MOTO MELANCHOLYA O MELANCHOLY, sweetly musing maid! That lov'st to take thy mournful midnight round, Oft, plaintful pow'r, when evening, glimm'ring pale, Ah! Nymph, of worl when o'er my mould'ring breast And shed thy tear of pity on my grave! My soul shall bless thee from her kindred sky, And Heaven's applauding seraphs love thy streaming eye! ALBERT THE MARINER. yo WIDE o'er the world of waves when sweeps the blast, Ascends the giddy shrouds with fearless soul;" Who, on the distant shore, awakes to weep; ་ THE FEMALE GRAMMARIAN A Kiss," said young Charles, is a noun, we allow; alia 312 But tell me, my dear, is it proper or common? Lovely Myra blush'd deep, and exclaim'd- Why, I vow, "I think that a kiss is both PROPER and COMMONI .T.H AMATORY EJACULATION. BY MR. GRAY, THE ENGLISH PINDAR. WITH Beauty, with Pleasure surrounded, to languish Sighs sudden and frequent ;" looks ever dejected— 71 -:m vihaal d 1 THE BANKER OF LOVE Ar the Court of Olympus, assembled by Jove," LOA So in pity to mortals they sent him below, That happiness flows from this Banker alone. A At home and abroad, or in peace or in war, His currency never descends below par; MA Whether good news or bad, whether Stocks rise or fall, The bills of this Banker ne'er lower at all For their holders all know that he ne'er interferes With the deep speculations of Bulls and of Bears. These pensive lines were found among Mr. Gray's MSS. They are a lites rary curiosity, as being the only amatory verses he ever wrote. Sept.] He issues his notes from the eyes of the fair, His cheques are all sign'd by dame Nature's own hand, HONEST JOHN BULL, GLEE AND CHORUS. COMPOSED AND SRT TO MUSIC BY M. C. OF THE TEMPLES HERE'S a health to honest John Bull; When he's gone we shan't find such another; Bade him keep to his church and his king, And then go be merry and sing. Some must govern, and some till the ground, Every Briton has freedom enough, To be HAPPY, as long as he's GOOD. EPIGRAM. CLODIO says that he's himself BIOGRAPHICAL, LITERARY, AND SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE FOR SEPTEMBER 1799. CONDUCTED BY ROBERT BISSET, LL. D. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHER LITERARY GENTLEMEN. THIS NUMBER IS EMBELLISHED WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE LATE JAMES EARL CHARLEMONT, AND A CORRECT MAP OF THE DUTCH PROVINCES. LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY 6. CAWTHORN, PRITISH LIBRARY, NO. 132, STRAND, BOOKSELLER TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES: BOLD ALSO BY MESSRS. RICHARDSON, ROYAL-EXCHANGE; H D. SYMONDS, J. WALLI TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. IN our Number for October will be given a Life of CHARLES JAMES FOX, in which we shall follow the same plan which w. adopted in our Life of William Pitt; we shall endeavour to in esti gate bis intellectual, moral, oratorical, and political character; as well as give a sketch of bis history. We pledge ourselves, ib. no difference of sentiments shall in the least interfere with impartiality, or prevent us from doing, to the utmost of our power, justice to suce 4 subject as, in a country abounding with able men, very rarely oars, We are obliged to a Correspondent who signs himself a Sackvillite; and shail, on a future occasion, make use of the bints with which he has furnished US. When he considers the impracticability of obtaining accurate intermation concerning the variety of characters which fall under our consideration, he will make some indulgence for the errors we unavoidably commit. We shall be thankful to him for information on subjects of biography cr any other. We have received the letter of Octavius, from Stamford; and heartily join with him in his wish of speedily recovering the taste of the Brition Nation from their propensity for German Dramas; and see the Stage, whila was originally intended for the reformation of Vice, upon its former footing. His strictures shall have an early insertion. To convince An Enemy to all Licentiousness" that we mean to adhere to impartiality in our animadversions, his letter in Defence of certain Methodists shall have a place in our next. Mr. Canthate's Introduction to a History of Methodism' shall appear in the succeeding Number. The Hints for the Biography of an illustrious Character, appear to be rather tinctured with party-spleen. They are not sufficiently authenticated to induce us to rely on them implicitly. We shall draw our estimate of his cha racter not from a part but from the chole of his conduct. Several other Favours are received, tion in the next Number. some of which are intended for inser |