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The lofty forehead's milky way extend,
And its fine arches delicately bend;

'Tis thine to bid the livid lightnings fly,
And all the lustre of a radiant eye;

To catch the bloom that glows on beauty's face,
The soft seraphic smiles' attractive grace;
The sweetness of the female form divine,
And all the wonders of the art are thine';
Art, that to Beauty can new beauties give,

And bid its heighten'd charms more charming live.
When this fair form with raptur'd gaze we view,
Scarce can th' astonish'd mind conceive it true;
As such perfection, not by nature wrought,
Spoke the creative Painter's vivid thought:
But let the bright original appear,

And all that æmulous art has figur'd fair,
Form, beauty, grace, now deem'd so exquisite,
Fade in the blaze of her superior light:
With different force the beams of glory shine,
And human art must yield to pow'r divine.

Criticisms.

VOL. IV.

I i

POETRY.

MISCELLANEOUS POETRY.

The Triumph of Music, a Poem; in six Cantos. By W. Hayley, Efq. 4to. pp. 130.

THIS poem will add nothing to the reputation of its author. It is one of his most feeble productions. The story is radically faulty, and some of the incidents are improbable. The versification is without spirit, and the style is weakened and encumbered by a croud of epithets, which are of no use but to eke out the lines into their proper quantity of syllables. "To relieve the monotony of heroic rhyme," the author has introduced a great number of songs and sonnets. We are by no means unfriendly to an occasional variation of metre, which, in spite of all that has been said against it, we are still persuaded may be so managed as to produce a very agreeable and spirited effect; but Mr. Hayley has gone beyond all bounds, and has introduced, in one place, no less than thirty-nine small poems, which occupy more than twenty pages. Such a variety as this is more disgusting than the most tedious uniformity.

Cupid turned Volunteer. A Series of Prints, engraved by Gardiner. With Poetical Illustrations, by T. Park, F. A. S. 4to. pp. 12.

To write verses upon any given subject appears to us one of the most irksome of tasks, and, of course, one of the most difficult to perform with any degree of success. Such a task has, however, been undertaken by Mr. Park, and has been successfully performed. His illustrations are executed with great elegance and poetical taste. It is fit the reader should be told in what manner Mr. Park was rewarded for this exercise of his talents. Having, with the true negligence of a poet, forborne to stipulate for any remuneration of his labours, he could scarcely, if we are not misinformed, obtain from the bookseller even a single copy of the book for his own library!! We most fervently wish that all such booksellers were to receive that punishment they so justly merit.

The Wiccamical Chaplet, a Selection of original Poetry ; comprising smaller Poems, serious and comic; Classical Trifles; Sonnets; Inscriptions and Epitaphs; Songs and Ballads; mock Heroics, Epigrams, Fragments, &c. &c. Edited by George Huddesford. Crown 8vo. pp. 223.

FEW poetical writers have contributed more to the gratification of the public than Mr. Huddesford. His own compositions of various kinds are of superior excellence. He has now undertaken the friendly office of collecting together the scattered effusions of several brother poets. This task he has executed in a satisfactory manner. In the chaplet which he has

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