EPIGRAM,

ON IMPARTING A SECRET TO AN AVARICIOUS PERSON.

KEEP closely treasur'd in thy heart

The secret which I now impart;

Should fraud, or force, or both combin'd,
Attempt to wrest it from thy mind-

Then, think it gold, or current money,

And all the world won't force it from thee!

REPARTEE.

WILL boasts that sickness has not pow'r

To make him keep his bed;

"That's true, because in half an hour

It must be sold," says Ned.

EPITAPH,

ENGRAVEN ON THE TOMBSTONE OF TWO BROTHERS WHO FELL IN THE FIELD OF BATTLE.

Lo! Erin's genius hov'ring o'er their tomb,

With mournful eye surveys the hallow'd sod,

Where sleep her bravest sons in earth's dark womb:
She weeps...Hope whispers," cease, they dwell with
God."

EPITAPH,

ENGRAVEN ON THE TOMBSTONE OF J-- D

WHITECHURCH.

No splendid monument erected here

Demands the passing tribute of a tear;

This humble stone marks out her place of rest

Who many shining virtues once possest.

OF

NOTE S.

NOTE 1-The Storm.

Or all the crimes that compose the catalogue of human guilt, none can be more base, or inhuman, than that of plundering the unfortunate seaman just escaped the horror of an overwhelming tempest. This species of robbery, however detestable it may appear, is too common on our coasts. Nor are these shameful scenes confined to the shores of Ireland: the sister country is alike involved in the crime, and the disgrace. No sight can be more disgusting to the man who has learned “to feel another's woe," than the behaviour of the crowd assembled round a shattered vessel-they sigh not for the sufferers-they extend not the hand of relief to the helpless strangers: no! humanity glows not in their bosoms-they are deaf to the wailings of distress their only wish is gain-their only exertion pillage!

The pathetic Falconer has decribed a scene of this kind in glowing colours.

Where the grim hell-hounds prowling round the shore, With foul intent the shatter'd bark explore

Deaf to the voice of woe her decks they board,

While tardy Justice slumbers o'er her sword.

The "Storm" was written with a view to discourage this shameful propensity; and many living witnesses can testify, that the picture is not too highly coloured.

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