Another word, for pious dutiesgiven, A fancied term for residents in heav'ni That which without, nature sinks to rest;

The noblest passion in the human breast;

Jewels oft by the ladies, frequent in

use;

A manner of speech, sometimes abuse.

Join these initials, if you wish to find, A maid of genius, wit, and mind.

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REFLEXIONS.

B.

WAS night, and all was hush'd in sleep,

The moon-beams tinted soft the green;
The mournful willow seem'd to weep,
In pleasing sadness o'er the scene.

The calmness of the silent hour,
Imparted to my sorrowing breast
Its mild and sympathetic pow'r,
And gently lull'd my cares to rest.

I wander'd from, my cottage door--
I gaz'd with rapture on the stream,
Whose bosom clear was silver'd o'er
With Cynthia's pale and modest beam.

Reflexions crowded on my mind,
And rapid visions floated past;
Ah why, I cry'd do vot'ries blind,
Court the vain joys which pride can
boast?

Oh why not choose with me to ream,
To count unnumber'd worlds above,
To quit the Iris-painted dome,
And share in nature's bounteous love.

I'll woo the child of sorrow here, Here shall he find a sweet reposc; I'll pay his anguish tear for tear, And soothe his agonizing woes.

THE POLISH CHIEFTAIN.

(Concluded.)

My lords, where the circum

stances are so unequivocal, not a doubt can remain of guilt.-We have proved the prisoner's identity, by his gorget, his removal of the body probably to a more convenient place of secrecy, and the disguise under which this atrocious parricide was committed. That Lianskoi was at that time out, is admitted by Malcar's daughter in her confession to the noble Berodsko, who, apprised by the deserter Roulotz of the truth, would have avoided the painful task of this day, by assigning his brother an apartment in the tower of Horsa, till the nefarious transaction had subsided in his own royal mind, and that of the people. Justice demands that his guilt be no longer suffered to escape-that he no more assist the traitor Malcar in his attack on the royal person, nor share in the royal clemency!"

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The court immediately decided upon the fate of Lianskoi, against the remonstrance of the abbot of Rodno, who wished to leave the decision open, till the daughter of Malcar's evidence could be obtained. The chief Judge new arrayed himself in the robes of death, and wore the black cap, on which were the ornaments of the rack and the axe. He was about to pronounce the sentence of torture and decapitation, when Seraphia burst in from the side door, and the tottering monk hastened to meet her. She ran to the place where Lianskoi stood, exclaiming, "Hear me hear me !" and sunk senseless at the feet of the youth. From her hands fell a broken sa bre, a red-stained banner, and a friar's robe, which she had held up as she flew to the prisoner.

"Take her away!" exclaimed Barbaro," she impedes the course of justice." While Lianskoi held her firmly in his grasp, the abbot demanded that the articles which she had in her hand should be

inspected. Whence are these? said the latter. "I know not.”

replied Lianskoi- "The habit and the banner, both clotted with *blood, seem the same with those I found in the grave! the broken sabre was the present of my father to Berodsko, as the decoration on the hilt implies." "Mysteries of Providence !" exclaimed the abbot, "the gown and the banner were consecrated by his holiness himself, and sent to me as sacred articles for the confessor and army of Woronof. They were stolen by a banditti, who, despising the most sacred ties, plundered the monastery of its treasures and relics. But, how the sabre of Berodsko is connected with these ensanguined articles, is a mystery that throws a shade on the great name it bears, and which Heaven, I pray, will enable us to remove."

"Ha!" exclaimed Berodsko, starting, with a glare of fury in his countenance-" beware, priest, or you will be implicated in this conspiracy of Lianskoi. He has himself admitted that the gown and the banner are the same with those he saw on the murderer's ground: what can this prove but his connexion with the banditti who stole them -The sword which was broken in defending my self from the attack of Malcar's party, for which he is to suffer,

and, which was in my private cabinet, has been produced here by the same daring means which has introduced the fugitive Seraphia into this hall, only to interrupt the ends of justice!" "Here is the broken piece which corresponds to the fracture of that sword," exclaimed Lianskoi," and which I swear by all the heavenly host, I found at the grave of Woronof." "Hear me !" ejaculated Seraphia, who had now recovered" These articles were found in the coffer of Berodsko, which is under three locks, and of which he only keeps the keys !" "Away, away!" exclaimed BeBear the prisoner

rodsko. hence! He is already found guilty. Seize the daughter of Malcar! The torture shall make her confess who are her accomplices !"

The officers were proceeding to obey, when the Monk, who had sat unobserved from the time of his evidence, falteringly stepped forward. "Great prince, and noble Bulgarians," said he," the crime of Malcar, was that of a father, anxious for the honour and safety of a beloved daughter! That of Lianskoi has been for the murder of the king-his father! But, my lords, let mercy plead for the first, and this written acquittal, of the deceased Woronof, for the last, in which, a few min

utes before his decease, and during a temporary recovery from his most savage wounds, he has made known, with his dying breath, the real assassins. It was given to the deserter Roulotz, who suppressed it at my desire. Lianskoi, has been condemned by cireumstantial evidence. Mercy, therefore, I pray for-nay, I insist!" The paper was handed to Berodsko and Barbaro : they looked at it together. They seemed confounded, a paleness overspread their faces, and their frames tottered!

"It is a base forgery!" said Barbaro, and he tore the paper to atoms." Take that audacious monk also to the rack, and let the execution of Malcar and Lianskoi be instant !" exclaimed Berodsko; and he was proceeding to explain the contents of that note which had excited such an interest in the court, when, suddenly, the monk struck his foot on the hollow floor, and blew a whis. tle. Every eye turned, and every heart trembled. The doors were in a momeni thrown open; and Malcar, at the head of a file of soldiers, rushed in, and filled the chamber. He advanced to Barbaro and Berodsko, arrested them for murder, by the orders of Woronof, and conducted them both to the bar. The assembly rose at such an outrage-but Malcar

insisted that he acted by a higher legal authority, than any there, and immediately libereted Lianskoi, embraced his daughter, and ordered the guard to conduct them to the seat of Berodsko.

The astonished court now turned their regards to the upper end of the hall, and there behold (inscrutable and unfathomable appearance!) the great and venerable Woronof, seated on the canopied chair, in complete armour, and his helmet nodding with plumes. They looked horrorstruck at the vision; they were silent-not a breath stirred in the hall, till the mighty prince with a mixture of pain and pleasure, thus addressed the assembly "Noble Bulgarians! I again live and reign, to punish the guilty, and save the innocent. Barbaro and Berodsko, on that fatal night, seduced your king to the silent dell, and there imagined they had murdered him. What followed, I was not conscious of, till Roulotz informed me, after I had most miraculously escaped their assassination. I immediately engaged him to procure me surgical assistance, and other means of carrying that plan into effect which I intended. I lived to watch the conduct of my unnatural son, and his ministerI found it vengeful and cruel to all my adherents, and Malcar's ;

next my Lianskoi disappeared.The ball ensued, and Seraphia was detained. I have saved and liberated her from the ravishment of those unprincipled monsters, and I have kept my promise with them--They now see me again; their terror and their shame!Secure in the cottage of one of my old servants, and knowing all the private inlets to this castle, I ob. tained from the coffer with three keys, those marks of guilt, which Seraphia laid before you. They were unavailing to save, because the souls of Barbaro and Berodsko sought for farther blood, and to defile the person of the virtuous Seraphia. They denominated my own hand writing a base forgery. They are hardened in crime ! Hence with them to the dungeons. Barbaro I award to death by the axe, and his body be hung in chains on the heights which overlook the dreadful dell-but for my son, though justice may demand, the parent cannot shed his blood.-No! let him repent; imprisoned in that same dungeon in the tower of Horsa, in which he chained his virtuous brother, shall he pass the remnant of his days whence he may look down with deep sorrow, and a contrite heart, upon the grave which he dug for an indulgent father, and behold the mouldering body of the partner of his crime !-And now, for you, my dear Lanskoi,

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whose worth your country and I cannot too much appreciate, for you I resign my crown; enjoy with Seraphia, that virtuous maid the throne which Berodsko has disgraced; and, while I retire to partake, under the guidance of the worthy Abbot, that peace of mind which fits me for Heaven, may you be the pattern of dømestic felicity, and never exert your power, but for the blessing of all mankind!" He said, and after dismissing the assembly, with an amnesty to those who had been the instruments of Berodsko's resentment, rose to retire to an inner chamber, supported by Lianskoi and Malcar's daughter; while shouts rent the hall, and frantic joy for three days reigned throughout the country.

The sentence of the prisoners were in due time carried into execution Barbaro suffered and ; Berodsko, after two years confinement, was crushed to atoms, by the fall of that tower in which he was placed.-Lianskoi reigned with unabated splendour, and proved, that virtue is the only true path to greatness, love, and glory!

That wrath, which, on conviction, subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind.