Star.
London, England, 1807-05-19 00:00:00

POETRY.

he following Piece, nem publiihed before, is from the pen of
the celebrated Scottiet Bard, ALLAN R•MSAY, and copied,
verbatim et literatim, from his own hand writing :

TO THE RIGHT HON. SUSANNA, COUNTYSS OF SOWN-

TOUTI.

THE 211732.0 SALI7TATION, AAAAA THE LATE BAD WEATHER
PRECEDING THE 11112-211All'il DAY, 17n.

The fun with a' bis halefome rays.
Was far to fouthern nations gave;
Dreary our nights. and ferimp our days,
Naked and blailly was the plain.
Nae verdant leaf wav'd on the tree,
Nor flowers upon the meadows blew,
Spates flayed in lochs upon the lee,
And heights were a' of wiffered hue.
Nature was heavy, four, and 'owl,
Dumb were the tunefu• fhepherd's reeds,
Nor would the birds their carrots fowl,
But droopt the wing and hid their heads.
The lazy fouth wind rolfd the milt,
To hang in clouds pang'd fon' o' death,
Then feverifh mortal, e'er they wilt,
Glow 'd in the eauld, and fearee could breathe.
Even EGLI/STOOP; the favourite
Of titatv tit, and its peeuliaLeare,
With her dear bloffom fair an fweet,
Had in the general grief Tome mare.
Bleft Fair ! Rill good as thou art great,
Ne'er mifeonftrudt the will of HZAVIN
On Virtue (till waits happy fate,
And loon all aldnefs is made even.
Some wand'ring twangs of human pain,
Make full amends for their annoys ;
When by the canny mit we gain
A better guft for honeft Joys.
Halle, zephyrs !him the welkin clear,
Drive a' the ftagnant damps away;
Pluzbus return with the new year,
And Dies us with a (Lining day.
A good new year to EVA tITOUN
On her and on her lovely care
RUTIN pour thy band- vraill favours dove*,
And Lang a life fae precious (pare!

Lang may Taft (miles adorn her face,
That with the four was ne'er acquaint ;
Lang may the beauteous native grace
Adorn the virtues of a faint!
Daughters of Tau et, that wad chine
With a' that captivates the heart,
Yellow a pattern fae divine,
That's fu aboon affected art.
Do good things in a ruche way,
Bo never mean nor biawn we pride ;
Mingle the fond we the gay,
Beauty and honour neer divide.
Then Ball tle admiring world allow,
You've copied happily and well,
Bright EGLI N roust the ftandard true,
In whom the conquering charms eutil!

Rana ACADEMr.

EXHIBITION i 837.

206, 2I I, 2t 8, 223. Ranarlatte Circimfianee: in ,
the i life of Lord Nelloa.-11. Werrat.t., R. A.—Thefe
pt Lures are painted in a lets gaudy Rile than the
generality of Mr. Weßall's prodtaltions ; and are,
upon the whole, very able defigns. The likenefs of
the Hero, from youth to manhood, is well preferved,
and feveral other portraits of dißinguifhed naval
charaaers are fuccefifully given. A fober and uni-
form tone of colouring prevails through them all,
and Rrongly charaaeriftic expreffion is given to the
faces of the figures introduced, as well as difcrimi.
native rationality of feature.
There piaures form part of a feries painted by
Mars. Warr, Wasrat.L, and Pococa, and intettcled
to perpetuate the memory of Lord Nelfon. Engrav-
ings from them are to accompany the fplendid na-
tional work of the life of that hero, by the Rev. S.
CLARKS and J. M‘Aava oft, Efq. wftich is now in
the prefs and about to be publifhed by Meth s. CADS L L
and Davies.

--
The following is a defcriprion of the fcenes in• Lord
Nelfon's life reprefented in the above four pietures.
N.. 206. When Nelfon was 2d Lieutenant of the
Lowefloffe frigate, Capt. Locker, (in the year 1777)
an American letter of marque was captured during a
ftrong gale of wind and a heavy Pea. The Firft Lieu.
tenant was ordered to board her, but declared it im-
praCticable. The Captain exclaimed, " Have Ino
Officer who can board the priz.- ?" The Mailer To.
lunteered to go, but Nelfon fuddenly ftepped off the
gang way into the boat, faying to the Mailer—'" It is
my turn this time ; if I come back it will be yours."
No. 2 l t. Commodore Nelfon, when in the Captain,
of 74 guns, R. W. Miller, Efq. Commander, in the
:talon off Cape St.Vincent,Feb.l4, 1797, receiving the
(word of the dying Spanifh Commodore, att.m having
boarded the San Nicola., of 8o guns, followed by
Lieutenant (now Sir Edward) Berry, and Captain
Pearfon, of the 69th Regiment. At this inftant, a
fire of mufkets and pidols, opening from the Spaniffi
Admiral's (tern gallery of the San Jofeph, of ts 2
guns, Commodore Nelfon dire/led his people to fire
into her flan, and to board her alto, which was done
in an initant, and he got in himfelf, by Lieutenant
Berry affifting him into the main chains—and, (in
Nalco's own words), " Thus fell there !Lips."
No. 2iB.—Rear Admiral Nelfon, when in his
barge with his ufual complement of ten men,
and the Coxfwain, John Sykes. accompanied by
Captain Freemantle, during the blockade of
Cadiz, July 3, 1797, were attacked by the Com-
mander of the Spanith gun boats, Don Miguel Ty-
talon, in a launch rowed by 26 oars, having thirty
men, including officers. In this fevers coallia Cap.
tain Freemantle nobly fupported the Rcar Admiral,
and, as Nelfon fays, in his own words, 4, This was a
fervice hand to hand, with fwords, in which my Cox.
(wain, Jdm Sykes, faved twice my life. Eighteen
of the Spaniards being killed and feveral wounded,
we fucceeded in taking their Commander."
No. 223. Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelfon, io
the aft of landing at the Mole of Teneriffe, in July,
1797, dangeroufly wounded by a cannon fhot in his
right aim, which was afterwards amputated. Upon
this occafion his life was laved by the attention and
prefence of mind of his fon in law, Lieutenant (now
Captain) Niffiet. Captain Freemantle, having pre•
aloofly jumped into the fn. f, is reprefented as turni ig
sound to the boat, as the hero fell back into it, and
gtaiped hisfword with hie *ft hand.