CXXI. SWEET LADY, LOOK NOT THUS AGAIN. Sweet lady, look not thus again; Oh! while this heart delirious took Yes; I did love her madly love She was the sweetest, best deceiver; And oft she swore she'd never rove, And I was destin'd to believe her. Then, lady, do not wear the smile Again might steal my heart away. And when the spell that stole my mind CXXII. AH! MARY, SWEETEST MAID, FAREWELL. "Ah! Mary, sweetest maid, farewell! "Dearest lad, what ills betide! Is Willie to his love untrue! Pledg'd the morn to be your bride, "Ye canna wear a ragged gown, My kye are drown'd, my house is down, "Tell na me o' storm or flood, Or sheep a' smoor'd ayont the hill, "Ye canna thole the wind and rain, Nor wander friendless far frae hame, Cheer, cheer your heart, some richer swain Will soon blot out lost Willie's name.' "I'll tak my bundle in my hand, "Pardon, love, 'twas a' a snare The flock's are safe-we needna part, I'd forfeit them and ten times mair, To clasp thee, Mary, to my heart." "Could ye wi' my feelings sport, CXXIII. WHERE THE CHILLING NORTH WIND Where the chilling north wind howls, Where the weeds so wildly wave, Mourn'd by the weeping willow, *This is another very valuable little poem, for which we must do homage to the genius of America. It serves to confirm the opinion, which we have formerly stated, respecting the talents and improvement of our brethren in that far distant land. The merits of the piece indeed, cannot but be highly appreciated by every man of taste, as well as by every lover of poetry. They are of such a nature as widely to distinguish it from the general tenor of elegiac compositions, which, for the most part, are either begun without interest, or conducted without ability. On the contrary, we are here presented Beneath yon little eminence, The winding sheet his form encloses, "Roars round its base the ocean," And fairies' wild-notes melt in air! with the effusions of a mind glowing with all the ardour of the most generous feeling, assisted by the dictates of an exuberant fancy, and adorned with the embellishments of classical refinement. Of the author of so respectable a production, we are sorry to confess ourselves to be very ignorant. The only particular indeed, which we can state respecting him, is, that at the time when he composed the present poem, he had scarcely completed his fifteenth year. Our information concerning the youth who is here so feelingly commemorated, has, however, been more satisfactory and complete. He was a Mr. George Stirrin, a native of the state of New York in America. His father, who was by profession a clergyman, and who had discharged the duties of his office for many years in the district referred to, immediately after the birth of his son, removed with his family to South Carolina. As George was an only, and, of course, a beloved son, his father took his education solely into his own hands, and was, indeed the only instructor which he had in his juvenile studies. The attention of the father was amply rewarded by the unprecedented application, and progress of the extraordinary youth. At the age of seven, he read Cæsar's Commentaries, and before he had attair ed his ninth year, had perused the works of Horace. From his earliest infancy, he took no delight in the sports of his playful companions, but was often known to steal, even from the most engaging pastime, to wander with a |