Every lover of Poetry muft confider himfelf as indebted to you for inferting Collins's admirable Ode on the Superftitions in the Highla ds of Scotland. It has been obferved, with regret, that there are several fuperftitions which he has omitted; and it may, perhips, be regarded as daring that a namelcis rhymfter thould endeavour to fupply the deficiency. This, however, I have attempted in the following ftanzas, which may be read after the Villth of Collins's. None can be more confcious, than I am, how much the Verfes I fend are inferior to the original; but, let it be remembered, that if I have failed, I have failed in an attempt, which, to execute with propriety, required the genius of a Mackenzie. I am, Sir, Yours, &c. 1. E. W. Let thefe fad ftrains to lighter founds give place; Bid thy brik viol warble measures gay: For fee, recall'd by thy refiftlefs lay, Once more the Brownie fhews his honeft face. Hail from thy wanderings long, my muchlov'd fprite, Thou friend, thou lover of the lowly, hail! Tell in what realms thou sport'st thy merry night, Trailt the long mop, or whirlft the mimic fail. Where doit thou range the much-disorder'd hall, While the tir'd damfel in Elyfium fleeps ; With early voice to drowfy workman call, Or lull the dame, while mirth his vigile keeps? 'Twas thus in Caledonia's domes, 'tis said, Thou ply'dft the kindly task in years of yore: At laft, in lucklefs hour, fome pitying maid, Spread in thy nightly cell of viands itore. Ne'er was thy form beheld among their mountains more. III. Then wake (for well thou canft) that wondrous lay, How, when around the thoughtless matrons fleep, HY mufe may tell, how, when at la- Soft o'er the floor the treach'rous Faeries bor's clofe, TH To meet her love, beneath the twilight fnade, D'er many a broom-clade brae, and heathy glade, In merry mood the village maiden goes. There, on a streamlet's margin as she lies, Chanting fome carrol till her fwain ap pears; With vifage deadly pale, in penfive guise Beneath a wither'd fir his form he rears. Shricking and fad, the bends her fpeedy flight, When mid dire heaths, where flits a taper bluc, The whilft the moon fheds dim a fickly light, The folemn funeral meets her blafted view. When trembling, weak, fhe gains her cottage low, Where Magpies fcatter notes of horror wide, Some one fhall tell, while tears in torrents flow, That juft when twilight dimm'd the green hill's fide, Sunk in his airy fhiel, her hapless fhepherd died. creep, And bear the finiling infant far away. How ftarts the nurse, when, for her lovely child, expressly designed against the politics of Count Struenfee, the unfortunate Danish minifter. It appeared in the year 1771, foon after the Norwegian lifeguard was difbanded, and when the liberty of the Prefs was introduced into the Danish dominions. It was, and still is a favourite in Norway; and breathes fuch a spirit of liberty as is, now-a-days, purely ideal in that quarter of the world. OR Norfke kiempes föd e land, FOR fodera Og naar vi först faa'r blud paa tand, Vi föd om frihed drömmer : Een fkaal for dig, min kiække ven, ' Og fkam for dem for fviger! For fkaalen tre gang takker. la, tre gang tre skal alle fi ld Udraabe Norske fonners held. Tranflation. To Norway's healthy clime, tho' cold, A glafs we drink, with pleasure : Reflecting on the days of old, We pant for freedom's treasure. But, fhould we roufe at freedom's call, We'll burst thro' curft defpotic thrall. And, fill to Norway's rocky ground, Her woods, her dales, her mountains; Hark! Dofrine hills this toaft rebound, And add her friths and fountains. This truth fhould tyrants' hearts difmay, Old Norway ne'er could brook their sway. Health to Norwegian heroes brave, On rocks and mountains fofter'd! Who tyrants' schemes have crofs'd hard. year. When no bean flower fmells fweetly, no tu No linnet tings briskly, to welcome the May, Yes, verfes, tho' nature no longer is gay, Tho' no meadows, no gardens, enrapture the fight, And the woods tempt our steps to no groves of delight. Charms, brighter than those which the Sum mer adorn, And graces, more fresh than the mid-fum mer morn, Now infpire my fong, and excite my dull mufe, When of these she's to fing, pray, how can fhe refuse? To you, ye fair maids, I my Verses would raife, Not with low adulation, nor unmeaning praife. "Tis not the bright eyes, nor the fine flow- The exquifite fhape, or the elegant air, Or the lily's more delicate beauties difclofe; To you, ftill more powerful attractions be long; "Tis your converfe so sprightly, your manners fo mild, Which Winter's drear frown have fo fweetly beguil'd; That of being disbanded. In your eyes, that 'fair fenfe and benevolence fhine, Improve all your charms, and complete them divine; From your lips, that no torrents of scandal have pour'd, That no whim, no caprice your good nature have four'd; "Tis of these I would fing, O, accept of the lay, Tho' the verses no brightness of fancy difplay, Refuse not these lines from a youth without art, Uncouth his appearance, and fimple his heart; Unfkill'd any flatt'ring attentions to pay, Untaught what he thinks not, or feels not, to fay; Who, or chearful, or merry, or grave, fince a child, Has oft courted the Mufe, and has thought that she smil'd. To fcourge at length tranfgreffion from the land; And dormant ftatutes, rous'd by proclama tion, Bred among thofe, who would not fear to own 'em, Had there been vices there, the must have known 'em ; Some trifling faults, perhaps, as drinking, gaming, Pride and the like, may want a little fhaming! 'Gainst these she aims, in aid of law, to use The fupplemental fanctions of the mufe; Affift, ye fair, she fighs for you and Virtue: Ye great, fupport her, for the cannot hurt you; Ye rich-ye poor-above-below the laws, And if there live who ftill difgrace the age, S the fall the Epilogue be heard at laft? form over?-Is the thunder past? 'Tis our laft word; a word, you know, of old, That's always ready, when you rave and fcold. But where befeech-where beft beftow my breath? [To the Pit.] I can't prefs you, already prefs'd to death- Affright the petty finners of the nation, The Country Juftice, with terrific frown, To tell his Worthip that He must not fwear? No fecret canker now corrupts the state; Spread thro' the Square, and all along care, A female bard has glean'd fome follies there; Methinks I hear fome prompting spirit cry, Look up in your diftrefs-Hope lives on high Shall I there find her? Sure you won't fupprefs Your nobleft power, ye Gods! your power to blefs. [To the Boxes.] For you, fair Nymphs, who melt in appro- This play, I truft, you'll call a relaxation: name. "For brave it was, thus fairly, on the flage, To meet the coxcomb's and the gambler's rage; Fearless in virtue's caufe to draw her pen, Men." A Rose bud by my early walk, All on a dewy morning; It fcents the early morning. Within the bufh her covert neft A little linnet fondly preft, The dew fat chilly on her breast Sae early in the morning. She foon fhall fee her tender brood, So thou, dear bird, young Jenny fair, That tents thy early morning. Another. AUSING on the roaring ocean, MWhich divides my love and me; Wearying Heav'n in warm devotion, Gentle Night, do you befriend me; Spirits kind, again attend me, WHERE braving angry Winter's formt, Far in their fhade, my Peggy's charms The tyrant death with grin controul May feize my fleeting breath, But tearing Peggy from my foul TH Tranflations from Boethius de Confola By Dr Johnfon and Mrs Piozzi **. And Luna lifts her horn on high; From God himself their noble race, Why boast their birth before his eyes, Who holds no human creature mean; Save him whofe foul, enflav'd to Vice, Deferts her nobler origin? The lines printed in Italics were written by Mrs Piozzi. THE Monthly Regider FOR APRIL 1788. TURKEY. HE Muftapha Swinburne, or, in plain English Benjamin Swinburne, of Staffordshire, has been of infinite fervit to the Turks in inftructing them in the art of gunnery, and on account of his fervices has been diftinguished and rewarded by the Grand Signor. On his roumeing Chriftianity, and becoming a Maffulman, he had a medal given him, and a commiffion in the artillery. Hence the enterprifing Englishman rofe to the dignity of Muftapha. His opinion is confulted on almost every military fubject; for not an officer in Turkey is better ac quainted with the art of difpofing forces in form of battle, or of performing the military evolutions. The batteries d'enfilade at Belgrade, fweeping a right line, are defcribed as doing fignal credit to the fkill and genius which conftructed them; as do the polygon, and other noble works. RUSSIA. The Emprefs of Ruffia, notwithstanding her prefent warlike engagements, pays particular attention to a Society ehablished on the principles of the French Academy, for obferving philofophically the ftate and difpofition of the Atmofphere, as to its heat, cold, denfity, purity, &c. and as the great principle of moft animal and vegetable productions. This fociety have an apparatus of inftru ments for indicating and measuring the ftate and alterations of the weather, and determining the directions, breadth, bounds, &c. of the winds. The utility of fuch a fociety is evident. The fabric of many of the Ruffian .fhip-cannon has been changed; that is, from 24 pounders downwards; to have lefs weight and a larger bore. We are credibly informed, that Admiral Greig, the commander of the Ruffian fleet deftined for the Mediterranean, has declared, that should Great Britain, by any chance during the present war, happen to be engaged on the oppofite Lide, he will rather refign his command, than act hoflikely againft her; that he will always exert himfelf to the utmost against any other Power who may take part with the enemy; but that he will APPEND: to VOL. VII. Letters from the continent by the laft mail, affure us, that the famous Paul Jones, who is at prefent at Copenhagen, has made an offer of his fervices to the Empreis of Ruffia, which has been accepted. He is engaged on a very advan tageous footing, and, it is fuppofed, will command a divifion of the Ruffian fleet. Admiral Greig has not been confulted in this matter; and if he fhould be dif gufted with his affociate, the Ruffian feet will atchieve no great exploits in the Levant. The French Ambaffador at the court of Denmark has taken great notice of Paul. He introduced him to all the foreign Minifters at Copenhagen but wher he brought him to Mr Elliot, the British Envoy, Mr Elliot refused to fee him. Mr Elliot met the French Am.. baffador the next day, and faid, "When "6 your Excellency will honour me with "a vifit in good company, I fhall be "proud to receive it; but with fuch a companion, you must ever expect to "be denied." 66 SPAIN and PORTUGAL. Madrid. The naval preparations making in the ports of Spain, are not near fo great as reprefented in the English news-papers; but fuch as they are, they are not intended to difturb the peace of Europe; their object is more to protect the rich Spanish fhips coming from America, and its trade in the Mediterranean, from any attempt which any of the many States of Africa might be induced to make; for there has not been for a long time fo vaft naval equip ments as are now making on their coafts to fupport the Turks; and it is wellknown there is no trufting these Barbary States, fhouid any tempting object come in their way. Spain, you may rest affured, is as much inclined to peace as any kingdom in Europe; fhe has much to lofe and little to gain by going to war, and will keep a ftrict neutrality in the difpute between the Turks and Ruffians. The Turkish Ambassador has left our court loaded with rich prefents: the King has prefented him with a ring fet F with |