158 FUGITIVE POETRY. LINES TO MARY. OUR little bark bad spread her sail, Till high on yonder rocky steep, Bright in the horizon purpling far, And mark'd the faintly fading star. But not the morning opening bright Gave such a swell of joy to me, As did the blackest low'ring night Beneath whose shade I've stole to thee. So close round Nature's charms as mine. I took the moment, fancy free, And pray'd the breeze that sweeps these hills, To me a church-yard is a pleasing walk, With sainted solitude I there can talk, Mid tombs and tell-tale epitaphs I stand, I, soon, may join my kindred dust below! pow'r? For Conscience bids me from myself to fly! Fain could I envy those, who peaceful sleep Oh God! my soul with fervent zeal inspire THE SWEETS OF LIFE. WHAT'S more pleasing to the eye, Than the voice that speaks to cheer? If by fate we're doom'd to roam, What's more sweet thau thoughts of home? What's so welcome as a friend? Sweet's the lovely modest rose, ANACREON ON HIMSELF. From the Greek. BY THE REV. W. FAULKNER. ON beds with odours, sweet diffuse, Whilst love, so trim, shall bring me wine, THE MANIAC. WRITTEN IN BEDLAM. HARK! hark! what murm'ring sounds of woe Say, what could tempt her from such bliss, The worthies cheer. At Isambard's command, Order and confidence resume their sway; In silence, step by step, Gonsalvo's band Arriv'd, pour o'er the ramparts their array: Gonsalve, Adrian's friend whom faith endear'd, Receiv'd, where Toscanella's walls we spy, That feudal power his ancestors had rear'd; And Rome esteem'd his truth, zeal, bravery, A rural sceptre thus his dukedom wou, And two-fold potency gave vigour to his throne. HOPE. "Hope springs eternal in the human breast." POPE. 'MIDST the wild'rings of care, and the torments of strife, That darken and sadden our path to the tomb, [life, Ab! what could induce us to struggle through If Hope, smiling Hope, did not brighten the gloom! The chaplet that Sorrow had steep'd in her tears, Its roses all drooping, all wither'd and pale, Reviv'd by her breath, far more dazzling appears [the gale. Than when it was scattering its balms on O come, then, enchantress! and shed o'er my soul A beam of thy radiance to lighten its woe; And while thy gay vision illusively roll, I'll worship the spell, though its falsehood For long in my bosom, corrosive and stern, Hath wild Disappointment exerted its way; Yet still to the finger of Hope will I turn, That points in the distance an unclouded day. And will it return, that clear white dawning moru, O'er which no more tempests of anguish shall rave? Hope whispers it will, for, extracting the thorn, Thy bosom shall tranquilly rest in the grave. * Toscanella is an acient Etrurian city, about thirty-five miles north of Rome. It is the country of the illustrious Fernandez Gonsalvo,who served under Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, at the close of the fifteenth, or beginning of the sixteenth century. 155 And clear shall eternity's morning arise, And bright and unfading thy happiness glow, Tho' lost upon earth, 'twill be found in the skies, Untarnish'd by falsehood, unsullied by woe! THE HEROINE OF SARAGOZA. The following beautiful lines are from Lord Byron's late Poem, entitled, 6. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." They are devoted to the fame of the Maid of Saragoza. Is it for this the Spanish Maid arous'd, And she, whom ouce the semblance of a scar Now views the column-scattering bay’net jar, The faulchion flash, and o'er the yet warm dead Stalks with Minerva's step where Mars might quake to tread. Ye who shall marvel when you hear her tale, O! had you known her in her softer hour, Mark'd her black eye that mocks her coalblack veil, Heard her light lively tones in Lady's bower, Seen her long locks that foil'd the painter's power, Her fairy form, with more than female grace, FASHIONS FOR APRIL, 1812. EXPLANATION OF THE PRINTS OF FASHION. No. 1.-WALKING DRESS. A three quarters pelisse, of dark willowgreen sarsnet, or fine Merino cloth, worn over a round dress of fine India muslin, richly embroidered, and trimmed round the bottom with lace, put on rather full. The pelisse made round in the skirt, like the short Indian coat; and trimmed round the throat and wrists with swansdown; faced in front and trimmed round the bottom with broad stripes of black velvet ; military front, with two rows of mother-ofpearl buttons, fastened down the front of the skirt with one row of the same and alternate tassels, the colour of the pelisse, which is confined at the waist by a gold belt. Yeoman's hat of the same colour, materials, and ornaments as the pelisse, and finished in front with a fiat ostrich feather. Half-boots of light fawn coloured kid, laced with dark willow green in front. Limerick gloves of pale straw colour. No. 2.-EVENING DRESS, loured crape twisted in the front, the sam colour as the gown, and fa. tened on the crown with a ruby ornament to correspond with the broaches. Earrings of one large pearl, of the pear form, with a single row as a necklace to correspond; bracelets of two rows of pearl, clasped by one large ruby. White satia slippers, with very small rosettes of the same; and white kid gloves. A fine Cachemire shawl, of very pale buff colour, is thrown over this dress at the conclusion of visits, the Opera, &c. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON FASHION AND DRESS. Fashion renews her form a thousand times in every season; yet swift and changeable as she is, we boast the power of catching her as she flies, for London must ever be acknowledged the seat of her empire, and the place where her laws are most scrupulously execut bow before her shrine, and though many af fect to smile at her changes, yet she finds imi tators every where, even amongst the natives of our African colonies. A velvet, or gossamer satin gown, of brighted; yet her power is unlimited, distant climes amaranth, ruby, or cinnebar brown, with a demi-train, trimmed round the bottom, bosom, and sleeves with a light tassel fringe, of the frivolite kind, of the same colour; apron of white crape, sarsuet, or lace, ornamented with the same; sleeves of white satin, or of mate. rials correspondent with the apron; these short sleeves made rather nearer to the elbow than formerly, and formed after the chemisette style. The body of the gown richly ornamented with beads or pearl, crossed like the ribband braciers, and confined at the bosom by a bright ruby broach, set round with pearl. The waist confined by two rows of beads or pearl, and fastened in front with a broach, the same as that on the bust. A lace half handkerchief, with a border richly embroidered in Coloured silks, tied carelessly round the neck. Moorish turban of white satin and cc The three quarter pelisse, and the yeoman's bat, is the most favourite dress for walking; and the cold month of March has again caused the warm velvet, and other winter articles of dress, to be as much in requisition as in the more gelid season of winter's reign: though India muslins, of every description, particalarly the fine Decca, are in peculiar favour, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather in the commencement of the month of March; and, indeed, under the three quarter pelisse, there is no dress so appropriate as those which are either fabricated either of cambric or muslin A large coat of Merino cloth, of the wrapping kind, is also much worn, and on a few |