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      THE SWISS MUSE . —An Elegy . The nv : se unwilling leaves the sacred shore Where every virtue held its peaceful reign ;—Hangs with regret on scenes she lov'd before , The last sad wanderer from the pensive plain . She views where once the sons of freedom strayM , Whose hard misfortunes claim the sigh sincere ; ,

      She saw f ^ r Geniu s fly his native shade , And dropt the parting tribute of a tear . — But why , sweet maid , so fondly dost thou cling

      To rugged rocks where no soft verdure grows ; While climes more grateful court the tuneful string , And point to vales of pleasure and repose ?

      Haply thou lov ' st to ease th * afflicting smart That tears the breast by misery doom'd to mourn , To gild the gloom around the victim ' s heart , Or bend , with pity , o ' er the patriot ' s

      urn . Or , haply where beneath the iron hand Of stern oppression , youth ' s fair flow ' rets fade , KJndly with sympathy ' s endearing band And bright-eyed hope , thou cheer ' st the dungeon ' s shade .

      For him who warm'd by freedom s genial fire , With soul unfetter ed drags the despot * * chain , Perhaps thy hand attunes the living lyre , To soothe his woes by music ' s magic strain . ¦

      And thou , gay Fancy , bless his languid hours . Each flattering phantom let thy care bestow , To strew his lonely path tvith fairy flowers , And pluck the noxious nettles as they grow . —~

      Say , and yc powers of Truth , accordant join ! The time shall come- ^ that Fate haa fix'd the doom—

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      AN IMPROMPTU " * - ** ¦" - ' . * ¦ On the Birth-day of Master P . S . D . -win h ~ d just attained his eleventh \ eary and * svho is about to enter into the Navy . JBy C . M . M . NI > JE YEARS &Lp .

      • i-k j Since . heaven , auspicious , has granted a : year , * r Sweet youth to the length of thy 1 life , " Sure the best we can wish thee , whi - ten more thou ' st seej&j Is ^ to smile on a beautiful wife * > >

      Why tempt the seas when such dangers appal ? : r , Sweet youth , why determined to go ? % u 'Tis the smile o £ affection entreat * ttxec to stay ; . Ah ! wheieibre such raptures forego . / >

      But since thou wilt leave ua , unhappy , to mourn , <• ^^ r \ May the seraph that smii'd on thy birth , - Biing thee safe to the arms of thy parents \ again , And expand their fond bosoms wjth mirth .- —• Homertony Feb . 14 , 1808 . » I * <¦ . ?

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      ADDRESS TO MORN . "

      All hail to the breath of the rose-fin-erd morn Now urging her orient way . The dew drop yet lies on the turf of the lawn , Or glittering hangs pn the spray . The country re-echoes with chanticleer ' s crow ,

      And the sky-lark unfolding her wing , Seeks tjie sky ' s lofty regions , the swain at his plough With joy hears the wanderer sing . The lambkins that skip ovtfr valley afui hill Join tfheir voice to the notes of tbc grove .

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      The friends of suffering Virtue sbstlt , combine Aptd hurl j ^ ach blood-stain'd tyrant ' to tlie tomb . ^ D . B . Jtfeivburg ) Fifeshire .

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      Poetry . ^ -57

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1808, page 157, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2390/page/37/