THE BAROUCHE-DRIVER.

The turnpike-man turn'd out t'assist,
And mitigate their fear:

He bellow'd from his leather lungs,

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By G-d I'll stop them here."

Ah! then did S1 Sll pass,
With four-in-hand I trow,
And shot along the road just like
An arrow from a bow!

The representative, outstripp'd

By Fortune's curs'd vagaries,
Hung down his head, and look'd as white
As cream in country dairies.
I saw, or thought I saw, the sun
In anguish hide his head,

To view a British senator
In driving so ill bred!

But loving well a bon vivant,

'Cause their accustom'd fête is,
To hail him with a bumper'd glass
Each morn he leaves his Thetis !
He sent a kindly zephyr down
To whisper in his lug, Sir,
To take the leaders off, and then
He might, perchance, go snug, Sir.
This squire, who feels a hint as well
As any in the nation,

Obey'd, and drove the other two,
Sans let or molestation!

He weather'd then the capes of shame;
Huzza! for this transition:
Experience makes a coachman's plea,
And eke a politician's

MORAL.

Let cooks beware they 've salt and herbs,

Ere they would make their broth;

Let sapient tailors cut their coat

According to their cloth!

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CU

THE DANUBE DENOUNCED!!

[From the Morning Herald, July 10.]

URST be the day when I thy current cross'd,
Dark-rolling Danube, and my fortune lost!
Lost the terrific charm that round my head,

Till then, the dazzling blaze of triumph shed!
Presumptuous Goth! how daredst thou rebel?-
How dar'dst thou bid thy treacherous billows swell,
To sweep away, on their tumultuous ridge,
At once my hopes-my character-my bridge!
And just as Victory began to smile,

Force me to fly for safety to-an isle?
Oh! if my arms hereafter shall prevail,
In spite of obstacles that now assail-
If e'er again on my triumphant car,
To shed new glory, reascends my star;
To punish thy presumption, not a boat

Down thy perfidious stream shall thenceforth float-
Thy banks I'll strip of every stately tree,

Raze every villa that bedizens thee

Commerce shall visit thy fain'd marts no more,
But Desolation scowl along thy shore,
Till Bessarabia's Asphaltean tide

In her black gulf thy gloomy visage hide!

Schoenbrunn, June 5, 1809.

NAPOLEON

THE WARDLE DITTY; OR, DUPE'S
LAMENTATION.

[From the Morning Post, July 12.]

LAMENT! lament! associates all

event-our idol's fall!

Ah, Wardle! what a woful tumble !
We rais'd you high-why would you stumble?
'Gainst justice-law-

T'invite their paw,

Our fabric into dust to crumble!

Oh, Wardle-what a change you've made!
To-day in stilts-now prostrate laid:

At

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At Crown and Anchor lately toasted-
And now by all the nation roasted :
Your fame is gone,

Our cause undone,

And all is d-'d that we have boasted.

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PUNCTUM SALIEN

TO G. L. WARDLE, ESQ.

[From the same, July 13.]

UNDAUNTED patriot, in whom Fame delights,
Heroic martyr to that bill of Wright's!

Proceed, till time mature and season due
Join thy great name to Habeas Corpus too.

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[Same Date.]

GATHER yourselves together, and listen to my song, all ye elders of the land:

And gather yourselves together all ye women and children, and ye of doubtful mind; for I sing of strange things, yet true withal.

And whereas it was in the reign of a monarch the most virtuous and the most good; and albeit the, sovereign was a righteous prince, yet every thing did not flow worthily, and according to his wish:

For many disturbances arose in his land, and fac-. tious people and evil doers strove to perplex his ministers and his council, and to make him loathed in the land:

And many sought to bring down his grey hairs. with sorrow to the grave:

Yet albeit the King bore a firm mind, and was not provoked, but reasoned with the wicked ones, and said to them, "Why do ye thus? Have ye not milk, and honey, and gold, and silver, and houses to live in, and corn, and oil, and wine?

Yet will ye strive

to distress my last days, and to make me descend with grief into the world of shades."

Albeit the reasoning of the King had no effect, and the wicked ones strove more and more to perplex him, and to breed discontent and rebellion in the land.

Now listen to my song, ye elders, and ye women and children, and ye of doubtful mind, for I sing of things wonderful and sad, and such as will not be credited in after-days:

Yet I sing truly, and with a heavy heart because of the truth of my song.

And behold, the King had a son, whom he dearly loved; and the wicked ones finding that they could not enough perplex the mind of the King, so as to bring down his grey hairs with sorrow to the grave, uor yet to make him pluck the crown from his brow, to give into his enemy's hands, bethought themselves of piercing his heart through the means of this beloved

son:

And, behold, this beloved son of the King was an active and an useful prince, pure in his nature and of upright mind, yet incautious withal:

And unhappily for him, he became inveigled by the arts of a woman-a woman like unto her who sat by the road side, weeping as a widow to deceive the unwary.

And whereas this amiable but unthinking prince, proved, like Sampson, shorn of his strength in sleep, and in the midst of his love and security:

And this prince was beloved by all who knew him in the land; for he organized the armies of the King, and he trained up his soldiers to fear no danger, and boldly to meet and conquer the foe, and to cut a comely and graceful figure withal.

And whereas this woman entangled the prince, and the prince loved her, and trusted to her; for which reason he smarted severely :

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And finding soon his error, he desired to be rid of the woman; but he found it not so easy, and her vengeance was stirred up against him:

For she falsely said, instigated by the traitors of the land, "Thou hast promised me many things, and I will cause thee to abide by what thou hast said."

And behold, still further instigated and bribed by. those traitors and evil-doers, she said aloud, "Behold, I am excited, and ripe for any mischief ye shall propose to me."

And these were words at which the men were exceedingly rejoiced; for long had they been hatching mischief, and knew not in what shape to bring it forward:

For these were they who had long sought to perplex the mind of the King, to bring down his grey hairs with sorrow to the grave, and to cause him to pluck the crown from his brow, that they might themselves obtain the power of the state.

And they applauded the woman greatly, and made. a feast together, promised her great rewards, and firmly to stand by her:

Albeit not one of them cared for them, but had each his own ends to answer, and the ends of cach was power and supremacy, to the exclusion of his fellows:

For each could have torn out the eyes and heart of the other, and have given his carcase to the dogs to prevent him from stepping beyond himself.

And they clapped their hands, and got drunk with wine, and shouted aloud, and said, "Now have we found what will answer our purpose, and our success cannot be doubtful."

And whereas this conduct did great harm, and all the wicked ones and the disaffected crowded to the standard of these traitors, exclaiming, "Let us come