The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-12 00:00:00

POETRY

The following are from the pen of the Rev. G. CROLY,
Author of Paris, The Angel of the• World, Cataline, Ste.]

EVENING.
When evcis purpling clitrand cave,
Thoughts of the heart how soft ye flow !
Not softer on the western wave,
The golden lines of sunset glow.
Then all by chance or fate removed, -
Like spirits crowd upon the eye;
The few we liked—the one we loved,
And the whole heart is memory.
And life is like this fading hour,
Its beauty dying as we gaze,
Yet as the shadows round us lower,
Heaven pours above the brighter blaze.
When morning sheds its gorgeous dye,
Our hope, our heart, to earth is given,
But dark andi lonely is the eye,
That turns not, as its eve,.to heaven.

BEAUTY.
I've seen the eye or sunny blue,
And lips like rubies' dipt in dew;
And locks in sunny radiance wreathing,
And forms, like alabaster breathing;
And felt that Beauty never stole
A lasting fetter on the soul;
As lightning swift, and five as wind,
The mind alone can chain the mind.
It is not in the witchery
Of rosy lip, or azure eye,
Nor in the deeper sacrifice
Of cheeks-abashed, and whisper'd sighs..
Light as the summer-meteor's glance
It startles from the tempting trance;
Or won ;—as quickly lost as won,
Waves its bright pinion, and is gone.
Where then to find the spell that flings
The fetter on those wavering wings ?
'Tis in the native truth of heart,
That scorns the thought of female art,
That keenly thrilled by joy or pain
Disdains the thrill to hid or feign ;
And anxious but one heart to more,
Toils not for triumph, but for love.
On his wild pliime this fetter twine
The wanderer's thine, and ever thine !

*.* It may not be deemed reprehensibly obtrusive to observe,
that it is probable the second Poem was suggested by the do-
mestic felicity of the author.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

PRESTOS RACES, JULY 0..--(FIUST DAY.)
A Plate of 701. for all ages, that never •won a Plate, Match,
or Sweepstakes.-3 yrs old fist. 101 b.; 4 yrs fist. ; 5 yrs
fist. 91b. ; and aged list. 121 b. Heats two miles and a
distance.
Mr. Benson's b. c. Shuiller, 4 yrs - . . 1 1
Mr. Hutchinson's br. c. Orville, 3 yrs - - 2 2
A finely contested race. Both heats were closely run, and
won by a length.-5 to 2 against the winner.
The Produce Stokes .of 50gs. each.—Colts list. 514. ; fillies,
fist. 91b. ; untried stallions allowed 31h.-40 Subscribers.)—
Two milei.
Mr. Yates's Ch. f. Squib, by Soothsayer - • 1
Mr. Clifton's ch. c. by Comus - - - - 2
Lord Stamford's b. f. Fury, by Soothsayer - - 3
James'sMrJames's b. f. by Whisker - • - - 4
Lord' Derby's sister to Erix - - - . 5
Pour paid. A very good race, and won cleverly by half a
length. Comus colt against the field.-2 to 1 against the win-
ner, and 4 to I against Lord Derby.

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WEDNESDAY.
The Gold Cup value 100 gs. added to a Sweepstakes of lOgs.
each, for 3-yrs old, fist. Glb. 4-yrs old list. Mb. ; 5-yrs oil,
Bst. 101 b. ; 6 and aged, list. 121 b. ; Mares allowed '2 lb.—
Three miles and a distance.—(2l Subscribers.)
Mr. Peirse's b. h. Reveller - - walked over.
A Plate of 701., the gift of the Right lion. the Earl of Derby,
for 3-yrs old, 7st. 21b. ; -4-yrs old, Bst. 71b.—Heats two miles
and a distance.
'When the mail left Preston, only two heats of this Plate
were run. Mr. Kirby's hr. c. Orator winning the first, and
Mr. head's gr. c. Marauder the second. Five started.