne the rden and heat of tlie day;
the desi nd • y sun has released him
from las .■> i. a.id he is hastening home
to cmi. e n e. Half w :v down the
lam*, i)\ i.* S: it* oi whuh stands his
co-tag , !,s ■ hi Iren run to nu t t him ,
one one lie leads. 1 he
companu n flu m inbl. life is readv to
I furnish him v. iih I is plain repast. See
his toil-worn c ■tv met- assume an air
of cheerful . 1 . ■ re f<>r
gotten ; fatigm \ mi h< • ; in eats and is
sati ia d : the evening lair, he walks
v. itli ur.covere v i: a.i around his garden;
he cntei . a; rain real r«-ti; es to . . c; and
u the rest of a lubo ring mai sweet,
whether he cat little or much.'’ Inha
bitant of tlii-. lonely, lowlv dweliimr,
w'ho can be indifferent to tin conifo: i /
u Peace he to this house.1'
u Let not amhitii n mock thy u.c.ol
toil,
Thy iio.vri i.v j< • t, rtntl destiny ob
scure ;
Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful
smile,
"1 lie short an I simple annals of the.
poor." 1 [jay.
MAXI M.
1 lu-re is not liny so <U lightful as the
■' tiring or sp< iki of truth* For this
r‘ ason th* re i, nocoii\ er ation so agree
;i| ,e as that ol the man oi integritv, w ho
lit ars w ithoat any intention to betray,
and speaks without any intention to dc
eeive.
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