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    pally by Rlandrata ; and endeavours to shew that the patriarch of Unitariam ^ m was i » noceat in this affair , or at teast that as far as he was blameable ^ he was the dupe of the courtly p % s 5 eian . Thfe point , is in # in £ ained afei in an able paper in our Thirteenth , Voltage ,. [ The Nonconformist * No . V .,

    pp , 382— 386 >] There is . a , want of documents relating to the subject ; but judging only from the evidence before us , we think we may congratulate Dr . T . Rees on having succeeded in clearing away the deep stain of originating and conducting , though not of appfpving , the persecution of Daviclis , from the name of the Polish

    Reformer . The author announces that he designs the Historical Introduction merely as an outline of a larger history of Unitarianism , which he has had for some time in contemplation , and for which he has collected a considerable

    mass of valuable materials . Most heartily do we wish that he may be encouraged by the reception of the Catechism to proceed with a work which is a desideratum in our theological literature , and for which he has tmewQ himself so well qualified .

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    Art . U'l . A B —Song to David . y the late Christopher Smart , M . A ., Eellow of Pembroke Hall , Cambridge ; and Prone Translator of Horace . 12 mo . pp . 56 . Rodwell and Martin . 1819 .

    SMART has some reputation as one ! ' of the minor English poets . The present poem , which is not in the collection , of his Works published in 1791 , is interesting from the circumstances in which it was composed : it was written in a mad-house where the

    author was confined , and for want of pen ,, ink and paper , was indented line by line with a key upon the wainscot . As a whole , it partakes of the wildness and irregularity of the poet ' s mind , but there are passages of exquisite beauty , deep fe , el | ng and true

    sublimity . In the following description of the Hebrew monarch , the epithets , which are alVbut one well , chosjen , serve a § so many heatife to the succeed !^ stanzas : ^ CBtj valimCpiojuSj . good and clean , SuWJnje , cpyfewpfotiwet serene ,, Strong , constant , pleasant . wta& !

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    Bright effluence of exeee&i&g grae&y Best man . !—the swi&i * es& and the race , The perU an * $ the prize ! David ' s greatness is tb # s extolled : Greatr- ^ from , the lustre of his ctowik

    From Samuel ' s horn ^ aa \< l God ' s Fe&ojyn Whieh is the people ' * V 0 iee ; * For all the host , from rear to van , Applauded and ) emftrac'd the man—The man of ' G&dte own choice .

    Sublimity , is nobly attributed to his genius : Sublime—imventiou , ever young , Of vast conception * tqw ? ri ^ tongue , To God th' eternal theme ; Notes from yon exaltations caught , UnrivalTd royalty of thought , O'er meaner strains supreme .

    The lofty theme of the Royal Psalmist is sung with corresponding loftiness : He sung of God—the mighty source Of all things—the stupendous force On which all strength , depends ; From whose right arm > beneath whose

    eyes , All period , power and enterprise Commences , reigns and endsf In ; the following stanza , the sublime itte&sage of Jehovah to Moses is sub * Umely described :

    Tell them 5 I Am-, Jehovah said To Moses ; while earth heard in dread . And , smittem to the heart , At once above , beneath , around , All nature without voice or spund , Replied , O < Lord * TJhou Aj * t .

    The " Son ^* concludes with an act dress to David , whioh in form and spirit is highly poetiqal ; though tinctured with extravagance , and in one line , as interpretedl ) y the comparison in the last stanza , disagreeing withbotb truth and piety :

    Glorious the sun in mid career ; Glorious / th' assembled fires appear ; Glorious the comet ' s train ; Glorious the trumpet and : alarm ; Gfariou&tkeAlmi ghty *^^ tr ^ teh'd-otU arm ; Glorious the enraptured main ;

    Glorious the northern lights < a $ tream ; Glorious the song vyhen 06 ^ the theme ; Glorious the thunder ' s rpar ; Glorious hpsannah from the den ; Glorious , the Catholic Amm ; Gloribus the martyr's gdre ; ^ flpr ^^^

    Q ] l 0 n ^* r-n ^ 9 ^ t |* f . cnw Of \) ii * thfy bfjwgte s ^ vat | p ^ , dAWii By meekness , call'd thy ^ Sort . ;

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    23 a . Review- - ^ Smartiz Swig ta JSkamtL

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1820, page 238, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2487/page/46/