12. His gallant Sons around him drew 13. And now, alas!—One death-wing'd ball 14. In either Fleet conflicting fires A thousand bloody deaths illume :Huzza! Huzza!--the foe retires ! But HENRY meets his brother's doom!-- 15. TOM HAULYARD was a Seaman bold, Yet might he weep his children slain ;Down his rough cheek the salt tear roll❜d-But does not namesake Toм remain ? 16. Ah no!-beneath the fatal stroke, I saw my gallant father fall!- 17. Nor long he stood-One iron shower, TOM HAULYARD sank beneath the blow. 18. He fell !—And striving hard with death, 19. Even now I hear the Veteran cry, "Oh stay, your Father with ye falls! "In Britain's cause we nobly die, "And who shall shrink when Britain calls? 20. "But oh, thou GOD, whose heavenly power "And save, oh save this Orphan Boy.— 21. "My first-born's Son !"-Serene he smil'd To meet the death that dimm'd his eye; And his last prayer was And his last word was "Save 22. my Child!" Victory!" Oh, peace be on the hallow'd tomb 23. But, hapless me!-Of all bereft, Of Father, Friends, of Hope, and Joy!— So young, so lonely am I left Pity the ORPHAN SAILOR BOY! 1802. THE NEREID. TRANSLATED FROM GRESSET. BY MISS BANNERMAN. DEEP in thy ruby-colour'd cave, What tho' along thy foamy verge, The wild waves deafen, sobbing drear! O to these bowers, the bowers of Spring, SENT TO A LADY AT A BALL. Go, Muse, and strike the raptur'd lyre, But the white robe of modest Truth. Among the fair, who shall thy strain attend, Thou shalt discriminate a polish'd friend. Tell her, that if her lovely face, Nor beauty, nor expression knew, Nor her fair form a native grace, Allotted only to a few; Still would she Friendship ever faithful find, From all who own the higher worth of mind. VOL. II. *F. THE RING *. BY. W. HOLLOWAY. Author of the " Peasant's Fate," &c. THE sea-gull wheel'd in circles low, And, screaming, skimm'd the wintry tide; In broken foam, the white surge drove, With haggard eyes, and locks unbound, Stood MARY-once the fairest maid- Down on the crumbling rock she kneel❜d, And, while her aching bosom swell'd, Founded on a melancholy event, which recently took place in an obscure village, on the Cornish coast. |