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ftood to be of refpectful parentual attachment; and has receivtage; had been entitled to highed from her the moft ingenuous, expectation; had loft her parents; yet painful confeffion of her inand had become dependent. Sa⚫tisfied in every refpect concerning

firmity. She tells her, that feeling high obligation, the cannot

quality as would juftify the freedom, eafe, and familiarity which I fo fincerely defire.' Has the any other relation,' faid Cle ment, than the family of Mrs. Alwin?' I know not that the has,' answered Éden. • Her fa

⚫ her fentiments and her deport-view me on fuch a footing of e⚫ment, penetrated with her beauty and her accomplishments; and obferving how much it pained ⚫ her to expatiate on the circum⚫ftances of her early life, I have his therto, as we have not been long ⚫ united, refrained from being very minute in my inquiry into parti-ther, whofe name was Fitzalleyn, ⚫culars: the more fo, that on all

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had fome property in this country; but much more in one, I 'know not which, of our Ameri'can islands. While yet an infant fhe loft her mother; and her father, for fome reason that I never 'knew, or do not remember, had before that time gone abroad, and has never been heard of. • Meantime her eftate in the Weft Indies has been fo much embezzled, or fo unproductive, that it has ferved her in little ftead; and thofe perfons who had charge of what property fhe had at home, having become bankrupt, the fell into thofe circumstances which are as painful to remember as to endure. The only perfon who fhewed her any friendship was Mrs. Alwin, who treated her in deed as a fifter, and whom the ac

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fuch occafions, the feems to feel • herself more indebted to me than ⚫ perhaps her own feelings, and I am fure more than mine, can endure. This indeed is the fource of my fuffering. She appears to have continually in her thoughts, that I have raised her to opu⚫lence from a state of dependence, • She does not fet fufficient value ⚫ on her deferts; and is too deeply ⚫ impreffed with the fenfe of great obligation. She refpects me indeed too much; is grateful, but ⚫ does not love. Her love is loft in exceffive gratitude: what can • I do? All my endeavours to make her eafy, all my defires of pleafing, give additional weight to the ⚫ kindness that has oppreffed her. • I almost despair of meeting in her with that friendship and affec-companied to Calcutta.' tion which can fubfift between "Clement feemed to give flight ⚫ those perfons only who think attention to the concluding part of ⚫ themselves fomewhat equal. And the narrative. He was loft in the if fo, fuch is my difpofition, that deepeft abftraction; he groaned; ⚫ our connection cannot be happy.' ftruck his hand on his forehead; - Have you ever,' faid Clement, and his bofom heaved with extreme with great anxiety, have you ever agitation. Eden obferving, asked fpoken to her on this very in-if he was indifpofed?' He did not terefting and important fubje&t?' "Mrs. Alwin,' answered Eden, has done fo; not however, as at ⚫ my fuggeftion; but in confequence, as it were, of their mu

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anfwer; did not feem to have heard him; rofe from his feat; and walked about in extreme perturbation. Then turning abruptly, I must fee Mrs. Eden.' She fhall wait ' upon

upon you,' faid Eden, tenderly, but with astonishment. She is my ' daughter,' exclaimed the ftranger. Has not that occurred to you? But no! I must not fay fo. Alas! I may be mistaken. Yet I, on leaving England, took the name of Fitzalleyn; left my daughter an infant; was never heard of! Her mother dead!' So faying, he fell back on the feat, and found relief in a flood of tears. The ftate of Eden's feelings defies words and defcription. His aftonishment, however, fome tranfient doubts, and fome fears foon rebuked by his hopes, and his hopes themselves, were inftantly abforbed in all the ravishment of expectation. The dear object of his faithful and most tender regard must be the child of his earliest friend, of his deliverer, of his protector! She was now to feel herself on that footing of equality, which, in the extreme, and fomewhat blameable delicacy of her fentiments, fhe held effential to the eafe and confidence of mutual love. If any obligation remained, he was to be the perfon obliged. He affured his friend that it must be fo; and as far as youth could refemble age, that his daughter resembled him; and • urged him therefore to give im• mediate intimation to his dear Matilda.' - Matilda was the name of my child,' faid Clement, now recovered from agitation, and in a tone of acquiefcing complacency. But ftill there may be • fome mistake; and the confequences of difappointment in a matter fo intimately interefting to us both, and to your dear Matilda, might be unfpeakably fatal.

The probabilities are as you fay; but we must not yield to them rafhly.'

"A fervant now announced to them the arrival of Mrs. Alwin. Her father was one of the perfons to whom Clement, who was his kinfman, and not knowing that he was the father of Mrs. Alwin, had addreffed himself for information. He fent by his daughter, who flew on the wings of friendship, the very joyful intelligence, which Eden and his honoured benefactor had already, the one with eagerness, and the other with caution, ventured in fome degree to anticipate. Yet the joy of Clement, while he bleffed his affectionate child, was mingled with fad remembrance, and with the tender recollection of her amiable mother. Time, however, and the confolation he now received, restored him to becoming compofure; beams of the gentleft ferenity fhone on his hoary locks; for his children continued virtuous; and were rewarded with as much enjoyment as virtue can here expect.

"Whatsoever opinion may be formed of the preceding story, which is founded on facts, and whatsoever fentiments it may tend to excite, I perfuade myself that one reflection in particular will arife unfuggefted in the breafts of my philanthropical friends; for they will reflect with pleafare, that the indulgence of a philanthropical temper, and the performance of benevolent actions, may produce effects fo beneficial, as to mock calculation; and in ways beyond the reach of conjecture; and at times when expectation is dead."

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POETRY.

OPE for the New Year.

By HENRY JAMES PYE, ESQ. POET LAUREAT.

I.

'ER the vex'd bofom of the deep,
When rushing wild with frantic hafte,

The winds with angry pinions fweep
The furface of the wat'ry wafte,
Though the firm veffel proudly brave
The inroad of the giant wave,
Through the bold feaman's firmer foul
View unappall'd the billowy mountains roll,
Yet ftill along the murky ky

Anxious he throws th' enquiring eye,

If haply through the gloom that round him low'rs
Shoot one refulgent ray, prelude of happier hours.

II.

So Albion, round her rocky coaft,
While loud the rage of battle roars,
Derides Invafion's haughty boaft,
Safe in her wave-encircled fhores,
Still fafer in her dauntlefs band,
Lords of her feas or guardians of her land,
Whose patriot zeal, whose bold emprize,
Rife as the ftorms of danger rife;
Yet, temp'ring Glory's ardent flame

With gentle Mercy's milder claim,

She bends from scenes of blood th'averted eye,

And courts the fimiles of Peace 'mid fhouts of victory.

III.

She courts in vain! —The ruthless foe,

Deep drench'd in blood, yet thirsting still for more,
Deaf to the shrieks of agonizing woe,

Views with rapacious eye each neighb'ring fhore.
Mine be th' eternal fway, aloud he cries,

Where'er my fword prevails, my conqu'ring banner flies.

IV. Genius

IV.

Genius of Albion, hear!

Grafp the strong fhield, and shake th' avenging fpear.
By wreaths thy hardy fons of yore
From Gallia's crest victorious tore;
By Edward's lily-blazon'd fhield;
By Agincourt's high-trophied field;
By raih Iberia's naval pride,

Whelm'd by Eliza's barks beneath the ftormy tide;
Call forth thy warrior race again,

Breathing to ancient mood the foul-inspiring ftrain;
To arms! your enfigns ftraight difplay!

Now fet the battle in array!

The oracle for war declares,

Succefs depends upon our hearts and spears,

Britons, ftrike home! revenge your country's wrongs;
Fight, and record yourselves in Druid fongs!".

ELEGY written in a CHURCH-YARD in SOUTH WALES.

[From POEMS by WILLIAM MASON, M. A. Vol. III.]

FROM

ROM fouthern Cambria's richly-varied clime,
Where grace and grandeur fhare an equal reign;
Where cliffs o'erhung with fhade, and hills fublime
Of mountain lineage sweep into the main ;
From bays, where commerce furls her wearied fails,
Proud to have dar'd the dangers of the deep,
And floats at anchor'd ease inclos'd by vales,

To ocean's verge where ftray the vent'rous sheep:
From brilliant fcenes like thefe I turn my eye;
And, lo! a folemn circle meets its view,
Wall'd to protect inhum'd mortality,

And fhaded clofe with poplar and with yew.
Deep in that dell the humble fane appears,
Whence prayers if humble beft to heaven afpire;
No tower embattled, no proud fpire it rears,
A mofs-grown croflet decks its lowly choir.
And round that fane the fons of toil repofe,

Who drove the plough-fhare, or the fail who fpread;
With wives, with children, all in meafur'd rows,
Two whiten'd flint ftones mark the feet and head.
While these between full many a fimple flow'r,
Panfy, and pink, with languid beauty fmile;

The primrose opening at the twilight hour,
And velvet tufts of fragrant chamomile.
For, more intent the smell than fight to please,
Surviving love felects its vernal race;

Plants

Plants that with early perfume feed the breeze
May beft each dank and noxious vapour chase.
The flaunting tulip, the carnation gay,

Turnfole, and piony, and all the train
That love to glitter in the noon-tide ray,

Ill fuit the copfe where death and filence reign.
Not but perchance, to deck fome virgin's tomb,
Where violets fweet their twofold purple spread,
Some rofe of maiden blush may faintly bloom,
Or with'ring hang its emblematic head.
These to renew, with more than annual care
That wakeful love with penfive ftep will go;
The hand that lifts the dibble shakes with fear
Left haply it difturb the friend below.
Vain fear for never shall disturber come

Potent enough to wake fuch fleep profound,
Till the dread herald to the day of doom
Pours from his trump the world-diffolving found.
Vain fear yet who that boasts a heart to feel,
An eye to pity, would that fear reprove?
They only who are curft with breafts of fteel
Can mock the foibles of furviving love.
Those foibles far beyond cold reafon's claim
Have power the focial charities to spread;
They feed, fweet tenderness! thy lambent flame,
Which, while it warms the heart, improves the head.

Its chemic aid a gradual heat applies

That from the drofs of felf each with refines,
Extracts the liberal fpirit, bids it rife

Till with primæval purity it fhines.

Take then, poor peasants, from the friend of Gray
His humbler praife; for Gray or fail'd to fee,

Or faw unnotic❜d, what had wak'd a lay
Rich in the pathos of true poefy.

Yes, had he pac'd this church-way path along,
Or lean'd like me against this ivied wall,
How fadly fweet had flow'd his Dorian song,

Then fweeteft when it flow'd at nature's call.
Like Tadmor's fting, his comprehensive mind
Each plant's peculiar character could feize;
And hence his moralizing mufe had join'd,
To all these flow'rs, a thousand fimilies.
But he alas! in diftant village-grave

*

Has mix'd with dear maternal duft his own;

*This epithet is used to call to the reader's recollection a paffage in Shakespear, defcriptive of a character to which in its best parts Mr. Gray's was not diffsimilar.

Duke Sen. But what faid Jaques,?
Did he not moralize this fpectacle?

Firft Lord, O yes, into a thousand fimilies.

As you like it, A&.2. Scene 1.

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