But riches fail'd to ease the smart, Where conscious guilt had fix'd a stain; Pronounce the fear-extorted vow. 'Twas mine to calm the troubled breast, Such were the riches I bestow'd, And thus the poor my bounty shar'd; 'Twas mine to tend the couch of pain, And when the coy and blushing fair Such are the Village Pastor's cares, He points to Heav'n, and leads the way. Then tempt me not with wealth or pow'r, That now surround my peaceful home. "The Cottage Maid" follows her reverend friend; "The Seasons of Life" roll round instructive; "The Looking Glass" reflects a useful lesson; and " Friendship's Visit" cannot fail to increase the pleasing recollections of "The Welcome Home." But our present limits will not admit of copious extract; nor should we be disposed to quote liberally, if they did. It is not fair dealing with an author, to adorn the review of his book with all its best passages, and leave the public to conclude, that what else it contains is unworthy of perusal. There is less originality in the work than its title promises; but, perhaps, it was only meant to intimate, that the pieces had been composed, not merely selected, by the author. In the language, too, we often meet with inaccuracies of expression, defects of metre, and incongruities of rhyme : but, in such a publication, these are not very serious faults; and it is with a strong recommendation of these "Original Poems" to the parents and friends of "young persons," that we now take leave of our readers for the present, by concluding the third volume of our Journal, (as the author of the pages before us has terminated his labours,) with the following FAREWELL! Farewell! and let the moral of the muse, Tho' rude may be her lyre, untun'd her string, Some pleasing tribute to the memory bring. Farewell! and may each virtue of the heart And Faith,-to Reason's voice for ever true. Farewell! and may each hour in circling round, And by improvement mark your youthful prime. 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In the title to the article on Ethics, commencing this Volume, for " HISTORY," read "SCIENCE." |