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ORIGINAL POETRY.
ON UNIVERSAL BEAUTY, IN NATURAL
OBJECTS.
Addressed to Al***
AS Phidias saw ideal grace,
In every-block of marble shine,
IPs cunning chisel learn’d to trace,
Ox beauteous forms, each hidden line :
lo. when the glorious art is lenrn’d,
Rightly to praise the King of Kings,
Celestial beauties are discern’d,
Conspicuous, in terrestrial things.
—Until man’s Taste is rectified,
Ids curious to see hire traipse
from “ugly things?' with terror eyed,
Like children, panic struck, from apes.
Capricious in his choice, we find
How oft his heart, tov-tickled, swells,
‘A ith fondness,—like an idiot’s mind,
Delighted with his cap and bells.
•» wv. vv ui.u s aaz.zien, ini it weeps.
And opes on spangles still to gaze,
0 er Nature s "wholesome verdure sleeps,
Nor scarce one yawning joy betrays.
For such sick eves, must dolphins* die,
Fo give the aching optics ease?
Mast rainbows always deck the sky?_
—Shall Nature pay a tax like these ?
(»o, rather, and anoint thine eves
IV itn that eye-salve which He prepares,
AV hose bounty-spreading hand supplies
Tacii insect with the robe it wears.
Then, Phidias-like, thine e\e shall see
The traits of Meauty ever// where;
P or colour, shape, and summetrr/,
And strict proportion, all, are there,
r, , r. The Kecluse.
Banks cj the Muskhigum.
[Selected.]
A BAI.LAD-BY ANN SEWARD.
1 wake and weep when wintry winds
Are howling loud upon the lea,
And louder g lies mv fancy finds
For \V il'iam on the foaming sea $
J, . ;/, /Sr have srr/i the vane
seated infancies of the dolphin, when in
the apontee of death in „,c cpcll ai fM,
allmton wtllbe sufficient!,, »ir-kinjr
thooe who have not, no deunhfvn could
spree the,,, more than a very faint idea-f
the constantly gleaming andevcrvai-vii.
hues of Met beautiful object, "5’u‘6
But calming soon the pictur'd^^orm, j
Sweet hopes into my bosom creep,
And tell me summer breezes warm
Shall waft him safely o’er the deep.
Four years on India’s sultrv coast
Has VV ar’s rude voice mv love detain’d,
While here, to every pleasure lost,
His Anna’s languid form remain’d ;
And o’er the steep rock still to lean,
Shall eager watch each gliding sail,
i hat languid form is dulv seen
At ruddy morn and evening pale.
But ah/ no handkerchief I mark,
Stream irom the deck in crimson die!
Dear signal! wanting thee, the hark
Is hail d hv many a mournful sigh ;
Its shouts discordant seem to me
d hat echo from the stony pier,
Since dV ill jam’s face I cannot see,
Since \\. Uliam s voice I cannot hear.
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CANZONET.
I' low rs m e fresh, and bushes green:
Cheer,iy the linnets sing ;
i V inds are soft and skies serene ;
1 ime, however, soon shall throw
, W inter’s snOw
O’er the buxom breast of Spring.
Hope, that buds in lovers lu art,
Hives not through the scorn of rears ;
Firrie mai es Hove itself depart;
j 1 ime and scorn congeal the mind;
I T, Hooks unkind,
Freeze Affection’s warmest tears.
Time snail make tnc bushes green,
i ime dissolve the winter snow,
Winds be soft, and skies serene,
Hinncts sing their wonted strain;
j But again
I Blighted love shall never blow.
anecdote.
Such was the remarkable skill of a
modern tavlor of Philadelphia, that, of
all the scraps which remained after coi
ling out a suit of clothes, not one was
larger, as he said, than lie could put into
his eye.; this uncommon dexterity excit
< d curiosity among his brother chips, to
knowhow this exploit was accomplished,
—when at length it was by acrid nt dis
covered, that in an obscure corner. hr
kept a bam 1, into which hi* occasionally
slipped all the remnants, and this barrel
he called his “ eye ! 1”
rnoM the rr nsi an.
A certain person had a bird in n cage,
1 which he carried, to the Bazar and sol i.
The bird addressed the p\itthasef%n4
said, what advantage can you derive
from my confinement P If you will let
me go I will give you three pieces of
advice worth the universe.-—The man
was contjnted on these conditions, & the
bird spoke. “ The first,” says he, “ I
will give in the cage, the second on your
hand, 8t the third on the tree. This was
likewise agreed to, and lie began: “ Ne
ver be grieved for what is out of your
power; nor be vexed for the loss of it,
because it is irremediable.” The man
was pleased, took om the bird, and ask
ed for the second advice, which was,
“ never listen to or credit things beyond
possibility*” This also proved satisfac
tory ; and the bird then taking his flight
according to agreement, perched on the
tree, n:ul instead of a third advice, spoke
thus: “ Fo dish, cr* dulous man, by quit
ting me what a treasure you have lost.”
— lie asked what it was, 4k know,” says
the bird, Mthat in my belly there is a
pearl oi immense value; the weight near
20 sliecklts.”—When the man heard
thus, lie appeared distracted, and tofc
his hair for vexation. When the bird
saw his distress, he again addressed
him—kk Ridiculous man, you but a mo
rn* nt ago heard my salutary admonition,
and have already forgot it, did I not tell
you not to grieve, for what is out of your
power, or believe in impossibilities P
i ou see that I am now entirely out of
your i ov, r, why, then, lament P Again
’ to e that my v. hole body is not more
th *:i six r,heckles, how then can it con
tain twenty P Hut now listen to my
:hi'’ 1 and last advice which was mv or
iginal purpose.—Under this tree' you
will find a vessel filled with Gold: take
it up from under the earth, and apply it
to your wants.
Tir: man accordingly dug and found
tlu treasure, and looking nt the bird, he
said, “ it is si rang-, you should set mo
rn undci the earth and not act: th»* snare
:t'v in vhich you were caught?” “ ig
noiaut nun,’ says the bird, “ dost thou
not know that vrh« n the author of the
u 'i\ erse intends to bring forth an event,
ine eyes not only of birds but the most:
clear-.sighrplf men, arc deprived of the
vision for the occasion.”
W H E E L IA G,
(OHIO COUNTY, VIRCISIA,)
Pp.lnted dy A. ARMSTRONGS