SONNET. OCCASIONED BY DISENGAGING À MARTLET FROM THE JAWS OF A CAT. BY T. PARK, ESQ. HERALD of Summer! hapless was the flight Fann'd the young swarms that hover near the flood, Yon dark assassin, at one deadly spring, Fix'd his strong talons in thy innocent blood! Nor ever can thy shatter'd pinion tower To milder climes when wintry white-frosts chill, To mould thy matted nest with plastic bill:- SONNET. Written extempore, at the request of a Lady, for a Valentine. BY CHARLES LEFTLY, ESQ. Dost thou pass sleepless nights, by day-light rove To dusky thickets to indulge thy tears? Dost thou remember nothing but thy love, Now burn with ardent hopes, now chill with freezing fears? Perchance thy mistress treats thy suit with scorn, If so, then seek her, wishful to be thine, For thou and none but thou shalt be her VALENTINE, SONNET. TO MR. WESTALL. BY CHARLES LEFTLY, ESQ. WESTALL, I wish'd to steal into Fame's graces, She loves each object that your pencil traces, To get admitted to the porch of Fame. O THOU! for whom my verse has often flow'd For thee that bosom still remains the same, Tho' many a spring has deck'd, with flow'rs, thy grave, Time rolls his years; but loses still his aim Timpair the deep impressions nature gave. Thine image can each present object brave, And prove remembrance stronger far than sense. Fraternal love can never cease to crave The tender tribute of regret intense. Tho' hoary age should tell my hundredth year, SONNET. THE MUSING LOVER. LONG have these walls, since touch'd by Ruin's hand, To whom henceforth my best regards are due; By far the fairest in affection's view: Here first those eyes I saw, whose radiance clear |