And May of beauty crown'd: And brighter days in better skies; Now is the morning of thy day: 'Tis Nature's voice—' O! pull the rose, What youth, high-favour'd of the skies, Whose conscious eyes shall meet with thine? Not happier the primeval Pair, TO SLEEP. In vain I court, till dawning light, Oh, Sleep! though banish'd from these eyes, In visions fair to DELIA rise; And o'er a dearer form diffuse Thy healing balm, thy lenient dews. Blest be her night, as infant's rest Remove the terrors of the night, Lead her aloft to blooming bowers, And golden skies, and glittering streams, Venus! present a lover near; His woes, who, lonely and forlorn, Counts the slow clock from night till morn. Ah! let no portion of my pain, And wake with Daphnis in her mind. THOMAS PERCY. 1764. Doctor in Divinity, and Bishop of Dromore in Ireland. This venerable prelate appeared first as the author of "Hou Kiou, a Chinese Romance," in 4 vols. in the year 1761. In 1765 his lordship published the "Reliques of Antient English Poetry," in 3 vols. ; and a ballad entitled the "Hermit of Warkworth," in 1771. Although a faithful and diligent pastor of the flock over which he has so long presided, the Bishop of Dromore does not appear to have contested for the palm of theological distinction. His lordship has a family. O NANCY, wilt thou go with me, No longer deck'd with jewels rare, O Nancy! when thou'rt far away, Extremes of hardship learn to bear, E O Nancy! can'st thou love so true, Wilt thou assume the nurse's care; And when, at last, thy love shall die, CHARLES JAMES FOX. 1768. Second son of Henry Fox, created Baron Holland in 1763, the Hon. Charles James Fox was born on the 13th of January 1749. His public education commenced at Westminster, was continued at Eton, and completed at Oxford. At the age of eighteen he visited the Continent: and in March 1768, when nineteen years old, be became a member of parliament, for Midhurst in Sussex! Early in 1772 he received from Lord North a seat at the Admiralty Board, and was afterwards appointed one of the Lords of the Treasury. After his dismission from office in 1774, Mr. Fox is reported to have dissipated a property of 4000l. a year, the greater portion of which had devolved to him by the death of his father, Lord Holland. Commencing oppositionist, he was returned one of the representatives for Westminster, at the election of 1780. Under the transitory administration of Marquis Rockingham, Mr. Fox sustained the office of one of the Principal Secretaries of State. On his coalition with North, by whom he had been divested of power directly after Rockingham's decease, he again obtained an efficient share in the government; a situation, however, from which he found himself compelled to retreat on the failure of his India Bill, in 1783. His conduct throughout the late war induced his Majesty to erase the name of Fox, distinguished as it was, from the ordinary list of privy-counsellors. Mr. Fox still continues the antagonist of Mr. Pitt, notwithstanding reported overtures from that Minister towards effecting a cordial co-operation among the dissentient parties. Mrs. Crewe, to whom Mr. Fox addressed the following lines, is frequently celebrated by the beaux of the latter age. In an Ode to Lady Isabella Stanhope, by the Hon. Temple Luttrell, it is considered a sufficient compliment |