of dawn,

Had fix'd the limits of my filent way, Far from the scenes in noify pomp array'd, (tray. Where hope and fame but flatter to beThe lark had call'd me at the birth (fhare; My chearful toils and rural fports to Nor, when mild evening glimmer'd on (care. Had fleep been frighted by the voice of So the foft flocks in harmlefs pleafure Aray, (mead, Or fpoft in rapture on the flow'ry Enjoy the beauties of the vernal day, And no fad prefcience tells them they muft bleed.

the lawn,

Then wild ambition ne'er had fwell'd my heart, (fame; Nor had my fteps purfued the road to Then ne'er had flander rais'd th' envenom'd dart, (name: Nor hung in vengeance o'er my hated Nor views of blifs, that never muft

be mine, (buriling figh; Urg'd the fond tear, or fwell'd the Nor tend'reft pangs had bid my foul (muft die.

repine,

Nor torture warn'd me, that my hopes Farewell, ye glitt'ring phantoms of the mind,

The golden vifion, or ambitious dream, The fickle forms by fairy fancy join'd, The pride of laurels and the mufe's theme.

Vain hope, adieu! thou dear de

luding cheat, (bonds of pain; Whole magic charm can burff the By thee decoy'd, we clafp the gay deceit, (vain. And plan the fcenes of future joys in Come fadness! come, mild filter of defpair, (friend, The helpless fuff 'rer's laft fupport and Lead to thofe fcenes that foothe the wretch's care,

I hear your voices founding in the gale! Of life ye fpeak, and life's fantallic toys, (below! How vain the wish that grasps at things How difappoinment lours on all our joys,

And hope bequeaths the legacy of wor! Ye too, perhaps, while youth fupplied its beam,

On fancy's pinions foaring to the fky, Fed your deluded thoughts with many a dream, Gjoy Of love and faine, and future fcenes of Like your's, how foon our empty years fhall fade, (decay, Paft, like the vapours, that in clouds Paft, like the forms, that flit along the fhade, (they! Ourselves as worthlefs and as vain as Here the kind haven greets our

weary fail,

(is o'er, When the rude voyage of troubled life Safe from the ftormy blait, the faithlefs gale, (that roar. The gulphs that theaten, and the waves The heart no more the pains of love fhall fhare, {enflave, Nor tort'ring grief the wayward mind Thro' toil-worn years fatigu'd with reftless care,, (grave. Peace, fought in vain, awaits us in the Nor peace alone! death breaks the fallen gloom, That dims the portals of eternal day, Bids the freed foul her nobler pow'rs affume, (ted way. And wing from woes her heav'n direc Fly hence, ye thades! ye brighter

fcenes, arife!

Ye joys celellial, opening on my view! Vanish, ye griefs, that dwell beneath the skies, (adien! Yefreaming tears, ye fond complaints,

Information for those who wish to remove to America. By his excellency Benjamin Franklin, prefident of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

MA ANY perfons in Europe, having, directly or by letters, expreffed to the writer of this, who is well acquainted with North America, their defire of tranfporting and eftablishing themselves in that country-but who appear to him to have formed, through ignorance, miftaken ideas and expectations of what is to be obtained there he thinks it may be afeful, and prevent inconvenient, expenfive, and fruitless removals and voyages of improper perfons, if he gives fome clearer and truer notions of that part of the world, than appear to have hitherto prevailed.

He finds, it is imagined by numbers, that the inhabitants of North America are rich, capable of rewarding, and difpofed to reward, all forts of ingenuity; that they are, at the fame time, ignorant of all the fciences; and confequently, that ftrangers, poffeffing talents in the belleslettres, fine arts, &c. must be highly efteemed, and fo well paid, as to become easily rich themselves; that there are alfo abundance of profitable offices to be difpofed of, which the natives are not qualified to fill; and that having few perfons of fa

mily among them, ftrangers of birth must be greatly refpected, and of courfe eafily obtain the beft of thofe offices, which will make all their fortunes; that the governments, too, to encourage emigrations from Europe, not only pay the expense of perfonal tranfportation, but give lands gratis to ftrangers, with negroes to work for them, utenfils of hufbandry, and flocks of cattle. These are all wild imaginations and those who go to America, with expectations founded on them, will furely be difappointed.

The truth is, that though there are, in that country, few people fo miferable as the poor of Europethere are alfo very few that in Europe would be called rich. It is rather a general happy mediocrity that prevails. There are few great proprietors of the foil, and few tenants. Moft people cultivate their own lands, or follow fome handicraft og merchandife-very few rich enough to live idle upon their rents or incomes; or to pay the high prices given in Europe, for painting, fla tues, architecture, and the other works of art, that are more curious than useful. Hence, the natural geniufes, that have arifen in America, with fuch talents, have uniformly quitted that country for Europe, where they can be more fuitably