We have received the like anfwer from J. Drew and B. Rowfe, of Tywardreth; R. Cuming, of Modbury; a Conftant Reader; J. Browning, of Bickington; and J. Reynolds, of Falmouth.

Anfwer, by a Conflant Reader, to W. Weftcott's Enigma, inferted August 18.

We have received the like anfwer from John Higgins, of Mr. Hannaford's fchool, Afhburton; R. Cuming, of Modbury; Sobrius, of Chedzoy; J. S. of Shepton-Mallet; J. Browning, of Bickington; T. Rennel, of Falmouth; and J. Drew, of Tywardreth.

A QUESTION, by J. Quant, of Hinton St. George. ADMIT the height of the pole 510 30' and the complement of the fun's amplitude 50°. Required the

time from midnight,

An ANAGRAM, by J. Drew, of Tywardreth.

In page 336, in the third line from the bottom, for 'Tis te clhink,

read 'Tis the clink, &c.

POETRY.

PO E T R Y.

4 CHARM for ENNUI: A MATRIMONIAL BALLAD.

By WILLIAM HAYLEY, Efq.

E couples who meet under love's smiling ftar,
Too gentle to kirmish, too foft e'er to jar,
Though cover'd with rofes from joy's richest tree,
Near the couch of delight lurks the dæmon ennui.

Let the mufes' gay Tyre, like Ithuriel's bright fpear,
Keep this fiend, ye fweet brides, from approaching your ear;
Since you know the fquat toad's infernál esprit,

Never liften, like Eve, to the devil ennui.

Let no gloom of your hall, no fhade of your bower,
Make you think you behold this malevolent power;
Like a child in the dark, what you fear you will fee :
-Take courage, away flies the phantom ennui.

O truft me, the powers both of perfon and mind
To defeat this fly foe, full fufficient you'll find;
Should your eyes fail to kill him, with keen repartee
You can fink the flat boat of th' invader ennui.

If a cool non chalance o'er your spofo thould spread,
(For vapours will rife e'en on Jupiter's head,)
O ever believe it from jealoufy free,

A thin paffing cloud, not the fog of ennui.

Of tender complainings, though love be the theme,
O believe, my fweet friends, 'tis a dangerous fcheme;

And

And though often 'tis try'd, mark the pauvre mari,
Thus by kindness inclos'd in the coop of ennui.

Let confidence, rifing fuch meanness above,
Drown the difcord of doubt in the mufic of love;
Your duette shall thus charm in the natural key,
No sharps from vexation, no flats from ennui.

But to you, happy husbands, in matters more nice,
The mufe, though a maiden, now offers advice;
O drink not too keenly your bumper of glee;
Ev'n extacy's cup has fome dregs of ennui.

Though love for your lips fill with nectar his bowl,
Though his warm bath of bleffings infpirit your foul,
O fwim not too far on rapture's high fea,
Left you fink unawares in the gulph of ennui.

Impatient of law, paffion oft will reply,
"Against limitations I'll plead till I die;"
But chief juftice nature rejects the vain plea,
And fuch culprits are doom'd to the gaol of ennui.

When husband and wife are of honey too fond,
They're like poifon'd carp at the top of a pond;
Together they gape o'er a cold difh of tea,
Two muddy fick fish in the net of ennui.

Of indolence moft, ye mild couples beware,

For the myrtles of love often hide her soft snare;
The fond doves in their net from his pounce cannot flee,
But the lark in the morn 'fcapes the dæmon ennui.

Let chearful good-humour, that fun-fhine of life,
With fmiles in the maiden, illumine the wife,
And mutual attention, in equal degree,
Keep Hymen's bright chain from the ruft of ennui.

To the graces together, O fail not to bend,
And both to the voice of the mufes attend;
So Minerva for you fhall with Cupid agree,
And preferve your chaste flame from the fmoke of ennui.

YE

For the WEEKLY ENTERTAINER.

MEMENTO MORI.

Ye gay,

E fair ones, bleft with beauty's tranfient charms; who riot in excess of blifs; Ye avaricious, ever grafping wealth; Ye atheists, boafting that there is no God; Ye drunkards, changing man into a beaft; Ye luftful, ever feeking earthly joys; Ye fons of rapine, violence, and wrong; Ye high and low, of whatsoever state; Ye finners, Aying in the face of God; Prepare for death!

Bristol, September 22, 1783.

TASSO.

EPITAPH on Mifs ROSE.

ENEATH this fod reclines that bashful flower,

Yet one fhort space its vigour fhall enliv❜n, And bloom a fairer, fweeter rofe in heav'n. North Stoneham.

THE

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WEEKLY ENTERTAINER.

For MONDAY, October 27, 1783.

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For the WEEKLY ENTERTAINER.

ON SLAVERY. NUMBER III.

Gentleman newly come from Virginia, where he has lived. thefe ten years paft, and whofe veracity may be depended upon, entertained me with an accident of fo extraordinary a nature, which happened not long fince there, that I thought it. might deferve a place in your Weekly Entertainer. It is the genuine ftory of a planter of that country, who was owner of a confiderable number of flaves inftead of regarding them as human creatures, and of the fame fpecies with himself, ufed them with the utmoft cruelty, whipping and torturing them for the flighteft faults.-One of thefe, thinking any change preferable to flavery under fuch a barbarian, attempted to make his efcape among the mountain Indians, but, unfortunately, was taken, and brought back to his master. Poor Arthur (fo he was called) was immediately ordered to receive three hundred lashes ftark naked, which were to be given him by his fellow flaves, among whom happened to be a new negro, purchased by the planter the day before. This flave, the moment he saw the unhappy wretch deftined to the lafhes, flew to his arms, and embraced him with the utmost tenderness: the other returned his tranfports, and nothing could be more moving than their mutual bemoaning each other's misfortunes.

Their mafter was foon given to understand that they were countrymer, and intimate friends, and that Arthur had forVOL. II. 43.

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