LUBIN AND HIS DOG TRAY. [From Poems, by G. D. Harley, of the And many a night was heard to figh, Or wether tray'd to field remote, Nor careful he, nor penn'd his cote. Yet not a truftier lad was known To climb the promontory's brow; Befide the brook in vale below. Ne'er forc'd a murmur, or a tear. To every hardthip form'd his frame; To meet protection's foftering power? When mifery marks the natal hour. No friend, no relative had he! His mildeft yeatment-tyranny. It chanc'd that o'er the boundless heath That lurk'd beneath its fnowy bed. . And had he, to their pinching wants, “Then die!”—th' unfeeling mafter said, Which, till he found his favourite lamb, more. Dark was the night, and o'er the wafte With arrowy keenness came the fnow: The callous face of hardieft fwain. And fhap'd his fad uncertain way, And follow'd but by-trufty Tray- Lubin and he were young together: Still would they grace each other's fide, Whate'er the time, whate'er the weather... Unlike to worldly friends were they, Who feparate in fortune's blaft!They ftill were near when fair the sky, But nearer ftill when overcaft. When Lubin's random ftep involv'd His body 'neath the drifted fnow, Tray help'd him forth; and when Tray fell, Poor Lubin dragg'd him from below. Thus, 'midft the horrors of the night, They enter'd on the houseless heath; Nor round about, nor underneath. To light them on their dreary way; Of those who roam and those who The hour of " tardy-gaited night;" No noife, but winds, and fcreams of thofe Ill-omen'd birds that shun the light. Benumb'd at length his fiff'ning joints, His tongue to Tray could scarcely fpeak; His tears congeal'd to icicles; His hair hung clatt'ring 'gainft his cheek. As As thus he felt his falt ring limbs Give omen of approaching death, Aurora from her eaftern hill Rufh'd forth, and ftaid his fleeting breath; And show'd to his imperfect fight The harmlefs caufe of all his woe,His little lambkin, cold and ftiff! Stretch'd on its bed of glift'ning fnow! His heart's heft chord was yet in tune, Unfnapp'd by cold feverity; Touch'd was that chord-his dim eye beam'd, Shiffus'd with fenfibility. 'Tis juft, (he faid) that where thou lieft, The carelefs fhepherd boy fhould lie; Thou died'ft, poor fool! for want of food! I fall, for fuffering thee to die. "But oh, my mafter!-(broken-shortWas every half-word now he fpoke)Severe has been thy conftant will, And galling fure thy heavy yoke. "But yet in all my beft,' have I Without a 'plaint my hardships bore; Rufus!-may all thy pangs be paft Mafter!-my fufferings are no more! "A warmer couch haft thou to press, Secure from cramping frofts thy feet; And could't thou boaft fo free a breast, Thou yet might'ft die a death as sweet. "My trufty dog-that wistful look Is all that makes my poor heart heave; But hie thee home,-proclaim me dead, Forget to think and ceafeto grieve." So faying, fhrunk the hapless youth, Beneath the chilling grafp of death; And, clafping poor Tray's fhaggy neck, Sigh'd gently forth his parting breath! His faithful, fond, fagacious dog Hung watchful o'er his mafter's clay; And many a moan the old fool made, And many a thing he ftrove to fay. He paw'd him with his hard-worn foot; He lick'd him with his fcarce warm tongue; His cold nofe ftrove to catch his breath, As to his clos'd lips clofe it clung. But not a fign of lurking life Thro' all his frame he found to creep; He knew not what it was to die, But knew his mafter did not fleep. For ftill had he his flumbers watch'd, Thro' many a long and difmal night; And rous'd him from his pallet hard, To meet his toil ere morning light. And well his brain remember'd yet, He never patter'd tow'rds his bed, Or lodg'd his long face on his check, But ftraight he flirr'd, or rais'd his head. Yes, he remember'd, and with tears, His loving mafter's kind replies, When 'dumbly he contriv'd to fay, "The cock has crow'd! my mafler, rife!" But now the paw, the scratch, the whine, To howlings chang'd, alone can tell The fufferings of inftinctive love, When fruitless prov'd its fimple fpelf. Great grief affail'd his untaught heart, And quickly laid its victim low! His mafter's cheek, his pillow cold,Their common bed, the colder fnow! 424 BUT PRESENCE. fee! tow'rds eaft the clouds, with ling'ring pace, Retiring flowly long th' expanfive sky; While the bright blue fupplies their va[joy. cant place, And lights my heart to rural mirth and With lightfome ftep Eudora now ap But, if thou com'ft a Sibyl's leaf. Such as did erft high truths declare To tell me Soon fhall end thy grief," I blefs the omen that you bear; For, fure thou tell'ft me that my woe An end like thine at length fhall have; And lie there-till we both fhall cease THE BOUQUET. Addreffed to Mifs S. B. HOW oft my wand'ring eyes have ftray'd, [field, With rapt'rous pleasure o'er each In Flora's lovely els array'd! What fragrance and delight they yield! How oft I've, longing, wifh'd to view The varied fweets together bound! « And, Oh! 'tis granted!-for, in you, The precious prize at last I've found! CANSICUS. Charlotte freet, Rathbone place. here A refuge from the boift'rous fky :This breast affords no happier cheer Than the rude blighting blaft you fly. Cold is the atmosphere of grief, When ftorms affail the heaving breast. Go, then, poor exile, feek relief In bofoms where the heart has reft. Or fall upon th' oblivious ground, Where filent forrows buried lie: There reft is furely to be found—Or what, alas! to hope have I? Where, fepulchred in peace, repofe In yender field the village dead, Go, feek a fhelter among thofe Who all their mortal tears have thed. FOREIGN NE W S. Franconia, Aug. 19. SINCE the convention between the circle of Franconia and general Ernouf has been declared null, the French have again impofed on the city and bi fhopric of Wurtzburg a contribution of five millions of livres, and a requifition | of 600 horfes, and a great quantity of brandy, forage, &c. for the delivery of which they have required fifteen hof tages. At Bamberg, on the 16th, the whole garrifon was drawn up in the market with loaded pieces; when notice was given that a contribution was laid on the city and bishopric, of four millions of livres; befides a requifition of 100,000 fhirts, 100,000 pair of shoes, 50.000 pair of fpatterdafhes, 10,000 pair of boots, and 600 horfes; for the delivery of which they arrefted twenty perfons as hoflages. On the 17th inft. general Jourdain had his head quarters at Sulzbach. The French have fent away all the artillery from Forchheim. Frontiers of Suabia, August 19. On the 13th, an action took place between the republicans and the corps of the prince of Condé, which was very bloody, and ended to the disadvantage of the Condéan troops. Five hundred wounded royalifts were conveyed to the vicinity of Augfbourg. The troops of the prince of Condé have now joined the corps of general Frolich. Cologne, August 19. M. Poiffant, commillary of the directory, has received difpatches, ordering him to fufpend all measures relative both to the organisation of the conquered countries and to the reforms of the clergy. It is evident that this order is an infallible fign of an approaching peace; at the fame time it is a proof that the VOL. XXVII. French government do not infift upon the union of these countries. The following were the pofitions of the Sambre and Meufe army on the 15th. The left ftretched to Pegnitz, in the direction of Steffelstein and Zellitz: the centre to the brook which has its fource in the environs of Zalinftadt, and falls into the Pegnitz above Herfpruch; the right wing was in front of Altorf. on the road to Neumark. The letter, containing the above details, announces that general Moreau has informed general Jourdan of his having, on the 13th, beat the archduke, and forced him to abandon his pofition at Donawerth. General Ferion, on the right bank of the Danube, has been extremely fuccessful. Nuremberg, Aug. 20. There was, the day before yeilerday, an action in the environs of Sulzbach. We are ignorant of the refult; but it appears to have been very ferious; for, fince yellerday, more than 2co waggons of wounded have arrived here. It is faid that the Auftrians drew the French into a valley, where they were expofed to a tremendous fire of grape fhot; the imperial cavalry charged them feven times. We have just received accounts that yefterday afternoon, at three o'clock, the French, after a heavy cannonade, entered the town of Amberg. Yesterday evening we completed the payment of the first part of our contribution of two and an half millions of livres. The greatest order and tranquillity prevail in this city; and it is on ly by the march of the troops and the requifitions, that we know the country to be the theatre of war. This city is likewife to furnish a requifition of 10,000 pair of boots, 50,000 pair of shoes, 50,000 pair of fpatterdalhes, 50,000 3 I shirts, fhirts, and 300 horfes, at four feveral times of delivery. The French have likewife taken all the artillery from the arfenal. Hague, Aug. 20. Our fleet is fill in the Texel, blocked up by the English fleet. The other fhips of war which are in the Meufe and the Vlie, are, however, endeavouring to join the Texel fleet, by taking advantage of fuch winds as blow off the coaft, and force the English to ftand off. It was made the Texel, and we hope that the fquadron which is lying at Helvoetfluys will likewife be able to reach the Texel. Paris, Aug. 20. It is abfolutely true that negotiations are opened between France, Auftria, and the empire, for the purpose of effecting a general peace with all the powers of the conti-by this means that the Mars man of war nent. It is also certain that the conditions of this peace are to be dictated by the French republic, and that they are fuch as will take from our enemies the power of disturbing us for a long time. The king of Pruffia plays a great part in the negotiations of the princes of the empire with France. It is he who has detached them one by one from the interefts of the houfe of Auftria. This was the object of his journey, and his conferences at Pyrmont, whence we now learn that Frederic William is returned to Berlin. Every circumftance feems to lead the way to a speedy and neceffary peace; but a long time muft elapfe before Europe, torn and divided by revolutionary ftorms and their confequences, can refume an attitude of tranquillity. The directory has juft now ordered the castle of Ruelle, near Paris, to be furrounded. It is there that the terrorists were collected and trained. It was to have been the central point of a movement which has been for fome time in preparation. We fhould not wonder if Drouet were, again, to be found, by accident, in this affemblage. No Vienna, Aug. 20. The difafters in Italy have rendered it neceflary to carry on the recruiting here in a more vigorous manner than ever. Men will not only be raised according to the usual confcription, but the gentry are require ed to fend their coachmen, footmen, and domeftic fervants to the army. foreigners are exempted but Hungarians, Ruffians, and Pruffians. The prince of Kaunitz, and other of the nobles, have given diftinguished examples of patriotifm. The former, among others, has promifed ten creutzers a day to all his fervants who fhall enter as volunteers, and to receive them again into his fervice after the war. Some commotions took place in Leghorn when the news arrived of the firft advantages of Wurmfr; but they were foon quelled. The military events in Germany are highly interefting to our country; and it is now the general opinion here, that, at the conclufion of a general peace, the ftadtholder will be indemnified by fome continental dominions, for his giving up the ftadtholderate. Stutgard, Aug. 20. Donawerth is now in the poffeffion of the French; and the Auftrians have retreated over the Danube and the Lech. General Frolich is retiring over the Iler to Landfberg. The French, on their advancing to Bregenz, and the Voralberg, took 18 pieces of cannon, a great quantity of baggage, and large ftores of falt and meal. The peafants of the Voralberg, as well as thofe of the Tyrol had taken arms, and joined the Auftrians against the French; but the greater part of them have difperfed. Feldkirch is now in the poffeffion of the French: they have likewife made themselves mafters of the pals of Fufmer in the Tyrol. General Wolf has taken a position in Bavaria from Weilheim to Portenkirch, to cover Tyrol on that fide. Paris, Aug. 22. A confpiracy was difcovered at Rome on the 7th ult. in which no lefs than 1500 perfons were affociated for the purpose of overturning the government, and introducing jacobinifm. The principal leaders were Barbieri, clerk to the regiment of the blues, and Tognoli, a native of Bologna, who had ferved as deputy commiffary in the French army of the Pyrenees. The major of the blues difcovered the confpiracy. by means of two ferjeants of his corps, who contrived to take away the plans which Barbieri had drawn out. The confpirators had refolved to imprison the principal perfons at Rome, and feize on the caftle. They were both fent to prison the fame day. Anspach |