s: He lays up in Summer his Winter supplies,


s: And then he don't mind the cold weather.


s: Had said that noise would make her worse.


s: Which finding lock'd, she would not wait,


s: Was hurt and bruis'd--for down she fell.


s: Hark! hark! he says, "Bow Wow! bow wow!"


s: Which her mother had said she was going to make,


s: He enter'd the parlor and show'd much surprise,


s: That it really was Peggy who made all the noise,


s: Miss Peggy asham'd, and to hide her disgrace,


s: Took hold of her frock, and quite cover'd her face,


s: And, instantly wiping the tears from her eyes,


s: She promis'd her mother to make no more noise,


s: With worms and crumbs of bread and seed,


s: As Frances was playing, and turning around,


s: Her head grew so giddy, she fell to the ground;


s: But, O what a pity! her frock was so soiled,


s: That had you beheld the unfortunate child,


s: Her mother was sorry, and said, Do not cry,


s: And Mary shall wash you, and make you quite dry,


s: If you'll promise to turn round no more.


s: What, not in the parlor? the little girl said:


s: No, not in the parlor; for lately I read,


s: She was playing and turning, until her poor head


s: Fell against the hard door, and it very much bled,


s: That he put on a plaster, and covered it up,


s: Then he gave her some tea, that was bitter to sup,


s: O, U, T--out!--away they go on nimble wings,


s: Little Mary call'd Emma, who was just skipping by,


s: And she said, little cousin, can you tell me why


s: You are loved so much better by people than I?


s: My face is as clean, and my hair shines like gold,


s: And my walk and my dress are as nice to behold,


s: Yet nobody likes me for that, I am told.


s: Ah, Mary, she said, this is all very true,


s: But if half as much mischief were I to do,


s: Indeed people would love me no better than you.


s: Your face _is_ as clean, and your hair is as bright,


s: Your frock is as tidy, your hands are as white,


s: But there's one thing, dear Mary--you seldom do right.


s: If Mama bids less noise to be made when we play,


s: Or desires you be still whilst your lessons you say,


s: You never do try these commands to obey.


s: And when people are talking, you never care how


s: You interrupt what they're saying, which is ill-bred, you know,


s: And papa has so oft bid us not to do so.


s: You take grand-mama's pies, you climb on her chair,


s: You lay hold of the gowns as you go up the stair,


s: And you gather the flowers that on the beds are.


s: Now I am no taller, nor bigger, you see,


s: Because I have learnt so obedient to be.


s: And when people are busy take care not to tease,


s: But endeavor, as much as I'm able, to please.


s: Why you are more loved, and more happy than me;


s: And we're like mama's tale of the Wasp and the Bee.


s: I remember it said, little children beware,


s: Because like the Wasp if you ill behaved are,


s: You will never be loved, if you're ever so fair.


s: And Joe said, I will learn my task well.


s: When I was a ba-che-lor, I liv-ed by my-self.


s: And all the meat I got I put upon a shelf;


s: The rats and the mice did lead me such a life,


s: That I went to Lon-don, to get my-self a wife.


s: The streets were so broad, and the lanes were so nar-row,


s: I could not get my wife home with-out a wheel-bar-row.


s: The wheel-bar-row broke, my wife got a fall,


s: Down tum-bled wheel-bar-row, lit-tle wife, and all.


s: And every fiddler, he had a fine fiddle,


s: "Tweedle dee, tweedle dee," said the fiddlers,


s: "With King Cole and his fiddlers three."


s: So bad that he could not learn a letter;


s: That Tommy laughed, and found his face much better.


s: Pus-sy sits be-side the fire. How can she be fair?


s: In walks a lit-tle dog-gy, Pus-sy, are you there?


s: I'll not change my wife for gold or sill-er.


s: There was a crook-ed man, and he went a crook-ed mile,


s: And he found a crook-ed six-pence a-gainst a crook-ed stile;


s: He bought a crook-ed cat, which caught a crook-ed mouse,


s: And they all liv-ed to-ge-ther in a lit-tle crook-ed house.


s: The Li-on and the U-ni-corn were fight-ing for the crown,


s: The Li-on beat the U-ni-corn all round a-bout the town.


s: Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown,


s: Some gave them plum-cake, and sent them out of town.


s: To fright-en the ter-ri-ble Thomas a Tat-ta-mus.


s: Tell me how many T's there are in all THAT.


s: Cur-ly locks, cur-ly locks, wilt thou be mine?


s: Thou shalt not wash the dish-es, nor yet feed the swine;


s: But sit on a cush-ion, and sew a fine seam,


s: And feed up-on straw-ber-ries, su-gar, and cream.


s: Mar-ge-ry Mut-ton-pie, and John-ny Bo-peep,


s: They met to-ge-ther in Grace-church Street;


s: There was an old wo-man who liv-ed in a shoe,


s: She had so ma-ny chil-dren, she didn't know what to do;


s: She gave them some broth, with-out any bread,


s: She whip-ped them all round, and sent them to bed.


s: Ro-bin and Rich-ard are two pret-ty men,


s: They laid in bed till the clock struck ten;


s: Then up starts Ro-bin and looks in the sky,


s: "Oh; bro-ther Rich-ard, the sun's very high!


s: And I'll come af-ter with jol-ly Jack Nag."


s: He pull'd out his pipes and play'd her a tune,


s: Sing a song of six-pence, a pock-et full of Rye,


s: Four and twen-ty Black-birds baked in a Pie;


s: When the Pie was o-pen-ed, the Birds be-gan to sing;


s: Was not that a dain-ty dish to set before a King?


s: The King was in the Count-ing-house, count-ing out his mo-ney;


s: The Queen was in the Par-lour, eat-ing bread and ho-ney;


s: The Maid was in the Gar-den, hang-ing out the clothes.


s: By came a Black-bird, and snap-ped off her nose.


s: I tripp'd up his heels and he fell on his nose.


s: Once I saw a little bird come hop, hop, hop;


s: So I cried, little bird, will you stop, stop, stop?


s: And was going to the window to say how do you do?


s: But he shook his little tail, and far away he flew.


s: Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you going?


s: I am going to the meadows, to see them mowing,


s: Little Robin Red-breast sat upon a rail,


s: Niddle, naddle, went his head, wiggle, waddle, went his tail;


s: Little Robin Red-breast sat upon a bridle,


s: With a pair of speckle legs, and a green girdle.


s: He put in his thumb, and he took out a plum,


s: Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,


s: The little dog laughed to see such sport,


s: "I think, Ma'am, the rain will come down:


s: "But don't be alarmed, for I've an umbrella


s: That will shelter us both," said this amiable fellow.


s: Four and twen-ty tai-lors went to kill a snail,


s: The best man a-mongst them durst not touch her tail.


s: She put out her horns, like a lit-tle Ky-loe Cow.


s: Run, Tai-lors, run, or she'll kill you all just now.


s: Till a boy came by, with his bow and arrow,


s: Says he, I will shoot the little cock-sparrow.


s: His body will make me a nice little stew,


s: And his giblets will make me a little pie, too.


s: Says the little cock-sparrow, I'll be shot if I stay,


s: And as it was damp, why they put on their clogs;


s: But they ran home again when they saw two fierce dogs.


s: He stepped in a puddle, up to the middle,


s: John Cook had a little gray mare; he, haw, hum!


s: Her back stood up, and her bones they were bare; he, haw, hum!


s: John Cook was riding up Shuter's bank; he, haw, hum!


s: And there his nag did kick and prank; he, haw, hum!


s: John Cook was riding up Shuter's hill; he, haw, hum!


s: His mare fell down and she made her will; he, haw, hum!


s: The bridle and saddle were laid on the shelf; he, haw, hum!


s: If you want any more you may sing it yourself; he, haw, hum!


s: Gallop off to see her friends, in this style?


s: Leave your supper, and leave your sleep,


s: And meet your play-fellows in the street;


s: Come with a whoop, and come with a call,


s: And come with a good will, or not at all.


s: When the wind blows the cradle will rock,


s: When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,


s: Miss Kitty was rude at the table one day,


s: Regardless of all that her mother could say,


s: From her chair little Kitty kept running away,


s: As soon as she saw that the meat was remov'd


s: But her mother such giddy behavior reprov'd,


s: By sending away the sweet pudding she lov'd,


s: Their dolls with red cheeks and blue eyes.


s: She played and gamboled, laughed and talked


s: Well, what's the matter? there's a face,


s: Then you're prepared if friends should come:


s: And since, I've heard, they both are dead.


s: When children are naughty, and will not be drest,


s: But then they can have no good breakfast to eat,


s: At dinner they'll have neither pudding nor meat,


s: Then who would be naughty and sit all the day


s: And pray who would lose all their pudding and play,


s: O, Mama, take me there again.     A. D. F.


s: To cure you of this trick of scratching.


s: She does not know what 'tis you're saying.


s: Some more new books shall then be bought,


s: O, don't hurt the Dog, poor honest old Tray,


s: What good will it do you to drive him away?


s: Remember how faithful he is to his charge,


s: And barks at the rogues when we set him at large,


s: There was an old wo-man tos-sed up in a bas-ket,


s: And where she was go-ing, I could-n't but ask her,


s: "Old wo-man, old wo-man, old wo-man," quoth I,


s: "Whi-ther, O whi-ther, O whi-ther so high?"


s: "Shall I go with you?" "Aye, by-and-by."


s: "Cow, take care of your heels," she said;


s: There was an old woman, as I've heard tell,


s: She went to market her eggs for to sell;


s: And she fell asleep on the king's highway.


s: There came by a pedlar, whose name was Stout,


s: Which made the old woman to shiver and freeze.


s: When the little old woman first did wake,


s: She began to shiver and she began to shake;


s: She began to wonder, and she began to cry,


s: I've a little dog at home, and he'll know me;


s: And if it be not I, he'll loudly bark and wail.


s: Home went the little woman all in the dark,


s: Up got the little dog, and he began to bark;


s: "Lauk a mercy on me, this is none of I."


s: Dee-dle, dee-dle, dump-ling, my son John,


s: Dee-dle, dee-dle, dump-ling, my son John.


s: I had a lit-tle Hus-band, no big-ger than my thumb;


s: I put him in a pint-pot, and there I bid him drum.


s: I bought a lit-tle horse that gal-lop-ed up and down;


s: I sad-dled him and bri-dled him, and sent him out of town.


s: I gave him some gar-ters, to gar-ter up his hose,


s: And a lit-tle pock-et hand-ker-chief to wipe his pretty nose.


s: Some lit-tle mice sat in a barn to spin.


s: Pus-sy came by, and she pop-ped her head in;


s: "Shall I come in and cut your threads off?"


s: "Oh no, kind sir, you will snap our heads off."


s: Who pull-ed her out? Lit-tle Tom-my Trout.


s: The lane that I went was so long, long, long,


s: And the song that I sung was so long, long, long,


s: Hush, baby, my doll, I pray you, don't cry,


s: And I'll give you some bread, and some milk by-and-bye;


s: Then to either you are welcome, with all my heart.


s: There was an old wo-man, and what do you think?


s: She liv-ed up-on no-thing but vic-tuals and drink;


s: Vic-tuals and drink were the chief of her diet,


s: Yet the pla-guey old wo-man could ne-ver be qui-et.


s: She went to the ba-ker's to buy some bread;


s: And when she came home, her hus-band was dead.


s: She went to the clerk, to toll the great bell;


s: And when she came back, her hus-band was well.


s: With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinach;


s: They gave a loud knock, and they gave a loud call,


s: "Pray, Mrs. Mouse, will you give us some beer?"


s: "For Froggy and I are fond of good cheer,"


s: The cat and her kittens came tumbling in,


s: The cat she seized the rat by the crown,


s: The kittens they pulled the little mouse down,


s: This put poor frog in a terrible fright,


s: So he took up his hat, and he wished them good night,


s: But as Froggy was crossing over a brook,


s: A lily-white duck came and gobbled him up,


s: So there was an end of one, two, and three,


s: The rat, the mouse, and the little Frog-ee!


s: When nobody's with me, I'm always alone.


s: Dame Gill had the Job to plais-ter his knob,


s: Pus-sy cat, pus-sy cat, where have you been?


s: I've been to Lon-don to look at the Queen.


s: Pus-sy cat, pus-sy cat, what did you do there?


s: I fright-en-ed a lit-tle mouse un-der the chair.


s: His master said, (and strok'd his head),


s: You make your faults a great deal worse,


s: Do you see that old beggar who stands at the door?


s: Do not send him away--we must pity the poor.


s: Oh, see how he shivers!--he's hungry and cold,


s: For people can't work when they grow very old.


s: And Betty shall bring him some bread and some meat.


s: I hope my dear children will always be kind,


s: Whenever they meet with the aged and blind.


s: For a Little Girl that did not like to be Washed.


s: What! cry to be wash'd, and not love to be clean!


s: There go and be dirty, not fit to be seen,


s: And 'till you leave off, and I see you have smiled,


s: I won't take the trouble to wash such a child.


s: Suppose I should leave you now just as you are,


s: Do you think you'd deserve a sweet kiss from papa?


s: Or to sit on his knee, and learn pretty great A,


s: With fingers that have not been washed all the day!


s: Ah, look at your fingers, you see it is so?


s: Did you ever behold such a little black row?


s: And for _once_ you may look at yourself in the glass:


s: There's a face to belong to a good little lass!


s: Come, come, now I see you're beginning to clear,


s: You won't be so foolish again then, my dear?


s: In came Robin Redbreast, and brought her sops and wine.


s: "Eat well of the sop, Jenny, drink well of the wine."


s: "Thank you, Robin, kindly, you shall be mine."


s: Then Jenny she got well and stood upon her feet,


s: And told Robin plainly she loved him not a bit.


s: Saying, "Out upon you, fie upon you, bold-faced jig!"


s: Jenny Wren fell sick again, and Jenny Wren did die;


s: The doctors vow'd they'd cure her, or know the reason why.


s: Doctor Hawk felt her pulse, and shaking his head,


s: Says, "I fear I can't save her, because she's quite dead."


s: "She'll do very well," says sly Doctor Fox;


s: "If she takes but one pill from out of this box."


s: With hartshorn in hand came Doctor Tomtit,


s: Saying, "Really, good sirs, it's only a fit."


s: "You're right, Doctor Tit, the truth I've no doubt of;


s: But death is a fit folks seldom get out of."


s: Doctor Cat says, "Indeed, I don't think she's dead;


s: I believe, if I try, she might yet be bled."


s: "I think, Puss, you're foolish," then says Doctor Goose;


s: "For to bleed a dead Wren can be of no use."


s: Doctor Owl then declared that the cause of her death,


s: He really believed, was the want of more breath.


s: "Indeed, Doctor Owl, you are much in the right;


s: You might as well have said the day is not night."


s: Says Robin, "Get out! you're a parcel of quacks;


s: Or I'll lay this good stick on each of your backs."


s: They staid for no fees, but were glad to get out.


s: There was a lit-tle man, and he had a lit-tle gun,


s: And his bul-lets were made of lead, lead, lead;


s: He shot John-ny King through the mid-dle of his wig,


s: And knock-ed it right of his head, head, head.


s: In a yel-low pet-ti-coat and a green gown.


s: Goo-sey, goo-sey, gan-der, whi-ther shall I wan-der?


s: Up-stairs, and down-stairs, and in my la-dy's cham-ber.


s: There I met an old man, who would not say his pray-ers;


s: I took him by the left leg, and threw him down stairs.


s: Shoe the wild horse, and shoe the grey mare,


s: If the horse wont be shod, let him go bare.


s: All the king's horses, and all the king's men


s: Cannot put Humpty-Dumpty together again.


s: Though Mamma told him not to move its cover;


s: Looking in, he turned giddy, and fell over.


s: If it hadn't been killed, it must have died.


s: Away, pretty Robin, fly home to your nest,


s: To make you my captive I still should like best,


s: Your eyes are so sparkling, your feathers so soft,


s: Your little wings flutter so pretty aloft,


s: And your breast is all cover'd with red.


s: When I was a little boy, my mother kept me in,


s: Now I am a great boy and fit to serve the king;


s: I can handle a musket, I can smoke a pipe,


s: I can kiss a pretty girl at ten o'clock at night.


s: Miss Jane had a bag, and a mouse was in it,


s: She opened the bag, he was out in a minute,


s: The Cat saw him jump, and run under the table,


s: And the dog said, catch him, puss, soon as you're able.


s: J is for John, who is playing the flute.


s: K 's for Kate, who is nursing her dolly;


s: Y 's for Miss Youthful, eating her bread;


s: Each containing 32 Colored Pictures. The


s: most Instructing and Entertaining Series


s: When the Cat's Away, the Mice will Play.


s: Toy Books, Paper Dolls, Games, &c., to be found in the Country.


s: McLOUGHLIN BROS., Manufacturers, 30 Beekman St., N. Y.


s: "Where does your grandmamma live?" asked the wolf.


s: "Quite in the middle of the wood," she replied.


s: And then there were the merry, cunning little squirrels to watch,


s: "Grandmamma," she said, "what a great nose you have."


s: "All the better to smell with, my dear," said the wolf.


s: "And, grandmamma, what large ears you have."


s: "Ah! grandmamma, and what large eyes you have."


s: The miller's son had very little money, but he thought it such a


s: Jack was a giddy, thoughtless boy, but very kind-hearted and


s: When he brought them home to his mother instead of the money she


s: disappeared, and of course Jack knew she was a fairy.


s: But at that moment she heard her husband's step approaching.


s: The next moment his great feet were on the bean-stalk.


s: "Mother, mother! bring me the axe," cried Jack.


s: "I wish you would take me to the ball with you," said Cinderella,


s: Diamonds shone in her hair and on her neck and arms, and her kind


s: "Now go to the ball, my love," she said, "and enjoy yourself. But


s: "I wonder if Princess Beauty will be there!" said the sisters to


s: When the milk was poured out, the three bears set out for a walk.


s: Mr. and Mrs. Bear walked arm-in-arm, and Baby ran by their side.


s: "WHAT A FINE DAY IT IS!" growled Mr. Bear.


s: "WHAT A FINE DAY IT IS!" said Mrs. Bear.


s: "What a fine day!" squeaked little Bear.


s: The sun shone brightly though it was low in the sky, and its rays


s: "What a squeaky noise these creatures make!" said big Bear, as he


s: And thus conversing, the bears walked on.


s: "Come up, come up, Golden Hair; here is your happy home."


s: "Coo, I love you; coo, I love you!" cooed the wood-pigeon, as she


s: "Twit, twit, pretty child," said the sparrow.


s: Dear little Golden Hair, she went on singing merrily through the


s: greenwood, saying sometimes to herself--


s: "I wish I could sing as well as the lark!"


s: So she tapped at the door, and cried, "Is any one at home?"


s: "SOMEBODY HAS BEEN HERE;" and Father Bear growled,


s: And Mother Bear growled, "WHO HAS TOUCHED MY BASIN?"


s: And Tiny Bear squeaked, "SOMEBODY HAS BROKEN MINE!"


s: And Mother Bear growled, "LET US EAT HER UP;"


s: To her husband, "It must make him mild."


s: That we laughed, though we couldn't tell why;


s: In his crimes, or his grief, or his fun.


s: Is a very valuable animal; indeed I do not know what we should do


s: contained a great many wild bulls and cows.


s: The hen sits on her eggs for three weeks; and when the chicks are


s: Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with T,


s: All the king's horses and all the king's men


s: Young lambs to sell!--young lambs to sell!


s: Says little Robin Redbreast, "Catch me if you can."


s: Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a wall,


s: Little Boy Blue, come blow up your horn,


s: The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.


s: Where's the little boy that looks after the sheep?


s: This pig had a piece of bread-and-butter;


s: He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum,


s: Pretty maid, pretty maid, where have you been?


s: Leave them alone, and they'll come home,


s: He found them indeed, but it made his heart bleed,


s: For they'd left their tails behind them.


s: One a penny, two a penny, Hot Cross Buns.


s: If you have no daughters, give them to your sons.


s: But killed the mice in his father's barn.


s: O whither, O whither, O whither so high?


s: Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,


s: And so she makes music wherever she goes.


s: Twee tweedle dee, tweedle dee went the fiddlers.


s: Four-and-twenty tailors went to kill a snail;


s: The best man among them durst not touch her tail.


s: She put out her horns like a little Kyloe cow.


s: Run, tailors, run, or she'll kill you all e'en now.


s: And Johnny's a drummer and drums for the king.


s: In great King Arthur's reign, Tom's history first begun;


s: A farmer's wife had sigh'd in vain to have a darling son!


s: A fairy listen'd to her call, and granted her the same;


s: But being very small, Tom Thumb she did him name.


s: His mother, with affright, did this espy,


s: In her mouth, with Tom, it soon was popp'd!


s: That he "mother" bawl'd with all his might!


s: The cook was fill'd with great surprise,


s: When the king beheld Tom's awful plight,


s: With the king to hunt, on a mouse he went:


s: Tom drew his sword, and spoilt her treat,


s: Till the queen, in anger, sought his life.


s: The butterfly flew from flower to flower;


s: The queen tried to catch it for many an hour;


s: Till, alas! the spider's poisonous breath


s: Was the cause of our gallant hero's death.


s: In a bower of roses his tomb they rear'd,


s: His feasts in Arthur's court, and sight,


s: On a mouse, with the king, the hunt he went:


s: His deeds were great, tho' his size was small,


s: And his death was mourned by one and all.


s: Has entered extensively into the publication of


s: His facilities for manufacturing Works of this Class,


s: enable him to furnish them at lower prices than any


s: other Establishment in the United States.


s: The following are published and neatly packed


s: up in 2 dozens, containing 24 different books.


s: The Peahen at Home, or the Swan's Bridal Day.


s: The Butterfly's Ball, and Grasshopper's Feast.


s: New Nursery Book, or, Rhymes for children.


s: Mother Goose's Amusing little scraps for children.


s: Dame Wiggins, of Lee, and her Seven cats.


s: The present study is an extension of a thesis, presented to the


s: information accessible. As some of the translations and poems,


s: however, have been traced to Thomas Campbell, Sir Walter Scott,


s: William Wordsworth, Thomas Gray and others, whose works are to be


s: information about Germany in the same form in which readers of a


s: century ago received it. Mistakes are often interesting as


s: I am especially indebted to Professor Marion D. Learned, of the


s: University of Pennsylvania, at whose suggestion and under whose


s: inspiration the present investigation has been carried on.


s: The important influence which German literature has exercised on


s: before 1790_, in the _Americana Germanica_, IV, No. 2.


s: Cf. also, Dr. Haney's monograph, _The German Influence on


s: American literature at this time was still subservient to that of


s: Cf. also, the remark of Francis Hopkinson, p. 194.]


s: appointed Professor of the French and German Languages, at


s: the University of Pennsylvania, which position he held for


s: twenty-one years. In 1780 a German Professorship of Philology


s: was established in the same institution. J. C. Kunze, the


s: first appointee, lectured in German on Latin and Greek. After


s: Before Edward Everett went abroad to study, however, American


s: Göttingen is described in the _Göttingische Anzeigen_ for


s: Sept. 13, 1766, which states that the session of the Royal


s: Society of Sciences held on the 19th of the preceding July


s: was more impressive than usual. "The two famous English


s: scholars, the royal physician, Mr. Pringle, and Mr. Benjamin


s: Franklin, from Pennsylvania, who happened to be at that time


s: in Göttingen on a trip through Germany, took their seats as


s: Cf. the account by Dr. E. J. James (_The Nation_, Apr. 18,


s: Influence upon Education in the United States_, published in


s: Cf. also, L. Viereck, _German Instruction in American


s: Silesia in July, 1800. This was in the form of twenty-nine


s: letters to his brother, written during the trip, and thirteen


s: more added after his return to Berlin. Although they were


s: private communications, the editor of the _Port Folio_


s: secured them for his magazine and printed them anonymously,


s: without suppressing personal references, as the author would


s: have done, had he known of the publication.


s: "Whether these passages ever came under the observation of


s: the persons affected is not certain. So long as they remained


s: confined to the columns of an American publication of that


s: day, the probabilities would favor the negative. But they


s: were not so confined. Again, without the knowledge or consent


s: of the author, an individual, unknown to him, but fully aware


s: of the facts in the case nevertheless took the collection


s: from the _Portfolio_ to London, and there had them printed


s: for his own benefit, in an octavo volume, in the year 1804.


s: From this copy they were rendered into German, and published


s: at Breslau the next year, with notes, by Frederick Albert


s: Zimmerman; and in 1807 a translation made into French, by J.


s: "Thus it happened that these letters, originally intended as


s: purely familiar correspondence, obtained a free circulation


s: over a large part of Europe without the smallest agency on


s: the part of the author, or any opportunity to correct and


s: modify them as he certainly would have done had he ever


s: The American publication began in the _Port Folio_, I-1, Jan.


s: Monthly Review or Literary Journal_, XLV-350, December, 1804,


s: A little later, in 1809, Alexander Hill Everett went to Russia as


s: while he was associated with John Quincy Adams in St.


s: Petersburg, where German influence was strong and the study


s: of the language and literature could be pursued under the


s: most favorable conditions. The _United States Magazine and


s: states that he studied at St. Petersburg, among other things,


s: in America_ in the _Americana Germanica_, III, No. 2, p.


s: In America, likewise, German literature was made known to English


s: extracts, while on the other hand most of the lyric poems, being


s: short, could very easily be reprinted entire in translation. With


s: mentioned by Wilkens was in 1802, whereas single idyls had been


s: Bürger, _The Chase_ [Sir Walter Scott], Vol. II-413.


s: The last three, however, were also in Lewis' _Ambrosio or the


s: two from Goethe appeared in Lewis' collections, but no


s: editions of their poems exclusively were issued. Klopstock's


s: _Messiah_ was published three times before 1811, but not his


s: incidentally but no attempt has been made to investigate this


s: The scope of the present work comprises the American magazines


s: Canada. Periodicals in German, Spanish, French or other foreign


s: Newport, just three years before it was printed in _The Evening


s: Fireside_, II-165, Phila. This illustrates the importance of the


s: interesting information, and were carefully read by the general


s: The other type of publications, alluded to, is the miscellany. It


s: irrelevant publications, the field is a broad one and rich in


s: _A Book_, a periodical work, 1807, New York.


s: The investigator is moreover impeded in his progress by lack of


s: disappeared and left not a rack behind. The special student of


s: through the eyes of a more fortunate investigator." What is here


s: and their Contributors_, 1741-1850. Philadelphia, Robert M.


s: In spite of the difficulties just mentioned it has been possible,


s: possible for them to amass a fairly representative collection of


s: contemporaneous literature. On the other hand, more recent


s: institutions, like the Boston Public Library or the Library of


s: here included is based on a personal examination of about three


s: In treating the German influence in the American magazines, it is


s: borrow. Then, too, books were expensive, because many had to be


s: imported from abroad, and those printed here could not be sold as


s: nowhere reached [an] advanced stage of effectiveness. In America,


s: important domestic news could be told in a few columns. All this


s: tended to keep the newspapers within moderate proportions, and


s: As far as can be learned, the magazine in this early period was


s: Tyler mentions the same conditions. "Our colonial journalism soon


s: periodicals in the development of American thought and culture is


s: All this is very pertinent to the subject. The importance of the


s: translations and poems, here reprinted, in bringing things German


s: interest here aroused was to increase many fold in the decades


s: The publication of translations of German poetry in the American


s: original, it is impossible to say, but these translators were


s: It may seem at first thought that relatively few poems have been


s: collected in proportion to the ground covered. There is a


s: translations of German poetry and 10 duplicates; 68 original


s: French in these magazines has been made, so that a numerical


s: comparison with those from the German is at present


s: There is another reason why these magazines did not contain more


s: influence was noticed also in England after 1810.]


s: translators. If the translator lived in England and his work was


s: simply reprinted in an American magazine, the literary activity


s: foreign poetry, the only difference being that the influence came


s: suppressed. In one instance an editor inserted a poem that had


s: subject has not been investigated with respect to the English


s: Another group of poems calling for some attention includes those


s: et Contes_ [trans. principally from the German of C. F.


s: Also, _Benevolence_, "A Fable from the German of Galleret"


s: No attempt is here made to discuss the critical estimate that the


s: considering the utility of the modern languages as opposed to the


s: Part IV, p. 194; also the remark of W. E. Channing, Part I,


s: letter entitled _Literary Industry of the Germans_, which decried


s: published, at Stettin, in Pomerania, a Prussian province, a


s: work, in English, on which he has laboured twenty-five years.


s: It contains _a view of all the English editions, translations


s: and illustrations of the ancient Greek and Latin authors_. In


s: the execution of this work, he has been at great expense,


s: being obliged to purchase and import a great number of


s: English books. This is a very curious specimen of learned


s: perseverance and labour. That a man should spend his life in


s: recounting the translations of ancient authors into a


s: language foreign to his own! It is one of the most difficult,


s: tiresome, unpopular, and unprofitable branches of the trade.


s: Germany, however, affords innumerable instances of this kind


s: of literary diligence. There is a press at Leipsic abundantly


s: supplied with editions and interpretations of Chinese,


s: Abyssinian, Coptic and Syriac productions."


s: "William Tell"_ is given in _The Constellation_, III-266,


s: imported from England, must have made Werter well known in this


s: possible for them to print translations of individual poems of an


s: through these poems in the magazines, or perhaps through imported


s: In England, likewise, the _Idyls_ were constantly on the


s: book-market and _The Death of Abel_ had 20 editions before


s: "Imitated rather than translated from a fragment introduced in


s: translations of prose works and by articles on German literature,


s: Description (with an elegant Engraving) of the celebrated Tomb of


s: parish church of Hindlebanck, two leagues from Berne.


s: Hark! the majestic sound! the trumpet hear!


s: See the astonish'd tombs give up their prey!


s: Oh God! my Savior! 'tis thy voice I hear!


s: And with my child, I come t'eternal day,


s: Leave the corruption of thy mortal birth,


s: And taste at length the joy denied on earth,


s: Before his face death must yield to life;


s: Hope to real joy ... there, purged from sins,


s: Serenety succeeds to grief and strife, Time flies...


s: The thunder rolls dreadfully through the dark sky,


s: Think not that I wish from the thunder to fly;


s: His woe-fraught strains, with solemn grace,


s: Where the fierce whirlwinds sweep the plain;


s: The plaintive sounds, from caverns deep,


s: My sword shall draw, my prince to right,


s: _Universal Asylum and Columbian Mag._, VI-50, Jan. 1791, Phila.


s: The moon retires--Nature's dark veil no more obscures the air and


s: The roses open to salute the sun with genial dews; and the lilies


s: Thou hast wonderfully formed the veins of that fish which causes


s: rivers to overflow, and which makes whirlpools, and spreads


s: devastation with the flappings of his tail. Thou hast built the


s: (Translated from the German of Gesner, by W. Dunlap.)


s: (Translated from the German by Wm. Dunlap.)


s: tarried behind the hill, attending to her musical cadences; and


s: Free translation of the first stanza; the second, containing the


s: Clarine's study to be agreeable, and by unwearied attention, to


s: overcome with agony he implores thy speedy relief."


s: Once more could I wish, ere yet my blest spirit


s: Sunk in Elysium, peaceful mansion of shades!


s: In dreams aerial, play'd 'round my brows.


s: The shrub of my country, whose branches o'erspread


s: The cool nest of the patridge, waves gentler my friend,


s: O'er the dust of the world's mighty conq'rors.


s: The streamlet of that mead, where in childhood


s: I cull'd early violets, more musically murmurs


s: 'Midst the alders once rear'd by my sire,


s: The hill, on which swains, in bands youthful and gay


s: Danc'd 'round the trunk of the sweet blossom'd poplar,


s: Than Alps dazzling heights in roset glimm'ring.


s: Therefore could I wish, ere yet my blest spirit


s: Sunk in Elysium, peaceful mansion of shades


s: Then may death's smirking genius, of a sudden,


s: Extinguish life's taper, well pleas'd I'll hasten


s: "Ah! now," she cries, "I'm blest indeed,


s: Stretch'd forth a--crust of mouldy bread.


s: For virtue, freedom, human rights, to fall,


s: Beseems the brave: it is a Saviour's death.


s: Thus with their heart's blood tinge the battle-heath.


s: And this proud death is seemliest in the man


s: Who for a kindred race, a country bleeds:


s: Three hundred Spartans from the shining van


s: Of those, whom fame in this high triumph leads.


s: Great is the death for a good prince incurr'd;


s: Who wields the sceptre with benignant hand:


s: Well may for him the noble bare his sword,


s: Falling he earns the blessings of a land.


s: Death for a friend, parent, child, or her we love,


s: If not so great, is beauteous to behold:


s: This the fine tumults of the hearts approve;


s: It is the walk to death unbought of gold.


s: Who holds that great or glorious, he mistakes:


s: To hell ----'s a death which only hell enjoys;


s: Where such a hero falls--the gibbet plant,


s: A murderer's trophy, and a plunderer's prize.


s: The following translation (made some years since) of a celebrated


s: Who is it that rides through the forest so fast,


s: While night frowns around him, while chill roars the blast?


s: The father, who holds his young son in his arm,


s: And close in his mantle has wrapped him up warm.


s: --"Why trembles my darling? Why shrinks he with fear?"


s: "Oh father! my father! the Erl-king is near!


s: The Erl-king, with his crown and his beard long and white!"


s: --"Oh! thine eyes are deceived by the vapours of night."


s: --"If you will, dear baby, with me go away,


s: I will give you fine clothes; we will play a fine play;


s: Fine flowers are growing, white, scarlet and blue,


s: On the banks of yon river, and all are for you."


s: --"Oh father! my father! and dost thou not hear


s: What words the Erl-king whispers low in mine ear?"--


s: --"Now hush thee, my darling, thy terrors appease:


s: Thou hear'st 'midst the branches when murmurs the breeze."


s: My daughter shall tend you so fair and so gay;


s: My daughter, in purple and gold who is drest,


s: Shall nurse you, and kiss you, and sing you to rest."


s: --"Oh father! my father! and dost thou not see?


s: The Erl-king and his daughter are waiting for me?"


s: --"Now shame thee, my dearest! 'tis fear makes thee blind:


s: Thou seest the dark willows which wave in the wind."--


s: --"I love you! I dote on that face so divine!


s: I must and will have you, and force makes you mine!"


s: --"My father! my father! Oh hold me now fast!


s: He pulls me! he hurts, and will have me at last!"--


s: The father, he trembled; he doubled his speed:


s: O'er hills and through forests he spurred his black steed:


s: But when he arrived at his own castle-door,


s: Life throbbed in the sweet baby's bosom no more.


s: (The Original is Danish; but I read it in a German Translation.)


s: The original is in the _Kiampe Viiser_.]


s: (From the German of the celebrated Gessner.)


s: Where beats the heart to nought but joy,


s: There friendship's matchless love shall shine,


s: Yet souls like ours, so touch'd, so warm,


s: The stormy winter drives us from the green,


s: Nor leaves a flower to decorate the scene;


s: The winds arise--with sweep impetuous blow,


s: And whirl around the flakes of fleecy snow;


s: The images that blooming spring pourtrays,


s: The sweets that bask in summer's sultry rays,


s: The rich and varied fruits of autumn's reign


s: Shall ope their treasures, in a bounteous train;


s: Of these the best, with choicest care display'd,


s: Shall form a wreath, for thee, my lovely maid!


s: So the fond shepherd, for his darling fair,


s: Culls beauteous flowers to deck her flowing hair.


s: The garden's rise shall grace my humble strains;


s: If Daphne smiles 'twill well repay my pains!


s: 'Twas, in the morn of youth, a shepherd found


s: This is the spot, the enamour'd Lycas cries,


s: Lycas the young, the gentle and the wise;


s: Under this elm, fair Adelaide first gave


s: Whilst he, in am'rous accents told his flame,


s: Here faint and weak my charmer sank to rest,


s: On the warm pillow of my panting breast!


s: "Lycas," with interrupting sobs, she said,


s: "Take the soft secret of an am'rous maid:


s: Of all the swains that strive this heart to move,


s: Ye peaceful groves--ye solitary springs--


s: To you I oft confess'd my secret stings!


s: And ye, sweet flowers bear witness to the truth


s: Of the soft flame that prey'd upon my youth;


s: Oft have your leaves that round me clust'ring grew,


s: Drank my warm tears as drops of morning dew."


s: My heart is full--what transport is my own!


s: For, in my bosom, love has fixed his throne.


s: Sacred to love this spot shall ever stand


s: Deck'd with luxuriant beauties by my hands.


s: Under this elm, the shadiest of the trees,


s: The rose shall pour its odours on the breeze;


s: Around its trunk the woodbine too shall rear


s: Its white and purple flowers aloft in air.


s: The treasures of the spring shall hither flow;


s: Over the hills, and through the meads I'll roam,


s: And bring the blooming spoils in rapture home:


s: The od'rous shrubs shall all their sweets combine,


s: Of these a grove of balmy sort shall rise,


s: And, with its fragrant blossoms, scent the skies!


s: Then round this little favour'd isle, I'll bring,


s: With gentle windings, yonder silver spring;


s: While eglantine and thorn shall interpose


s: Their hedge, a rampart 'gainst invading foes--


s: Lest sheep and rambling goats the place annoy,


s: And spoil the promise of our future joy.


s: Oh then approach, ye favour'd of the loves!


s: Come and dwell here ye gentle turtle doves!


s: On yonder spreading branches, perch'd on high,


s: With coos repeated greet the lover's sigh!


s: Then sportive sparrows round the roses play,


s: And sing, delighted, from the bending spray!


s: Ye butterflies, arrayed in coats of gold,


s: On beds of roses fluttering revels hold!


s: Here rest, upon the lily's waving stalk,


s: Then shall the shepherd passing, free from care,


s: When zephyr spreads the perfumes thro' the air,


s: Inhale the fragrance, and with transport cry,


s: What hallow'd place is this? what goddess nigh?


s: Does Venus own this gay, enchanted place?


s: Chosen a spot where choicest sweets abound,


s: An idyl, attempted from the German of Gessner.


s: At peaceful eve, Myrtillo sought the lake,


s: Whilst the moon's beams upon its bosom played;


s: The silent tract, illumin'd by its rays,


s: The nightingale's enchanting tender note,


s: Had held him bound in rapture's soothing trance.


s: At length, arous'd, he homeward took his steps,


s: And in the verdant bower, where clust'ring vines


s: Before his lonely dwelling formed a porch


s: Of simple structure, deeply slumbering found


s: Supported by his arm, while through the leaves


s: The moon-beams pour'd their lustre on his face.


s: With arms enfolded, and with swelling heart,


s: He stood before his father--long he stood,


s: His pious eyes fix'd fondly on the sage,


s: Then rais'd them, swimming with his filial tears,


s: And thro' the illumin'd leaves look'd up to heaven,


s: Whilst grateful drops roll'd down his moisten'd cheek.


s: Oh thou! at length he cried, whom, next the gods,


s: Thy peaceful slumbers! Of the just and good


s: How placid is the sleep! Thy tottering steps


s: Were, doubtless, hither bent, in silent prayer


s: To spend the hour of eve; but, at thy task


s: Of duty, slumber seiz'd thee, whilst, for me,


s: Thy prayer of love was wing'd into the skies,


s: Must hear thy fond petition; else, why stands


s: With ripening fruit? why, else, such blessings shower'd


s: When oft the tear of joy bedew'd thy cheek,


s: Thy feeble age; when, towards the vault of heaven,


s: You turn'd your swimming eyes, and blest your son;


s: Ah! then, what words his blessings could express!


s: My bosom swell'd with transport, and the tears


s: You left our cot to feel the quickening beams


s: Of the warm sun, and saw about thee sport


s: The frolic herd, the trees, with fruit o'ercharg'd,


s: And all the fertile country blooming round,


s: "My hairs grow grey in peace," were then thy words;


s: "Fields of my youth, be ever, ever blest!


s: "My eyes, grow dim, shall not much longer view


s: "Your heart-delighting scenes, for happier plains


s: "Must I exchange you--plains beyond the skies."


s: Ah, father, best belov'd, must I so soon


s: Lose thee! my nearest friend!--distressing thought!


s: Close to thy tomb, with filial love, I'll raise


s: Of the oppressed and wretched; on each day,


s: That gives the happy chance of doing good,


s: I'll pour sweet milk upon a parent's grave,


s: And strew with flowers the ever sacred spot--


s: He paus'd but kept his eyes, suffus'd with tears,


s: Fix'd on the good old man; then, sighing; said,


s: How still he lies, and smiles amidst his slumbers!


s: Some of his virtuous deeds must hover o'er,


s: In peaceful dreams, and fill his cheerful soul;


s: Whilst the moon pours her rays upon his bare


s: And shining temples, and his silver beard;


s: Oh may the breeze, and dewy damps of eve--


s: Do thee no harm. Then gently did he kiss


s: And led him to his cot, in lighter sleep,


s: On softest furs, to slumber out the night.


s: Has, from behind yon hill, his course begun?


s: Scarce has the swallow to the morning ray,


s: Ventur'd to modulate his twittering lay.


s: The early cock, whom richest plumes adorn


s: Has yet but faintly hail'd the golden morn;


s: Whilst thou, to some unknown attraction true,


s: With hasty footsteps brush the silv'ry dew!


s: For fill'd with flowers, your basket scents the air.


s: Welcome dear brother, whither points thy way,


s: On what fair purpose from yon new form'd bower,


s: Hast thou come forth at twilight's silent hour?


s: For me--I've pluck'd the violet and the rose,


s: And sought each flower that round our cottage grows.


s: Whilst o'er our parents gentle slumbers spread


s: Their wings, I'll strew them on their peaceful bed;


s: Then when the sunbeams gild the glowing skies


s: Midst fragrant scents, they'll ope their aged eyes;


s: Their hearts shall then with pious joy rebound,


s: To find the blooming flowers, clust'ring round.


s: My best belov'd, not life itself can prove,


s: For me, dear girl, when yester eve we met,


s: Our parent, resting on our fav'rite hill,


s: Whilst we with fond attention watch'd his will;


s: "How sweet (he cried) on yonder spot to rear,


s: A shady bower to rest in, free from care!"


s: I heard his wish as though I heard it not,


s: Yet kept my thoughts fix'd firmly on the spot,


s: And rear'd the bower and to its verdant side,


s: The waving, hazle branches, closely tied;


s: See, sister, see, the work at length is done;


s: Betray me not till I've his blessing won,


s: Till he himself shall thither bend his way;


s: Ah, then, with joy we'll celebrate the day.


s: How grateful, brother, will be his surprize,


s: When first the distant bower shall greet his eyes!


s: But let me haste and gently o'er their bed,


s: My morning offering of fragrance spread.


s: When they shall wake amid the fragrant pile,


s: They'll greet each other with a tender smile;


s: And say, this is our Daphne's work, sweet child;


s: Thus has our love the morning hours beguil'd.


s: For our delight, how tender 'tis to keep


s: A studious care whilst we were lock'd in sleep.


s: Yes, brother, when at his accustomed hour,


s: Opening his casement he shall view thy bower,


s: "Sure (he'll exclaim) I do not see aright,


s: Or on yon hill an arbor greets my sight;


s: Yes, that is Myrtil's work,--for this bereft


s: Of his sweet sleep, his nightly couch he left:


s: Such are the plans, his filial thoughts engage,


s: And thus he soothes our fast declining age."


s: And when with joy we'll greet the morning ray,


s: Each work to-day commenc'd shall prosper well,


s: And peace and joy in every grove shall dwell.


s: When with charm'd ear, from thy sweet tongue,


s: When with a long, long kiss you bless me,


s: My trembling heart beats 'gainst thy breast,


s: Then fondly sink, o'erpower'd with bliss,


s: And homewards, then, their separate routs


s: As deck'd with boughs they march'd along,


s: "Thank God," each child and parent cry'd,


s: "My child, with pray'rs invoke his love,


s: "Perchance, far off from hence he lives,


s: "Or thoughtless laugh, or constant weep,


s: "Dear William, you!--return'd, and well!


s: "I've wak'd and wept--but why, ah! tell,


s: "For thee from Prague, though late, I come."


s: "Ere morn, two hundred leagues we'll ride,


s: "Look round thee, love, the moon shines clear,


s: "Ah, William! whither would'st thou speed,


s: "What! where! this distant marriage bed?"


s: "'Tis far from hence; still--cold--and small:


s: The stones and sparks around them throw,


s: "Death swiftly rides, the moon shines clear,


s: "A tale that's told,--a flower that falls;


s: "A tale that's told, or flowers which fade:


s: While William speaks, they silent stand,


s: Trees, hills, and towns flew past their sight,


s: "With the bright moon, like death we speed,


s: While struck from earth fire flash'd behind,


s: "By moon-light dost thou fear the dead?"


s: "The dead ride swift,--hurrah! 'tis done,


s: Scarce had he spoke, when, dire to tell,


s: Wild, snorting fire, the courser rear'd,


s: Deep groans she hears from under ground,


s: "Yet," thus was heard, in milder strains,


s: "God loves to soothe his suff'ring mind,


s: "Fate threats in vain, when man's resign'd,


s: "God loves to soothe the suff'ring mind,"


s: Thus faint exclaim'd,--"thy Will be done,


s: Which threatens Bliss!--could passion last!


s: He lives;--'twas William's self who spoke,


s: The gloomy tempest, Daphne, has blown o'er,


s: The thunder's awful voice is heard no more;


s: Tremble not then, my girl, the lightning's blaze


s: Through the dark cloud, no longer darts its rays.


s: Let us this arbour leave, the blue sky greet,


s: For, see, the sheep that sought this safe retreat,


s: Now from their fleeces shake the drops of rain,


s: And spread them o'er the bright'ning mead again,


s: Let us then leave this fav'rite shelt'ring bower,


s: To taste the beauties of this balmy hour;


s: To view the sunbeams gild the moisten'd ground,


s: And throw their rich and radiant glory round.


s: As from the grotto, hand in hand they past,


s: Her swimming eyes, pressing his honest hand.


s: How lovely looks the gay, the smiling land,


s: She said; while through the scattering cloud appears


s: The blue sky, dissipating all our fears.


s: The clouds, as through the air they quickly pass,


s: Hurry their shadows o'er the glist'ning grass.


s: See, Damon, now, o'er yonder hill they throw


s: Their shade o'er herds and cottages, and lo!


s: They're flown, and while o'er flowery meads they run,


s: The rainbow view, from hill to hill expand,


s: Its radiant arches o'er the laughing land;


s: 'Midst the grey cloud, a happy omen shows;


s: With peace and safety every colour glows:


s: The quiet valley smiles beneath its beams,


s: And owns its beauties in her gliding streams.


s: Daphne with gentle arm embrac'd her swain;


s: More cheerful with the flowers they sport and play,


s: Dress'd by the drops of rain and light of day.


s: The butterflies, in richest coats array'd,


s: And fluttering insects joy to leave the shade,


s: Their velvet wings in quick vibrations shake,


s: While on the surface of the neighbouring lake,


s: Of shrubs and willows, wash'd from every stain,


s: The trembling branches glitter once again;


s: The heaven's blue concave and the spreading trees.


s: Daphne, embrace me with thy circling arms,


s: What sacred joy my swelling bosom warms,


s: Where'er we turn what glories meet our eyes,


s: What unexhausted springs of rapture rise.


s: From the least plant to the bright star of day,


s: That kindles nature with its quickening ray,


s: All, all, our admiration ought to raise,


s: And tune our voices to the notes of praise!


s: How my heart swells, when from yon mountain's brow,


s: I view the spreading country stretch'd below.


s: Laying my limbs beneath the branching trees,


s: I contemplate the various flowers and plants,


s: I view the stars adorn the heavens with light;


s: The grateful changes of the seasons trace,


s: When all these wonders thro' my senses roll,


s: They fill with purest awe my swelling soul;


s: Thoughts urge on thoughts in quick successive birth,


s: Weeping, I kneel to him who made the earth;


s: Father of light, of life, of every bliss:


s: Nought then my soul with equal joy can move,


s: Save the delight to know my Daphne's love.


s: And fill my bosom with a sweet surprize.


s: Oh let us then, lock'd in a soft embrace,


s: When Morn approaching lifts her ruddy face,


s: When gentle Eve her milder beauties shows,


s: Or moonlight through the air its radiance throws,


s: Thus let our thoughts upon such objects rest,


s: Whilst to each others beating bosoms prest,


s: And turn our minds tow'rds heaven's eternal throne.


s: When transports such as these, with tend'rest love unite.


s: Needs, at this day, small eloquence to show;


s: Esop, whom even children prize in Greek,


s: Affirm'd as much, some thousand years ago.


s: Fontaine, in French, asserted just the same;


s: Who then shall dare deny the reptile claim


s: As scarce to notice, if you think or no?


s: Within a temple, where the builder's art,


s: Grandeur and elegance at once had join'd;


s: While due proportion, reign'd in every part,


s: And simple grace, with solid strength combin'd.


s: In such a temple's wall, sat perch'd on high,


s: For flies, an air so grave, of wisdom take,


s: And on one leg, the head will often hold,


s: And into wrinkles, oft the forehead fold,


s: Only because they deep reflection's make;


s: Thus then, involv'd in contemplation deep,


s: And question whence the building rose, and how?


s: Quoth he--and that there is one, scarce believe;


s: "Art," said a spider sage. "Art built the work you see,


s: That from the hand of Art, the building rose."


s: At this the fly, in his conceptions proud,


s: And now, the more I think, the more I find,


s: Now learn from me how this same temple grew:


s: Who deem this world's well-order'd frame,


s: And chance, as author of their lives proclaim,


s: Rather than bow to God's eternal throne,


s: The sole excuse a creed, like this admits,


s: Is, that its votaries have lost their wits.


s: While wild despair his gestures breathe;


s: And, by his brother brutes, was kindly greeted:


s: Their joy to see him made the forest roar,


s: They lick'd his chaps, they stroak'd him with the paw;


s: Their news was, So!--Our Bruin's here once more.


s: Bears of the woods are seldom trained to dance;


s: Yet, seeing Bruin throw his limbs about,


s: The fancy seiz'd them all, themselves to prance,


s: And strive, with clumsy aim, his motions to make out.


s: Scarce one of all the brood but quickly trip'd,


s: And stumbling, staggering, fell his whole length down;


s: The more they fail'd, the brisker Bruin skip'd,


s: To show their skill at fault and prove his own.


s: But now, their fury kindles at his play;


s: Away! Begone, you tumbling fool! they bawl;


s: Must you, forsooth, be wiser than us all?


s: And straight, with one accord, they hooted him away.


s: And still the higher your attainments run,


s: And turn your fairest arts to crimes of deepest dye.


s: While youth and spring bedeck the scene,


s: Still shines the night's resplendent queen,


s: To 'suage the heart that griefs oppress;


s: Blest scene! how wond'rous bright and fair!


s: Till Death's cold hand shall close my eyes,


s: Et vos, O lauri, carpam, et te proxima myrtus,


s: Sic positae, quoniam suaves miscetis odores.


s: By what sweet name, from Rome or Greece,


s: It flies! the vessel flies, that bears away


s: To distant shores my Daphne, fair as May.


s: Guard her, ye loves! be lull'd each ruder gale;


s: Let Zephyrs only fill the swelling sail;


s: Ye waves flow gently by the vessel's side,


s: While pensive she surveys you idly glide;


s: For then, ye Gods! 'tis then she thinks of me.


s: When near the nodding groves that shade the shore,


s: To her, ye birds, your sweetest warbling pour;


s: No sounds be heard, but such as gently sooth,


s: And be, O sea, thy azure surface smooth.


s: Ne'er since thy daughters sought their liquid caves,


s: A lovelier charge, was trusted to thy waves.


s: Her clear, her bright unsullied beauty shews


s: The lilly's white, and freshness of the rose.


s: Not Venus had more charms, more beauteous bloom,


s: When, rising from the sea's resplendent foam,


s: She smiling mounted first her silver car,


s: And shone effulgent as the morning star.


s: The enchanted Tritons left their noisy sport,


s: And nymphs cerulian in their crystal court;


s: Regardless of their frowns, or jealous smiles,


s: While beauty's queen each eager eye beguiles.


s: They gaze, and held in most delightful trance,


s: Pursue her moving o'er the smooth expanse.


s: Should'st thou thy voice in Paeans raise?


s: While blushing fair ones hide their faces.


s: All ye that live and breathe, O praise the Lord!


s: With holy streams of joy, and exultation,


s: O taste and see, how great, how good He is!


s: His love and mercy, his truth and grace alone,


s: O ye enwraptur'd souls that serve the Lord


s: Thirst on, our souls--thirst for the living streams;


s: Bless'd and holy! and for ever love Him!


s: Yes, we'll love and adore Him! yes, the dust


s: Loves its Redeemer; and all our anxious tears


s: * * *A poetical translation is requested.


s: Of Adelio's German Lines in last Repository.


s: Then does his course, _Hope's_ sun from rest


s: So at the midnight hour draws nigh to the slumbering city


s: Over wine not unhallow'd, in shelter of odorous bowers,


s: Pouncing over them, over them spread; in a day of moaning and


s: Furious curses the day on which she bore, and was born ... when


s: Weary with hollower eye, amid the carcases totter


s: Even the buriers ... till the sent Death-angel, descending,


s: Thoughtful on thunder-clouds, beholds all lonesome and silent,


s: Gazes the wide desolation, and long broods over the graves, fixt.


s: Klopstock can be naturalized without strangeness, and his


s: peculiarities retained without affectation; that quaintness, the


s: unavoidable companion of neologism, is as needless to genius, as


s: orderliness of sound; and that its cantering capricious movement


s: opposes the grave march of solemn majesty, and better suits the


s: ordinary scenery of Theocritus than the empyreal visions of


s: From "Criticism on Klopstock's Messiah."


s: Then near thee 'bides thy lover's shade.


s: Thou hear'st the words--'forever thine!'


s: J. T. Stanley, _Leonora_. Trans. freely from the German; 2nd ed.,


s: Bekranzt mit laub den liebe vollen becher,


s: Ihn bringt das vatterland aus seiner fülle,


s: Am Rhein, am Rhein, da wachsen unsre reben;


s: So trinkt hin dann, and last uns alle wege


s: And may the wretch, who slights the toast,


s: A long way off--Lucinda strikes the men.


s: Ah! why am I so transient, ask'd of Jupiter, Beauty?


s: Only the transient is fair, smiling answer'd the God!


s: Love, and Youth, and the Spring, and the Flow'rs, and the Dew,


s: Slowly they turn'd away, weeping from Jupiter's throne!


s: Nor stray'd my thoughts beyond the green,


s: Sweet maid! he'd say, then gaze and sigh,


s: Imitated from Klopstock's ode to his future mistress. By Thomas


s: Campbell, Esq., author of Pleasures of Hope.


s: Altered from a German air, in the opera of "Die Zauberlôte."


s: In the third number of the Port Folio we inserted a very humorous


s: criticks in the German Language that the original is eminently


s: is translated from the German by Mr. Herbert.


s: Lo, from behind the wood-crown'd height,


s: And, shedding round the sweets of spring,


s: Ah! woods forever dear! whose branches spread


s: Their verdant arch o'er Hasel's breezy head,


s: Hear Philomela charm your list'ning shade?


s: When shall I stretch my careless limbs again,


s: Where, gently rising from the velvet plain,


s: O'er the green hills, in easy curve that bend,


s: Where all is silent! save the gales that move


s: The leafy umbrage of the whisp'ring grove;


s: Or the soft murmurs of the rivulet's wave,


s: Whose chearing streams the lonely meadows lave.


s: O Heav'n! when shall once more these eyes be cast


s: On scenes where all my spring of life was pass'd;


s: Where, oft responsive to the falling rill,


s: Sylvia and love my artless lays would fill?


s: While Zephyr's fragrant breeze, soft breathing, stole


s: A pleasing sadness o'er my pensive soul:


s: Care, and her ghastly train, were far away;     }


s: While calm, beneath the sheltering woods I lay  }


s: Mid shades, impervious to the beams of day.     }


s: Here--sad reverse!--from scenes of pleasure far,


s: Oppress'd with grief, my ling'ring moments flow,


s: Nor aught of joy, or aught of quiet, know.


s: Far from the scenes that gave my being birth,


s: From parents far, an outcast of the earth!


s: In youth's warm hours, from each restriction free,


s: Ah! scenes of earthly joy! ah, much-lov'd shades!


s: Soon may my footsteps tread your vernal glades.


s: Ah! should kind Heav'n permit me to explore


s: Your seats of still tranquillity once more!


s: Hope shews the flattering hour of transport nigh,


s: Blue shines the aether, when the storm is past;


s: And calm repose succeeds to sorrow's blast.


s: Flourished, ye scenes of every new delight!


s: Wave wide your branches to my raptur'd sight!


s: While, ne'er to roam again, my wearied feet


s: Seek the kind refuge of your calm retreat.


s: Now pale disease shoots thro' my languid frame,


s: And checks the zeal for wisdom and for fame.


s: Now droops fond hope, by Disappointment cross'd;


s: Chill'd by neglect, each sanguine wish is lost.


s: O'er the weak mound stern Ocean's billows ride,


s: And waft destruction in with every tide;


s: While Mars, descending from his crimson car,


s: Fans with fierce hands the kindling flames of war.


s: The storm abates at every gust it blows;


s: Past ills enhance the comforts of repose.


s: He who ne'er felt the pressure of distress,


s: Ne'er felt returning pleasure's keen excess.


s: My panting heart to happiness may bring;


s: The purer influence of the ambient gale.


s: This tale is imitated rather than translated from a fragment


s: extremely rude state; and who, after some material improvement,


s: That gilds with light the mountain's brow,


s: Paint o'er her lips and cheek's bright hues,


s: And when yo've chas'd Sleep's balmy dews,


s: That e'er bright Morn had deck'd the sky,


s: Zephyrs first, o'er flowers that slumber'd,


s: Breathe o'er flowers in sighs unnumber'd,


s: Whilst so the stream, and thro' the vale,


s: Does weep for the fate of my heart-rending lot;


s: To range the wide world, now from me you depart,


s: If moving in circles of beauty and love,


s: Perchance to adore some sweet maid, be your lot,


s: O! then may my spirit thy wav'rings reprove,


s: And whisper thee gently, "forget me not."


s: If hap'ly hard fate should you e'er from me sever,


s: How drearily mournful would be my sad lot,


s: In sorrow's dark path I would wander forever,


s: Nor smile more with joy, then "forget me not."


s: If in the fresh bloom of my life's early blossom,


s: To leave you my dear, and this world, be my lot,


s: Thine be the last sigh that escapes from my bosom,


s: Then think how I love you; "O! forget me not."


s: Yet tho' we now part, in the bless'd realms above,


s: We will meet soon again, free from life's woeful lot;


s: We will meet to dear joy, we will meet to sweet love,


s: Then no more need I say "O! forget me not."


s: Vrom Grouter gruder grout gropstock, Zordur zoop, &c.


s: When the thundering knocker of Hell's outer grate


s: Rang a peal so terrifick and loud on the gate,


s: Full swift to the portal the young devils flew,


s: When a lanthorn-jaw'd monster stood forth to their view,


s: So meagre his figure, so pale was his hue,


s: That the devils all trembled and star'd.


s: All green were his eyes in their sockets decay'd,


s: In a dusty frock-coat was his carcase array'd,


s: On his scull he a three-corner'd scraper display'd,


s: So foul were his breath and the words that he said,


s: To show him their master, the devils obey'd,


s: Old Beelzebub rose, as the monster came in,


s: For they look'd like each other enough to be kin,


s: Save that one had whole feet and a light-colour'd skin,


s: 'Whence art thou?' said Beelzebub; 'stranger, proclaim,


s: Thou art surely some hero of throat-cutting fame,


s: For ne'er to these regions a spirit there came,


s: 'No throats have I cut,' the lank goblin replied,


s: 'I have cheated, and bullied, and swindled, and lied,


s: Sedition and falsehood I've spread far and wide,


s: He embrac'd the foul monster, who also display'd


s: His joy at the meeting; and both of them made


s: volumes were. There is a short note in the German, which


s: implies that they were entitled Dulder Soudth.]


s: O'er heath, o'er field, the yelping pack


s: O'er heath, o'er field, close on their track,


s: See! right and left, two horsemen strange


s: Hear'st not the bells, hear'st not the quire,


s: From prayers and beadrolls, what delight


s: Light bounds with deftest speed the hart,


s: Tis said, tis done: swift o'er the fence


s: Loud rings the welkin with their shouts,


s: O'er heath and field, o'er hill and dale,


s: Still close pursued, yet still unreach'd,


s: 'O spare,' he cries, 'these harmless beasts,


s: Might I but see thee transform'd to beasts


s: For know, the tortur'd creature's groans


s: The voice had ceased; the sulphurous flash


s: Sore shook the grove; cold horror seized


s: By night, high through the troubled air,


s: Whilst to relieve a generous Queen's Distress,


s: Whom proud, ambitious Potentates oppress:


s: Our king pursues the most effectual Ways,


s: Sooths some to Peace, and there the Storm allays;


s: And against others, who're more loath to yield,


s: He leads his _Britons_ to the _German_ Field:


s: Where to his Cost th' insulting Foe has found


s: What 'tis with _Britons_ to dispute the Ground:


s: We still enjoying Peace in this cold Clime,


s: With innocent diversions pass our Time, &c.


s: And here each thing is told that's new   }


s: What _Loundoun_ or what _Richlieu_ do,   }


s: Each secret expedition too--             }


s: And then great FREDERICK'S _noble_ feats,


s: There's nothing else that's worth our while.


s: character; for if it remains with me it must live and die in


s: Hark! the rattling rumbling noise of drums!


s: His well known voice, the gallant warriours hear,


s: And bend their wide-extended wings both front and rear,


s: Stern as the face of war, and yet serene,  }


s: With grace attractive, and majestic mein,  }


s: Was the mighty monarch seen.               }


s: While from his lips those moving accents flow'd--


s: 'My valiant troops, my dear and trusty friends,


s: 'The hour at last is come, in which depends


s: 'Upon the sword-unsheath'd, and glitt'ring spear.


s: 'For PROTESTANTS-_unborn_ you fight: Your cause is good,


s: 'Which you have yet maintain'd, thro' seas of richest blood.


s: 'And, bear me witness, that your Prince thus far,


s: 'Hath shar'd each danger in this glorious war;


s: 'Nor shall it e'er by envious tongue be told


s: 'Your leader shrunk from watching, hunger, cold,


s: 'And left the burden to his vet'rans bold


s: 'Those crimson drops that roll around his heart'--


s: Again bursts forth into the vaulted sky;


s: Tears down whole rocks with its impetuous tide;


s: And rolling through the plains with furious sweep, }


s: Bears off the shepherd's cottage, and his sheep,   }


s: Into the surging of th' astonish'd deep;           }


s: Some cover'd o'er with blood and wounds,


s: When muttering thunders roll along the sky.


s: You may have seen the winged lightnings fly;


s: Till day forsakes him, and the sullen night,


s: In thickest gloom of hov'ring shades, descends


s: To the assistance of her ghastly friends,


s: And screens the _vanquish'd_ from the _victor's_ sight!


s: small alterations here, which we flatter ourselves the


s: ingenious author's judgment will approve of and excuse, as


s: Hail matchless monarch! prince renown'd!


s: With haste they fled, and bless'd the night,


s: Near Freybourg walls, the _Unstrut_ pass'd.


s: Each Soldier stil'd great FRED'RICK'S friend,


s: The same worthy motives that induced the author to send us the


s: Let Fred'rick's name with theirs be told,


s: 'Twas fill'd with shrieks and dying groans,


s: Thitherward the _Prussians_ and their CHIEF,


s: Such troops are princes' friends indeed,


s: Their _Country's_ cause in mind they poise;


s: Th' invet'rate _Foe_ at length they rout;


s: O! matchless _Prussians_! ne'er give out;


s: The _Prussian Chief_ pursues with speed,


s: At his approach they're fill'd with dread,


s: Whom the Barbarian worships in the wind.


s: At the foot of thy sacred throne I most humbly bow my head.


s: And hasten'd to destroy us with cries of triumph.


s: They turn their backs, we following to punish:


s: And every arm is a thousand in the fury of the combat.


s: And when she perceived the contending parties,


s: And as she found the balance incline, she employ'd her sword.


s: indefatigable in business; and by method overlooks and directs


s: Since thou art stil'd _the God of hosts_,


s: To injured troops thus gallant BRUNSWICK spoke;


s: 'Shall we with tameness bear the _Gallic_ yoke!


s: 'And toils of War, drag ignominious chains?


s: 'Turn and behold! behold where hostile bands


s: 'Seize on your properties, lay waste your lands,


s: 'Your daughters, wives, snatch'd forcibly away,


s: 'Slaves to proud _Gallia's_ sons, to best a prey!


s: 'Hark! how with piercing Cries, the tender Maid,


s: 'By force subdu'd, implores her father's aid;


s: 'To flay the ruffians and preserve her fame!


s: 'Rouze! GERMANS! rouze! a glorious vengeance take;


s: 'Religion, honour, freedom, all's at stake!'


s: ... "Enough," they cry'd, "let FERDINAND proceed,


s: "We dare to follow, where he dares to lead."


s: Fir'd by their country's wrongs, to arms they fly,


s: Resolv'd to save her, or resolved to die.


s: Lewis, the winter harsh, and climate rough,


s: To each of his nice captains, sends a muff,


s: The foe, without a furr to guard his wrist;


s: For who could prime his gun, or pistol hold,


s: Whose aching fingers were benumbed with cold.


s: _Prussia_, a different scheme in war approves;


s: Whose hardy veterans charge without their gloves.


s: And fight, and conquer with their knuckles bare.


s: _Bourbon!_ if wreathes and triumphs are thy aim,


s: Think of some wiser way to purchase fame:


s: Soft muffs, without keen swords, will never do;


s: Thy shivering troops would act a better part,


s: Would'st thou send something that could warm their heart;


s: Less for their valour than their heels admir'd


s: With fighting oft' ... with flying seldom tir'd,


s: Success thy arms would never fail to meet,


s: Permit towards thy throne to bow, a particle of dust.


s: Heav'ns! with what fury to the charge they fly;


s: Forestal the vict'ry, but forget that man was born to die!


s: Each single _Prussian_ arm the hero play'd,


s: Dealt round an hundred deaths, an hundred conquests made.


s: The _Austrian_ scale kick'd up, by our's weigh'd down,


s: Justice approv'd, and straight ordain'd the field to be our own.


s: _Weakness_ strength from _Prudence_ wins;


s: _Content_ 'tis _Competence_ that brings,


s: Too much _Wealth_ like weight oppresses;


s: Their fortunes to his chests transfer ...


s: The _Comet_ foretold is not _yet_ in the sky.


s: It shines here on earth, tho' deputed from Heav'n;


s: And remarkably flam'd last year--_Fifty sev'n_.


s: In _Wodon's_ bold figure, three thousand years past,


s: O'er ancient Germania its lustre it cast.


s: Next, wearing _Arminius_, thy form, it return'd;


s: And, fatal to _Rome's_ blasted legions, it burn'd.


s: Now, attended with all the thunders of war,


s: Our _Prussia's_ great _Frederick_ is that _Blazing Star_!


s: Heav'ns proxy to nations opprest; but a _Sign_


s: To tyrants he comes of a vengeance divine.


s: Eccentric and rapid the north saw him rowl:


s: (For heroes and stars seem most bright near the pole)


s: To _Britain_ propitious he sheds forth his rays;


s: While _Babel's_ lewd _Harlot_, his terrors amaze.


s: The fierce _Russian Bear_ his splendors affright;


s: And _Austria's_ proud _Eagle_ now shrinks from his light.


s: While freedom's glad sons with due warmth he inspires;


s: The _Lillies_ of _France_ are all scorch'd in his fires.


s: False _Stockholm_ shall find the _Baltic_ no bar is.


s: Now at _Vienna_, he'll soon be at _Paris_.


s: O'er _Ocean_ from _Europe_ his influence hurl'd


s: Shall animate here, O _George_, thy new world.


s: Our laws, our religion, our rights he befriends,


s: And conquest o'er savage invaders portends;


s: O'er christians miscall'd, who their nature disgrace,


s: Bely human form, and god's image deface.


s: Hail, _Living Effulgence_, whose all honour'd name


s: Shall grace, first of mortals, the annals of fame!


s: Whose glory shall spread, thro' each age and each clime,


s: To the final extent of space and of time!


s: Who the Virtues _Trajan_ and _Titus_ unite;


s: The victor of empires, and _Mankind's Delight_!


s: Hail, radiance auspicious, from light's fountain born


s: Each dark hemisphere to relume and adorn!


s: To whom if compar'd, other kings all appear,


s: Like little dim _Sparklers_, round _Cynthia's_ bright sphere.


s: The wonder of monarchs, a patriot imperial,


s: Endow'd with a spirit of vigour aetherial!


s: For worth, less than your's in pale envy's despite,


s: Old chiefs claim'd to honours celestial a right!


s: From their funeral piles in flames eagles soar'd;


s: Earth's heroes grew gods, and dead kings were ador'd.


s: Defensive, fair justice, he fights in thy cause,


s: And his sword, lightning pointed, reluctant he draws,


s: His courage on aggregate perils still grows;


s: And his triumphs increase from multiply'd foes.


s: Ye _Cæsars_, ye _Bourbons_, ye scourges of God,


s: Ye saw on the wings of the wind how he rode:


s: Revere then heav'ns champion, who, charg'd with your doom,


s: Shall quell the leagu'd hosts of _Gaul_, _Satan_ and _Rome_!


s: When earth's giant crew, each with manifold hands,


s: Assaulted _Jove's_ seat, in confederate bands;


s: Thus _Evius_ asserted the throne of his sire,


s: And heap'd o'er th' aggressors a mountain of fire!


s: Ye numberless suns, his kindred, on high,


s: For six thousand years whom cou'd ye descry;


s: Whom, like him, have seen of meer mortal birth;


s: Tho _Alfred_ and _Edward_ once dignify'd earth?


s: Blush, blush, scepter'd pirates, who trail your faint fire:


s: Ye meteors, that transiently dazzling expire!


s: Whose lust of vain pow'r stains the page of your story:


s: What glow worms ye look, and how lost in his glory?


s: Blush, butchers, whose banners red massacre shames,


s: That _Honest_ and _Great_ should bear different names!


s: Go waste the creation for empire and pelf:


s: The globe you may win, but _he_ conquers himself!


s: To spare he subdues; as he sought to defend;


s: Dire war's his forc'd mean: but fair peace his lov'd end.


s: Tho' trophies in battles o'er your's he can raise;


s: Yet these he accounts but a second rate praise.


s: Who by victories plum'd ne'er thinks it disgrace,


s: To sigh that they're earn'd by the blood of his race.


s: The public's first servant, and humble in station;


s: He found his firm glory on wise legislation.


s: His country's great father, in blessings most blest,


s: Who loses his own for the world's peace and rest!


s: Still only ambitious of fair-won renown,


s: And olives with laurels to wreath in his crown.


s: What art thou?--Since all, but omniscience is thine.


s: Self-taught, tho' a king! and now destin'd to prove,


s: That _Minerva_, like thee, sprang perfect from _Jove_.


s: Like thee, fam'd for wisdom; like thee for alarms:


s: The goddess of science, and goddess of arms!


s: In his words, in his deeds, we read his great heart;


s: Too gen'rous for fraud, and too wise for mean art.


s: With aw still reflecting whence all grandeur springs;


s: And only dependent on thee, King of Kings!


s: The mate of his vet'rans in each noble feat;


s: The first in the charge, and the last in retreat,


s: A statesman and monarch, yet true to his word;


s: A soldier with honour, more bright than his sword.


s: Whom pow'r ne'er corrupted; whom learning adorns:


s: Who, ev'n in idea, court-turpitude scorns:


s: --Yet why should we wonder, that _this_ he disdains;


s: When the blood of good _George_ flows rich in his veins?


s: nation, to whom after his deification the fourth day of our


s: week was consecrated, now contracted from Wodon's day to


s: against the Roman invasions, who cut to pieces three legions


s: commanded by _Quintilius Varus_ in the reign of _Augustus


s: Kind Prince! whom the admiring world must own


s: By truth and nature form'd to grace a throne:


s: Whose dawn of empire like the solar ray,


s: Chears half the _North_ with hopes of lasting day;


s: Receive the homage which the Muses send,


s: Their fav'rite thou! their guardian! and their friend!


s: ARE you enthron'd?... And does your goodness deign


s: To own your poet, and regard his strain?


s: O blissful moment! dear auspicious grace!


s: Does FRED'RICK'S smile my wand'ring steps embrace?


s: Does his great soul possess'd of wisdom's balm,


s: To style me friend of your _distinguish'd_ heart?


s: Fame says of old, that _Phoebus_ heavenly bright,


s: O'er the wide world who spreads the living light,


s: So _Jove_ ordain'd ... his splendid carr resign'd,


s: No more his brows their wonted rays reveal'd,


s: A shepherd's form the exil'd god conceal'd;


s: In _Phrygian_ wilds to an unletter'd race,


s: He sung with such divinely-pleasing grace,


s: The savage nation in their softened hearts,


s: Receiv'd the love of virtue and of arts!


s: The rudest breasts the strong persuasion felt,


s: Were taught to think, to reason, and to melt!


s: Themselves to know, the social tye to own,


s: And learn they were not made to live alone!


s: Then every useful science sprung to birth,


s: And peaceful labour blest the smiling earth:


s: Nature rejoic'd and blest her _golden age_;


s: An _age_ by heav'n design'd for man no more,


s: Unless a FREDERICK shall _that_ age restore!


s: It chanc'd as thro' the wood _Apollo_ stray'd,


s: Ere gathering numbers peopled half the shade;


s: As near the cooling stream he pass'd the day


s: And wak'd the golden lyre to wisdom's lay!


s: Attentive to the sound a _stranger swain_,


s: The god well-pleas'd the rustic genius spy'd,


s: Approv'd his aim, and deign'd to be his guide!


s: Aided his trembling hands to touch the string,


s: Whisper'd the words, and shew'd him how to sing!


s: The swain improving blest the care bestow'd,


s: Nor in the _master_ yet perceiv'd the _god_:


s: Nor knew the immortal flame his bosom fir'd,


s: But like a shepherd lov'd him, and admir'd!


s: In me, _great prince_, the image stands renew'd,


s: I feel myself with kindred warmth indu'd;


s: As to thy praise I tune the conscious lyre,


s: I ask whence draws my breast the noble fire?


s: Tell what inspires me, happy people tell?


s: Beneath my Fred'rick's orient sway who dwell:


s: From rapid _Rhine_ to silver-streaming _Meine_,


s: The peaceful subjects of his placid reign?


s: Or ye on _Prussia's_ amber yielding shore,


s: Who bless his name, and hail his guardian power!


s: Yes ... let consenting lands his virtues raise,


s: And fame with all her tongues repeat his praise!


s: Whose scepter shall _Astrea's_ rule restore,


s: To _wisdom's King_ the _southern princess_ came;


s: At FREDERICK'S call ... see ravish'd to obey,


s: The sons of learning take their chearful way;


s: To hear _that_ sense which still attention draws;


s: And bless _that_ goodness which directs his laws;


s: Close by his throne _Philosophy_ shall smile,


s: To view her prince approve her children's toil!


s: While _Science_ joys to see his kind regards


s: Inspire the muse, his bounty still rewards;


s: Not distant far, calm _Charity_ shall stand,


s: _Justice_ shall banish _arbitrary might_,


s: And _Commerce_ chearful _Plenty_ shall invite:


s: But _Goodness_ chief ... in form angelic drest,


s: (Such as she lives in FREDERICK'S royal breast!)


s: Beneath her wings shall bid the worthy find


s: A shelter from the storms that vex mankind;


s: The friend of truth, by fraud or malice hurl'd


s: Through all the mazes of a faithless world.


s: Shall here enjoy an undisturb'd retreat;


s: With HIM, who scorns the empty pride or blood,


s: But shares his grandeur with the _wise_ and _good_!


s: What tho' his prudence guards the chance of war,


s: His mildness eyes the mischief from afar!


s: What tho' his arms might _Cæsar's_ laurels find,


s: The peaceful olive suits his greater mind:


s: Yet safe in all events the storm he views,


s: In peace or war ... the darling of the Muse!


s: Since all his aim is to defend and bless!


s: Yet while impending clouds their darkness spread,


s: He arms for war ... but arms without a dread!


s: No glittering _figures_ of the _warrior-trade_:


s: Valour he courts without the pomp of art,


s: Which time secures, the most impartial friend,


s: And guards his _name_ till nature fells her end!


s: So when beneath the curs'd _Cæsarian_ race


s: _Rome_ felt the horrors of her first disgrace;


s: Great _Trajan_ rose with every virtue blest,


s: To give the weary world the sweets of rest:


s: No blood, no conquest mark'd his spotless reign,


s: 'Twas goodness form'd th' inviolable chain;


s: E'en _India's_ Kings receiv'd the willing yoke,


s: Not _Salem's_ walls defil'd with wilful blood,


s: A crime, her victor's clemency withstood:


s: Not all her honours levell'd with the dust,


s: Styl'd _Titus good_, or _merciful_, or _just_:


s: Love knit the charm on which his greatness rose,


s: Behold the glorious pattern marks your rise!


s: Nor quit the steps by which he gain'd the skies:


s: Try to surpass! (but heav'n his _fate_ refuse!)


s: _He wept a day!_ ... which YOU _will never lose_!


s: Prussian Majesty, the badge of which is a gold medal with


s: the tall soldiers his father forced into his service.]


s: This spring the rains o'erflow'd my ground;


s: Earth o'er these limbs her dust shall strew,


s: Its features change, 'tis pale, 'tis cold--


s: But then this spark that warms, that guides,


s: That lives, that thinks, what fate betides?


s: This yield to death! the soul, the mind,


s: That measures heaven, and mounts the wind,


s: Vain joys, which envy'd greatness gains,


s: The power whose slightest glance alarm'd!


s: Nor vows nor toils, nor hopes they guide,


s: Intrigues, or fights for wealth or power,


s: Scorn rocks, gulfs, winds, search sea and land,


s: Seize, haste to seize the glittering prize,


s: And sighs, and tears and prayers despise,


s: But who, that saw their treasures swell,


s: Would e'er have thought them mortal born?


s: Whom Pleasure's flowery wreaths can bind,


s: Where men nor things are what they seem,


s: Perhaps, like Werter, pensive in the shade,


s: I mourn in vain, and curse relentless fate


s: Adversity's black clouds around me wait.


s: And say, did Charlotte's hand these pistols give?


s: Come, ye dear pledges, sacred to my love--


s: Since giv'n by her, 'twould be a crime to live--


s: No; come ye pistols; all your death I prove.


s: But first one kiss, for there did Charlotte touch,


s: Tho' o'er your deeds will Charlotte sorrow much,


s: May heav'n forgive the unconsider'd deed!


s: It gave me passions, nor could I controul:


s: But if, poor Werter, 'tis a crime to bleed,


s: The God of heav'n have mercy on thy soul.


s: Charlotte I go!--my pistols have their load:


s: My last, my dying thoughts are fix'd on you!


s: I go! I go thro' death's untrodden road;


s: Once, and for ever, Charlotte--Oh! adieu!


s: Stranger! whoe'er thou art, that from below


s: This grass-green hill, with steady steps dost press;


s: Shed sympathetic tears; for stranger know,


s: Here lies the son of sorrow and distress.


s: Although his soul with ev'ry virtue mov'd,


s: Tho' at his birth deceitful fortune smil'd,


s: False fortune frown'd, and he was sorrow's child.


s: Heav'n gave him passions, as she virtue gave,


s: But gave not pow'r those passions to suppress:


s: By them subdu'd he slumbers in the grave--


s: The soul's last refuge from terrene distress.


s: Around his tomb, the sweetest grass shall spring;


s: And annual flowers shall ever blossom here;


s: Here fairy forms their loveliest gifts shall bring,


s: And passing strangers shed the pitying tear.


s: Still on those plains their num'rous race survive,


s: And, born to labour, still are found to thrive;


s: Through rain and sunshine, toiling for their heirs,


s: They hold no nation on this earth like theirs.


s: Where'er they fix, all nature smiles around--


s: Groves bend with fruit, and plenty clothes the ground;


s: No barren trees to shade their domes, are seen;


s: Trees must be fertile, and their dwellings clean;


s: Or hope attention from the master's eye.


s: All tends to something that must pelf produce,


s: All for some end, and ev'ry thing its use.


s: Eternal scow'rings keep their floors afloat,


s: The wheel, the loom, the female band employ,--


s: These all their pleasure, these their darling joy.


s: The strong-ribb'd lass no idle passions move,


s: He to her heart the readiest path can find,


s: Who comes with gold, and courts her to be kind.


s: She heeds not valour, learning, wit, or birth,


s: Minds not the swain--but asks him, what he's worth?


s: No female fears in her firm breast prevail,


s: The helm she governs, and she trims the sail;


s: In some small barque the way to market finds,


s: Hauls aft the sheet, or veers it to the winds:


s: While, lac'd ahead, subservient to her will,


s: Hans smokes his pipe, and wonders at her skill.


s: Health to their toils--thus may they still go on--


s: Curse on my pen! what virtues have I drawn!


s: Is this the gen'ral taste? No--truth replies--


s: If fond of beauty, guiltless of disguise,


s: See (where the social circle meant to grace)


s: The handsome Yorker shades her lovely face;


s: She, early led to happier talks at home,


s: Prefers the labours that her sex become;


s: Remote from view, directs some fav'rite art,


s: And leaves to hardier man the ruder part.


s: Mistaken youth! thy love, to frenzy wrought,


s: Spurn'd calm reflection and each sober thought.


s: A little time had shewn e'en Charlotte's charms


s: Had shrunk and faded in a Werter's arms:


s: For guilt and meanness ne'er could dwell with thee;


s: And virtuous friendship soon had set thee free.


s: But hadst thou triumph'd o'er the fair one's fall,


s: Thou then, as now, hadst met the fatal ball;


s: Still keener anguish had attack'd thy mind


s: Than e'en now dying thy stung soul did find.


s: None dare say Mercy wont extend its aid;      }


s: But who of that would not have been afraid,   }


s: If with a kiss thou Charlotte hadst betray'd. }


s: History says that Sivard, King of Sweden, entered Norway with a


s: Between Norwegian hills wide spreads a plain,


s: The Vet'ran warrior here, and hardy swain,


s: High o'er their heads was hung the hoary brow,


s: From thence these words majestic seem'd to flow--


s: They upward gaze--a warrior struck their sight;


s: All sheath'd in arms, unsufferably bright,


s: The western sun-beam round his helmit flies,


s: And more than mortal seem'd to sound the voice


s: "Sivard is marching thro' Dulvellon's vale,


s: "The bloody Sivard leads his conqu'ring Swedes,


s: "The man, the matron, and the infant bleeds--


s: "The husband sees--curse on the tyrant's lust--


s: "Her virtue, worth, and honor in the dust--


s: "Rouse! rouse Norwegians! take your arms amain,


s: "Let's meet these Swedish dæmons in the plain,


s: "O had you seen what these poor eyes have seen!


s: "Our hoary monarch, and our helpless queen,


s: "Their daughter Ella--no, I will not tell!


s: "Ne'er hear it--what the royal maid befel;


s: "Oh seize your swords, your spears, helms, and shields!


s: "Sivard and Sweden glare on Norway's fields;


s: He said--tears flow apace, fierce glow the swains,


s: In Swedish blood to wipe away their stains,


s: Then red-hair'd Rollo, fierce advancing cri'd,--


s: "We live on hills, to ev'ry toil we're tri'd,


s: "Let Sivard come, we'll meet the tyrant here:


s: He came--Old Athold gaz'd with look severe;--


s: "Or Athold has forgot his monarch's face,


s: "Eric, of mighty Norway's royal race!"--


s: With shouts they press to see the beauteous chief;


s: On either side, fast roll'd the marks of grief,


s: "Ye sons of Norway, to your homes repair,


s: "And ere the morning's purple streaks the air,


s: "Athold will sing and soothe the rising woe,


s: 'Twas night--in Athold's hall each took his place;


s: Fast stream'd the tears adown the hero's face,


s: Bright came the morn; and bright in batter'd arms,


s: And many a youth, untri'd in rough alarms,


s: They heard from far the hum of Sivard's host;


s: Then high in air his heavy spear he tost,


s: Next aged Athold follow'd; Rollo strong;


s: Fierce came the Swede;--in strength of numbers proud;


s: But soon the voice of battle roar'd aloud,


s: Strong Rollo struck the tow'ring Olaus dead,


s: Old Athold cleft the brave Adolphus head,


s: But Eric! Eric! rang'd the field around,


s: The gasping Swedes lay heap'd upon the ground--


s: In fury Sivard seiz'd his shining shield,


s: He mounts his car, and thunders o'er the field;


s: Great Rollo falls beneath his dreadful arm,


s: Young Eric smil'd to hear the loud alarm,


s: He rag'd, he foam'd--fierce flew the thirsty spear,


s: Up sprang the youth--deep fell the sword,


s: Fast fly the Swedes, and leave their hated lord,


s: Now Norway's sons their great deliv'rer hail,


s: Old Athold strips the helm and beamy mail,


s: He lifts the helm, and down the snowy neck


s: And could those limbs, the conq'ring Sivard check!


s: Life ebbs apace--she lifts her languid head,


s: Confess to all, the beauteous Ella said--


s: "Freedom rewards you--naught can Ella give,


s: "Sivard is dead! and Ella wou'd not live."


s: Down the deep chasms, the snowed torrents foam,


s: Within some hollow, shelter'd from the storms,


s: The PEASANT of the ALPS his cottage forms,


s: Waves its wide harvests and its olive groves;


s: More dear to him his hut, with plantain thatch'd,


s: Where long his unambitious heart attach'd,


s: Has bid him dress the spot with fondest care;


s: When borrowing from the vale its fertile soil,


s: He climbs the precipice with patient toil,


s: And roses there, the dewy leaves decline;


s: While from the crags' abrupt and tangled steeps,


s: With bloom and fruit the Alpine berry peeps,


s: And by the same dear hands are softly spread,


s: The Chamois' velvet spoil that forms the bed,


s: Wild raves the wind, the arrowy light'nings flash,


s: Returning quick the murmuring rocks among,


s: His faint heart trembling as he winds along;


s: By the storm sever'd from the cliff above,


s: Has fall'n--and buried in its marble breast,


s: All that for him--lost wretch--the world possest,


s: Glaz'd are his eyes--convuls'd his hands,


s: O'erwhelming anguish checks his labouring breath;


s: Crush'd by Despair's intolerable weight,


s: Frantic he seeks the mountain's giddiest height,


s: Cold, cold to me is that dear breast become,


s: Where this poor heart had fondly fix'd its home,


s: And love and happiness are mine no more.


s: But to return to our Alps. Here, savage rocks of an inaccessible


s: Of fog, thick roll'd into romantic shape,


s: Now all's at rest--and ere the wearied swain


s: Shall not the muse from nature catch a strain,


s: To wake, and greet him at the morning dawn?


s: Oh! let her tell him that the feeling heart,


s: Shall seek those blessings wealth can ne'er impart,


s: And wish to share the quiet of his shed:


s: Where ev'ry sordid passion lull'd to rest,


s: Man knows each gift of nature how to prize:


s: Flies from the storm unto his fair one's breast,


s: Say, ye proud sons of fortune and of power,


s: Can aught the joys you feel, with these compare?


s: Can the full triumph of ambition's hour,


s: When tempests threaten, sooth your anxious care?


s: That smiles with pity on your pageant state,


s: Pleas'd with his poor but independent lot,


s: Unknown to you, the houseless child of woe,


s: The friendless pilgrim, or the hungry poor;


s: The hand that feeds them, drives them from your door.


s: That whilst it aids, insults the big distress,


s: The heart that welcomes, ev'ry grief partakes,


s: Burke's Letter on the French Revolution.


s: --Where murder oft did glut and smile,--


s: --Hark! the screams of wandering ghosts!--


s: The lordling's power--the poor's disgrace--


s: Many inquiries have been made respecting the elementary monarchs


s: M. G. Lewis, _The Monk_ and _Tales of Wonder_. Cf. note to _The


s: "Sunt lacrimae rerum; et mentem mortalia tangunt."


s: The conflict's o'er--ah! lovely maid, adieu!


s: Before these sad, these parting lines, you view;


s: Before the fields with early dawn shall bloom,


s: Your Werter rests beneath the silent tomb:


s: No more to view the beauties of the day,


s: To sit, in transport, and to hear thee talk,


s: Or with thee wander, in an ev'ning walk,


s: Thro' the green fields, or in the shady wood.


s: O! Charlotte! when you see the floods arise,


s: And wintry storms descending from the skies,


s: The wat'ry gloom that fills the plain below,


s: And all around one dreary waste of snow;


s: Will you not then, a sigh in sorrow heave,


s: For the lost pleasures of a summer's eve,


s: Recall the time when you so oft have seen


s: Or thro' the vale approaching from the grove,


s: To view thy charms and pine in hopeless love,


s: Gaze on thy angel form, for without she,


s: The world appear'd a boundless blank to me.


s: As when to seamen, from the midnight skies


s: The moon's bright beams in brilliant glory rise,


s: To guide them wand'ring thro' the wat'ry plain,


s: Or land them on their native shores again;


s: Thus, Charlotte, I no other joy could see,


s: Than pass the vacant day, and gaze on thee,


s: Live in thy joys, or in thy sorrows die,


s: "And drink delicious poison from thine eye,"


s: As the lost insect round the taper flies,


s: And courts the fatal flame by which it dies.


s: But, Charlotte, now those fleeting joys are fled,


s: From the bright hopes of life forever gone,


s: His mem'ry lost, and e'en his name unknown,


s: The time shall come, when in the vacant mind,


s: The fondest friend no trace of me shall find;


s: When e'en my kindred my sad fate shall hear,


s: And view my mould'ring grave without a tear,


s: Think on the light impressions of the mind,


s: Which flee as midnight dreams, and leave no trace behind.


s: This eve I wander'd thro' each beauteous scene,


s: Each fertile valley, and each level green,


s: Pensive and sad I view'd the foaming flood;


s: And the wild winds disturb the silent wood.


s: Beheld the sun's great orb, in glory bright,


s: Descend behind the western surge in night;


s: While on the hill to see its beams, I stood,


s: And view'd it sinking in the briny flood,


s: I felt my heart with double sorrows prest,


s: And life's last hope desert my throbbing breast;


s: The world's vast scene forever clos'd from sight,


s: Or is there yet a place in heaven design'd,


s: For hapless mortals by th' eternal mind,


s: Some winding valley, or some shady grove,


s: Some blissful mansions in the realms above,


s: Where Charlotte's shade and mine may one day meet,


s: Our suff'rings ended and our bliss complete,


s: Where all is perfect joy and pure delight.


s: When in the summer's eve you chance to stray


s: Thro' the low vale, or on the broad highway,


s: Or in the churchyard, thro' the shady trees,


s: You hear the whistling of the midnight breeze,


s: Around the heap that shews thy lover's tomb--


s: Ah, then will you not one sad thought bestow,


s: On him who could no greater blessing know


s: Than pass the hour with fleeting joys with thee,


s: Gaze on thy charms and watch thy wand'ring eye,


s: Observe the beauteous image of thy mind,


s: Disclose a soul for heaven alone design'd,


s: Or view thy distant form amidst the trees,


s: And thy white tresses floating in the breeze;


s: Or see thy fingers strike, with tender lays,


s: Such notes as bards in heaven alone can raise;


s: Such notes as Orpheus' self might lean to hear,


s: And force from Pluto's soul the melting tear.


s: Yes, Charlotte's self, my sad remains shall see,


s: And Charlotte's tender heart will heave a sigh for me.


s: The following burlesque on the style, in which most of the German


s: Cold blows the blast:--the night's obscure:


s: Opes the huge door;--the hinges creak,--


s: Vain maid! a gard'ners corpse, 'tis said


s: Though a large mould of four to th' pound.


s: More strong and strong her terrors rose;--


s: Three stories high, long, dull and old--


s: And "o'er the one half world seem'd dead;"


s: The clock struck twelve; the door flew wide;


s: Green, green his waistcoat was, as leeks,


s: Cut off with health's full blossom crown'd;


s: The fiends approach; the maid did shrink;


s: Swift through the night's foul air they spin;


s: They took her to the green well's brink,


s: From the shop of Messrs. Colon and Spondee.


s: Terror_." This is partly intended as a burlesque of the various


s: successful in parody, has, in some of his "_Tales of Terror_"


s: Veteres avias tibi de pulmone revello           _Persius_.


s: I'll take this road; then haste thee, dear,


s: "Oh! thank you, good sir Wolf," said she,


s: He gnaw'd her sinews, crack'd her bones;


s: He munch'd her heart, he quaff'd her gore,


s: And sigh'd ... "I wish I'd brought you _four_.


s: "Oh! hush, sweetheart (the wolf king said),


s: Why you've a _tail_ grows out _behind_?"


s: sanguinary description in a German ballad by Professor Von


s: Spluttbach, called Skulth den Balch, or Sour Mthltz; in


s: English, as far as a translation can convey an idea of the


s: horror of the original, "The Bloody Banquet, or the Gulph of


s: Ghosts!!!" a very terrible and meritorious production.]


s: remember that she set out with only _three_, consequently her


s: wish that another had been added, arose from a motive purely


s: affectionate and characteristic. This benevolent trait,


s: ingeniously insinuated, excites the interest of the reader


s: for her, and adds horror to the catastrophe.]


s: astonishment; not only the _length_, but the _whiteness_ of


s: her grandmother's teeth excites her wonder and suspicion.]


s: Zo, when de shell drake vings hur vlite,


s: Und dogs will howl; und storms will ney,


s: (voelen) is not reflexive in Dutch. In stanzas III and VI "mill"


s: Hail, deadly Autumn, and thy fading leaf,


s: I love thee, drear and gloomy as thou art;


s: Not joyful Spring, like thee can soften grief,


s: Nor gaudy Summer soothe the aching heart;


s: Beneath the varied shade, I love to lie,


s: With boding clouds obscures the low'ring sky,


s: And tuneless birds and fading flowers appear


s: In grief to hang their heads, and mourn the parting year.


s: 'Tis not the gloomy sky, the parting year,