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      120 Poetry . ~ 7 V a Ftiend *~ -Pmwpto $ se Q » Psalm cxxxvii .

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      And the deep woods lie lo \ tf \ Where were the Iterh Islets * vengeful gods , When thus their shrines and dread

      abodes Received the insulting foe ? Who shall recal the Druid seers , Thef that could lift the veil of years ? The koine is silent ' midst the slain . And / alone on earth remain , On the wild winds to pour one strain , A dirge for Mela ' s woe I

      II . The stars on Mona ' s rocks look down , And far EryrVs f mountain-crown , And ocean ' s glitt e ring wave ; But those , who track'd , with gifted eyes Their burning pathway through the skies Lie slumbering in the grave ! There , too , shall rest the lore , sublime , The secrets of primaeval Time , * For Mona ' s guardian Powers are fled , Her oaks have bow'd their crested head : Take me , ye dwellings of the dead , Homes of the wise and the brave !

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      TO A FRIEND . ( From the Literary Gazette . ) Brother in soul ! O who can break ; the bond , That twines thine image with my hopes and fears ? It is not fancy ' s ardour , wildly fond , Nor transient intercourse , that thee endears ;—But thoughts , pursuits and feelings , that respond

      In tried reality ; and checquered years Of prov'd regard ; with Faith , that looks beyond Vain Reason ' s prospect through this vale of teara . Eternity shall crown our perfect love ;—Life is too short for friendship such as ours : Ah ! still together may we onward rove Through the brief scenes of time ' s few , fleeting hours , Until , together gently loos'd from this , Soar our freed spirits to a world of bliss !

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      ———— " ^—STANZAS U rUten ' during a Marine Excursion iu August , 1821 , By T . Moore , Esq . See how beneath the moon-beam ' s smile Yon little billow heaves its breast ;

      • . $ qglesea , or Mona , from its thick wood of oak was anciently called the Dark Island , -f- 'jEryri- — the Suowdun mountains .

      And foams and sparkles for awhile , And murmuriag there subsides te rest Thus man , the sport of bites and care , Rises on Time ' s eventful sea ; And having swelTd a moment tlxere . Thus melts into Eternity ,

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      PARAPHRASE on PSALM exxxvii . I . The daughter of Babel shall ait in the dust—Her splendours of triumph be saddea'd with tears , She shall mourn o ' er the rampart , do longer her trust , ' The blood of her race shall ato ne her * arrears , For she pour'd upon Zion the vials of woe , And she scoff d at her sons in the land of the foe .

      II . We sat by the streams on the willowy brink , We gaz'd on our harps as they silent hung near , We thought upon Zion—' twas painful to think , We heard the proud harlot — ' twas madness to hear ; Come , sing , said the scorner , a song of your mirtlj , The song which ye sang in the laud of your birth .

      III . Ye desolate scenes , yet as beauteous a& dear , Ye glories , the light of our harp and our song , Who can revel in mirth while shedefing a tear ? Who can smile at remembrance of ruin and wrong ? Or shall me siog of Zion—tfie cfty laid low , In tjie days of our grief , in the laud of auy foe ?

      IV . We'll think upon Zion---but not as she is—Her increase of glories which yet are to be : We'll sing of the Lord—her restorer of bliss ; - .. - We'll praise her avenger—ho w blessed is he ! Who will give unto Babel the cup which she gave— . The shrieks pf tbe childless , the g ** nS of the slave . Chicheiter , Jan . 26 , 1 S ? 2 : V- ' ^^^^^ * *

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1822, page 120, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2509/page/56/