POETRY.

STANZAS.

ON THE MARRIAGE OF WARWICK CALMADY RICHARDSON, ESQ. TO MARIANNE, ONLY DAUGHTER OF JAMES WALKER, OF LONDON, ESQ.

LO! where the lark on flutt'ring wings,

Darts through the morning's balmy air!
And hark! how sweetly soft he sings,
As up he mounts the welkin fair!
Thus, soars the soul of Warwick high,
Upborne on Hope's expansive wings!
That Marianna's mounts the sky!
Transported on electric springs.
O may each social rapture warm,
Both Warwick and his blooming fair,
O! may they find a constant charm,
In marriage that's without compare!
May health attend where'er they rove,
And fling her sweetest scents around;
The pleasures of their harmless love,
With beauteous progeny be crown'd!
And when the vital light shall wane,
May each depart without a sigh;
And that immortal bliss obtain,
Dispens'd by the Supreme on high!-

Grafton-street, July 1808.

J. G.

SONNET TO HORATIO *****

****! though the arm of Malice was uprear'd,
To hurl destruction on thy guiltless head;
And though thou hast beneath oppression bled!

Still are thy maxims by the good rever'd?
And though on thee thick-headed dulness sneer'd,
Begot by Folly and by Ignorance fed.

Still thou hast brav'd the storm, devoid of dread,

And art from Scylla and Charybdis clear'd !

Like Atlas firm thou scorn'd'st each ruffian blast,
And stood'st immoveable amidst a sea,
Whose waves tremendous bellow'd as they past,

And swore eternal misery to Thee!

So Virtue stands, amidst each grievous wrong,
True to herself, immutable and strong!

Grafton-street, August 1, 1808.

SONNET,

TO A. B...... OF HAMMERSMITH.

O! that some aerial Pow'r wou'd lend its aid,
And kindly whisper that thy passion's true;
That some congenial Spirit would invade

Thy dubious heart, and every care subdue !
O! that the day---the prosperous day wou'd shine,
Spreading its radiance on my hapless state;
Then might I near thy guardian form recline,
And bless the star, for my auspicious fate!

But, ah! still bound in Melancholy's cell,

J. G.

Like thee, pale moon! I'm doom'd alas ! to wane ; And as the midnight shades eve's rays dispel,

So fly my hopes before remorseless pain! Yet like the sun that yields th' ensuing morn, Thy genuine smiles wou'd all my woes adorn!-Cannon-street, August 12, 1808. M. P. A. Z.

TO MISS SARAH MORGAN,

OF YATTON-COURT, HEREFORDSHIRE.
BEHOLD, my love, this flow'ret fair!
How sweetly all its folds expand!

O, mark! with what a modest air,
It courts thy kind relieving hand!

But, soft! I hear its lowly sighs,

And, ah! I view the struggling tear,
Steal from its mildly beaming eyes,
As radiant and as crystal clear!

Thus Virtue oft in misery lies,
Adorn'd with every winning charm;
Thus sterling Genius often sighs,

And lingers, void of Friendship's arm!

But thou wast form'd by Heaven divine,
To shield the weak from every storm;
To succour Worth with care benign,
To lure us, and our ways reform!
To thee there's none that pleads in vain,
And though e'en Guilt herself attend,
Thou'rt ever prompt to soothe her pain,
And all her craving wants befriend!
Let poets sing of lovers kind,

Of sparkling eyes and peerless graces,
Give me the gem of lib'ral mind,

For that outshines the sweetest faces!

But when the lib'ral mind is given,

And blended with exterior graces;
Then man thinks earth a second heaven,
And in his Fair an angel traces!

Thus, when on thee I cast my eyes,
Dear charming girl! I soon discover,
That Yalton-court a heaven supplies,

And that an angel is my lover!!

August 1st, 1808.

HORATIO,

ALLA SPAGNA, ALL' ITALIA, ALL'EUROPA.

FREME I' Tiranno altero, che sol pone

Ogni diritto nel sanguigno brando,

Che, soggigar il Mondo desiando,
Britannia sola al suo voler s'oppone.

Quindi pien di furore, qual Nerone,
Mentre decreti ognor va fulminando,
Geme l'Europa, e dice sospirando,
"Nel tuo valor confido, invitta Albione!

L'unica speme sei di libertate,

Col tuo Sovran magnanimo, che regna
Con Virtù, con vigor, con dignitate.
Deh resisti al feroce, che desegna,

Dopo te, calpestar l'umanitate;

Satan l'incita, e l'empio il Ciel disdegna."

Ma gia pena condegna

(Paga ormai di punir li falli altrui)

Mandagli giù da la sfera superna
La Providenza Eterna !

Di generoso sdegno i figli tui,
Iberia sconsolata,

Volan qual turbo a vendicar l'onore,
Su l'empio Usurpatore,

De la lor Patria si contaminata !
Magnanimo il Britanno

Efficace soccorso a voi gia manda,

Alle invitte commanda

Squadre sue di sol far guerra al Tirano.
Ne le vicende de la dubbia sorte
L'Ispan prisco valor vi sia presente,
Con fermezza, alla mente:

Per la Patria, e'l Savran bella è la morte.

Con l'orrenda perfidia, non ascosa,

La pace è vergognosa.

Scuoti l'indegno giogo, Italia mia,
Siegui d'Iberia 'l glorioso esempio !
Vile serva d'un empio

Sara chi Gran Regina esser dovria?
Ma già l'Europa, di rossore tinta,
Dalla gloria rispinta,

Risorge a cancellar da la sua fronte

Gl' errori gravi, e l'onte.

Qual Attila, flagel del germe umano,

Vinto, di rabbia insano,

Fugge 'l terror de' vili, non de' fieri

Angli, Ispani guerrieri!

Van' è 'l fuggir! reciso è 'l teschio orrendo,

Anchor d'ira fremendo,

Qual d' Oloferne, o di Nadir atroce !

Si rasserena 'l Ciel, torna giocondo :

ין

Ride, respira l' mondo;

Mentre giù spinta e l' anima feroce !

All' orribile porta fa tragitto,

Dov' al barlume è scritto,

"Lasciate ogni speranza, o voi, ch' entrate,”

Scettri rapendo all' anime dannate.

Londra, Luglio, 1808.

L. E. discendante

di un vero Sapgnols.

THE LONDON THEATRES.

JULY

HAYMARKET.

28. Iron Chest-Plot and Counterplot.

29. [Never acted.] THE AFRICANS; or War, Love, and Duty. The overture and music composed and selected by Mr. Kelly. Fa rulho (the priest), Mr. Thompson; Torribal, Mr. Farley; Madiboo, Mr Fawcett; Selico, Mr. Young; Demba Sego Jalla (King of Kasson), Mr. Palmer, jun.; Daucari, Mr. Carles; Fetterwell. Mr. Grove; Marrowbone, Mr. Menage; Henry Augustus Mug, Mr. Liston; Berissa, Mrs. Gibbs; Darina, Mrs. St. Leger; Sutta, Mrs. Liston. The scenery by Mr. Morris, &c. Sylvester Daggerwood Mrs. Wiggins.

30. Ib. Seeing is Believing-Cheats of Scapin.

AUGUST

1. Ib-Love laughs at Locksmiths.

2.

Ib-Sylvester Daggerwood-Waterman.

3. Ib.-Mock Doctor-Spoilt Child. Little Pickle, Mrs. Bel

lamy.

4. Ib.-Ways and Means.

5. Ib.-Ghost-Cheats of Scapin.

6. Ib. Music Mad-Follies of a Day.

8. Ib.-Spoilt Child-Catch him who can.

9. Ib-Mrs Wiggins-Tale of Mystery.

10. Ib-Seeing is Believing-Hunter of the Alps.

11. Ib.-Mock Doctor-Katharine and Petruchio.

12. Ib.-Blind Boy. Edmond (1st time), Miss A. De Camp. 13. Ib-Plot and Counterplot-Music Mad.

15. Ib.-Recruiting Serjeant-Tom Thumb.

16. [Mr. FARLEY'S Night.] Blind Boy-Plot and Counterplot -Valentine and Orson. Valentine, Mr. Farley; Orson, Mr. Grimaldi, (his 1st appearance on this stage); Hugo, Mr. Grove; Green Knight, Mr. Menage.

17. Africans-Ghost-Escapes.

18. [Mr. TAYLOR's Night.] Five Miles off-Review. Looney Mactwolter, a Gentleman, (1st appearance on any stage). Imitations-Hob in the Well, (1st time for 15 years.) Hob, Mr. Taylor; Hob's Father, Mr. Noble; Betty, Mrs. Taylor; Flora, Mrs. Mathews.

19. Africans Blind Boy.

20. Revenge Music Mad-Village Lawyer.

22. [Mr. MATHEW's Night.] Young Quaker-Blue Devils. (Never acted] FIRST COME FIRST SERV'D; or, the Biter Bit. Characters by Messrs. Liston, Farley, Mathews, Noble, Mrs. Davenport, Miss De Camp.

The AFRICANS, is the production of Mr. Colman, an author whose name ranks deservedly high among the dramatic writers of the day. In the present instance he has not been eminently successful. There is a substantial interest in the story; but it is too much dilated, and the deficiency of Incident is supplied by a super

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