LOVE. LOVE NOT OF THIS EARTH. Oh, Love! no inhabitant of earth thou art; The mind hath made thee as it peoples heaven, And to a thought such shape and substance given, LOVE DEALS IN REPETITIONS. Byron. Love fondly dwells on repetitions. Shakspeare. L LOVE IMMORTAL. They sin, who tell us Love can die : In heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of hell. Its holy flame for ever burneth. From heaven it came,-to heaven returneth. At times receiv'd,-at times oppress'd. It here is tried and purified,· Then hath, in heaven, its purest rest. Southey. LINES On a young Lady who frequented the British Museum Gardens, retiring to the Country. BY PETER PINDAR. The shepherds, alas! have prevail'd Yet this is not all, let me say, For she bore all the Graces away, And the Loves would not tarry behind. GALLANTRY OF POTEMKIN. who There are a certain description of persons, may be said always to carry their wits about them; like one going a journey, providing himself with various coins, in order to answer with promptitude, and without loss or difficulty, the different claims made on his purse, during his progress. In this class, we may place Prince Potemkin. On the day of the Revolution in Russia, in the year 1762, which deposed Peter III. and secured to his wife, Catherine II., the imperial crown, she mounted on horseback, habited in the uniform of the Guards, which was hastily procured for the occasion, and rode past the ranks, displaying that confidence and attention, so necessary at that time, and so fascinating to all. The hat, with which she had been so hastily supplied, happened to be without the plume worn by the Guards; and the Empress, unwilling to lose a moment, at a time so critical, proceeded without it. Potemkin, then a young ensign, soon observed it, and immediately, with enthusiasm and respect, rode up to offer her his. The horse on which he was mounted, being accustomed to form into the squadron, was some time before he could be brought to quit the side of that of her majesty, and she could not avoid remarking the grace and agility displayed by him on the occasion; and although it produced no very prominent results, at the time, it ultimately led the way to her affection, and confirmed his fortune. He died October 15th, 1791, laden with honours and appointments; the possessor of immense riches, in the whole, supposed to amount, at least, to a million. THE CONJURER. I was not aware, till within these few days, For, once, I remember, with cups and with balls, When the vanishing toys left their cups at his calls, Now you have this power,-but why, my love, start? I engage the assertion to prove ; For your beauty, I'm sure, has robb'd me of my heart, · By the presto pass mighty of love. Ah, then, lovely juggler! take pity, and deign, By a new trick, to lighten my heart of its pain, And seeing I cannot, without a heart, rest, By giving me back that which once I possess'd,- MADRIGAL. TRANSLATED FROM CAMOENS BY LORD STRANGFORD, The heart that warm'd my guileless breast In pity thus the thief betray'd- And sure if love be in the right, (And was love ever in the wrong ?) To thee, my first and sole delight, |