The Sun.
London, England, 1818-11-25 00:00:00

POETRY.

TIL

WRITTEN IN 1762.
In vain, with labor'd artifice and rhime,
We teach the unwilling syllable to chime,
If no propitious Muse, no power unseen,
Exert its sacred influence
Bid glowing words and ardent thoughts arise,
And bring poetic forms before our eyes.
Can ye, ye frolic Muses, take delight
To aid an anxious Schoolboy in his flight,
Impos'd the task, who must, yet cannot write ?
Your THAMES I sing, your ever favor'd stream,
Your DENHAM'S bright example and his
_theme ;
Your POWS lov'd haunt, where list'ning ye admir'd
The tuneful accents that yourselves inspir'd.
Your happy Thames, whose pure translucent flood,
Free from opposing rocks, unstain'd by blood,
Thro" smiling plains in triumph moves along,
The pride of Monarchs and the theme of Song ;
Whose shores,, with plenty crown'd,' the bearded grain
Nodding adorns, and wares along the plain ;
The Rustic's cheerful voice, the laughing maid,
In pleasing neat simplicity array'd ;
The Sage's Musings, and the Poet's song,
Sooth its pl,!as'd waters as they glide along.
There haughty Windsor lifts her tow'ry head,
And boasts her Kings, her EDWARDS, HENRIES dead;
Awaits the living, and exults again
O❑ the rich dawning of a Patriot reign.
Hare priestly Hampton's spacious Courts ye view ;
There Richmond's low retreats, and happier Kew.
Unnumber'd Palaces and Towns are seen,
And Freedom's health-felt smile exalts the scene;
See London's self in bright effulgence rise,
And lift her spiry turrets to the skies.
A thousand public worts the sight invade,
Th' expanded works of charity and trade ;
Thro' her wide bounds, the Arts eternal smile,
The Pen, the Pencil, and the Chive! toil.
'Tis clamor all, th' expecting world demands
The finis!,'d product of our skilful hands,
Nor asks in vain, for warm'd with noble pride,
A willing nation rushes on the tide.
-IMPERIAL THAMES proceed, and boast no more
Thy stream translucent, or thy fertile shore,
Swell thy proud flood, imploring nations sire,
And bear the world's whole Commerce on tby wave.
The ready sailor waits, the sheets unfurd
Supply the wants and wishes of a world.
Swell thy proud flood, Imperial Thames, and bear
BPITANNIA's thunders and her sons to war;
Far, far from thee : far never shalt thou feel
The shame inglorious of an hostile keel ;
Or other thunders hear, but such as tell,
How Louisherg, Quebec, or Goree fell.
Why thro' thy bounds do harmless cannon roar ?
BOSCAWEN conquer'd on a foreign shore ;
Again their mouths th' expected tidings spread,
That HAW NE appear'd, and wretched COSFLANS fled :
St►ll shall they fly, nor Britain's thunders cease,
'Till GEORGE, like NOAH; sends the Dove of peace
O'er all the wat'ry world : e'en GALLIA then,
Subjected GA wa, shall respire again;
Whilst the gay Seine, and all her subject streams,
Shall roll Their tributes to IMPERIAL THAMES. •

HER MAJESTY'S PROPERTY..-.-Tile circumstance
of her MAJESTY having died possessed of so small
a .sum of money as that which we have mention-
ed, was owing to the immense expence of
her establishment, not on her own account,
hut for the entertainment of those persons whom
etiquette required her to,receive. Besides this, it is
well known that her MAJESTY'S benevolence was of
the most extensive th2scription. In addition to the
instance we have already mentioned, we have to
state that the family of a reduced Gei,tleman,who
died about a year since near Windsor,,have beets
amply -provided for by the bounty of her MA-
JESTY.--(Morning Post.)
COURT OF SESSION, EDINBURGH.—The Court
met on Friday, at the usual hour. Owing to the
QUEEN'S death, their Lordships held a full meet-
ing in the First Division, when the LORD PRESI-
DENT said, that in consequence of the melanantly
ntelligence that had come to town this morning, of
the death of our lamented QUEEN, he con•idered
it proper, as a mark of their Lordships' respect
and loyalty to the Royal Family in general, and
in particular of their gratitude for the am ,able vir-
tues and exemplary conduct of her late Alajes7y, to
move that the Court should adjourn for one day,
which was agreed to accordingly.
It is supposed the Royal Dukes would receive,
in the course of last Saturday, the melancholy
tidings of the demise of their beloved Mother.
We have seen (says the Irish Southern Re-
porter), some very interesting letters, dated the
19th of September, from Longwood, St. Helena,
from which, however, we are not permitted to
extract as largely as we could wish. Abet' the
removal of surgeon O'MEARA from the medical
superintendance of NAPOLEON, and the refusal of
the latter to admit Dr. BAXTER to fill that situa-
tion, Dr. VERLING, of the Royal Artillery, was
appointed to it, and was, at the date of the let-
ters from whence we derive our information, re-
siding at Longwood. Dr. VERLING is brother
of Mr. B. VERLING, of Cove. He is a Gentle-
man of considerable literary and professional ta-
lent, and well calculated to fill so delicate and ar-
duous a situation : he went out in the Northum-
berland with BUONAPARTE, and has ever since
been stationed at St. Helena with his corps.
Some horses, and the. State carriage of his
Grace the Duke of I'VELLINGToN, were landed at
Dover on Monday last.
NEW JUDGES.—YesterdAy Wm. Draper Best,
Esq:. was appointed one of the Judges of the
Court of Kiug's Bench ; and Richard Richard-
son, Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas. Mr. Sedeant Copley is expected to
be the new Chief Justice of Chester, vice Mr. Ser-
jeant Best.

- VISCOUNT DUDLEY AND WARD.-.--We are most
happy to say that our accounts of yesterday re-
specting this mud-esteemed Nobleman were of
a very favourable and gratifying description. His
Lordship, ►re are rejoiced to state, has been p•ro.
nounced in a convalescent state, and no doubt is
any longer entertained of his Lordship's speedy
and perfect recovery .—(Morning Post.)