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And to the waves the wretched failor flings-
Behold, on the boiling billows borne, a
Youth, who with nervous arm 'gainst death
contend;

Eleanor fees him-Oh! 'tis Edward!
At what a fatal hour to meet-See, from
The pendent rock fhe plunges in the deep,
And clafps her Edward in the hour of death.
In chafte embrace they 'mid the waves go
down!

Angels of blifs, their fpotlefs fpirits bear
To where life's troublous ftorms are felt no

more.

THE LAMB.

"A new fallen lamb, as mild Emmeline paft,
In pity fhe turn'd to behold,
[blaft,
How it fhiver'd and shrunk from the merciless
Then fell all benumb'd with the cold.

She rais'd it, and touch'd by the innocent's fate,
Its foft form to her bosom she prest;
But the tender relief was afforded too late,
It bleated, and died on her breast.

The moralift then, as the corfe fhe refign'd,
And, weeping, fpring flowers o'er it laid,
Thus mused, "So it fares with the delicate

"To the tempefls of fortune betray'd. [mind, "Too tender, like thee, the rude shock to fuftain,

"And deny'd the relief which would fave; "'Tis loft, and when pity and kindness are vain, "Thus we dress the poor fufferer's grave."

To A Young Lady devoted to Religion.

FAIR devotee to virtue's spotless cause!

May min'ftrant angels foster your intent; For mild to you appear the Saviour's laws, And all his maxims meet your heft confent. Whilst others dance along the gay faloon, Where art's full light fheds imitative day, Or through the Park beneath the waneing

noon,

Spread all their charms, elaborately gay:

'Tis yours to weigh life's temporary joys,
To point young paffion to its nobleft end,
To fhun the vain, whofe frothy converfe cloys,
And woo religion as your darling friend.
Averfe to follies that from cuftom spring,
Your placid bofom shall no anguith know;
And truth fhall mount you on his feraph wing,
Far from thefe fublunary mounds of woe.
Adjoin'd to virtue, ne'er from her recede;
Then as your person shall your mind appear,
Replete with grade, to beautify each deed;
And fraught with lafting charms, to blefs
each future year !