Some wanton pen may scrawl thee o'er,
And blot thy virgin face:

And whitenefs, deem'd thy praife before,
May turn to thy disgrace.

O give me then thy faultless page,
'Ere yet foul ftains be drank,
On Virtue's fide with me engage,
Nor leave for Vice a blank.

By thee fhall idle vacant hearts
This useful moral learn,
That unemploy'd, the brightest parts
To vice and folly turn.

By thee fall innocence be taught,
What dangers wait on youth,
Unless with early precepts fraught,
And prepoffefs'd with truth.

By thee fhall beauty learn to yield
To real worth her charms
For virtue (tho' an ample shield)
But incompletely arms.

ΤΟ

H 4

TO HOPE.

A SONNET,

BY MISS HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS.

O,

ever fkill'd to wear the form we love,

To bid the shapes of fear and grief depart,
Come, gentle Hope! with one gay fmile remove
The lafting fadnefs of an aching heart.
Thy voice, benign Enchantrefs, let me hear;
Say-that for me fome pleafure yet shall bloom!
That Fancy's radiance, Friendship's precious tear,
Shall foften or difpel misfortune's gloom!

But come not glowing in the dazzling ray,

Which once with dear illufion charm'd my eye; O ftrew no more, Tweet Flatterer! on my way, The flow'rs I fondly thought too bright to die: Vifions lefs fair will foothe my penfive breaft, That afks not happiness, but longs for reft.

POETIC ADDRESS

TO A LADY WITH A REPEATING WATEN.

HENCE, curious Toy to Laura go,

And dangle by her fide,

Thou emblem of a modern Beau

In all his glittering pride.

When

When in her bed you hang in air,
And measure out dull time,

Say, joy and love should be her care,
Now Beauty's in its prime.

When first fhe wakes, at Jenny's knock,
Then thoughts are frank and free-
Tell her, instead of what's o'clock,
'Tis time to think of me!

His pulfe will beat as true ;.

His heart wou'd fpring with love's alarms,
And vibrate quick as you !!

HERBERT..

Mrs. CRESPIGNY's GROTTO.

The following Lines, which are from the pen of Mr. Fitzgerald, adorn a small Grot in the Garden at Camberwell-fo often the Scene of the Mufes and the Drama.

THE INSCRIPTION.:

MAY no rude gale disturb this calm retreat,
The fane of Friendship and the Muse's seat,
But cooling fhow'rs and fresh'ning zephyrs bring
Th' ambrofial sweetness of perpetual Spring!

While Nature's feather'd warblers from above,
Chant their wild notes in eloquence of love"!
May Envy wither if she enters here,
And drooping Mis'ry check the starting tear-
Or if the Mistress of the Grot be nigh,
Let the poor wretch drink comfort from her

eye.

SIR,

TUE

To the EDITOR,

E country being now in that fituation foreféén and provided for by Solon of Athens, when he obliged every man in the state to declare his party, under a fevere penalty; and as men are sometimes at a lofs what party to choose, I think it is your duty, as one of the centinels of the people, to fet up a standard for them to rally around, in confequence of which I send you the following Creeds, one or other of which, I think, will fit every man in the kingdom.

I am, Sir,

Your humble fervant,

ONE OF A MILLION.

CREEDS

CREEDS TO CHOOSE.

FIRST, OR TORY CREED.

I believe in the infallibility of all crowned heads. I believe in the infallibility of the Minifter for the time being.

I believe in William Pitt as the maker of all good

men.

I believe in the perfection and inviolability of the English Conftitution, as now adminiftered; and I think it a damnable herefy to believe that it can be amended.

I believe in the charity, religion, and virtues of the church as established by law.

I believe in the holinefs of all Bifhops-in the neceffity of pluralities-in the advantages of tythes-and in all the good things dependent upon High Church Go

vernment..

I believe in the falvation of Teft Acts.

I believe in the virtue of corruption, without which there can be no regeneration.

I believe in the faving grace conferred by penfions and. finecure places.

I believe in the virtue of riches and vice of poverty---and I believe that all men who do not believe as I believe, will, or ought to be, damned in fecula feculorum. Amen.

A CAVALIER OF THE OLD COURT CUT.