EPITAPH ON MRS. MAURICE BY THE REV. MR. MAURICE, the Learned Author of "Indian Antiquities." ERENELY bright, in bridal fmiles array'd, The purple fpring its bloffom'd fweets difplay'd, S While raptur'd fancy faw full many a year, How swift the dear delusive vifion filed! Mark, 'midst these ravages of fate and time, Where worth lies bury'd in its lovelieft prime; Where youth's extinguish'd firesnolongerburn, And beauty fumbers in the mould'ring urn. Oh! panfe! and, bending o'er fair Stella's [doom! tomb, Mourn her hard lot, and read thy future The patience of th' expiring lamb poffefs'd, Sweet be thy flumbers, on this moffy bed, foar [phere, Whofe echo fhall convulfe the crumbling In fairer beauty wake,-a heav'nly bride,And rife an Angel, who a Martyr died ! What to thefe joyless hours can e'er belong Of Love's fweet extacy or Fancy's fire? What can awake the Bard's exulting fong, Or roufe the flumb'ring embers of defire ? Yes! at fome interval the Sun may rise, And nature, fading, from her forrowscheer, Some rays, aufpicious, shoot across the skies Ere yet deceitful April can appear. Thus brighter rofe the finiling ftar of morn, When the, my fair, my lovely friend, was born. Mr. URBAN, Lichfield Clofe, March 2. Send you the following little Jeu d' Elpris efcaped from the elegantly claffical pen of a Gentleman well known at Eton: I have attempted to put it into an English drefs: the merit of the Original may perhaps claim a place in your Magazine for its very humble companion, W. GROVE. FESTIVOS inter calices ac poc'la tyrannus Palluit, in muro myftica figna videns, Depinxit quæ dira manus:-dum major in Et circumferpit largior ufque nota. [horas Non tamen aut primus potorum, aut ultimus ille, Fortè aliquando animum cretâ aut carbone Talia cui poterant fcripta ciere metum. notatus Terruerit paries, lector amice, tuum. Nam mihi(confiteor faffoqueignofce) tabernæ i Adverfo infcriptæ pariete corda notæ Terribili monitu horrificant, interque bi bendum, Excudit è tremula lapfa lagana manu. Scilicet hæc noftrum, fuspenso examine, lancem Si vero portenta immotus talia cernas, THE WRITING ON THE WALL. In regal pomp the Tyrant fups, And, fearless, drains the hallow'd cups ; When, lo, his stagger'd fight appal The myftic letters on the wall, Which, as the hand terrific drew, Broad and more broad each moment grew, Yet not the first of topers he, Nor ftill perhaps the last may be, Whom certain kinds of mural writing Have fometimes been the cause of frighting, At least poor me, I freely own, They oft have into panics thrown, Dafh'd from my hand th' unfinish'd bowl, And almost harrow'd up my foul. Ee'n you, my friend, at midnight hour, Have felt, perchance, their chilling power; But, if unmov'd fuch fights you view, It does but prove the maxim true, That, try'd in judgement's fober fcales, 'Tis "weight of metal ftill prevails;" Whilft I, who ne'er in that abound, "Am in the balance wanting found.” CHURCH CHURCH AND KING, A SONG. Ture," Rule Britannia." WHIL France Wild Anarchy exulting stands, With fata! Lamp cords in their hands, For, having all-is having none. ΤΗΣ SENT то A LADY, INCLOSING Chorus-Let Britons then united fing, &c. Ere you truft this magic fpell, True Freedom is a temp'rate treat, Not favage mirth, not frantic noife; 'Tis the brifk pulfe's vital heat; 'Tis not the fever that deftroys. Learn its potent virtues well; Potent in the cause of evil, Rings, you know, have rais'd the Devil! Chorus -Let Brons then united fing, &e. Spirits are rais'd up every day. The Gallic lilies droop and die, Profan'd by many a patriot knave; Her Church a Martyr-King a Slave*. Polemic Priest! reftrain thine ire! Against the Church thy Pop-guns fire! Vain is thy force, and vain thy guile! Unhappy Louis knows no reft, But mourns his more unhappy Queen. But, taught by reafon, gentle maid, ΛΟΓΟΙ ΕΠΙΤΑΦΙΟΙ. T. L. Publica fortunis jungere fata fuis Chorus.—Let Britons then united fing, &. Spargere per lætas fegetes (vice numinis) te finds his Palace a Bafile, For merely ftriving to be free agros, Vivere pro patriâ, pro patriâque mori, Hæc vetuit magnis paupertas invida rebus : S Chorus-Let Britons then united fing, &c. Splendida per medias diademata quærere Go, democratic Demons, go! In France your horrid banquet keep ! And drink the tears that Monarchs weep! The Heav'n-defended fteeples ftand. *Louis, when this was written, was yet living cædes Sanguine civili commaculare manus→→→ At procul à ftrepitu populi, infanoque tu、 Suaviter ante fuos confenuere focosBlandaque ducentes tranquillæ gaudia vitæ Extremum fati non metuêre diem. Infontos Abnormis fculptor commemorare ftudet; Et fpargit veterum divina oracula vatum Unde animus vitæ fpem melioris habet. Nec male-nam quis homo tam ferreus, ut queat auras Linquere vitales, et fociale jubar, It dine ad mortis fedem, gelidumque fepulchrum, Nulla retro fle&ens lumina, firmus eat? Nonne gemit moriens, et pectus quærit ami cum, [nas? Pectus quærit amicum, humidulafque ge*Triftis enim et tenebrofa leves via ducit ad umbas, Ni cor fupremo flagret amore DEI. *The tranflator has here taken the liberty, for obvious reasons, to depart from the well-known ebfcurity of the orginal. G. (To be concluded in our next) Occafioned by the Epitaph, inferted pp. 5, 6; and a Tronflation thereof, p. 165. EPIGRAM. OOR VAN, with all his care and coft, POOR For, not the first of hufbauds he, 66 NEMO. Burlefque Imitation of MILTON's famous Sonnet on the intended tack upon the Captain, or Colonel, written, « City," beginning «or Knight, in arms.” SONNET. Addrefs'd to the Militia Forces. SERJEANT, or Corporal, renown'd in [feize, arms, Whofe party on fome lucklefs milk-pail If deeds of chivalry thy foul can pleafe, Guard it, and her who bears it fave from harms : [charms She can requite thee, for, thou know'ft, her May well repay fuch gentle acts as thefe; So fpread thy fame to Albion's circling feas, Through every Shire the flame of valour [bow'r : Lift not thine arm 'gainft beauty's fenceless The gallant Sturgeon bid his heroes fpare, The tempting hen-rooft from it's mimic tow'r [witching air When peep'd young Dolly: And the Of Sneak's all-blooming help-mate had the pow'r warms. To fave her husband's brow from ruin bare. NEMO. T ON TAKING A SALMON. As down the shelving rocks they tray; But, when in view the rolling ftream SONNET TO RATIONAL LIBERTY. On reading the horrid acts of the Paris Mcb, By Dr. MAVOR. DE EARER than life, than love more fweet, Of every joy the fource, the zeft! Thee, LIBERTY! I fondly greet, Thy genuine fpirit fires my breaft. No ut lafting blifs mankind hath not in store, Death came-Palemon † funk-and was no more! Here thall my tributary tear be shed, Notes, that divine Omnipotence declare, * At Stanway house, the refidence of Lord Elcho, the new year was ushered in in a style truly conftitutional and loyal. Evening prayers were read in the great Gothic Hall, at 3 o'clock, by the Clergyman of the parish; and, at intervals, proper pfalms and hymns were fung, accompanied by the Hon. Mifs Charteris's, and Mifs Hamiltons, in a masterly and fcientific manner: the whole concluded with God fave the King, in which the congregation, ladies and gentlemen of the neighbourhood, joined with the trueft fpirit of loyalty, zeal, and fincere attachment, to our beloved and revered Sovereign. Lord Elcho then ordered ftrong beer, wine, &c. to be ferved to thofe prefent, and the King's health was cordially drunk. What added to the mufical performance was, the feven young ladies of the choir appeared in an elegant, white, rniform, drefs; with a neat coëffure, ornamented with a berried holly-fprig, and the like on the boom, in conformity to the feafon. After a splendid and hofpitable dinner, the fête was concluded with a ball, where the Ladies were distinguished no loss by their grace and elegance in dancing than they had been admired for their skill and knowlege of mufic. The conclading Hallelujah, which would have done credit to the genius of Handel or Pergolefe, was the unfophifticated composition of Mifs Sufan Hamilton. ↑ Robert Tracy, Efq. the last poffeffor of that name. ‡'Tam chari capitis.' HORACE. || Out of Jeptha, capitally fung, by the four Hon. Mifs Charteris's and the three Mifs Hamiltons, previous to the fervice. Che quella voce infin, al ciel gradita, Faith, Hope, Charity. PETRARCH. AIR. "Ill-fated Queen!" it feems to say, "Thy forrows wash thy crimes away: "Thy fainted Lord ftill wears a crown. "Oh! hafte to share his pure renown. I come, bright Saint!--but if decreedDistracting thought! these babes must bleed, Together may we take our flight, To realms of peace, to realms of light. Refign'd, I hear the ruffian throng, Tumultuous rufh the court along; Refign'd, I fee the dæmon fcowl, That speaks departure to my foul. Relentless wretches, think not here The figh will end, or cease the tear: For, fighs fhall burft, and tears fhall flow, When diftant climes fhall hear our woe. Another Translation of the fame, fung by Mrs. CROUCH, at COVENT GARDEN. SEE, A uftria's daughter, Gallia's Queen, My foes prevail! my friends are fled! Amidft this fad Captivity! Now fancy paints my murder'd lord! Gay France is agarden, well cultur'd and hot, To copy the Forest apply'd their vain labours, HORACE, BOOK IV. ODE X*, STILL cruel youth, poffeft of powerful charms, And clad in panoply of beauty's arms, Then as the glafs thy alter'd form displays, In their ribaldry, call me PLUMB-CAKE In the Paftry-cook bufinefs no rival I fear, Taste and try-you'll foon know whether WALTON be there. [fupply With fmall-beer, mix'd in batter, let others The Gentry and Tradesmen-such practice forn 1; [fize, I've nought but what's genuine-look to their Sent by a Lady to a Gentleman, of great Wit, They will melt in your mouth, and fwell but licencious conversation. NURST be the verfe, how fmooth fo e'er it glide, That injures decent Virtue's feemly pride; proud to your eyes; [fault on And, whiift I exift, you fhall ne'er lay a Your Crofs-bun Distributor, fam'd DIGNISSIME EDITOR, V EDIS WALTON! Non. Mar. 1703. TERSIONEM Epigrammatis Græcè fcripti, quæ memoratur p. 168, minus mendofam fuiffe confentaneum eft, fi typographus tuus accuratior fuiflet. Verfio eriam Anglicana ab interpretis exemplare dif crepat; 1. 9. pro verbo "he" leg. "ye." Autori interpres gratias agit, quoniam Sum ubi, &c. J. M. παιδεύει αὐτὸς ἐν ἐλίας P. S. Verà lectione "pulse" reftawi, in fine verfionis nunc lege: The greater is the love you hold, * See yol. LVI. P. 572. MINUTES |