The Sun.
London, England, 1805-12-25 00:00:00

POETRY.

Tunt is so much merit in,the following Lines,
that it would be injustice to the Muse to refuse
them insertion, though we cons. ider them rather as
the homage of enthusiastic friendahip than the nle...
rited tribute of impartial criticisni. •

LINES

ON THE BIRTH OF W. H. W. DETTY,
AT SHRE'A SHOAT, SEPT. 13, 1791.
CaY.danc'd the hours, prophetic of delight,
Atirora, smiling, chac'd the gloom of night,
Hyperion rurd, and Reisci us sprang to light.
EnraPtued Genius elasp'd him to his breast,
While Nature's smiles her darling See contest.
. lach with parental warmth carest the Boy,
/Manilla's wonder, and Salopia's joy ;
Profusely each their choicest gifts assign'd,
Pour'sl their rich treasures o'er his op'ning mind,
Cave to his native gestures matchless grace,
And, fir'd with C ARR ICK'S soul, a Cherub's face ;
Lent him Expression's pow'rs, her smile benign,
ladc every charm of symmetry combine
To frame an A nor, for the days to come,
Worthy Nis name who charin'd Imperial Rome ;
Unstudied ease, which Art can ne'er bestow,,
strong Memory's gift, Articulation's flow—
Ishese boons they gave ; yet, lavish of their store,
A'ature and Genius grant tv Rc"clut 111" e.
Wliethet his varied aaion we admire,
Inflexions sweet, or Animation's fire,
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Resistless pow'r is his, the eye to charm,
The ear to soothe, the kindling heart to warm. .
• The Muses in to hail th' auspiciouS birth,
While "me, exulting, publish'd it to earth,
The Tragic Maid, as cradled in her arms
lay, forgot her frowns, her dire alarms,
And chang'cl, contemplating his promis'd prime,
por tears of joy, her tears of grief sublime. ,
Itoscius V' she trial, " be thine my treasur'd store
is Of sweets, to GAR R sex•consecrate beforel
u Like Nth:, no imitative track Pursue ;
Pe stilt thysW, and still to Nature true,
Forceful , thu' sweet, the' not unnatural, new."
The Muse his taste intuitive milled,
Coo keen perceptions to his glviing mind ;
With pow'r the Poe! 's latent sense to spy--
Stiength ott to soar beyond the Poet's eye.
_O ! born those preconceptions to dispel,
h
ence we distrust that boyhood may excel !
Thine ample ratite inspires the doubt alone
Wherein thy splendid talents most are shown !
11't Youthful Potentate, the Chief, we trace
1n thee by manly, by majestic grace :
//c", Yet nut boist'rous, mild, yet never tame,
Or burns the Patriot's or the Lover's flame.
lorgetPtoos rage the hero's mind inspire,
• dory's call arouse to martial ire, •
Such srdour bursts as marks thy vigtrous soul
s wenid with impassion'd hope, deriding Fear's ccswttroul.
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whenof'' nen the softer sympathies to move,
61141 tenderness,' or luckless love,
`lollEiv,st resistless pathos all thy mica,
11'atlins Which leaves Description's pow'rs behind) ;
Or when tumultuous heaves thy lab'ring soul,
And thy wild eyes in Phrenzy's transports roll—
loseto s I 'tia thine to make thine anguish felt,
thY terrors rouse us, and thy surrings melt.
'then tow'rs thy spirit, then are all thine own
eleßric flash, and Sorrow's bursting moan

When first Instruaion saw thee slight her claim,
Itzt gain, without her aid, the heights of Fame,
xperience, aged dame, surpris'cl, drew nigh,
Cai'd on her page, then clos'd it with a sigh,
To see thy tputer years her forming hand defy.

Youth highly favour'd! by the Muse carest,
LY Genius, Fame, and genuine Nature, blest
MaY knowledge to thy mind her stores dispense,
And Piety still guard thine innocence I
:I.° solid Learning early bend thy mind,
4'urn Ilistiry's useful page, and read Mankind.
iShalt thou, while our G a a ices ashes burn,
horn l'kelem,ry loves, and all her Daughters mourn), (c
'pang a young plittrlix from his lionour'd Urn !
r 1 le Parellt flame in thee shall yet survive,
And still in thee Hi s lasting praises live:
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Mau", Rosctus, then, with bold Pindaric flight,
IC7eet Science, source of intelleanal light ;••
Lealte far beneath time each inferior claim, •
And reap thy rich reward—Perennial Fame
•••76.'„b4/d, Dec. 14, -)• HORATIO.

•, ,
The Soviet of
of Schoolmasters held their Annual
0 inner yesterday at the Crown and Anchor ; Presi-
,:ent, the Lord Bishop of Grime ccorta i Viee-Presi-
16,nts, the Dean of WEs•rmrasTa and Dr. Pitit,---
;;Iter a very liberal subscription, many appropriate
stooasts were given, interspersed With some beautiful
eelnegsbriteesi &c. by DiGNVisf,, and others of. the first
<kt P .•
ehip - easemore, near Newbury, the baptism of
cll. ' was .attended with the following singular cir-
tilnstance :---Joh? James the son of James and
on zabeth Mitchel , was baptised on the same day
til which his father came of age; The child had
hi:rBarn, n godfathers and the same godmothers as
great. 4atner.. who were'also his great-grandfathers and
grandmethers. . . .
, resteiday
•
ve convis,
'tale morning, about eight &dock, twenty
tinder ' sentence of transportation,
b.oare retrieved from Newgate, and conveyed on
rd a lighter f'. 131' kf iars-bridge to Wool-
wich. torn ,re 1

l‘lera
• 130YDELL, it seems, has offered five hundred
fin
s for the best Picture on the subjeCt of the
vel,t°tious Fall of the gallant NELSON.—This is a
.beral offer; but surely the patriotic feelings
the 43ritish Artists will stimulate their genius,
.and
ftAgility of the sulliea be'a sufficient incentive,
pultla principle of taste as well ds a nobler itn-
. •
10 U`' ARTS, it SeCillg has been graciously pleased
tviPfird" two men 1.0.1%) had been -conviaecl of a
44 to dissolve the French Repullic and to revive
pk.,37l4rek.Y. if this be it crime in France, what
pallo „can the -Usurper urge to procure do. national
,