Star.
London, England, 1802-11-27 00:00:00

THE VYING PATRIOT.

u V dukes moriens reminikkur Argos." Aram.

Farewell, my Country, to thy blooming plain,
The fport and infult of a lawicfs train!
Farewell, HILVETIA, to thy citron grdve,
Where Defolation's iron Defpots rove!
Short hasithis lagging dream of life to flow,
Prcfs'd by a burden of relenticfs woe;
yet, ere the Spirit diet this fcene of care,
struggling, I breathe to thee my dying prayer.—
Oft has my bofom felt the labouring figh,
Oft too the tar has trembled in mine eye,
A. Recollation's bufy train furvey'd
Thy tow'ring glories, and thy fplendor fate.
Oft has the prefage dole upon my bread,
0 The tyrant Gaul /all rob us of our red ."
Too proudly glorying, with a hero's mind,
•
! gave the vain illufion to the wind;
Bid the dire Phantom fink in endlefs night,
Nor threat a land invincible in fight
Ah ! little thought I, that Opprefflon's power,
Would prove the juftice of that fhadowy hour !
Ah! little did I think, th' He'vetic League,
Would fall the dupe of Gallia's bare intrigue;
Confederate States, behold their honour fled,
And fubjugated bend the fuppliant head !
Not inch our reverend anceftors of old,
Phalanx of Champions fowled in Valour's mould!
•
A race obdurate as their native land,
Prompt to repulfe, and eager to command!
Had they beheld thine ignominious fate,
Their breads had kindled at thy vaffal date,
Broke from the filken chains of trembling Peace,
And bared the naiads Reel for thy releafe.
With them, my Country, is thy greatnefs fled,
As tolls the knell of patriot virtue dead!
Voconfcious of the darkling gloom/ of night,
Dclufwe vifions fport before thy fight,
The fyren !polls of lethargy impart,
A Mies date of languor o'er thy heart ;
Yet, oh! bravare!—The Gaul, a treacherous race,
Gteals to thy couch with farreptitious pace—
Wake from thy trance !...avert th' impending blow,
And Skid thine ollapring from the feeret foe !
114'0111 fuck &MCC, alas! thy peados fwerve;
Tepid thy valour, and unftrudg thy nerve !
ploodhottads of War, th.c Ernie foe purfue,
Deaf to compoiliets, but Cs laughter true ;
Stour o'er thy plains, where ruddy Plenty retied, •
Where mit thy Peafastry unreftrainA,
Saveby thufelaws, the equal Balance gave,
The bad to moralise, the good to cave.
Cleaned is the feene !—Deilyo?d her wild retreat,
The Mountalil-Goddefs quits her troubled fat.
With fupple reverence bow thy lofty hills,
Tay ant Gareth, as the Tyrant wills ;
Prod:rate, thy heroes ea his plesfure wait,
Catch at tack nod, as turns the vane of State;
Probst" with forc'd difsmdation, kits
The fragile teal of temporary blifs!
Neff. a 6.

ARCIELOCIIVS.

On Wednefday evening, the curtains in a bed-
room in the houfe of Mr. Withey, of Wert-fquare,
were difcovered to be on fire. Mrs. Withey, in her
attempt to extinguith the flames, was in great
danger, her clothes having caught fire ; but the
was fortunately rercued by the immediate affillance
of her fervants. The fire was extinguithed without
doing much mifchief to the houfe.

On Thurfday night, or early yefterday morn-
ing, a barn belonging to Mr. E. Conliable, at
Lewifham, in Kent, was broke open, and a quan-1
tity of wheat in facks Itolen. A cart loaded was
feta to pafs through New Crofs Turnpike, between
two and three in the morning of Friday, in which,
it is funded, the grain was carried off.
'Early in the morning of Wednefday fe'nnight,
tie Mill of Thomas Atkinfon, miller, in Bladon-
Barn, was dircovered to be on fire, and before
any affittance could be procured, the building, a
large quantity of corn, and the machinery, were
totally deftroyed. The lofs, on a moderate com-
putation, amounts to 4.001. This misfortune en-
tirely deprives the unhappy fufferer of the Means
of providing for a wife and feven children.
A Gentleman who came paffenger in the Lei-
teller packet from America, arrived at Falmouth
, a few days ago, gives the following account of
a melancholy accidents:—On Sunday the 24th ult.
about midnight, a fire broke out in the houfe of
}lr. John Lawler, at Fort Sackville, so miles from
Halifax, Nova Scotia, which entirely confumed
the fame, with barns, outhoufes, &c. It was dil-
covered by one of Mr. Lawler's daughters being
awoke by the fmoke in her room, on which the
alarmed the family, co:trilling oilier mother, fitter,
a Mils Watfon, and a black fervant man, who had
but jolt time to etre& their efcape through a win-
dow: five other ptrfons, leagers, in another part of
the building, unfortunately perifhed in the flames,
•though apprized or their danger by the fervant,
who, undauntedly, ventured into tile houfe in the
min of the flames for that purple ; but it is fup-
poled that amida the fmoke and confulion they
could not find their way out. All the property
nii the premifes was dearoyed. The names of
the unfortunate fufferers are—Mr. John Blake, of
Halifax, Mr. Edward M•Grith, Mr. John Harris
and wife, and Peter Brace, late a foldier in the
7th Regiment of Foot. Mr. Lawler was abfent
at the time, being at Halifax on bufinefs.
This morning the Lottery Wheels, under a
si,tary efcort, were taken from Somerfet houfe to
tr
.f'"l'er's ylall, preparatory to the drawing of the'
tate Lottery, which begins there on Monday next.
i
r. NicssoLsom's Tickets and Shares, that have
yep, jufily celebrated for producing Capital
Prizes, are only to be had at No. t 6, Cos nhill, op-
t Ile the front gate of the Bank.—Note The
it drawn Ticket is zs,oncl. and the Fira-drawn
die fourth Day, will alfo be 25,0001*
Tile &It drawn Ticket in the State Lottery, to
be •
TpLin.d_r,avw:lMonday next, will be entitled to
14,17 LY n Thoufand Pounds. The fir& drawn
},ery was fold by Swirl. and Co. No. t,
cuapi hltaiis who have alto dared and fold al" "bit
alic Air November la