Charm'd with the fight, the world, I cried,
Shall hear of this thy deed,
My dog shall mortify the pride
Of man's fuperior breed;

But, chief, myself I will enjoin,
Awake at duty's call,

To show a love as prompt as thine
To Him who gives me all.

ON THE RECEIPT OF

MY MOTHER'S PICTURE

OUT OF NORFOLK.

THE GIFT OF MY COUSIN ANN BODHAM.

On that those lips had language! Life has pass'd
With me but roughly fince I heard thee last.
Those lips are thine-thy own sweet smiles I see,
The fame that oft in childhood solaced me;
Voice only fails, else, how distinct they say,
"Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away!"
The meek intelligence of those dear eyes
(Blest be the art that can immortalize,
The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim
To quench it) here shines on me still the fame.
Faithful remembrancer of one so dear,
Oh welcome guest, though unexpected, here!
Who bidd'st me honour with an artless song,
Affectionate, a mother lost so long.
I will obey, not willingly alone,

But gladly, as the precept were her own;
And, while that face renews my filial grief,
Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief-

Shall steep me in Elyfian reverie,

A momentary dream, that thou art she.

My mother! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou confcious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy forrowing fon, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in blissAh that maternal smile! it antwers-Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee flow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long figh, and wept a last adieu! But was it such ?-It was - Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a found unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting found shall pass my lips no more! Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of a quick return. What ardently I wish'd, I long believ'd, And, difappointed stili, was still deceiv'd; By disappointment every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant forrows spent,

I learn'd at last submission to my lot,

But, though I less deplor'd thee, ne'er forgot.

Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more,

Children not thine have trod my nurs'ry floor;
And where the gard'ner Robin, day by day,
Drew me to school along the public way,
Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapt
In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet capt,
'Tis now become a history little known,
That once we call'd the past'ral house our own.
Short liv'd poffeffion! but the record fair,
That mem'ry keeps of all thy kindness there,
Still outlives many a storm that has effac'd
A thousand other themes less deeply trac'd.
Thy nightly visits to my chamber made,
That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid;
Thy morning bounties ere I left my home,
The biscuit or confectionary plum;
The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestow'd,
By thy own hand, till fresh they shone and glow'd:
All this, and, more endearing still than all,
Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall,
Ne'er roughen'd by those cataracts and breaks
That humour interpos'd too often makes ;
All this still legible in mem'ry's page,
And still to be so, to my latest age,
Adds joy to duty, makes me glad to pay
Such honours to thee as my numbers may;

Perhaps a frail memorial, but fincere,
Not scorn'd in heaven, though little notic'd here.

Could time, his flight revers'd, restore the hours When playing with thy vesture's tissued flowers, The violet, the pink, and jassamine, I prick'd them into paper with a pin, (And thou wast happier than myself the while, Would'st softly speak, and stroke my head and smile) Could those few pleasant hours again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart-the dear delight Seems so to be defir'd, perhaps I might.But no-what here we call our life is such, So little to be lov'd, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again.

Thou, as a gallant bark from Albion's coaft (The storms all weather'd and the ocean cross'd) Shoots into port at some well-haven'd ifle, Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile, There fits quiefcent on the floods that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated with incenfe play Around her, fanning light her streamers gay; So thou, with fails how swift! hast reach'd the shore " Where tempefts never beat nor billows roar*,"