And when in Autumn's gladsome day,
When plenty smiles in rich array,
And fainter shines the sun,

When the plenteous sheaves of corn
The happy farmer's barns adorn,
I'd sometimes take my gun:

Not idly pleas'd with giving pain,
Or for the use of sordid gain,

T'oblige a friend or so―

For friendship softens many a care,
Sooths every doubt of black despair,
And learns us bliss below.

And when in Winter's cheerless day,
When Sol scarce darts one smiling ray
To gild the wild expanse,

May I, with some kind friend retir'd,
By wit and polish'd sense inspir'd,
Or lead the mazy dance.

To muse on Nature's copious field,
What different climes, what produce yield,
Which most excels in wealth-

I'd envy not Golconda's mines,
Or where Peru more costly shines,
My every Wish is HEALTH.

C. S. 1776.

THE FALL OF MAN.

BENT with fell purpose to deceive,
The Tempter chose the form of Eve,
And, through her powerful charms, design'd
The future ruin of the kind.

He knew for man persuasion hung,
Though ruin follow'd from her tongue;
Who could the fatal gift forbear,
Presented by a hand so fair?

The gift was offer'd-Man complied-
He lov'd, he tasted, and he died :
Death was the fine, nor yet too high,
He deem'd the price of love to die.

Thus was our common sire undone,
Nor yet his ruin taught to shun;
Like him the fatal gift we try,

Like him we taste, like him we die!

English Chronicle.

PLEASURE.

Ask the hermit's chilly bosom
Where the flowers of Pleasure bloom,
Exotics here-the sage will say,

They only live beyond the tomb;
But ah! his heart's last warmth is fled,
And Pleasure in his soul is dead.

The restless youth who haunts the scene
Where luxury and beauty beam,
Will tell thee Pleasure only floats

On Joy's fantastic changing dream;
But ah! the cup he quaffs shall cloy,
And make him hate the sounds of joy.

Where rival passions never jar,

Where Virtue, Love, and Ease, are near, These, join'd by Faith, are rich in bliss,

And Pleasure leads their laughing year: Oh Goddess! here then raise thy bowers, And dress the peaceful couch with flowers.

Ibid.

DINARZADE'S CALL.*

No one is ignorant of the cruel decree of a famous Sultan of the Indies (on account of the infidelity of his wife) that he would marry a lady one night and put her to death the next.

are imitated from the Arabic.

The following Stanzas

AWAKE,
WAKE, my sister! Midnight's hour
In haste and silence glides away!
Exert your legendary pow'r,

To gain of life another day.

Th' imperial Sultan has decreed,
Unless you daily something new
Invest, to sooth his cares-you speed
To death, inglorious! as undue!

He, like his kind in humbler sphere,
Thro' changeful scenes delights to rove,

And lively wit is known to share

With Beauty's self, in Selim's love.

English Chronicle.

* Alluding to the Arabian Nights.

A LESSON IN LAW.

HOW TO EXAMINE A WITNESS.

Dramatis Persona.

COUNSELLOR BOTHERUM-JOHN PLAINLY.

Counsellor.

A'UM! hem! hem!-Your name is John Plainly!
Witness. Yes, Sir.

C. What are you?

W. I am a watchmaker.

C. Awatchmaker! Pray was you never a linen draper? W. No, never.

C. What, are you sure you was never a linen draper? W. Yes, I am sure.

C. And where do you live?

W. In Clerkenwell.

C. I don't ask you whether you live in Clerkenwell— you might as well tell me you live in Dublin or Mexico. What street do you live in?

W. On Clerkenwell Green.

C. O! you do, do you? And pray how long have you lived there?

W. Six or seven years.