The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-29 00:00:00

ILL:FATF.I3 PASSION.

Prowl of her charms, some high and courtly dame
Spurns, with insulting worn, bur lover's flame;
But when she sees the last sail honours paid,
Too late laments the havoc she ban made
With her warm tears bedews his earthy bed,
And whom she hated living—loves when dead?
So my fond Muse, who late in rapture gag'il
Where anger thundri'd, and where fury bleed,
Bade her fierce !milts in fiery vengeance fly,
Death ill her step, and lightning in her eye!
Forth like the torrent of the mountain broke,
And with rude tongue, as passiun prompted, spoke;
Soon as she saw thee writhe beneath her &i t,
And heard the painful thruhhings of thy heart,
Wept o'er thy fall-..impatient ran to save—
And felt herself the very wound she gave!
E'en Mars, stern power, as nutrient putts tell,
Would, 'midst the din of arm., the battleawell—
Sheath his bright blade, and cheek his blood-staked car,
With tears of pity quench the flames of war—
To Paphos bowers, on wings of whirlwinds fly,
If Yews, wept—if Venus tweed the sigh!
Shall I relentless then refuse to spare
Thee, thou Love's Queen, ten thousand times more fair?
When *cif(' in woe my Stella's form I see
Stern and unshaken—kt sae cease to lie.
Let then ►hy bosom far entreaties more,
Whine only crime was that of too much love
Will one so fair indulge in cruelty
No!—Stella—no—it must not—cannot he!
Accept the tribute by repentance paid—.
Let Friendship heal the wound that Friendship made ;
Blessing and blest—for ever breathe and live,
Nu more to weep and suffer, but--forgive.

HENRY.

The Emrl of LtvEnPuot. arrived yesterday at
Fife House, from Waliner Castle.
Lord ELLENBOROUGII, we are sorry to learn, was
not so well yesterday as be had been for several
preceding days.

The Cuoidevs of LIVERPOOL, we are concerned
to state, is indisposed at ‘Valiner Castle.
Earl BATimaire arrived on Tuesday at his house
in Manstield.street, from a visit to the Earl and
Counte►s of LarearooL, at their seat, IV:diner
Castle.

The lion. JOHN COVENTRY left the Prince of
Si xe-Cuburg Hotel yesterday, fur his seat, Bi-
shops Gate, Surrey.

Mr. WEST, the venerable President of the Royal
Academy, is envirged in completing some siniinished
pictures in the QUEEN'S Library, at the Palace in
St. James's Park.
On Monday se'finight a dinner was given by the
Chamber of Bath to the Most Noble the Marquis
CAMDEN, as Recorder of the City ; at which the
Marquisses of BATH and THoMOND, the Represen-
tative* for the City. Sir EDW. KNATCHBI3.I., Bart.
Sir BoDERT Bayne, Bart. the Members of the
Corporation, the Clergy, &c. were present.—The
entertainment was considerably enlivened by the
talents of eminent professional vocalists of that city.
The Members of the Profile flormonic Society
dined together at the George bin. Fromeom Tues-
day se' gilt. GEO. SHErTA RD, EN. tool: the
Chair, and Major OLivig officiated as Vice-Presi-
dent. Sixteen stew Members were elected, includ-
ing the Earl of CORK, Lord DuNGARVoN, A.
Dutn.ow, Esq. of He 3 "rood. and 1). Jox LONG,
Esq. of Farleigh.
The new street is making rapid strides to its
completion, almost the whole of the ground on the
intruded line of it beiug now let. The part of it
which forms a square. in front of Carlton-house, is
called " Waterloo-place;" from thence to Picca-
dilly, is called " Waterloo-street ;" and from Pic-
cadilly the *tree, which will form a grand approach
to the Regent's Park, is to be called " The Re-
geut's-pturd e."