The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-18 00:00:00

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FoR .14iAliArgAll, 1806:
81 SEtiRY lAxEs ryE,'Esa. T• L.

WHIN ardetrt zeal for virtuous tame, • -
When Virtuous honour's holy flame,
Sit on the generous warrior's sword,
Weak is the loudest lay the-Muse cm sing
Mis deeds of valour to record;
And weak, the boldest flight of F A N cy's wing:—
For far abCwe her high career,
Upborne by worth tit" immortal C it rz r shall rise,
And to the. lay-enraptur'd ear
Of seraphs list'ning from th' empyreal sphere,
Glory her hymn divine shall carol thro' the skies.

ror,thoc the Muse in all unequal strain *
Sting of the wreaths that A o N's warriors bore
From ev'ry region and from ev'ry shore,
The naval triumphs of her G 80 R G x's reign—
Triumphs by many a valiant son
Front- Gaul, Iberia, and Batavia won ;
Or by St. Vincent's rocky mound,
Or sltiggish Texel's shoaly sound ;
Or Haiti-lies + hyperborean wave,
Or where Canopus' billows lave
Th' Egyptian coast, while ALBION'S 'genius guides
Her dauntless Hero thro' the fav'ring tides,
Where rocks, nor sands, nor.tempests roar,
Nor batteries thund'ring from the shore,
Arrest the tury of his naval war,
When GLORY shines the leading star;--
Still higher deeds the lay recording claim,
Still rise Bit ur n t4N re's sons to more exalted fame.

The fervid source of heat and light
Descending thro' the western,skies.
Tho' veil'd awhile from mortal.s:ght,
Emerging soon with gulden beam shall rise,
In orient climes with brighter radiance shine,
And sow th' ethereal plains with flame divine.
So, dany'd by P,z ACE'S transient smile,
It r 's glory seem to fade awhile,
Yet when occasion's kindling ra)s
Relumine valour's gen'rous blaze,
Higher the radiant flamesaspire, •
And shine with clearer.light, and glow with fiercer fire.

From Europe's shores th' insidious train,
Eluding 131 t I T A 1 WS watchful eye,
Rapid across tie Atlantic fly
To isles that stud the western main ;
There proud their conqu'ruig banners seem to rise,.
And fann'd by shadowy triumphs flout the skies
But, lo! th' avenging pow'r, appears, •
His vietur•tiag itninoi tat NELSON rears ;
Swift as the raven's ominous race
. Fly the strong eagle o'er th' ethereal space,
The Gallic barks the billowy deep divide,
Their conquests lost in air,,o'erwhehri:d in shame their pride

The hourof vengeance comes—by Gades' tow'rs,'
By high Trafalgar's ever-trophied shore,
The god-like Warrior on the-adverse pow'rs
Leads his resistless Fleet with daring prore.
Terrific as th' dean,: bolt that flies
With tatalsliock athwart the thutd'ring skies,
By the mysterious will of Heaven
On Man's presuming offspring driven, -
Full on the scatter'd Foe he hurls his fires,
Verforms the-dread behest; and in the flash expires—
BUt not his fame—while Chiefs who bleed
For sacred duty's holy meed,
• With GLORY'S amaranthine wreath,
By weeping VI croßy,crOwn'd in death,
• _ I❑ HISTORY'S awful pageshall stand
Foremost amid th', heroic. band;.
NELSON ! so long.thy hallow'd hame.
Thy Country's gratitude shall claim ;
And, while a People's paeans raise
~ To-thee the choral by nn of praise,
And while a Patriot_Monareb's tear
BedeWs and sanaifies thy bier,
Each youth of martial hope shall feel
True valour's aniniating Zeal;
With emulative wish thy trophies see,
And Heroes yet unborn shall BRITAIN owe to thee.

* Alluding to a Poerif called NA U T . written by the
Author, and dedicated, by pettnission, to His Majesty.
+ Copenhagen.

TEE THEA TRE.—The admired comic Opera of
The Duenna drew a very crowded auditory last
night to Drury4ana Theatre. The only novelty
in the representation was the appearance of STO-
RACE itt. Clara, a charaaer 'for which her habits
are wholly unfit, as it requires something of refine-
'bent, deliCacy, and tenderness, not precisely con-1
sistent With that cli:thhing spirit which usually marks
her-aahlg. The. character should have been given
to M. MoU-x.rAtx., who is now the best singer on
the English Stage, aud whose voice is much better
adapted toile airs: STORACE possesses science, but
'her vocal powers are by no means, of the 'first order.
She, however, acquitted herself much better in
. "Adieu thou drerity Pile," than could be expeaed.—
BiAIIAM. would have been tnuch more pleasing in the
Songs of Carlos 3f he had not indulged himself in
his usual wantonness of decorhiithi,, which, to a cer-
-tain extent, is surprising ; but which beyond that,
with all his skill, is too apt to excite disgust.--
'Nothing could be more chaste. and interesting
than his manner of giving the first :stanza of
4' Had I heart ;" but in the 'Second his :musical
manoeuvres, if we may use. such an expression, ex-
'ceeded all the tricks of Harlequin v, hen pursued by
Pantaloon-ands his myrmidons.—Ferdipand was sus-
tained 'with great spirit by KitalY, who sung the airs
with soMuch animation, that he was highly applaud-!
ed. Drlcint is now much too pursy for a Lover, and
'he contrives to sport his figure, by his mode of dress;
in'such a way as not to render it very conciliating
' to the eye. He was by no means fortunate in giving
the airs of Antonio, either vodally or in gesture.—
The part should have been assigned to Grego:,{, 1,v116,
though .very stiff and formal as an A&or, has a very
good voice, :end is an improving Singer.--When this
Opera is repeated, Mrs. MouwrAtt4 should certainly
have the part.of Clara. To leave- such a Singer out
of an Opera at any time is a solecism indeed in mu.,
siCal arrangements: - - •
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'e read of a marriage between a Mr. MotiET.and
Miss Flittsicn; no ()fie dan dOnbt of its being one of
the most desirable objefis at present of the French to
unito with any of the Money family,