Or the pure ażur'd Heav'n, that smiles to see The rich attendance of our poverty; Abused mortals! did you know You'd scorn proud towers, And seek them in these bowersWhere winds sometimes our woods perhaps may shake, But blust'ring care could never tempest make, Nor murmurs e'er come nigh us, Saving of fountains that glide by us. Here's no fantastic mask, nor dance, Unless upon the green Two harmless lambs are butting one ano ther, Which done, both bleating run each to his mother. And wounds are never found, Save what the ploughshare gives the ground. Go! let the diving Negro seek Save what the dewy morn Congeals upon each little spray of grass, Which careless shepherds beat down as they pass; And gold ne'er here appears, Blest, silent groves! O may ye be For ever pitch their tents Upon these downs, these meads, these rocks, these mountains, And Peace still slumber by these purling fountains! SONG. Tune, "Who has e'er been at Hertford." WHO has e'er been at Ealing must needs know the Hats, There's a club of good fellows without any flats, With their great guns and pigeons so blue; To kill Venus's bird it is all their delight, And worship the charms of her sisters at night; For medals and sweepstakes they try all their skill, And when they miss fire 'tis plain they don't kill, With their great guns, &c. The President, he's a dead shot of renown, And the pigeon but rarely he fails to bring down, With his great gun and pigeon so blue; His tube it by honest John Gulley is made, Whom no shooter's fame was e'er known to degrade; The Deputy's weapon in Lisle-street he got, From Smith, who is reckon'd the best on the spot, With their great guns, &c. The Recorder, it's well known, a medal has won, As many great Lords too before him have done, With their great guns, &c. To gain any more they have now but small chance, As a new member's mention'd to lead in the dance, With Joe Manton's far fam'd elevation ; But shooting is often a mere speculation: With their great guns, &c. Castang, our purveyor, provides all the sport, And thousands of amorous lives are cut short, With their great guns, &c.; For the feathery victims he brings to death's door, The pardon of Venus he's bound to implore; Yet he, cruel man, only laughs at their wooing; And the trap puts an end to their billing and cooing. With their great guns, &c. THE WINNING GAME. (Written after seeing Miss O'Neill perform Mrs. BEVERLEY in the 'GAMESTER.) HER cards so well this gumester plays, Who can withstand her various arts? From Harris, wealth-from Critics, praise She wins-and from the rest, their hearts. THE I. An Engraving of MORNING OF THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER. MORNING OF THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER. hero ever sallied forth on a murdering expedition with more confidence of success; nor do we think Painted by CooPER, and engraved by that Alexander or Cæsar, (not for getting our quondam friend Bonaparte) ever returned from a successful day's slaughter with a tenth part of the pleasure enjoyed by a true sportsman, whose sylvan joys, guiltless of human blood, leave no unhappy cankering thoughts behind. Indeed, we believe there is no employment on earth which yields more pleasure in its pursuit than that of a gamekeeper, when it is followed (as it generally is) by men who delight in the sports of the fiell. When autumn smiles, all beauteous in decay, once, Newmarket First October Meeting............. Monmouth Richmond BETTINGS. And points with his instructive nose upon BETTINGS at York on the St. The trembling prey. * * From the uplift'd tube The mimic thunder bursts, the leaden death O'ertakes him; and, with many a giddy whirl, To earth he falls. Leger Stakes. 7 to 2 agst Filho da Puta. 11 to 2 agst Sir Bellingham. 12 to 1 agst Fulford. 15 to 1 agst Restoration. agst Shepherd, Brother to Herdsman. 16 to 1 agst Fugelman. BATTLE BETWEEN EALES AND REN. THE pending match between Eales, and Scroggins the sailor, which had excited much interest, was decided on Saturday, August 26, at Kingston Hill, or 6 what is called Coombe Warren. 7 12 As some apprehension was enter7 tained of an interruption from the 12 worthy Magistrates in the department of Hampton and Moulsey 12 Hurst, the original arena fixed at 12 Moulsey was changed, and the con12 ductors of the fight marked out the 13 ground, near the George, at Kingston Bottom. So early as nine 19 o'clock vehicles of every descrip19 tion had formed a ring of extensive diameter, 13 |