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The tears that burn

on every cheek,

And gush from ev'ry eye; The trembling lips that cannot speak What promts the heaving sigh,

Tho' strong the marh our grief and woe, for those who'll ne'er return; How weak, alas! the pangs the show, with which our hearts are torn.

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Vice-President and Treasurer of the Juvenile sons of Erin.'

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Apollo struck the enchanting Lyre, The Muses sung in strains alternate."

For the Lady's Miscellany.
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The following lines were occasioned by
reading a small work written by the
Rev. John Stanford, entitled the
LORDS DAY.

How has this work my soul inspir'd,
To keep my God's all just command;
Tis Stanfords zeal, my soul has fir'd,
And pointed out his small demands.

Thy faith, and pious love will meet
In realms on high, a rich reward;
Where seraphs smiles thy coming greet,
Thy Saviours love and blest regard.

The sacred truth thou dost impart,
That all like thee, might blessings share,
I will engrave it on my heart,
And for a happier world prepare.

Our adoration, holy; pure,
Is fram'd for none but God above;
For him each pain should we endure,
And he alone possess our love.

But it is love, so chaste, divine,
Not such as we for mortals feel;
Where e'er we turn his beauties shine,
And all his glory doth reveal.

Thou'st taught us to respect the day, And rev'rence all our Lords commands:

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OR,

WEEKLY

THE

VISITOR.

FOR THE USE AND AMUSEMENT OF BOTH SEXES.

VOL. XIV.

Saturday, March 14,.....1812.

EXTRACTED.

FROM

THE FOUNDLING OF

BELGRADE.

'Come, my boy,' cried he, remarking the transport painted on my countenance, let us review those troops already renowned in war, whose victorious career have often driven back the flower of the russian army; and at whose veteran discipline even the divan trembles and feels dismayed.'

I had now an opportunity of ascertaining the strength of a fortress in which nature and art united to render impregnable. Situated upon an eminence whose base was formed of one solid mass, Aked all around by

ed rocks, and commanding the full view of an incredible extent of country. The walls and battlements, towering to the clouds, were lined with heavy ordance; and garrisoned by some thousands of troops, whose discipline and martial appearance seemed to bid defiance to an host. I have the power to give you but an imperfect outline of those feelings which possessed my breast at

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that moment. Such a spectacle I
had never withsessed dreamt I
never had of half the glory of a sol-
dier's life. Now was I amid the
destructive implements of war-
their clashing sound vibrated in
pleasant ecstacy; and as the tear
of joy trembled on the eyelid, I
swore eternal wedlock to a life of
arms! Inchanted with all I saw,
I was already a self-created hero.
Completely infected with a milita-
ry mania, boy as I was, my young
heart panted for an opportunity of
signalizing myself by some exploit
of desperate enterprize. Delighted
with the eager curiosity which di-
rected my inquisitiveness in all
things, the governor discovered a
solicitude for my instruction which
told me he was not displeased at
my remaks. The parade having
finished, he led me back to the
anon in which webreakfasted, and
pointing out the chamber allotted
for me, he left me to seek that re-
pese of which he was sure I stood
in much need, while he issued out
the orders of the day.

The appartments assigned to me was an epitome of the splendor of the first. Indeed the style and magnificence of the whole was unequalled by any thing I had ever

'Admirable, O admirable!' exclaimed Bernard, interrupting him with affected peals of laughter. Hear him, ye Gods-is this the stoic Alfonso ?--where are now his sombre passions!-he could smile at my description of a mistress and lo!

witnessed. From my school-books I had formed an idea of the palace of a prince; and the pages of juvenile romance had introduced me to the imaginary wiles of inchantment. What I now beheld seemed to outstrip the one, and to complete the reality of the other. Criterion there were none, because there were no comparison between idea and reality. Was it a dream? and the rich drapery of all, the fantasy of the imagination? the impalpable substance of aerial mock---borrow nothing adventitious from

ery? no such thing. It was no vision-all was identity. Thus puzzling my brain with unavailing reflections exhausted nature closed my eyes in sleep.

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The comparison is odious," cried Alfonso, a little peevish: you painted the charms of a mistress you never saw. I use no art

report-ny eyes perused the ori ginal; and the unimpaired faculty of memory yields up the pristine colors to description.'

Bernard with a sigh owned this was true; and Alfonso perceiving he had fouched the sensibility of his friend, was sorry for the wanton attack of which he had been guilty. Affecting disregard to the wound he had given he continued:

er.

Towards noon I was awoke by a female slave who came to attend me in obedience to her lord. Too young to inhale the transports from the rays of beauty, I yet only estimated the sex by the soft caresses of affection. But now, Bernard, (continued Alfonso) methinks I see the bewitching form that fondled me in her arms-bore me to the perfumed bath, and with her own hands dressed me in a suit of embroidered purple. Back I look upon the past, and find the record on the memory true. How sweet the expressive countenance that eye how soft and languishing that hair in jetty ringlets artlessly play-nights: she feared the frequent ing on a bosom of unrivalled symmetry! that angelic person! that fascinating negligee of attire! O, exquisite perfection!-look where it stands, the master-piece of hea.

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She was indeed what I have described, but to me a second mothFrom that moment I began to feel the loss of her who had hitherto performed to me those duties, and to cease even to think I ever had a parent. For the first fortnight of my residence in the fortress, she was the companion of my

challenging of the sentinels upon the ramparts, and the clamorous bustling of the patroles as they performed their circuit beneath my window, would dis tub my slumbers and produce alarm. Many a

customed to command,there glowed undaunted firmness in his countenance unincumbered in his address, and possessing the utmost placability in his manners, he had the happy art of putting diffidence at ease. Daily acquiring a know

time have I awoke to hear her
sigh and to find my cheek bedew.
ed by tears she sought to shed un-
seen. Often would I inquire into
the cause of her grief, cling round
her neck and kiss away the tear.
Still she sighed, and wept, till
soothed by my caresses, or touch-ledge in the art of war, my milita-

ed by my distress, she became herself again. Twas long ere I could wrest from her the secret of her despondency-long before I tould discover the most remote cause of her unhappiness. It is a distressing tale, but I must reserve it for a future hour. Unhappy Fatima ! for such was the name of her whose image no time can efface.

'I shall not fatigue you,' continned Alfonso,' with every minute transaction which occurred at the fortress of, I resided there upwards of six years, and could dwell with enthusiasm upon the various exploits of the troops, the superior mind and exalted virtues of their leader; but much as is the pleasure I should experience, I must for the present postpone a narrative of particulars.' Day after day passed by and the first month ended as it began. The same attachment which had marked my first reception from the chief, was still perceptible. It seemed indeed to augment rather thas to diminish. My affection for my protector increased with our acquaintance. His disposition ever mild and gentle, never for a monient reminded me of despondence. Prompt to decide, and ac

ry ardor kept pace with the progress of instruction. Nor was this the only science taught me by the erudite Kyoprili. Master of the various languages of Europe: versed in the history of each surrounding nation: skilled in arms: profound as a politician-he seemed to delight is the idea of making me equal to himself. He was pleased to regard me as a lad of genius, and, when unimploved in the public duties of his office, my progress in the attainment of his vast lore was the acceptation which he sought.

Six years (as I have already said, continued Alfonso) had almost elapsed when one morning Kyoprili summoned me to his li brary. He commenced by telling he had received a dispatch from Constantinople which announced an inmediate Russian war. The enemy,' said he, have sounded the tocsin, and his army is already on its march. This fortress commands the principal pass on our frontiers. Against us 'tis expect ed will be directed their principal operations, and I am commanded to prepare for their attack. An augmentation to our force I look for every day. An army of reserve

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