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    Or, the Feast of the Violets. 48

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    Canto Ii.—The Presentations And Bali,.

    And now came Miss A look to her curtsey so little contented , It _seem'd le $ s for poetess fit , than for beldam ! In fact , she provok'd him by writing so seldom . Miss Hill he calPd " love" and " good sister ; " and styled Mrs Hoffland " good soul ; " and benignantly smiled On the close cap of Howitt . _" These Muse Quakeresses Are Noes ( he said ) _turn'd to the sweetest of _Yesses _, " Hamilton . Phoebus presented

    Lo ! Jameson accomplish ' d ; and Johnston , whose sum maries And stories ( see Tait _' s Magazine ) are no flummeries _. But all solid relish ; and Lamb , the fine brain , ( News of Charles in Elysium brought balm to its pain ); Miss Landon , whose grief is so dulcet a treasure , We'd weep to oblige her , but cairt for the pleasure . Apollo however was much for curtailing it : is

    " Kiss me now , Letty , " ' Closeness you want , as ; Claims and wants you : _'Slife ! must a creature quoth he , and cease ailing it a writer : the beautiful so be strong and be dutiful , expressly intended

    To bless men and gods , let the gods be offended : And , thankless for being made generous , and kind , And a muse , and a darling , continue thus blind ? Ever bent upon weeping for evil , instead Of o ' ermastering with roses its weak fountain-head ?

    Must the mourners whoVe brains to amend what they mourn for , As though they had none , ask us what they were born for ? Good gifts imply use , and progression , and joy ; Not the taking old steps one ' s own hopes to destroy . But observe what a thief Custom is , and a brute ,

    Thus to take and untune such an exquisite lute , And compel it to join in his howling , the beast ! Come , Letty : —to-night we'll be wiser at least ; And perhaps we may hit on a note in our pleasures , May win you to take better lyrical measures . You know , as a god , I could burst forth and frighten you ; But , in man ' s shape , I'd much rather enlighten you . " Trembled sweet Letty , for fear to have _err'd j And he took up and soothed her , as she might a bird .

    recognized principles of restriction to a pitch of excess quite as dangerous as other mistakes , because of the very recognition . The conventionalities of society are not * all of them , " absolute wisdom ; " and the tendency to insist most on those which are found to press hardest , is perilous . ( 15 ) I have not the pleasure of knowing anything of this lady ' s writings . _flOtpt some beautiful poetry in _Blackwood' _t Magazine , which makes one regret an < t woods * that aha does not write more .

    Or, The Feast Of The Violets. 48

    Or , the Feast of the Violets . 48

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1837, page 43, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_01071837/page/41/