The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-04-05 00:00:00

POITRr

BILI,CRIPTION Or THE COUNTRY ROUND viErU, IR
PORTUGAL, Tule raLerNit HEAD QUARTERS or THE
BRITISH ARMS•.
'Written by an Officer iu the Guards

Arise, my friend, and quit the charcoal fume,w
That 'pleads its ousioos vapour o'er the ram;
Nor loriger slumber is thy elbow-chair,
Hut wake to joy, and bri attic the genial sir!
Phu:hus invites thee with Ins cheering ray,
And sheds bright lustre o'er the lengtlining day.
To horse! to burst! with vigour press thy steed
Of highest metal, Andalusies breed
Swift shall we hie tuterds vast Estrella's
Whose souw-cape summit tow'rs beyond the sight;
Where mount on mount is grand succession rise,
round its sides the misty vapour flies;
Or through those stately woods of tutted pine,
Which us the upland granite-slopes I recline ;
Where mingling oaks and cbesnuts, 'pivoting wide,
Their huge bare limbs uprear in sullen pride:
Speed to you sulphurous springs §, 11141 smiling lava
The ciemaniambieut socks, and pour the save
(lose where the Haul' impetuous lushes o'er
Its rugged bed, tilde hoarse resuintiling roar:
Theirs, seated on some rude projecting stogie,
In one., clad piles .omantieully thrown.
Look through the valley's will sequesteed glade,
That sliews each various tint of light and shade;
Through whirl, the cloystal river seeks the mein,
Foams uses the rucks, or glides along the plain. a
Nuli to the sight its winding course we trace...-.
Now lust behind some mountain's jutting base,
Whose frowning form, receding from the view,
Changes from deepest brown to distance' rap'cish hue
Aloft the cluisteed fabric meets the eye,
Which, from the thinking bosom, draws a sigh,
That coaled superstition still should dwell,
Pent in the-gloomy lowers of a cell.
Such are the ohjects that the mind assail,
As the eye glances o'er the smiling vale.
But woulirst thou ratbei scour the heath-dad plain,
Where leads his shaggy flock the goatherd swain;
Where dark gum datum, breathing fragrance round,
Spread* deeper burro, o'er th' extending ground:
Whilst here and there a qniuta'si white-wasb'd wall,
Studding the view, attracts the traellees call;
Where orange-trees reflect n golden gleam,
And shade the quints hum the solar beam.
Here many a vineyard's desiring huuuurs spread,
That curl luxuriant o'er the calmed bed;
Here the nebulas and the myrtle green
Still add new beauties to t►e varying scene!
Then say, my him!, where e'er thou ►eek'st to rove,
O'i r hill or vale, throuch plain or shady grove,
thine to chui.s4 —Haste, baste; an more delay,
But 050001 thy courser, sod enjoy the day ! J. G.
Li Splin and Poi tugal they have tau bre-place., mid,
there(me, in winter make use of a brazier tilled w.ili ,her.
coal.
t The sierra d'Estrella, that bounds one side of the view
at Vireo, is the higher. chain of mountains is Portugal.
This country abounds with granite.
§ The hot springs of A Wore:.
The Dao, pronounced bowing, a shallow, but clear and
romantic rivti, steer Vizi it.
¶ Quintairdie Le, ni fur a villa, or country.huuse, iu Por-
tugal.

erSI THR DEATH OF C 11,7•111 CR•WLEY, ?ATI OF MIS
SI•JE.TIV SHIP PSIII.ONEL.

" perviowt."

He mit an early rleatk—Sul tier his bier
Falls4lie rich tribute of a sesmaa's tear !
He 'net an early death—hat o'er Lis tomb
(His just reward) unfading laurels bloom !
His gallant tars—a nulaneholy baud—
Unwilling Suit the lohg-latneated
Where C►awley's honoor'd life sad lc mined. end—.
Mune sleeps in peace their Hero, father, Friend!