candle-light amusements are now fashionable in France, and in other polifhed countries; and when fuch amusements are much relifhed, they banish the robust exercises of the field. Balls, perhaps, were formerly more frequent in day-light. At prefent, candle-light is the favourable time. The active part is, at that time, equally agreeable, and the fedentary part, more fo.

Thoughts on the Grave of a Child:
By a FATHER.

HERE, here the lies! Oh! could I once more

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Those dear remains; take one more fond adieu;
Weep o'er that face of innocence, or fave
One darling feature, from the noisome grave!
Vain wifh!-now low in earth that form of love
Decays, unfeen, yet not forgot above.

In angel light array'd, beyond the stars,
Some more exalted form her fpirit wears;

The work of God, that beauteous clay, which here
In infant charms fo lovely could appear,

As tho' in nature's niceft model caft,
Exactly polish'd, wrought too fine to laft-

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By the fame pow'rful hand again fhall rife,
To bloom more gay, more lovely in the fkies.
No fickness there can the pure frame annoy,
Nor death prefume God's image to destroy.
Those feats of pleasure, not a tear fhall ftain,
In them not ev'n a wifh fhall glow in vain.
That active mind, intent on trifles here,
Enlarges now to objects worth its care;
Looks down with fcorn upon the toys below,
And burns, with transport, better worlds to know,
Where scenes of glory open to her fight,
And new improvements furnish new delight;
Where friendly angels, for her guidance giv'n,
Lead her, admiring, thro' the courts of heav'n.

No wonder then her course fo fwiftly run,
Like the young eaglet, tow'ring to the fun.
Wing'd for eternal blifs, and plum'd for day,
Her foul, enraptur'd, made fuch haft away,
Impatient to regain its native fhore,

Juft fmil'd at folly, and look'd back no more. That winning nature, and obliging mien, Pleas'd to fee all, by all with pleasure seen. Smiling and fweet as vernal flow'rs new blown, Affociates now with tempers like her own.

Her love to me (how artless and fincere!) Rifes from earth to heav'n, and centers there.

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So pure a flame, heaven's gracious Sire will own, And with paternal love indulgent crown.

Cease, then, frail nature, to lament in vain,
Reafon forbids to wifh her back again;
Rather congratulate her happier fate,
And new advancement to a better state.
This bleffing quick recall'd, can Heav'n beftow,
No more in pity to a father's woe?

Know the famé God, who gave, hath tak'n away,
He orders her to go, and thee to ftay.
Tho' in this vale of mifery, alone,
Deferted, weary, thou fhould'ft travel on,
Still be refign'd, my foul! his will be done.

Efcap'd from life, and all its train of ills,
Which, ah! too fure, the hoary pilgrim feels,
To fhorter trial doom'd, and lighter toil,
Ere fin could tempt her, or the world defile.
She, favour'd innocent, retires to reft,
Taftes but the cup of forrow, and is bleft.

Such the mild Saviour to his arms receives,
And the full bleffings of his kingdom gives.
There angels wait, fubmiffive, round his throne,
To praise his goodnefs in thefe infants fhewn.
Amidst that gentle throng, how heav'nly bright
Distinguish'd Lucy fhines, fair ftar of light!

Short,

Short, yet how pleafing, was her vifit here,
She's now remov'd to grace a nobler sphere.
There, while thy much lov'd parents mourn below,
Thou, happy child! fhall not our forrows know.
Eternal joys be thine, full anthems raise,
And glad all heav'n with thy Creator's praise.

ANECDOTE

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Henry Plantagenet,

DUKE OF LANCASTER.

HE Battle of Tarifa had raised the reputation

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of Don Alonzo XI. to fuch a pitch throughout Christendom, that Henry Plantagenet, duke of Lancaster, earl of Derby, Lincoln and Leicester, great grandfon to Henry the III. and Grandfather to Henry IV. commanding at this time, the English forces in Guienne, obtained leave from Edward III. to ferve a campaign under Don Alonzo, in the fiege of Algeziras; of his acts of Chivalry the chronicle makes particular mention. An Anecdote which reflects honour on the English in general, a nation famous for heroic virtue, and noble deeds of arms, and on the auguft defcend

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ants of this brave prince, whofe valour and martial
spirit brought him fo many leagues to ferve in the
dangerous fiege of a Town, defended by 30,000
men, and covered by the whole power of Granada,
in a camp fickly and wanting neceffaries.

On his arrival in Spain, being informed that a
Battle was daily expected to be fought between
the Chriftians and the united troops of the Bene-
marines and the King of Granada, he haftened his
march, and made fuch diligence, that, when he
arrived in Seville, only the Earl of Salisbury, and
four of his knights, had been able to follow him.
They were honourably received by the English
factory, and lodged at their House.

Henry brought with him feveral companies of Horfe, and was received by Don Alonzo XI. with all the marks of efteem due to his high Birth.-He foon fignalized his valour, in an action, wherein the impetuofity of his courage carried him beyond his followers, and in the midst of the barbarians; but on being fuccoured he drove them back to the town.-Two English knights out of excefs of valour, followed them within the gates, fhewing to the astonished barbarians, the undaunted Spirit of our forefathers, which, transmitted without a blot or blemish to their fons, has raised the Britifh em

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