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      And let not him who never felt a fear Safe in hi © . pride of .. heart thy woes deride 5 Perhaps tliat scornful eye or brow severe Hath thoughts . Jess liaUowM than thine own to hide . E ^ eti the . dark days of cSou % t hav « purified My chastened soul from many an -edtthty

      stain ; And chas * d for erer chas * d the demon pride That once had marked thee in his menial train ; But now hath lost his power ., and spreads his lures in vaino

      Father of Life , whose " loveliest name is LoVsc , " Whose throne the humble seek—** the guilty-Ay , Thou art my God—around , beneath , aT ? ove I trace no frowns , no terrors in thine

      eye . All breathes of that pervading- harmony Which draws from present ill the future g'ood : AH leads our spirits to that peaceful sky Where banish'd far , nor sorrow ' s gloomy mood , Wor fancy ' s wayward dreams , . nor real ills intrude .

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      joining & translation ? for which . 1 am indebted to a friend * who * as you will perceto $ , has well preserved the sense and spirit of ' ' ( he original . J . T .-ft .

      EPIGMAM . Bella inter geminos plus qttam civilia fratres , Traxerat ainfoigrius religionis apes . Ille-reformats fidei pro partfbtrsfnstatt ^ Isle reformandam denegat esse fidem . Propositis ( fansse rationibos alter ntriaqoe ? Concurrere pares et ceeidere pares .

      Quod fuit in votis , fratrem capit aitey ^ uterque $ Quod fuit in fatis , perdit uterque fidem . Captivi gemini sine captivante fueruntj Et victor ricti transfug'a castra petit . Quod genus hoc pugnec est ubi victn ® gaudet uterq ; Et tamen alteruter se superasse dolet .

      TRANSLATION . Between two brothers , more than civil foes , On dubious points a strange contention rose ; This stood prepar ed for Luther ' s faith t& fall , That stoutly argued it no faith at all . The strife Ibegan— -they elos'd—and sfrang ® to tell . Fought till both gain ed the triumph and both fell-Each thus obtain'd the champion ' s

      wish'dfor meed . And each resign ed to each his fav ' iite creed ; . Without a chief both foes were captive lecf ^ A lid victors both before the vanquish' ^ fled . But not alone in thisivas wonder found s That both were conquerM and tliathotla ^ were crown * d For each retir ed his own defeat to b ! ess Aod eacbg ihrougb life , foeinoan'dhis owsb success ^ T . N . T .

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      Fmirm ^ XMtm Bpignm -on Two- Brothen ' ^ PriMess GkavUtt ^ OS

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      THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES . The bud of promise nipt , alas ! full soon , Eeclined the lovely stem in withered state , Nor could , though watered hy a nation * s tears , " The mould its precious charge re-ana ~ mate .

      But , there ' s a soil more g-enialj , where this plant , Shall gain a livelier toq % p a prospered rise , ' r . ' ' ' ; And , cher ished there , shall bloom e ^ ernally The ornament and pi'ide <> f Paradise . of « D . K . Cr .

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      I * atin Epigram * , with a Translation ? on Two Brothers ? one a Roman Catholic and the other a Protestant ? who converted each other . Sir , Clapton , Dec . Q& 1817 . Your readers have lately been powerfully attracted [ XII . 481 , 588 , 665 ] , to the consideration of the

      extraordinary fluctuations which may occur in a Christian ' s religious profession . The most surprising * , probably , which was OTer recorded ^ were those of 66 J } to John Reynolds and William , Iiis brother , " who lived in . the early part of the 17 th century . They have been thus related : —

      William was , at first , a Protestant of the Church of England , and John trained up beyond sea in Popery . The first , out of an honest zeal to reduce his brother , made a journey to him , and they had a conference ; when it so fell out that each was overcome

      by his brother ' s arguments ; so that William , of a zealous Protestant became a virulent Papist , and John , of a strong Papist , a most rigid Protestant . " ' ¦ ¦ On this uncommon circumstance Dr . Alabaster ^ who is said to have 66 tried both religious , " made the Epfigranip which I here copy , sub-

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1818, page 63, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2472/page/63/