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SAY Caroline, must I longer strive

To move your flinty heart? And keep my torture still alive;

By adding to the smart.

Though persevering in my flame,
May be imputed sin :
You surely are the most to blame,
Who raised the flame within.

'Twas thy bright eyes inspir'd the blaze,

That set me all on fire, And from that moment transports rais'd Which never will expire.

I languish, pine and fret all day,

In vain I seek for rest,

And strive for naught, to drive away,

This torture from my breast.

But Cupid tells me when I rage,

His Mistress 'sent him here,' And can I then ill treat the page, Of one to me so dear.

Let-pity melt thy gentle heart,

Nor treat me with disdain, For as by thee.I got the smart, Pray ease me from my pain. JOSEPHUS.

The Miseries of a Winter Evening.

HAS plenty, health, and peace been given,

Grateful, enjoy the gift of heaven, Whose goodness makes your ways so

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even,

And joys imparts,

But let exulting pride be driven
Far from your hearts.

Perchance, a sad reverse may come,

And ye be doom'd to leave your home,

In scanty poverty to roam,'

By friends forgot:

For what has been the fate of some,
May be your lot.

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Then let this truth impress the mind,
And prompt the generous wish refin'd,
That strive the broken heart to bind,
And dries the tear,

And as ye bless so may ye find,
Increase of cheer.

Ah! who can tell what varied ill
The child of want is doom'd to feel?
How many a pang and hopeless chill
Shoots through his breast.
See, how he eyes the scanty meal
For supper drest!

Not all his saving, toil, or care
Affords the wight a better fare;
E'en this, as comfortless and spare,
As it may seem,
A wife and six young children share,
'Pending on him.

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See where the little pratling clan
Croud, shivering round the smoaking

tan :

For now the wife has mov'd the pan That simmer'd there; And smiling, sets before the man Their cheerless fare

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knew how to administer; he artfully and respectfully ventured to blame the baron, for

The enraged baron, in the setting at liberty the prey which

first emotions of his resentment,had been induced to banish from his presence, the woman, who had presumed to despise his offers, and reject his love.

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A momentary hatred took possession of his mind, but it soon gave place to softer sentiments;-her beauty, the simple elegance of her form her unstudied graces,and even the innocence which he meditated to destroy, returned to his imagination, and disappointed passion once raged with greater violence than ever. In the first transports of his anger, he had commanded Du Val to dismiss Bernard with contempt, as an object beneath his future notice; he now summoned again into his presence this trusty messenger, this confidential friend of all his vices. The wily minion soon pacified the peturbed

he had once secured in his net, and advised him to avail himself of the power, that his rank gave him over his dependents, and to take by force the object of his wishes from the cottage of her father; such a method he doubted not would ensure his victory over her stubborn virtue, which probably might be affected only to enhance her consequence ; or which would certainly yield, when fears for the safety of her father should be roused, on her separation from him. This point settled, Du Val obtained the thanks of the baron for his friendly counsels, and the promise of a large gratuity to recompence his services, when by his assistance Emma should be inclosed once more within the castle walls.

When Bernard had received

from his daughter a minute detail of her late visit, although he rejoiced at her present escape, he foresaw her future danger, and trembled at the fatal consequence which might yet ensue. He knew Morenzi to be devoid of every principle of honoer and humanity: he dreaded the iufluence of his power, and felt his own defenceless situation, which he feared would not enable him to protect his devoted child from arbitrary force and lawless violence. After revolving in his mind every possible circumstance, he had worked up his apprehensions to such a height, as to decide suddenly that an immediate flight could afford the only means of security from an enemy so formidable. The

/castle of Brinon was the sole asylum which he could fix on as eligible; there a sister of his late wife had lived for many years superintendant of the family; and here he hoped he might be permitted to conceal his daughter without danger of discovery; it was distant from Bernard's village about twenty miles, and he hoped that they should be able to reach it in a couple of days. He proposed the scheme to Emma, who readily undertook a journey, which would remove her be

yond the power of the dreaded
Morenzi. They had no time
to lose, and, therefore, without
further
further deliberation, began
the preparation necessary for
an expedition so important to
their security. Bernard pru-
dently determined to repose no
confidence in any of his neigh-
bours: although he knew him-
self to be beloved by them suf-
ficiently to secure their secre-
cy, yet he was unwilling to ex-
pose them to the baron's re-
sentment, by entrusting them
with the secret of his journey.
Bernard took with him his lit-
tle store, the honest earnings.
of industrious years: Emma
made up a small parcel of lin-
nen; and neither of them be-.

ing inclined to repose, they
sat down to a simple meal, of
which for the sake of each oth-
er, although devoid of apetite,
they mutually forced them-
selves to partake, that they
night the better be enabled to
encounter the fatigues which
they had to undergo.

eleven, the hour when they had The village clock struck agreed to begin their journey. Emma took a mournful survey of the beloved cottage, where she had passed her life of innocence; she cast her eyes upon her spinning wheel and sighed then turning to a wicker arm

ed chair which was the constant seat of her father, she sunk into it, and burst into tears. Alas,' said she,

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of warbling nightingales,chanting their tuneful song, among the fragrant hedges, or perchance the distant bleating of some wakeful lamb. Emma's delicate frame felt sometimes rather exhausted, and obliged her to rest for a few moments; but her fears did not permit her to indulge long in a repose, which endangered her safety. Bernard comforted her by the assurance, that they approached a village, where there was a public inn; in which they might venture to take some reremembrancefreshment, and where he hop

I had hoped for happy years to come, to watch here the calm repose of him, who gave me being; to tend with duteous affection his declining age, who reared my infancy with anxious love; I, who would wish to be his dearest companion, am doomed to bring sorrow on his silver head!' " replied Bernard, extending his hand to lead her from a spot where fond

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scemed to arrest her lingering || ed to procure a chaise, to con

vey them at an easy distance from the castle of Brinon, and consequently diminish the dan ger of pursuit.

Thus encouraged, the timid Emma moved onward with renewed courage; and the fugatives reached the inn just as a travelling carriage drove into the court yard; while the landlord and his wife were busily

steps, say that my Emma was born to bless her father by her exemplary virtues. I triumph in my child, who nobly prefers honourable indigence to splendid infamy! Let us hasten from impending persecution; let us quit a place,where every moment endangers your liberty and innocence,' Emma started up, cast a fearful look around, and encircling her arm in that of Bernard, they quit-employed in attending to the ted the cottage, passed through newly arrived guests, Bernard the sleeping hamlet, and reach-applied to one of the servants ed the road, which led to their destined asylum. The moon shone in pensive majesty, all was still, the gentle breeze of night wafted refreshing odours, and solemn silence reigned, save the soft notes

to accommodate him and his daughter with a room, until a chaise could be got ready for their use; his request was granted, and they were shewn into a small apartment that "looked into a garden, where

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