We insert the following, which were written when he was twelve years of

age:

Before the earth and sea to man were given,
Or stars were spotted o'er the crystal heaven;
The face of nature was throughout the same-
A rugged heap, and Chaos was its name;
Nor any thing but piled-up heaps were there,
And earth and sea were mixed with fire and air:
No radiant sun by day afforded light,

Nor waning Phoebe shone in midst of night;
Nor earth self-poised in fluid air was placed,

Or sea, with circling arms, the earth embraced.

ON THE MORNING.

Behold, the earth is clad in sober grey,

And twinkling stars foretell the approach of day.
The hare runs timid o'er the bladed grass,
And early shepherds on the meadows pass.
In splendid majesty the morning star
Welcomes Aurora in her rosy car.
The lark, the early herald of the morn,
Whose tender sides soft gentle plumes adorn,
Flies from her nest above all human sight,
And to the skies sublime she bends her flight.
Her pleasing notes the ambient hills repeat,
And day o'er half the world resumes its seat;
The 'splendent sun's ethereal light appears,
And nature wipes away her dewy tears.—

A few lines in imitation of Pope, may be considered as no unsuccessful illustration of the poet's rule :

'Tis not enough, no harshness gives offence,
The sound should seem an echo to the sense.'-

DLET

Published by R.B. Seeley & W. Burnside. Fleet Street. May 20th 1828.

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A MEMOIR

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REV. LEGH RICHMOND, A. M.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; RECTOR OF TURVEY, BEDFORDSHIRE
AND CHAPLAIN TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE LATE DUKE OF KENT.

BY THE REV. T. S. GRIMSHAWE, A. M.

RECTOR OF BURTON LATIMER, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ;

AND VICAR OF BIDDENHAM, BEDFORDSHIRE.

Nihil metus in vultu gratia oris supererat : bonum virum facile crederes,
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