The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-24 00:00:00

POETRY.

THE FIRST GREY HAIR.

BY EDMUND L. SWIFT, ESQ.

Ah! stranger !—Do I see thee nor?
The slow, but certain !mild thou
Of gathering care :
Thy colour on my changing brow

Duth Well declare,
That youth retires in rapid vane,
Aid age brings foremost in its train
The first Grey Hair.

Thou wilt not long be thu's alone,
Through my dark tresses singly shown
In contrast pale;
Too soon their lustre will have flown;
And soon must fail,
Even as the Summer's richest wreat h
Must droop the chilling blight beneath
Of Winter's hail.

I will not blame thy presence, though
It spoik—alack !—the goodly shew,
Wherein I prided;
And. which, amid its tipen'd
Thou halt derided :
It were no grace, wittri Ilion art by,
To mourn the fleeting vanity,
So sorely chidtd.

And 'twere 'of wisdom little proof,
To pluck thee frinn the growing woof
Of ceaseless fate : -
I cannot keep the hour aloof,
That tells my date ;
Nor lengthen by one vain pretence
'Mr bound, assign'd by Providenco
Te.mortal state.

'But I will give thee welcome
Glad in the coining change to find
A lesson true
And, if it throws upon my mind
Thy sober hue,
One serious hour will teach me snore,
Than all my youth had learn'd bofore,
Or manhood knew.

Grey hairs upon man's head are sent,
. Like stars into the firmament,
To show the night :
Themorn is past, the day is spent,
Of Time's swift flight ;
Their sun had set beyond recall
Yet virtue will restore to all
A morn more bright. ' •

Nay, as I moralize with thee, ,
Another of thy kind I see,
And yet another;
And each cloth come as suddenly,
As came its brother.—
Oh, friendly Time, I thank thee for
This mild and silent monitor,
My pride to smother.

Yes, I will spew thy pallid sign,
And own its earliest token mine,
Without a sigh ;
As my dark curls their place resign,
Even so will I.
Give younger men their passing pleasure,
No►• fondly rest mine age's treasure,
In vanity.

I love thee, kind unflattering friend,
So warningly thy hues extend
Along my brow;
The timely lesson that they lend,
I'll learn it now :
It were a simple chance, to wait
The hoary hairs which hastening Fate
May not allow.

I have not urged thy coming, by
The waste of harmfutrerelry ;
Then, while I bear
The lot of all humanity,
I'll grret thee fair
And welcome, in my fortieth year,
The friend that comes so true and near
Aly first grey hair.

THE EPITAPH
ON HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES, SON or KING JAMES L

WHO DIED NOVEMBER 6, 161 1.? , -AGED 18 YEAR 3•

Reader, wonder think it none,
Though I speak, and am a stone.
Here is 'brined celestial dust,
And'l keep it but in trust.
Should I not my treasure tell,
Wonder then you might as well,
How this stone could chose but break,
Having never learn'd to speak.
Hence amazed;—and.ask not me,
Whose these sacred ashes be.
Purposely it is, concealed ;
For, if that should be tevealed,
All that read would by and bye
Melt themselves to tears, and dye.
Within this marble casket lies
A matchless jewell of rich prize ;
Which Nature, in the world's disdain,
But shewed, and then put up again.

REGISTER OF FASHION.

FASHIONABLE CHANGES.

The Duke and_ Duchess of Northumberland, at their seat,
Sims House, from Alnwick.Castle T the Earl and Countess of
Darnley and family, from Pail's, for Rome; the Earl and
Countess of Cowper, for their seat, Pansenger, Herts; Lady
Elizabeth Lowther, at her father's, the Earl of Lonsdale's
house, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square; Lord Boston, fop
his seat, in Berks ; Marquis oc
.Camdpn aed the Ladies Prattr-
at the Wilderness ; the Earl and Cenntess of Thanet, for their
seat, in Kent; the Earl of Portarlingtoa, from the St. Peters-
burgh Hotel, Dorer-street, to his seat, Emo Park., Ireland.

BATH Anntvw, Nov. 21.—Lord and Lady (le Clifford, Sir
W. and Lady Barker, Lady Morrison, the Ladies Stanhope,
Lay C. Thynne, Hon. Colonel Brown,, Hon. W. and Lady
E. Campbell, Hon. Major Murray, Colonel Berkeley, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Kaye, Colonel Pearson, Major Bowyer, Ma-
jor Leaky, Major F. Manic, Major W. Richards, Captain and
Mrs. Bulger, Captain Bowyer, Captain Coleman, Captain
and Mrs. Fuller, Captain Kennedy, Captain Nicholas, Cap-
tain and Mrs. Rhodes, Captain Wyles, Captain White, Cap-
tain Yates, Dr. and Mrs. Boliver, Dr. Kearsley, Dr. White,
Rev. Dr. Jennings, Rev. Lloyd and Mrs. Crawley, Rev. N.
Dunn, Rev. W. Dickson, R.ec. Mr. Harerfield, Rev. Mr.
Janres, Rev. Mr. Ogle, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Pottinger. Rev.
J. H. Ridley, Rey. Mr. Royse, Rev. S., Smith, 'Rev. Mr.
'ferry, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Wetherell.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE CHACE.

The Quorndon Hounds ;ill meet on To-morrow, at Bree-
don Clouds; Wednesday, at liarborough ; Friday, at Wimes-
wold; Saturday, at Crooby—each morning, at half-past ten
o'clock.
Sir Bellingham Graham's Hounds meet To-morrow, at
Twycross ; Friday, at Arbury; Saturday, at Highau►; Monday,
at Barr—each morning at ten o'clock.
Lord Scarborough's Fox Hounds will meet this day at Bal-
hrough ; on Wednesday, at Wheatley Hills; and on Friday,
at Sandbeck Park=-at ten o'clock each day.
The Bidsworth Fox Hounds meet To-morrow, at Staple-
ton ; on Thursday, at Hemsworth ; and on Saturday, at Ham-
pole—at ten o'clock each day.
Sir Henry Crewe's Fox Hounds will meet this day, at Gres-
ley Church; and Thursday, at Langley Priory—at half-past
ten o'clock each day.
Mr. Mrynell's Fox Hounds will meet To-morrow, at Rol-
leston ; and on Friday, at Shirley Park—at half-past ten
o'clock each day.