...of gain; Teach him that states, of native strength possest, Tho* very poor, may yet be very blest; That Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...time defy. As rocks resist the billows and- the sky." May 21, 1(07. ART. XV. The Ruminator. Containing a series of moral and sentimental Essays. IP. IX....

...written by a greater than Goldsmith, assures us, ' That trade's proud empire hastes to swift dec»y, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away : While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows of the sky.' Who is so insensible to the charms of fiction, as in this passage to lament the absence...

...gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest; That Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HERMIT. [PARNELL.] FAK in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev'rend Hermit grew...

...may still be very blest; That trade's prond empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labor'd mole away ; 'While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HERMIT. " nnURN, gentle Heraiit of the dale, And guide my lonely way, To where yon taper cheers...

...gnin ; Teach him that states, of nativeslrt'iigth possest, Though very poor, may siill be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labor'd mole away ; While self dependent pow'r can time defy, A; rocks resist the billows and the sky....

...gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labor'd mole away ; While self-dependant power can time defy. As rocks resist the billows and the sky....

...gain: Teach him that states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. FOUR ELEGIES; DESCRIPTIVE AND MORAL. SCOTT. ELEGY I. WRITTEN AT THE APPROACH OF SPRING. STERN Winter...

...him, that State*, of native strength posrti-s'd, " Though very poor, may still be very bless'd ; " That Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, " As ocean sweeps the labour 'd mole'ana}' ; " While self-dependent pow'r can time dtfy, " As rocks resist the billuns and...

...still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labonr'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE GIFT. TO IRIS, IN BOW-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. oAY, cruel Iris, pretty rake, Dear mercenary beauty,...

...him that states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest; That Trade,s proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps...Time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky." Whoever is inclined to believe that the writer of these exquisite lines was insensible to the intrinsic...