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Unseen hands of spirits are ringing his knell,

And the death angel flaps his broad

wings o'er the wave!

O sailor boy! woe to thy dream of delight!

In darkness dissolves the gay frost work of bliss-

Where now is the picture that Fancy touch'd bright,

Thy parent's fond pressure, and love's honey'd kiss?

O sailor boy! sailor boy! never again Shall home, love, or kindred, thy wishes repay;

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The boast of her sex, and delight of the swains;

Unbless'd and unhonoured, down deep Go, zephyr, and whisper this truth in

in the main

Full many a score fathom, thy frame

shall decay.

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her car,

That the PLEASURES with JULIA are fled from the plains.

If thus to the maid thou my wishes declare,

To the cot she has left she will quickly

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FROM her whom ev'ry heart must love,

And ev'ry eve with wonder see; My sad, my lifeless steps removeAh! were she fair alone for me!

In vain to solitudes I fly,

To bid her form from mem'ry part; That form still dwells on mem'ry's eye, And roots its beauties in nry heart. In ev'ry rose that decks the vales,

I see her cheeks pure blush appear; And when the lark the morning hails, "Tis JULIA's voice salutes my ear.

Thus let me rove the world around,

Whatever beauty's charm can boast, Or sooth the soul with sweetest sound,

Must paint the idol I have lost.

STANZAS

Addressed to the Young Roscius.

BY ANNA SEWARD.

E'EN as the sun, beneath the line, comes forth,

Where no preclusive glimmerings warn the night,

Strips her dense mantle from the sabled earth,

And pours himself at once in floods of light.

So on our eyes, young Day Star, didst thou break,

In dazzling effluence, and resistless charmi;

Ere in thy soul those passions cou'd awake,

That look'd and breath'd, and lighten'd from thy form.

We saw them, at thy magic call, appear, Tho' but till then to manhood only known;

Yes, ere upon thy head the thirteenth

year

The violets of a primy spring had

strown.

In all Expression's subtlest shades they

came;

Thro' that Promethean glance, those varied tones,

Love, jealousy, and horror, rage, and shame,

Their hopes, their fears, their trans-
ports, and their groans.

In thee and in the scorn of gradual art,
Genius her proudest miracle began;
Gave thee despotic empire o'er the heart,
Long years ere growth and strength
might stamp thee man.

Beneath the crown upon that infant
brow,

The robe imperial on that fairy frame, Stream'd all which gance and grandeur can bestow,

All which a monarch's dignity pro

claim.

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Now thrice has Phoebus pass'd each duteous sign,

Since first thy talents met our won

dering gaze;

Still in augmenting lustre seen themshine,

Still scorning, like himself, all borrowed rays:

Seen the expansion of thy fair renown, Thy powers, thy graces, rising with thy years

So bright thy morn, what splendours wait thy noon!

What trains of light, eclipsing all thy peers!

When youth and Art's proud summit thou shalt gain,

Passions, that now are but illusive deem'd;

Then shall their empire in thy heart attain,

Then be, what long by miracle they seem'd:

And when they glow in all their genuine fire,

Deeply are felt as gloriously pourtray'd;

Oh! may they nought in actual life inspire,

That may thy virtue, or thy peace invade!

Above pale Envy's reach thy soaring

fame

Long may accordant multitudes attest; And prosp'rous Love, and pure Religion frame

The shield impassive for thy youthful
breast!

And may advancing life for thee display
The
gems of knowledge, and of joy
the flowers;

Shine unobscur'd on thy consummate
day,

With softest sun-set gild thy evening hours.

On wealth and rank while rolls Obli

vion's stream,

Thy mem'ry o'er its whelming waves shall climb;

For thy dear country shall record thy

name,

And bind thy splendent wreaths on

the dark brow of Time!

Litchfield, June 27, 1807.

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OH for that dear delicious hour
I pass'd with thee, my love, last night,
When on thy panting breast reclin'd
Thy arms around me fondly twin'd,
We kiss'd, and kiss'd with warm de-
light!

It was indeed a blissful hour,
Such as o'erpays an age of pain;

And I will dwell upon its thought, Till in thy kiss with rapture fraught I feel its pleasures once again!

SONNET.

Congenial to the soul thy shades,
When sadness imperceptive fades;
How oft thro' summer's lengthen'd day
I've wish'd in thy mild tents to stray,
That faithful memory might review
The scenes that time can ne'er renew,
Until the mind subdu'd by grief,
Would fancy its excess relief.
When day subsides, and Nature rests,
Thy stillness calms the anguish'd breast;
The feeling mind is sooth'd by thee,
And scarce regrets her destiny.

SONG.

COTAGENA.

WHEN Luna's beams illume the sky,
And sleep seals all but Love's wake eye,
Perchance the sailor on the deck,
Oft picture's how life's hopes - may
wreck;

Written in Cheshire, Sunday, June 7, Thinks haply rests his fav'rite fair,

1807.

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Who wakes for him with anxious care.
But fate commands, the hero roves,
And leaves the land and her he loves ;
Braves icy gales, or torrid heat,
And scorns from either to retreat;
Yet that brave heart unnerv'd would be,
Did Hope not beam futurity.

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FOREIGN NEWS.

Vienna, Aug. 6.

THE French ambassador lately received a courier from Paris, and another

with an Austrian courier have been

dispatched to that capital. Much business seems going on in our chancery; but though affairs of importance seem to be the object, we are happy in perceiving that war forms no part of it. Almost all the troops have returned to their garrisons, and furloughs are granted to a considerable number of privates. Vienna, Aug. 8. The peace between France and Russia appears to have put an end to the dispute which has so long continued relative to Cattaro and Brannau. Though we have as yet heard nothing official with respect to the give ing up of the former, it appears to be certain that it will take place; and it is understood that Brannau will be evacuated on the 20th inst. and restored to Austria, as will also Gradisca.

Kiel, Aug. 10. Mr. Jackson, the same who was in Prussia, has been with the Prince royal, to demand that Denmark shall make a common cause with England against France, threatening on the part of his government, in case of refusal, to land troops in Zealand, and take possession of Copenhagen. The only answer the Prince made was setting eat for Copenhagen, to make preparations for defence. The English have before Copenhagen 16 ships of the line, and 20,000 troops The Danes, independent of the militia, have 12,000 inen in the island of Zealand. A more considerable force is unfortunately in Holstein, and it will be difficult to bring it into the island, which is al ready blockaded.

Certainly there are no examples in
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the history of the world of a similar act of atrocity; for what cause of complaint has England against Denmark?

Franckfort, Aug. 10. If we may be lieve report, the Confederation of the Rhine is to meet without delay. The first of September is said to be the day when the oath of allegiance is to be taken to the king of Westphalia in the capital of Cassel.

Every letter received from the North concurs in stating that the English government persists in the resolution to continue the war, not to enter into any negotiation, and to reject the mediation of Russia. It is believed that the offi cial declaration respecting this important subject will be made public. We already hear of the great measures which on this account will be adopted and put in force against England. We are assured that until the re-establishment of a definitive treaty of peace between England and the continental powers, an army of 80,000 French is to occupy all the German ports of the Baltic, as also those of the North sea and the Hanseatic towns, and that another army is to be stationed in reserve in the king dom of Westphalia; that all communications with the continent will be shut against England; that Russia, Prussia, and the other continental powers, will act hostilely against those eternal enemies of the public tranquillity; in fine, that Denmark, in concert with the French, will shut the Sound, and likewise the two Belts, against the English.

Paris, Aug. 16. It is difficult, without having been witness of it, to form an idea of the magnificence of the fete of which all Paris was yesterday the theatre. 8 T

The march of the troops, in resorting to the church of Notre-Dame, along the streets and public places, decorated with all that taste and elegance could unite, the innumerable crowd of spectators, their unanimous acclamations, the splendor of their dresses, the pomp of their equipages, the number and beauty of the troops; all these circumstances united offered the spectacle of the most beautiful triumph of which modern Europe can boast.

Never, perhaps, was the public joy manifested in France in a manner more general or more ingenious.

The games which were executed on the water, between the bridge of the Tuilleries, and that of Concorde, of fered a spectacle truly enchanting. The little squadrons of vessels destined for the fight advanced to the sound of music and trumpets; innumerable spectators, distributed on the quays and floatingbaths, and on the vessels belonging to the swimining-school, mingled their Joud acclamations with those of the conquerors. After the fight it was expected that Forioso woul! exhibit himself walking on a rope, the whole space which separates the two bridges; but an obstacle opposed that experiment.

The artificial fire-work executed on the bridge of Concorde terminated this superb fete in a manner the most brilfiant. The crowd then visited the illuninations: those of the Tuilleries, of the Luxembourg, of the palace of Justice, of the Hotel of the minister of Police, successively attracted the attention of the curious; but it was to the illuminations of the Palais Royal that the general preference was given.

Yesterday, at nine o'clock in the morning, Marshal Berthier was presented by his serene highness the prince arch-chancellor of the empire, in order to take the oath, which he swore to his majesty.

The princess of Wirtemberg, queen of Westphalia, was expected at Strasburgh on the 14th, from whence she was to set out for Paris on this day by the way of Nancy Marshal Bessieres has been appointed plenipotentiary to receive her Royal Highness at the frontiers, and conduct her to Paris.

Paris, Aug. 17. Nothing could be more interesting than the meeting of the legislative body, which was solemnly opened yesterday by his majesty. The new members of the assembly having taken the oath of homage to the constitution, and fidelity to the emperor, his majesty made the following speech:

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Gentlemen, the deputies of the legis lative body; gentlemen, the members of the tribunate, and of my council of state: Since your last meeting, new wars, new triumphs, and new treaties of peace, have changed the aspect of the political relations of Europe.

The House of Brandenburgh, which was the first to combine against our independence, is indebted for still being permitted to reign, to the sincere friendship with which the powerful emperor of the North has inspired me.

A French prince shall reign on the Elbe. He will know how to make the interests of his new subjects form the first and most sacred of his duties.-The house of Saxony has recovered the independence which it lost fifty years ago. The people of the dukedom of Warsaw, and of the town of Dantzic, are again in possession of their country, and have obtained their rights. All the nations concur in rejoicing that the pernicious influence which England exercised over the Continent is for ever destroyed.

France is united by the laws of the Confederacy of the Rhine with the other people of Germany, and by our federative system with the people of Spain, Holland, Switzerland, and Italy. Our new relations with Russia are founded upon the reciprocal respect of two great nations.

In every thing I have done I have only had the happiness of my people in view that has always been in my eyes far dearer to me than my own renown.

I wish for peace by sea. No irritation shall ever have any influence on ny decision with respect to that object. I cannot be irritated against a nation which is the sport and victim of the parties that devour it, and which is misled, as well with respect to its own affairs as to those of its neighbours.

But whatever may be the termination which Providence, has decreed the

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