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And now no variegated clouds I see;
To lower or to higher realms I flee.

And yet no real difference know.
Unloos'd from gravitation's binding chain,
I freely range o'er all th' ethereal plain,
And see the stars refulgent glow.

My soul, enraptured, hears
The Music of the spheres,"
And with associate spirits join

The "choral symphony" divine,

As through the realms of everlasting day,
We visit distant worlds, or tread the milky-way.

Thought, with transports, hither brings,
In vehicles of light,
Pinion'd with celestial wings

And infinite delight,

The bard of deathless Fame, whose mind
O'er earth disdains to roam,

And, giving all his sorrows to the wind,
In favour'd realms of bliss attempts to find
A lasting home.

Led by the swift-wing'd messengers of light,
We gain the frontiers of eternal night:

All other spheres-all other worlds, above,
Where even wandering comets dare not move;

Dark scenes, from which proud thought indignant bends;

Where e'en imagination's journey ends!

Then turn we from the thick oblivious mound,

And homeward, to our native heaven rebound!

Thus hence we swiftly fly,"

And suddenly enjoy,

Whate'er our wills suggest.

Through yellow meads we stroll,
And quaff the nectarious bowl,
Enjoying all those pleasures of the soul
Which fancy dictates best.

Pain's dread legions all are fled,
'Buried with the silent dead,
Rather, here were never known,
The falling tear, or dying groan.
Rocks, and bolts, and clanging chains,
Ne'er disturb these blissful plains;
Nor does war's tumultuous noise,
Interrupt our harmless joys.

Freedom here her treasure brings
From the cruel grasp of kings;

While fruits and flowers, from this prolific soil,

In living verdure spring, nor claim the labourer's toil.

Here the high and the low, and the rich and the poor,
By earthly distinctions divided no more,

Together the regions of fancy explore,

And meet in her temples of air;

Whilst the bright flitting forms which the Goddess employs,
To welcome her vot'ries to these happy skies,
See the pure flames of genius accepted arise
From altars of praise and of

prayer.

O! that in these enchanting regions, fair,
I might, with kindred minds, for ever share
These joys supreme which my warm fancy draws
Uncurb'd by earthly ties or human laws!
But, ah! the vision's o'er,

The fond delirium's past,
I taste the bliss no more,
Too exquisite to last!

The cries of Nature wake me from my dream
Upborne no longer on celestial beam,

Again I sink, o'er human cares to brood,

And feel once more the galling yoke of pain and servitude.

J. N.

ON THE PRINCE REGENT

Going to the House, and his Carriage running on a Post.

ON this great occasion, as might be expected,

Not an atom of splendour his Highness neglected?

Whence the ladies, indeed, who these things all well know, man,
Pronounc'd that the Prince made an excellent SHOW-MAN.
John Bull, who stood by, view'd the thing like a stranger,
Consol'd with the adage, "nought's never in danger."
Some thought, with some reason, an action of TROVER
Would lie'gainst the post which his Highness ran over.
Some gallant old vet'rans discharg'd from our hosts,
Thought the whole an AFFAIR, or mere matter of POSTS.
Some thought the disaster, and so will my readers,
The natural result of employing BAD LEADERS!

POETRY.-It is our anxious wish to render this Department of our Magazine as original and pleasing as possible. Catholics have been, among other calumnies, stigmatized as barbarous in regard to taste and elegance, as well as intolerant as to religion. We know they are neither one nor the other, and we trust, the future Numbers of this work will prove, that there is no elegance of rational life, consistent with that strict morality and devotion which the Catholic religion enjoins, that the adherents to the primitive faith do not duly appreciate and cultivate,

CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE.

An Address to the Humane and
Liberal-minded, in behalf of the
Abbot of La Trappe. Extrac-
ted from the Laity's Directory,

1813.

THE Abbot of La Trappe, the well known Dom. Augustin, who has long been the marked victim of Bonaparte's persecutions, and whose execution was announced in the public papers, is lately arrived in London. His escape, (the result of a remarkable interference of Providence,) was effect ed amid a series of dangers the most alarming, and of hardships the most distressing.

In the month of July, 1811, the Abbot lay under the necessity of going to Bourdeaux, to procure a passage for four of his religious to America, where (beyond the Mis. sissippi, at the confluence of the Missouri, and in the midst of the savages,) he has a community consisting of 50 Members. This was the opportunity, which the Minister of Worship took to arrest him; pretending, that he was seeking to quit the empire, without a passport. He accordingly threw him into prison; and took from him all his papers, which he forwarded to Paris. When the Abbot was seized he had about him one of those briefs of Pius VII. the possession whereof, in France, was punishable with death, but which was happily overlooked.

From his prison, he wrote a letter

to the Prior of his monastery established at Genoa, to the following purport, dated Bourdeaux, 1st July,

1811.

"I do not write to you, my dearest Brethren, oppressed with the weight of chains; but I write to you from a place shut up with iron bolts,- a place, in which every thing is horrible, and where nothing is heard but cries, imprecations and blasphemies. At night, the jailers

But no:

drive us all, like so many wild beasts, into our respective cells: and then, it is natural to hope, I might enjoy some rest. at midnight, instead of the sweet sound of the Matin bell, which used to call us to the praises of the Almighty,-I am disturbed by the noise of bolts and locks, and doors successively opening and shutting, until they at length come to mine. Then, by the dull light of a lan tern, I see the jailer; who asks me, if I find myself comfortable in this abode? This question he repeats till I return an answer, and he be assured I am quite awake,as if he envied me the trifling rest, and the sweet illusion, that a little sleep might afford me. Such is my present situation. What it may be, ere long, heaven knows. But, as the fear of persecution does not hinder our Holy Father, the Pope, from watching over the general interests of religion, so neither shall aught deter me from attending, as much as I can, to the good of my establishment: I therefore conceive myself obliged, as your Superior, to oppose, with my whole authori ty, the oath which has been re. quired of you

The Abbot here proceeds, expressing himself in a manner which would evidently have cost him his life the moment the letter became public.

This letter produced the desired effect which he had foreseen. But, as it required some time to execute all the designs of revenge against him, he had meanwhile the good fortune, under the guidance of. providence, to escape out of the hands of his enemies.

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As the General Commissary of.. the police at Bourdeaux was ignorant of the real cause of Dom. Augustin's arrestation, and did not consider it as a matter of much importance, (wishing to manifest a fashionable contempt for religi

ous institutions) he used frequently to say, that An Abbot of La Trappe was of no service in France, and that he would,, therefore, send him back into Switzerland." At the intercession of several persons of distinction in the town, and in consequence of the Abbot's promise that he would not abscond, the the Commissary released him from prison, until he should receive further instructions from Paris., At length, the instructions arrived; but, happily, before the affair of the monastery of Genoa was known: they were about to give him a passport to the house of which he was the Superior (meaning by this, the house at Mount Geneve, near Briancon, where he would have been strictly watched) and from whence, owing to its situation, it would have been impossible for him to escape.

The Commissary, anxious to send the Abbot out of France, and conceiving that the import of his instructions was, to send him to Val Sainte, in the Canton of Fribourg, immediately ordered him. to appear before him, and said to him, "Sir, I have received an answer from Paris; and I have orders from the Minister to give you a passport to the house of which you are the Superior. I will, therefore, give you a passport to Switzerland." "As you please," replied the Abbot; " and as soon as I receive the passport, I will immediately quit Bourdeaux."

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The next day he set out, and made all the haste, he could to reach Switzerland; and had only just arrived there, when he learnt, that Bonaparte had given orders, immediately, to arrest and shoot him; but as the orders also enjoined, that search should be made for him throughout Franee, and all the allied nations, the Senate of Fribourg was, of course, compelled to put a price on his head.-Fortunately, the good man obtaining early in formation of these designs, had time to make his escape; and happily has arrived this country a

few weeks ago, after expending a whole year in contriving and effect. ing his escape; having during that interval travelled about 900 leagues. Being now about 58 yearsTM of age, it is his ardent desire to dedicate the remainder of his days to the promotion of humanity, and the good of religion. For this purpose, it is his wish to form an establishment, along with a few other' members of his institute, on the confines of the savage districts in Canada, there to labour in their civilization, in imitation of another portion of his community, who are now labouring, with great success, on the banks of the Mississipi.

From the Superior of that monastery, it appears that much may be done in these regions, particularly among the savage children, who are presented by their parents, with great delight, to be brought up by the religious, but who are daily obliged to refuse receiving them, for want of the proper means for their support. The Bishop of Kentucky attests,* in a most feeling manner, the great service these venerable fathers are to the country, and to the still greater and incalculable good they would be the means of promoting, did they but meet with support.

After the above statement, an appeal to the feelings of such as have the means of affording that support, seems useless:that person must be truly insensible, who could read, unmoved, the firm and resolute conduct of this venerable successor of St. Bernard.---Who' could see him, without admiration, follow so closely the example of his holy founder, in his magnanimity, courage, austerity of life, and an ardent zeal for the good of

* "Je conjure toutes les personnes charitables de venir au secours de ces de grands services dans les pays qu'ils venerables Pères, qui, ont dejà rendu grand encore si la pieté, des Fidèles ont habités, et qui en rendront de plus vient à leur secours."

دو

B. FLAGET, Nommé a l'Evêché du Kentucky.

souls, without coming to his as sistance, to enable him to satisfy such zeal and charity.

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Is there a person, who, having the means, could be so dead to the feelings of humanity, as to refuse his assistance to the venerable Abbot,in such an arduous undertaking, in behalf of savage nations?---Ah! if there be, let them remember that a hard heart will fare ill at the last day;" and that in forwarding on this occasion, they co-operate in an undertaking that includes in itself every species of good work; they will assist in instructing the ignorant, in feeding and clothing the hungry and naked, in receiving the stranger, and also in pouring the balm of comfort to many an afflicted heart, if by their aid the Abbot can have the consolation of gathering together some of his dispersed brethren, and taking them with him to labour in the work of charity.

Recommendation of the Rt. Rev. Dr. POYNTER, V.A. of the London District..

THE object, which the venerable Abbot of La Trappe proposes to himself, in forming an establish. ment in Canada, for the purpose of civilizing the inhabitants of the savage Districts in that country, and of instructing them in the truths of salvation, is so excellent, so interesting to humanity and reli

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* In mentioning the dispersed religious, it will perhaps be interesting to the public to know their fate. Every convent in Bonaparte's empire has been destroyed, the religious sent home to their families, and under strict guard, robbed of every thing that belonged to them those of Genoa he banished to his own country-confining the Prior in a fort of the Island of Corsica, and the religious in the small Island of Capraja, where it is supposed they are allowed, (as were the Spanish religious,) three halfpence a day. This mountainous island abounds with vipers and serpents, who are extremely dangerous, and there are, except in the town of Capraja, scarcely any other

inhabitants.

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gion, that I do not hesitate to recommend it to the liberality of all charitable Christians.

WILLIAM HALIEN, V.A.L. London, 24th Sept. 18.12.

Subscriptions towards this good work will be thankfully received by The Abbot of La Trappe, No. 54, Clarendon-Square, Somer's-Town; Messrs. Wright and Co. Bankers, Henrietta-Street, Covent-Garden; Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Martin,

Bankers, No. 68, Lombard-Street; Messrs. Coltsman and Stack, Merchants,

No. 18, New Broad-Street, Messrs. Keating, Brown, and Keating, Duke-street, Grosvenor-Square; Messrs. A. B. Dulau and Co. Booksollers, No. 37, Soho-Square; And by Mr. Fitzpatrick, Bookseller, Capel Street, Dublin.

Recantation of the Rev. M. Nowlan.

"Rejoice with me because I have. found my sheep that was lost." Luke xv. 6.

FROM THE SAME.

To the Roman Catholic Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the arch-diocese of Dublin.

WHEREAS, my late conduct, in publicly abjuring the HOLY ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH, at St. Werburgh's Church, on Thursday the 31st of March last, (to which many unpropitious circumstances had contributed, of which I now repent in the bitterness of my soul), has unfortunately scandalized and afflicted the pious and truly christian memChurch, of which I was lately an bers of that venerable and unerring unworthy minister, and into whose bosom I now most anxiously wish to be received; I deem it necessary to make (as a small tribute of reparation), this solemn and public acknowledgment of my error and deviation from the way of truth-confessing myself to have been misled and blinded by passion and propensities, which naturally grow from a neglect of small things, and which always

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