The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-26 00:00:00

1, 0 t.T. R Y.

EDl.Tolt-.-The I were oc,:aiioned by the
discovery of a silver Coin at Felinstow ; it is of the Emperor
Nerva—is quite perfect; and,, owing to a corrugation of the
nose and chin, represents a contsmptuous expression of coun-
tenance. The lec,end. NEitVA: CAES: AVG:
P: Mt TR: POT: and on the-revers; COS:. PATRIAZ:
The points,- of course, I have introduced to prevent confusion ;
the whole making.lmperator NervaCiesar Augustus, Pontifex
Maximus Tribunicca. Potestate Consid Teraina Patrice. The
reverse, Lititus, Cantharus Tlturt4ttlotn, and the Torch with
which the Suffirnentuin was performed, probably to Bacchus...,
but this I merelymentinn as conjecture, not havnigany books
in this gothic-place to which I can refer.
Tlie hove of a Sovereign of thetworld,
Thou .sneer;st as %were, at blin the Goth that hoick: thee ;
Forgetful that a thousand years have whirled
Distinctions to the dust that now'enfolds.thee.
And though in arts and 311118, thy stibjeets shone,
FACCIrd the past and'made the world their own,
VUSC3, and More...:Columbus—thou
Discovering Worlds' have swept, from, deep to deep ;
Drake,._ Cook, Alagellan, o'er the Globe have.moved,
And Howard, bye the God he Worshipped, loved ";
`Anal More bath hled, and Wentworth daontlesss stood,
And Blake fought only for his country's good;
And Faust.taught Liberty, to. rear the head,
And -Heaven's owii terrors Schwartz around her spread';
And Newton measuring Force, and Light,. and Heaven_..
But knelt the lower as the more war given.
l'our's, BARBARUS.
P. S. A Lady sends 'you the following as counsel to any
Blue, Bluish, or very. Blue; Chloe • •
While Crelia o'er the wrecks of ages •
Pours with philosophic eye, •
And thinks of ancient bards and sages,
• Careless that her lover's by---
eihe play* the Part of her that tarried
To secure the golden prize— •
/ler lover wins the race,-:gets 'married-......
—Not to her—lie's much too wise.

MR 01,1) MAN:
Oldman, old man, thy locks are grey,
And the winter winds blow cold :
Why wander abroad on thy weary way,
And leave thy home's warm fold ?' •
'4 The Winter winds blow cold, 'tis true, •
." And I Inn old to roam ;
But I may wander the wide world through,
Ere I shall find iny.hoine.'
Anti where do thy children loiter so long ?
Have they left thee, dm, old and. forlorn,
To wander Wild heather and hills among,
While they.quatf from the lusty horn ?'
My children have long since sunk to rest.:—, •
To that rest which I, would were my own ;
I have seen the green turf placed over each breast,
And read each loved name on the stone.'
Then haste to the friends of thy youth, old man,
Who loved thee in days of yore; •
They will warm thy. old blood with the foaming can,
And sorrow shall chill it no more.'
To the friends of my youth in far distant parts,
• Over moor, over mount, I have aped ;
But the kind I found in their graves, .and the hearts
'Of the liVing.were cold as the
The old man's cheek us he spoke grew pale ;
On the grass:green sod he sank,
Whilethe evening sun o'er the western vale
Set midst clouds and vapours dank..,
On the morrow that sun in the eastern skies
Rose ruddy, and warm, and bright;
But never again did that old manrise - •
From the sed which he press'd•that night:•