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      TO THE SPIRIT OF KOSCIUSKO . [ From the Scotsman . ] Unnoticed shall the mighty fall , Unwept and unlamented die ? Shall he , whom bonds could not enthral , Who planned—who fought—who hied for

      all-Unco n sec rated lie ?——Without a song " , whose fervid strains Could wake the blood of patriot veins ? No ' . —thus it neVr shall be 5 and fame Ordains to thre a brio-hter lot :

      While earth—while hope endures , thy name Pure—high—imperishable—the same-Shall never be forgot : Tis shrined amid the holy throng *! 'Tis woven in immortal sons *!

      —Yes ! Campbell , of the deathless lay , The rapt adorer of the free , Has painted Warsaw ' s latest day In colours that resist decay-In accents worthy thee ; Thy bands on battle field arrayed , And in thv srasp the patriot blade .

      Though thou hast bade our world farewell , And left the blotted lands beneath , In purer , happier realms to dwell ; With Wallace , Washington and Tell , Thou shai " st the laure ! wreath , The Brutus of degen ' rate climes ! A beacon-lijght to other times .

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      Oct . 15 , fit Soleure , the celebrated General Kosciusko , closing , by a peaceable death , a life full of virtues and brilliant with glory . He had lived some time in a tranquil retreat , where he had become an interestingobject of respect and veneration , surrounded by his own sweet remembrances , some faithful friends- and the

      poor , of whom he was the constant benefactor . He had recommended that the greatest simplicity should he observed at his funeral , and ordered that his mortal remains should be borne by the poor .

      The death of General Kosciusko has caused the most sincere sorrow . Hia friends have bathed his tomb with their tears ; and the name of the hero whom it contains will ever be associated with all that the inflexibility of

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      So sweeps rude Death , and ev ' ry realm bereaves , For men drop off as fall the wither ed leaves : Winter ' s decay succeeds to Summer ' s bloom , Thus both to dust return , their common doom . Time will to each a race successive bring , But men shall rise again to everlasting spring * . Kidderminster , Nov . 11 , 1817 . F .

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      virtue , the love of country , and of true glory , have formed of the sublime . On the above news which is given in an article from Lausanne , theTimes newspaper makes the following remarks , which remind us of the Pharisaic custom of honouring dead saints and persecuting living ones : —

      u brave , disinterested , and virtuous Kosciusko is stated , in an article from Lausanne , to have died at Soleure on the 15 th instant . A singular felicity of reputation has ever attended this admirable citizen and warrior . In the cause of genuine liberty he fought against injustice , and shamed

      both the tyrants and the jacobins of the age . In his days of power , at the head of armies that adored his name , no false glory dazzled him , nor corrupt ambition could betray him . He nobly resisted the foreign potentates who . laid waste his country ; not because they were Kings and Emperors .

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      Obituary \—General Kosciusko . 6 $ 7

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      ^ AUTUMN . As through the forest sweeps th * autumnal blast , And the checkM boughs theirj faded foliage cast :

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      SONNET . ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND , ON THE EVE OF A GENERAL ELECTION . [ From the Newspapers . ] Ere yet ye yield yoiir liberties and laws Into the grasp of that selected few Who wield thein as they will , —while yet ye view That power residing- with ye , —let each

      pause Who feels his breast expanding as he draws The breath that Milton , Hampden , Sidney drew ; Men who the tyrant of their times o ' erthrew , Or proudly perished in that glorious cause .

      Freedom ! if from thy mansion in the skies Thou giv ' st one thought to this degraded earth , Smile on us yet once more , and in the dearth Of these exalted spirits , from thine eyes Beam down celestial influence , till we rise And vindicate the land which gave us birth . Canterbury . 1817 .

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      OBITUARY .

  • Citation
    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1817, page 687, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2470/page/47/