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Each (by no wrong or carping care perplex'd)
Repeats the service and retains the text,
Hoping at home to bear the rest in thought
And tell the lore their pious pastor taught.

Ah! happy moments wert thou mine again
I'd swear that fate had thrown her darts in vain,
For most I long to quit the painful din
Of busy trade, and join my humblė kin;
With them in peace to dwell, 'tis all I crave,
For where my cradle was I'd have my grave.

The service ended-on the churchway ground
The season's compliments fly swiftly round,
Dame greets her neighbours with her wish sincere
That happiness may bless the coming year,
The farmers thankful for their late increase,
Bow to the passing priest, and part in peace!

Such was the custom ere detested pride
Arm'd with a poison'd dagger undescri'd,
Stole from the city to perturb the swain
Beneath the insolence of ill-got gain,
Beneath the court-cut-coat and powder'd head
Barren within altho' so gayly spread.

Such was the custom when the realms had
peace,
And plenty sweetly sang and trimm'd her fleece,
When commerce revel'd on our fertile shores
And paid her ready gold, and shipp'd our stores,
When scarce a murmur rose throughout the land
And liberty, and laws went hand in hand!

Such was the custom-may it still prevail-
The dance, the moral, and the rich regale:
Still may the natives of my much lov'd place
A brave, an honest, and a hardy race,
Forget the ills the old year brought to view
And love, and friendship, usher in the new

T. N,

PRISONER OF CHILLON.

Lord Byron has recently sent forth The Prisoner of Chillon. and other Poems. We select the following from the dream.

A change came o'er the spirit of my dream
There was an ancient mansion, and before
Its walls there was a steed caparisoned;
Within an antique oratory stood

The boy of whom I spake; he was alone,
And pale, and pacing to and fro; anon

He sate him down, and seized a pen and traced
Words which I could not guess of, then he lean'd
His bow'd head on his hands, and shook as 'twere
With a convulsion-then arose again,
And with his teeth and quivering hands did tear
What he had written, but he shed no tears
And he did calm himself, and fix his brow
Into a kind of quiet, as he paused

The lady of his love re-entered there
She was serene and smiling then, and yet
She knew she was by him beloved,-she knew,

For quickly comes such knowledge, that his heart
Was darken'd with her shadow, and she saw
That he was wretched, but she saw not all,
He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp
He took her hand; a moment o'er his face
A tablet of unutterable thoughts

Was traced, and then it faded as it came;
He dropped the band he held and with slow steps
Retired, but not as bidding her adieu,

For they did part with mutual smiles, he pass'd
From out the massy gate of that old Hall
And mounting on his steed he went his way

And ne'er repassed that hoary threshold more.

THE MASQUERADE.

Fill the bowl with rosy wine,

Around our temples let roses twine,

And let us cheerfully awhile

Like to the vine and roses smile.

To day is ours we have it here,

To day is ours what do we fear,
Let's banish business, banish sorrow,

To the gods belong to-morrow,

The Feast continued till th' increasing light,

They drank, they laughed, they sang away the night.

Drunken at last and drowsy they depart
Each to his home.

In masquerade the very thund'ring god,
Even he withdrew to rest and had his load,
His trembling limbs to needful sleep applied,
While Juno lay unheeded at his side.

ANECDOTES.

The French, at Fort Saint Louis, had a beautiful Lioness, which they kept chained, in order to send her to France. This animal was seized with a disorder in the jaws, which prevented her from eating, and reduced her to the last extremity; and the people of the fort, who thought her dead unchained her, and threw the carcass into a neighbouring field. In this state she was perceived by M. Compagnon, Author of the Voyage of Bambuck, who was then returning from hunting; her eyes were shut, her mouth open, and already filled with ants. Compagnon took pity of the poor creature; and imagining he saw some signs of life, washed her mouth with water, and made her swallow a little milk. This simple remedy produced wonderful effects. The Lioness was carried back to the fort, and they took such care of her, that at length she was perfectly cured. But never forgetting to whom she owed her deliverance, she conceived such an affection for her benefactor, that she would take nothing but from his hand; and when she was perfectly cured, she followed him in the island, with a cord about her neck, like the most familiar dog.

Of John de Witt, surnamed Vandyan, a German Author, who left several works very heavily written, it is recorded, that he slept on his Virgil, lest a softer pillow should tempt him to lay too long in bed to the neglect of his literary pursuits. But it is a more amiable trait in his character, that, in the course of his studies, he gave frequent lectures, in order to save money for his father.

END OF VOL I.

INDEX

TO THE

FIRST VOLUME OF THE

AMUSING CHRONICLE,

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Clermont Tonnere, Anecdote of,
104

Cards, Origin and Design of, 109
Conjurers, &c. 151

China, Emperor of, his opinion
of Physicians, 158
Captive returned, a song, 187
Christmas Eve, ancient manner
of celebrating it in Kent, 189,
205, 233

Carew, Sir Francis, and Queen
Elizabeth, 193

Christian, King of Denmark, a
tyrant, 200
Criminal justice, upon
the seve
rity of our, 213

D.
Davies, Christiana, intrepid fe-
male, 7
Drama-Degeneration of, 8, 185
Two Words, or Silent not
Dumb, 47: the Broken Sword
76; Song in the Slave, 144;
the Slave, 207.
D'Ortey, Viscount, Anccdote of,

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Elephant, Singular escape of
Great Mogul from one, 176
Elizabeth, Queen, Sir F. Carew,
and Sir W. Raleigh, 193
F.

Fitzgerald, Sir Edward, and
Pamela, 26

Favourites of princes, 104

Metastastasio, Anecdotes of, 18.
Monkeys, Tax on, 32.
Meanness and liberality, 57.
Miser, Anecdote of, 66.
My Neighbour's Son, 73.
My Neighbour's Daughter 82.
Merchant, Story of one murder-
ed 153.

Flower Gardens, invention of, Murder of Gordier by his rival

135

Fire-eaters, 151

Fanny, a most affecting tale,171,

183, 195, 209, 227
Fire-balls to save coal, 177, mẹ-
thod of preparing, 217
Fire, precautions against, 202
Friars, story of saving a criminal
from justice, 214

G.
Gallantry, ancient, 11
Grimm, Baron de, correspond.
ence, 12

Gold, the influence of, on animal
spirits, 24,
Genius, a tale, 127
Grove Ferry, or the Fisherman's
Hut, 130
Gallantry, examples of ancient
and modern, 11, 180
H.

Honesty of a poor widow, 199

I. & J.

Justs and Tournaments, 11

Ill-natured Witticisms, 99

Inebriation, 105, 121

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Ignatius Leyola, anecdote of, 38 Rings Petition, 100.

Inventions and Discoveries, 135,

151, 174

Raleigh, Sir Walter and Queen
Elizabeth, 194.
S

Selim 3d, Anecdote of Sultan, 6.

James II. and Waller the Poet, Singularities of persons, 8

200

L.

Longevity of John Rovin, 8
Lope de Vega, account of, 9
Leibnitz, anecdote of, 63
Love and Madness, 89
Louis XIII, anecdote of, 104
Luxuries, first account of, 137
M.
Maid of St. Marino, 14, 29, 42,
51, 71, 86, 101, 114.

Stage see Drama

Sheridan, Monody on, 16
Superstition, 46

Saunders, Dr. Anecdote of, 66
Shakspeare, design for a Goblet
in honor of, 81

Song in Melancholy Hours, 119
Solitary S ranger, a Tale by Jane
Taylor, 168

T
Troubadours, 11

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