The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-03 00:00:00

POETItY.

WRITTEN on HEARING of the DEATH of CANOVA,
the SCULPTOR.
CANOVA is dead !—and the hand that bath wrought
Such Promethaan wonders is nerveless and cold :
And the mind once so pregnant with beautiful thought,
No more shall those visions'of beauty unfold.

His eye and his hand were creation to forms,
lirhich, developed in marble, shall bear his proud name,
Through the conflicts of empires, o'er anarchy's storms,
To the records of art in the Temple of Fame.

For tasteless, ungifted, cold, dumb, and alone,
lii: heart, who can gaze without feeling's wild strife
On figures, smote, as by enchantment, from stone,
Into all but the warmth and the motion of life.

And what, though the captious would wither the bloom
Of his fair reputation with slanderous breath,
Yet the pilgrims of genius shall honour his tomb,
And rescue his name from oblivion and death.

Had he lived in an nge when the Roman was free,
Ere the tyrant or priest placed their feet on his neck ;
Ere a race, sprung likefungi front Liberty's tree,
Saw their history a dream, 'and their grandeur a wreck ;•

Then haply with names blazon'd high had he soar'd,
For whom its green chaplets Antiquity twined;
Whose temples and friezes have more been adored
Than e'en the divinities which they enshrined.

But the past so enchanting, how vague is the theme !
As the sculpture, when broke, is a fashionless block;
And the future, howe'er a*Colussus we deem,
Is.a statue of time in eternity's rock.

Canova is dead ! and let Italy sigh
O'er the artist—the last of her high-boasted names;
" Canova is dead ?—No, he never shall die!"•
Each work of his chisel in triumph exclaims.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING-ROOM, JAW. 2.-STATE OF THE ODDS.

,0 to 3 agst Moses
7 to '2 apt Swap

CLARET.
I 5 to I agst Posthuma.

7 to 1 agst Emily
7 to 1 agxt Folly
21 to 2 agst Webb

DERBY.
25 to 2 agst Talisman
I 14 to 1 ugst Pantina.

OAKS.
3to agst Zaida - I 10 to 1 nit Sister to Sailor.
9to 1 agst sister to Sultan 1

DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
9 to 1 agst Sherwood j 11 to 1 agst Fanny.

NOMINATIONS FOR THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER
AND OATIJANDs STAKES.

The following will be found an accurate statement of the
Nominations for the Doncaster St. Leger and Outlands Stakes,
which closed on Wednesday night, at twelve o'clock,„ ut Mr.
IVetherby's, Oxendon-street, llaymarket

ST. LEGER.
Duke of Portland's c. by Teasdale, out of Vau!tress's dam.
Duke of Grafton's c. Talisman, by Soothsayer, out of Pope Joan.
Duke of Grafton's c. Logic, by Selim, out of Piquet.
Lord Jersey's c. by Phantom, out of Web.
Lord Jersey's c. by Comus, darn by Rubens.
Lord Exeter's c. Zealot, by Partisan, dam by Rubens, out of
Guildford Nan.
Lord Exeter's Apparition, by Comug.
Lord Vernlam's b. c. by Whalebone.
Mr. Wyndham's b. c. by Whalebone, out of a sister to Amazon
Lord Grosvenor's c. Alington, by Pavilion, out of Olive Branch
Lord Grosvenor's f. Lady-day, by Thunderbolt, out of Plover,

OATLA.NDS—NEWMATIKET CRAVEN MEETING.
Mr. Paget's hr. h. Billy Cubit, aged, Ust.
Mr. 0. Powlett's Jack Spigot, 4 yrs old, fist. 121 b.
Mr. Wyndhatn's Centaur, 4 yrs old, list. 181 b.
Mr. Greville's North Wester, 4 yrs old, Bst. 51b.
Mr. 0. Powlett's Figaro, 3 yrs old, Bst.,llb.
Mr.Bunter's Friar Bacon, 4 yrs old, Bst.
Mr. Thornhill's Swivel, 3 yrs old, 7st. I Olb.
Lord Jersey's Sharper, 3 yrs old, 7st. 81b.
Mr. Greville's Aaron, 3 yrs old, 7st. 71b.
Mr. G. L. Fox's Boy Burton, by Tramp, 3 yrs old, 7st. bib.
Lord Exeter's b. c. llolbein, by Rubens, 3 yrs old, 7st.
Six others having declared forfeit by the :Slat of December,
are to pay 18 sovereigns each to the owner of the second horse.

WANSTEAD COURSING, CAXTON PARK,
'WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1, (CONCLUDED.)
A Silver Bowl, and Fifteen Sovereigns.
Mr. Rainer's Romp beat Mr. Iloneywood's M. b.
Mr. Harilacres Pilot beat Captain Cousin's br. tl.
Mr. Goddard's Spy beat Mr. Ford's Ranger.
Mr. Hudson's gr. 'b. beat Mr. Honeyrnan's Spindle.
Mr. Johnson's Fly beat Mr. Hanvvorth's wh. b.
Captain Johnson's Flirt beat Mr. Gee's Lawless.
Mr. Owen's Virgin beat Mr. Hall's Maria.
Mr. Hunt's br. d. beat Mr. Paul's brin. d.