And while she passes o'er the groves and plains, By nymphs is envy'd,-languish'd for by swains.

Here's Lambert too, whose absence Ipswich mourns, Its glory half extinct, till she returns;

Her form majestic, noble is her air;

We can't but love-yet, while we love-despair.

Here dancing sprightly Wollaston inspires ; Here Stiles infuses various soft desires;

More than our eyes are pleas'd; a Syren's tongue Charms in her voice, and holds th' attentive throng.

Would perfect symmetry the critic trace,
"Tis in each Bacon's, and in Barker's face.
Young Barnardiston justly may command
The nicest touches of a master hand;
And if he chuses further still to range,
Not less the bloom of Capel or L'Estrange.
Let him shew how humility and ease
Make Gooday's conversation always please;
Or, when the cheeks of modest Coleman flush,
How fine's the tincture of each rosy blush.
Let him relate how Spencely, and how Hayes,
By conduct strict, esteem deserve and raise.
Medcalf, how winning gay, let him reveal,
Turner how cheerful, Eldred how genteel!
How oft De Grey has thrown unerring darts!
How numbers here to Lee resign their hearts;
If health's retriev'd while in deep seas she laves,
No wonder 'tis for Venus sprung from waves.

Thus far with transport-but we must lament That of the Fitzroy race none Euston sent,

Since in the dawn of Carolinet all see
What her meridian blaze will shortly be,
And may presage what conquests she will gain,
Like her, who flourish'd in great Nassau's reign;
Like her majestic; none with her could vie
Who led the stars in Granville's gallaxy.
Delightful Alston, and engaging Soame,
By cruel fate were both detain'd at home;
How amiable they, could I rehearse-

Such gems would radiate, and preserve my verse,

These are faint sketches of an artless hand; A thousand more perfections round me stand, Beyond my utmost reach :-Let him, whose muse Sublimest heights can reach, the subject chuse ; A full reward from beauty's smiles he'd find, And never-fading bays his temples bind.

THE CHURCH-YARD,

St. Edmund's Bury.

The two Church-yards belonging to this town, which in fact constitute but one, form an extensive area of several acres, and are kept in excellent order: an alley of lofty poplars runs diagonally across them, and makes a very pleasant promenade. Nearly in the centre is a small plot of ground, inclosed with high iron railing, and planted with trees of different kinds. In this place

The 2nd daughter of Charles, the 2nd duke of Grafton, by Henrietta, daughter of Charles, marquis of Worcester. She mar ried, in 1746, William, the late earl of Harrington.

is the receptacle provided by the late James Spink, Esq. banker of Bury, for himself and family. The tombs and other memorials for the dead are extremely numerous, and contain various ancient inscriptions; among others two epitaphs are deserving of notice for their remarkable singularity, viz: the one on Charles Granger, a shoe-maker; and the other on Joan Kitchen. There are two singular memorials likewise for persons, who had been midwives; the one had brought into the world 2,237, and the other 4,323 living children. When the Abbey was in its prosperity, there were standing within the precincts of it three churches, besides the Abbey Church; viz: St. Margaret's, St. Mary's, and St. James's. The remains of the west end of St. Edmund's, which bound the Church-yard on one side, exhibit a singular and motly appearance. One of the octagon towers, which formerly terminated either end, is still standing, and has been converted into a stable. Three arches, once the entrances to the three aisles, have been filled up with modern buildings, and converted into as many neat houses. In the Churchyard stands Clopton's Hospital, a handsome brick building with projecting wings, founded and endowed in 1730, agreeably to the will of the late Poley Clopton, M. D. as an asylum for six poor men and as many women, three of either sex out of each parish. The front exhibits the arms of the founder; and a Latin inscription below records the object of the institution. On the opposite side of the Church-yard stands the Shire Hall. It is a building of modern erection, on the site of the ancient Church of St. Margaret, and contains two convenient courts. The Church-gate is a noble specimen of Anglo-Saxon architecture. It stands opposite to the west end of the Abbey Church, to which it served as a magnificent portal. It is 80 feet in height, of a quadrangular form, and remarkable for the simple plainness and solidity of its construction. The Church-yard has been frequently engraved.

HAIL, sacred shade! where, oft, in youthful sports,
My blissful hours of sweet retirement sped;
Far, from the busy croud, and noise of courts,
Meek eyed Simplicity hath, hither, fled.

Beneath thy friendly umbrage, as I stray,
No rude, no sullen guest my bosom fires;
Impervious to the sun's meridian ray,
Thy hallow'd solitude my soul inspires.

Here, Sophocles, in sweetest accents, pour'd
Instruction's early lesson o'er my mind;
Here, op'ning Fancy, first, in numbers soar'd,
And, Reason, juvenile delights refin'd.

Here, too, Lavinia, first, my wishes caught,
All gentle, list'ning to my tale of love;
And, here, Orestes sooth'd mine anxious thought,
Friendship's pure energy, intent to prove.

Nor are thy smiles forgot, ill-fated youth*!
Whose conscious spirit took untimely wing;
Thy lips the sacred oracles of truth

Were doom'd, but in an heav'nly choir, to sing.

The dear companions of thy early dawn,

A goodly train, enrich'd with nature's bloom, In pensive step, and slow, approach thy urn, And drop the tear of friendship on thy tomb.

* John Dalton, esq. late of Caius College, Cambridge.

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Whilst one, above the rest by thee belov❜d,
Lorenzo,+ glowing with a milder flame;
Him the sweet knowledge of thy virtues mov'd,
In elegiac strains, to sing thy name.

Hail! sacred shade!—thrice, hail! serene retreat! Parents and kindred friends endear thy bow'rs; Hope breathes a whisper that we, soon, shall meet; And, that eternity shall, then, be ours!

A DAY AT ALDEBURGH,

October 3rd, 1806.

To Mrs.

BY THE REV. CHARLES EDWARD STEWART, M. Ä.

Aldeburgh has of late years grown into much repute, and become a fashionable watering-place; and for invalids possesses considerable advantages. The strand, to which the descent is remarkably easy, is not more than forty or fifty yards from most of the lodging houses; and during the ebb of tide, and frequently for weeks

+ Thomas Kerrich, esq. He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, where he proceeded to the degree of B. A. in 1758. In 1774 he married Isabella one of the sisters of Philip Bowes Broke, of Nacton, esq. He served the office of sheriff for the county of Norfolk in 1788, and died at Geldeston, in that county, Dec. 15th, 1809.