Waterloo! that morning field But night saw a sterner scene, Blood was gushing on thy green, Groans were heard, where shouts had been, Waterloo, thy field shall well Mark where Britons fought and fell; But they bled in freedom's cause, CCXXI. WHEN FIRST UPON YOUR TENDER CHEEK". When first upon your tender cheek, I saw the morn of beauty break, With mild and cheering beam, *The composition of Miss Aiken, now Mrs.Barbauld, the distinguished sister of Dr. Aiken, who, by condescending, amidst more splendid efforts of intel I bow'd before your infant shrine, I saw you in that opening morn, I watch'd the dawn of every grace, But now, despotic o'er the plains, And kneeling crowds adore; And I must hope no more. lect, to write "Hymns in prose for children," has ensured to herself the respect and gratitude of every filial and parental heart. Thus, to the rising god of day Whose glowing chariot, mounting soon, CCXXII. OH, ONCE THERE WERE MINUTES. Oh, once there were minutes when light my heart beat, The gay hours of summer, pass'd lightly along, And twin'd the fair garland to Rosa and Love. 'Twas the bliss of Elysium, each morning to trace, Was the beam of her eye, through its lashes that shone; And twin'd the fair garland to Rosa and Love. Those moments of rapture no longer are mine, CCXXI11. HAPPY THE WORLD IN THAT BLEST AGE. Happy the world in that blest age, When beauty was not bought nor sold, When the fair mind was uninflam'd With the mean thirst of baneful gold. Then the kind shepherd, when he sigh'd, To breathe the am'rous vow by stealth. Now the first question fathers ask, CCXXIV. SOMEBODY *. My heart is sair, I dare na tell, I could wake a winter night Oh hey! for somebody! For the sake o' somebody. We extract this set of the following popular song, from a small collec. tion, which was noticed in page 311, as being published by Mr. R. A. Smith for the use of his pupils. In that selection it is mentioned, that "The first and fourth stanzas of this song are from the pen of Burns, the others were never before printed." Whether these additional stanzas are the production |