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That every soldier civilized and free

Shall bolder shield this land of liberty!

The author then, the principle of philanthropy forming the directing power, is led to cast his eyes upon other benefactors of the present generation of their fellow creatures, and to mark with his reprobation those opinions respecting the impracticability of all improvement; opinions, of which the tendency is, to render all the evils perpetual under which at any time human nature may labour.

"Let sullen souls, who only praise the past,
Prove that each age is baser than the last ;
Applaud the times when Inquisitions reign'd,
And noble Reason like a wretch was chain'd!
Be our's to boast that æra good and wise

When list'ning senates mourn'd the Negroes' cries;
When virtuous CLARKSON with a holy hand
Diffused a sacred feeling through the land:

Track'd the dread scenes that stain'd the Libyan shore,
And bade the bloody traffic be no more!

Now to those realms the gen'rous Britons go,
Not to spread burnings, massacres, and woe,
With iron-tortures, and blood-starting whips,
And hearts of dæmons, that defiled our ships :-
But with those arts instruction sweet supplies,
That teach the godlike good, to civilize!
"Be our's to boast this æra's sacred worth,-
This very day-that gave our JENNER birth!
Shall we forget the glory of his hand,

Which smiles in beauteous thousands o'er the land?
Lives in all climes where parent feeling springs,
In strengthen'd states, and in the hearts of kings!
"As Heav'n in JENNER breath'd a power to save
The little children" from an early grave;

It sent a teacher zealous for his kind,
To exalt the poor and raise the lowly mind:
Of nature mild,-in nought but virtue bold,
And form'd in Charity's completest mould:
To rear the good-the summit of his fame!
His home the SCHOOL, and LANCASTER his name!"

The following is the concluding paragraph.

"O generous BRITAIN! be thy proud delight,

To shield th' oppress'd, and spread instruction's light ;→

In darksome groves, where brooding Horror stands,
And priests unholy lift their blood-stain'd hands;
Where glowing altars mid unhallow'd graves,
Glare on wild people of the woods and caves ;-
There plant thy schools! let ARTS and REASON shine
Till dusky chiefs shall learn their good in thine:
Their savage mountains whiten o'er with flocks,
Fields spring from wilds, and cities from their rocks!
Far c'en as frozen seas a pathway yield,
Till floods of darkness shroud the icy field,-
With our brave sails our knowledge be unfurl'd,
And generous Britons civilize the world!"

EVERY one knows the effect and durability of early impressions; but few are perhaps aware of that strong partiality for a roving life which is felt by those children of Nature who are accustomed to the woods, the lakes, and the mountains. This, indeed, is one of the greatest difficulties to be overcome in bringing savages to adopt the manners of social life, and is strongly depicted in the following Poem.

THE INDIAN STUDENT;

OR,

THE FORCE OF NATURE.

Written in America, 1787.

From long debate the council rose,
And viewing Shalum's feats with joy,
To Harwood Hall*, o'er wastes of suows,
They sent the tawney-colour'd boy.
From Susquehannah's farthest springs,
Where savage tribes pursue their game,
His blanket tied with yellow strings,
This hunter of the forest came.

Awhile he wrote; awhile he read ;

Awhile he conn'd o'er grammar rules:

An Indian savage, so well bred,

Great credit promis'd to the schools.

A college of the University of Cambridge, near Boston, Massachusets.

Some thought he would in law excel;
Some thought in physic he would shine;
And one, who knew him passing well,
Foresaw in him a grave divine.
But those of more discerning eye
Far diff'rent prospects then could show ;
They saw him lay his Virgil by,

To wander with his dearer bow.

The tedious hour of study spent, The heavy moulded lecture done, Off to the woods the wand'rer went, And there the long-lov'd sport begun. "And why," he cried, " did I forsake "My native woods for gloomy halls; "The roaring stream, the boundless lake, "For silent books and prison-walls? "A little will my wants supply,

"And what can wealth itself do more? "The sylvan wilds will not deny

"The humble fare they gave before.
"Where Nature's oldest forests grow,
"And mingled laurel never fades,
"My heart is fix'd: and I will go
"And die among my native shades."
He spake; and to the Western springs
(His gown forthwith to pieces rent,
His blanket tied with yellow strings,)
The hunter of the forest went.
Returning to the happy plain,

His brethren welcom'd him with joy;
The council took him back again,
And bless'd the tawney-colour'd boy.

END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

ERRATA.

Page 215, in the motto, for rectige, read vectigal.
Page 301, line 3 from bottom, for the nefarious traffic, read this.
Page 302, line 18, for imparti, read imperti.

Page 304, line 20, dele of.

Page 306, line 17, dele and death.

Page 312, line 31, for against, read in favour of.

Page 344, for Marseils, read Marseilles.

The Index and Title Page will be given with the next Number, or on its publication, may be had separate, by application to the Publishers,

Communications for the Editor, must be addressed to Longman and Co. Paternoster Row, Post Paid.

Printed at the Royal Free School Press, Borough Road, Southwark,
by J, LANCASTER,

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