Spot of Byron. my youth-my school-boy days! Ah, no! I well remember, though God save thee, scene of by-gone bliss, Year after year, as they have this, May thy endearments last! And when my latest prayer shall be May happiness eternally Bless thee with wit and worth. QUARTETTO. AWAY! Away! Thou broadly glaring eye of day! Away, while cool winds play, The horn from afar Greets the Evening Star, As chastely she peeps from her crystal car. "Tis Eve-'tis Eve Trarah! Trarah! "Tis balmy-breathing, bashful Eve! Whose sighs relieve Such hearts as day did grieve, Ah! now is the hour, When from hall or tower, Maids merrily trip to the green-wood bower. Trarah! Trarah! SONG. THE bird, whose song of gladness Its prison views with sadness, And as it sings, repines. It mourns the clear blue heaven But if the hand of pity To air restores its wings- So I, if once relenting fate My twisted woes would sever, The above pieces were introduced in Abon Hassan, at Drury Lane Theatre on Monday, April 4. 1825. THE LATE DR. PARR. IN the shade of obscurity, and in the midst of privation, he stored his mind with recondite knowledge, fortified his spirit with generous independence, and,finally, by a steady perseverance, made himself master of an unexampled share of ancient learning. In undisputed possession of a reputation thus splendid, it is both important and interesting to know, that Dr. Parr preserved unimpaired the original simplicity of his character; as no difficulty could frighten, so no praise could induce him to relax his habits of industry. Accustomed to the reception of homage, and the exercise of superiority, he never manifested his intellectual eminence in arrogance of manner, or sought, by imperative assertion and dogmatical dispute, to establish a temporary supremacy. Whenever engaged in controversy, his calmness and candour were singularly conspicuous; and, as a critic, he was pre-eminently patient and unspeakably indulgent; none surely ever censured with greater gentleness, nor commended with more unbounded liberality. It is no inconsiderable eulogium, that in "an age of wild opinions," Dr. Parr was wholly free from any tincture of fanaticism, on the one hand, or of scepticism on the other, and that, surrounded by examples of successful subserviency, he was entirely inaccessible to the corruptions of ambitious men. EPIGRAM. I DROPT a thing in verse, without a name: THE SLEEPING WATCHMAN. SOUND sleeps yon guardian of the night, THE THOUGHT. A SONG OF SIMILES. I'VE thought; the fair Narcissa cries, What is it like Sir?" Like your eyes— 'Tis like a chair-'tis like a key'Tis like a purge-'tis like a flea'Tis like a beggar-like the sun"Tis like the Dutch-'tis like the moon"Tis like a kilderkin of ale, 'Tis like a doctor-like a whale." Why are my eyes, sir, like a sword, For that's the thought upon my word. "Ah! witness every pang I feel, The deaths they give, the likeness tell. A sword is like a chair you'll find, Because, 'tis most an end behind, 'Tis like a key, for 'twill undo one : 'Tis like a purge, for 'twill run through one : 'Tis like a flea, and reason good, 'Tis often drawing human blood." Why like a beggar;" You shall hear : "Tis like the Dutch, we plainly see, The moon?" Why, when all's said and done When country sheriff comes t' address him, On him, before him kneeling low, This o'er his shoulders glittering bright, And gives the glory to the knight (night :) For it's not long in drawing out, "But since all swords are swords, d'ye see, THE HAYMARKET THEATRE. AS opened for the first time in 1821. It is W situated, as its name imports, in the Haymarket, almost on the site of the original building, which was erected in 1702, and was at one time occupied by the celebrated Foote. The designs for this elegant and commodious building were made by Mr. Nash. The front is ornamented with a lofty portico, supported by six columns of the Corinthian order, over which are nine circular windows connected together by very rich sculpture. The interior is larger than that of the old house, but is smaller than any of the regular theatres. It contains two tiers of boxes, besides two rows of side boxes; that for the king is tastefully fitted up, and so placed as to enable its occupant to have a good view of the stage, and to be seen by the audience at the same time. The pit and galleries are well adapted both for seeing and hearing, and the modes of ingress and egress are far superior to those of the old building, with the exception of the pit entrance, all the staircases being built of stone. The coiners of the interior are ornamented with four immense palm-trees, richly gilt; and the boxes are extremely light and airy. This theatre is licensed to exhibit regular dramas, during the summer; but is much injured by the novel practice of keeping open the larger houses till the end of July. NO. XXIII. |