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| POET'S CORNER.
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FOR THE WHEELING REPOSITORY.
i o MISS R-, of B. County.
WEET Miss R. you are mv fane v,
But some other’s won your heart;
Why will you notown to N.ercy,
"1 hat Cupid s struck you wicL nis dart.5
Curse upon the day you told me,
} hat you never could he mine ;
I curs’d my late and instant told thee,
Chat I thought th.ee quite unkind.
But now, sweet maid, one kind adieu/
May the man that you have chose.
Be always happy when v< ith vou,
Who are sweeter than the rose.
Since fate has rohb’d me of mv < hoicc,
^ will look out, although t’neri's few
Chat ever had so sweet a voice,
I '-* charm myth.o’ts, sweet maid, as you.
i here fore, dear maid, once more adieu/
I cannot help what fate has done.
For you, clear maid, to tell you true,
* d gone a thousand miles trom home.
LEAN DEK.
TO HOPE.
O thouauvaiu ^. v. h >se heat r.lv lEht
Can niahe each so r. - of sadness please
On future bliss can fix the sight.
And anguish cluing to ea e.
Tis thou, ssvect I livinc,
•\ ho bid st the Po
Thou breath’st thy infl
line,
And add’st celestial f.r.
Thou bid’st his anxious bosom <d ,v.\
1 o climb the steep ascent of fame
1 share that praise the just bestow’
;i-'d gam a deathless name.
The Painter, fir’d bvthce, can trace
Each genuine beautv Nature gives;
A*on ,h canvass shim seach grace,
it enow n d his m m’r\ lives.
Tis thou, O Hope, whose magi, pow’r
lV .l; fs ofab»en best, lm
vMule r rienddnp chides each 1< : h in
hour,
Thou shed’st thy soothing bal-u.
i I'hou maVst the captive’s heart rejoice
In gloomy regions of despair ;
In thought he hears fair Freedom’s
voice,
And breathes in purer air.
But oh / when thou forsak’st his breast,
W hat dismal horrors round him rise /
His mind, with weigh; i rchainsopprest,
Deep sunk in sorrow lies.
I he sailor on the wat’ry waste,
33 hile boist’rous waves terrific roar,
I lion bid’st ideal pleasures taste,
And tread his native shore.
Fhe wretch whom keen remorse assails,
^ Or he who feel-, Mi-.l irtune’s dart,
His hapless fate no more bewails,
Such joy thy beams impart.
^ nen hie presents her closing scene,
I hy radiant sunshine clu _ ; s the soul;
'IL thou, bright Hope,.with smile se
rene,
j Canst Fears dread hand controul.
No mist obstructs t:u piercing sight.
Thou hid’st the mind her greatness
know ;
Soaring, thou point’st to realms of li-dit,
And s: orn’st to rest 1>« low.
I3MNTLFY.
IMPROMPTU,
\0n thi marriage of Captain Foot with
ilPw Pot ten.
May the union cenv.nted this m orning
at M itin,
Ik bliss!ul and ciown'. 1 with abun lance
of fruit /
May th • Foot ever closely ad!'.ere to
the pati
I i'.e Patten (orever stick close to the
l'o'jt!
Anri tho’ pattens are used but in moist
dii ty v. eathv r,
'day their journey through life he un
clouded and dean ;
, May they long ft each other; and mov
ing together /
May onlv one *oL- be still cherish’d be
tween. [London paper, j
I ^ Orttod', ; / ext.... I he first time that
Mr. Pitt went to Cambridge, after his
, lection for the university, all the eh ri
; cal host wve as might he expected,
r ,»ing tor l men >/fvv •? and other V »od
king* in the* gift of th ir iv-presontd'-vi .
.preached before «he young i re
I rrtior, from the following text ; “ Ther*
is a lad here, which hath five barley
loaves and two small fishes ; hut what
| are they among so many ?” [ L. Oracle.
_V— >__
Character of a well-bred Mai*,
By a Lady.
Some have supposed the fine gentle
man and the well-bred man to be svnu
minous characters ; but I will make it
appear that nothing can lie more widely
different. The former leaves nature en
tirely ; the latter improves uoon her.—
He is neither a slave nor an enemy to
pleasures, hut approves or rejects, as his
reason directs. He is above stooping
to flatter a knave, though possessed of
a title ; nor does he overlook merit, tho*
he should find it in a cottage. His-be
haviour is affable and respectful, yet not
cringing or formal; and his manners
easy and unaffected. He misses no op
portunity wherein he can oblige his
friends, yet does it :n so delicate a man
ner, that he seems rather to have receiv
ed than conferred a favour. He does
not profess a passion lie never felt, to
.mpose on the credulity of a silly wo
man ; nor will he injure another’s repu
tation, to please her vanity. He cannot
love where he does not esteem ; nor does
he ever suiter His passion to overcome
his reason. In his friendship he ir«
steady and sinct. re ; and he lives less fuj
himself than for his friend.
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As soon as Nature ! t gins to untie the
tongue of man, it puts forth some buds
of the sentiment that she has implanted
in his heart ; and the livelier it is, the
more it discovers itself in the c hild, and
gives those who are entrusted with the
carrot, its education, the better hopes
1 i their success. And for this reason
^•ituntiiinn, y. had pent so m my
thoughts about th best manner of edu-*
eating youtn, and gives us so good rules
for that purpo c, does not stick to sac,
t d\e nv but a child th.at is sensible of
pt.aise, mid to:;ehed wit! glory, and that
i "tii < ry at tu • shame of being outdone,
i and I 11 krephim to his business bvcinu
I ition. K, proof will afflict, and honour
v ill encourage hint, and I shall not IV ar
to cure him of his idleness. And for
the same reason it is, that he gives the
preference to the instruction of public.
■' >ols to-any private education.
I V 11 E E L l Fg,
(”01510 COUNTY, Vtfr.ISIA,)
PiU} Ttu a* A. ARMSTRONG.