"Go" said the Lord" ye conquerers ! Steep in her blood your swords, Andráze to earth her battlements, For they are not the Lord's ! Till Zion's mournful daughter, O'er kindred bones shall tread, And Hinnom's vale of slaughter, Shall hide but half her dead !" MARY'S TEARS. An off"ring worthy Heav'n, She wept and was forgiven ? Her day of luxury stor'd, The precious perfume pour’d, - Where once the diamond shone, Which shine for God alone! Oh! would'st thou wake in Heaven, " Love much,” and be forgiven. TO SIGH, YET FEEL NO PAIN. To weep, yet scarce know why, Then throw it idly by ; To kneel at many a shrine, To lay the heart on none, But those we just have won; Through life unchill’d, unmov'd, That first in youth we lov‘d; To such refin'd excess, We could not live with less; THE MAID OF LODI. I sing the Maid of Lodi, Sweet soother of my toil; Peace dwells within her bosom, And pleasure lights her smile. Her eyes, of mildest lustre, A placid mind disclose; Her cheeks in beauty rival The blushes of the rose. When o'er the fading landscape The shades of twilight steal, When sea and land are blended Beneath the dusky veil, I meet the maid of Lodi, On yonder vine-cloth'd hill, Or whisper tales of rapture, Beside yon sparkling rilł. No servile crowds appear; That springs from hearts sincere. Whom native charins adorn, That gilds the dawn of morn. THE BEAUTIFUL MAID.-By Dibdin. When absent froin her my soul holds most dear, What medley of passions invade; In this bosom what anguish, what hope, and what fear, I endure for my beautiful maid. In vain 1 seek pleasure to lighten my grief, Or quit the gay throng, for the shade ; Nor retirement nor solitude yield re relief, When away from my beautiful maid. MY HEART WITH LOVE IS BEATING. Transported by your eyes ; In vain a captive flies. Why turn thy eyes away? Alas! I must obey. Could deeds my heart discover, Could valor gain thy charms, Against a world in arıns. A prostrate warrior view, Are center'd all in you. THE INDIAN PHILOSOPHER. Why should our joys transform to pain? Why gentle Hymen's silken chain, A plague of iron prove ! Al such a loose from love. And urg'd the schools in vain; A bright, instructive scene. (Sweet raptures of the mind !) Till on the banks of Ganges flood, In a tall ancient grove I stood, For sacred use design'd. Awoke his inorning song! Thrice he conjur'd the murm'ring stream; And half divine' his tongue. Does all our minds compose : And jarring iempers rose. And bless'd the new-born pair; To seek them bodies here. And never join'd their hands. On Europe's barb'rous lands. The sweetest joys of life : And chain'd to eternal strife ! While Ganges ceas'd to flow. I may be happy too. |