Oh sick at heart grew Polydore, For now the one that stood without Some words he mutter'd o'er the latch, All in his shackles stood. A wreath of rusted iron bound His grim unhallowed head; A dæmon's spark was in his eye- "Why shrink'st thou thus, good comrade, now With such a wilder'd gaze, Dost fear my rusted shackles' clank, Dost fear my wither'd face? But for the gallows rope, my face Had ne'er thus startled thee; And the gallows rope, was't not the fruit Of thy foul treachery? "But come thou forth, we'll visit now For though thy door was barr❜d to me, That is my home, the ravens there Are all my company; And they and I will both rejoice In such a guest as thee. "The wind is loud, but clasp my arm Why, fool, dost thou delay? You did not fear to clasp that arm When my life was sold away." The midnight blast sung wild and loud He struggled o'er the moor. Soon had they reach'd a wilderness The wind grew cold, the heather sigh'd As conscious of their guest. Alone amid the dreary waste The whither'd elm reclined, Where a halter with a ready noose Then turning round, his ghastly face 445 Brothers we were, false Polydore, Brothers in life, and we in death "Behold the elm, behold the rope, I'll hold the rope, and in my arms The eyes of Polydore grew dim, But a heavy weight sat on his breast The rope is tied-Then from his lips Too powerful for the bands of sleep, All vanish'd now the cursed elm, With troubled joy he found himself In darkness and alone. But still the wind with hollow gusts And check'd his transports, while it shook FROM THE SAME. ON PARTING WITH A FRIEND. WHILE far, dear friend, your parting steps recede, Yet sure too soon, thou brother of my heart, LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. RECENT BRITISH PUBLICATIONS. Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, with notes, by H. Waber, in 14 vols. 8vo. The Book of Job, literally translated from the Hebrew, by John Mason Good. Fifteen additional Sermons by S. Horsley, L. L. D., F. R. S., &c. 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By George Colman, the younger. SELECT REVIEWS OF LITERATURE, FOR DECEMBER, 1812. [In our number for June, 1812, we published a meagre and very unsatisfactory account of the following work-we were not then in possession of the Edin, burgh Review, from which we extract the ensuing article. Our readers will not censure us for placing it before them. Ed. Sel. Rev.] FROM THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, Lachesis Lapponica; or, a Tour in Lapland. Now first published from the original Manuscript Journal of the celebrated Linnæus; by James Edward Smith, M. D. F R. S. &c., President of the Linnæan Society. 2 vols. 8vo, London. 1811. THE name of Lapland first occurs in the writings of SaxoGrammaticus, who composed his History of Denmark about the close of the twelfth century. At the distance of three hundred years, it is again slightly mentioned by Eric of Upsala; and the meagre description of the country by Ziegler is supposed to have first made it known beyond the limits of northern Europe.* Charles the Ninth, King of Swedland' (to use the language of Scheffer, as rendered by his Oxonian translator,) in the year * There is a brief description of Lapland, in that great mass of obscure his. tory, entitled, Hispania Illustrata, published at Frankfort in 1603. At p. 1314 of the 24 vol. there is a pathetic piece, called Deploratio Gentis Lappiane, which is followed up by a short Lappie Descriptio,-both addressed to the Pope, by a learned person who takes the name of Damianus à Goes, under date of 1540. Mention is here made of their poverty, their rein-deer, and their incantations; upon which last subject there is the following edifying intelligence. "Incantamentis sic pollent ut naves in medio cursu retineant, sic ut nulla vi ventorum amoveri possint. Quod malum solo virginum excremento, foris navium ac transtris illitis, curatur; a quo, ut ab incolis accepi, spiritus illi natura abhorrent.” |