quences | 7 of a | thousand | errors, | 7 con | tinues | still to ❘ blunder, | | 7 and whose | age 7 | 7 has | only | added | obstinacy | 7 to stu | pidity, | 7 is | surely the | object | 7 of either ab | horrence | 7 or con | tempt; 7| | 7 and de | serves not | 7 that his | grey 7 head 7 | 7 should se | cure him from | insults. ||| Much | more 7 | 7 is | he to be ab | horred | who, 7| as he has advanced in | age, 7| 7 has re | ceded from | virtue, | 7 and be | comes | more | wicked | 7 with | less temp | tation: | | 7 who | prostitutes him | self for | money | 7 which he | cannot en| joy, 7| 7 and | spends the re | mains of his | life 7 ☐☐ 7 in the | ruin of his | country.|||

7 But | youth 7 | 7 is | not my | only | crime. 7 || I have been ac | cused | 7 of | acting a the | atrical | part. 7|

7 A the | atrical | part, 7 | may 7 | either im | ply 7| some pe | culi | arities of | gesture, | 7 or a | dissimu | lation of my | real | sentiments, | 7 and an a| doption of the | opinions and | language | 7 of an | other | man. 7|||

7 In the first 7 | sense, 7| 7 the | charge is | too 7| trifling | 7 to be con | futed; | | 7 and de | serves | only to be | mentioned | | 7 that | it may be de | spised. 7|||I am at | liberty | 7 (like | every | other | man) 7| 7 to | use my | own 7 | language:|7 and | tho' I | mày 7/7 per | haps, 7| 7 have | some 7| 7 am | bition, | yet to | please 7 | this 7 | gentleman, | I shall | not | lay myself | 7 under | any re |

straint, 7| 7 or | very | 7 so | licitously | copy | his 7| diction, | 7 or | his 7 | mein 7 | 7 how | ever | 7 ma | tured by | age, 7| 7 or | modelled by ex | perience. ||| 7 If | any man | shall, 7| 7 by | charging me | 7 with the | atrical be | haviour, | 7 im | ply 7| 7 that 1 | utter | any | sentiments | but my | own, 7|7 I shall | treat 7 | him 7 | as a ca | lumniator | 7 and a | villain: | | nor shall | any pro | tection | shelter him | 7 from the | treatment | 7 which he de | serves. 7 ||| 71| shall, 7| 7 on | such an oc | саsion, | 7 with | out 7 | scruple | trample upon | all 7 | those 7 | forms 7 | with which | wealth and | dignity 7 en | trench themselves; | | nor shall | any thing | but 7 | age 7 | 7 re | strain my re | sentment: | | age, | 7 which | always | brings 7 | one 7 | privilege; | | that 7 | 7 of being | insolent | 7 and super | cilious | 7 wit | hout 7 | punishment. | | |

But with regard to | those | whom I have of | fended, | I am of o | pinion | 7 that | if I had | acted a | borrowed | part, 7 | I should have a | voided their | censure.|||7 The | heat that of | fended them | 7 is the ardour of con | viction, | 7 and that | zeal for the service of my | country, | 7 which | neither | hope, 7| 7 nor | fear, 7| 7 shall | influence me | 7 to suppress. 7 | | 7 1| will not | sit | uncon | cerned 7 while my | liberty | 7 is in | vaded; 7 nor look in | silence | 7 upon | public | robbery. ||| I will exert my en | deavours |7 (at what | ever | hazard) | 7 to re | pel the ag | gressor, | 7 and | drag the | thief to | justice, | | what 7 | power | so 7 | ever | 7 may pro | tect the | villany, | 7 and | who 7| ever | 7 may par | take 7 | 7 of the | plunder. | | |

THE PASSIONS.

COLLINS.

7 When | Music | | heavenly | maid! 7 | 7 was | young, 7|

7 Ere | yet 7 | 7 in | early | Greece, 7 | 7 she | sung, 7||

7 The Passions | | oft 7 | 7 to | hear her | shell, 7

Throng'd a | round her | magic | cell; 7||

7 Ex | ulting | | trembling | | raging | | faint

7 Pos | sess'd | 7 be | yond the | Muse's | painting :

7 By | turns 7| 7 they | felt the | glowing | mind 7 | 7 Dis | turb'd 7 | 7 de | lighted | | rais'd 7. | | 7 re

| fined; 7| |

| 7 Till | once, 7| 7 'tis | said, 7| 7 when | all were | fired, 7 |

| Fill'd with | fury | | rapt 7 | 7 in | spired! 7

From the sup | porting | myrtles | round, 7| 7 They | snatch'd her | instruments of | sound; 7|

And (as they | oft 7 | 7 had | heard a | part, 7|| | Sweet | lessons | 7 of her | forceful | art) 7|

| Each, 77 (for | madness | rul'd the | hour) 71

7 Would | prove his | own 7 | 7 ex | pressive | pow'r.

First 7 | Fear 7 | | 7 his | hand, 7| 7 its | skill to | try, 7|

7 A mid the | chords 7 | 7 be | wilder'd | laid, 7 | 7 And | back re | coil'd 7 | 7 he | knew not | why 7| Even at the | sound 7 | 7 him | self 7 | 7 had | made.

Next 7 | Anger | rush'd; 7| 7 his | eyes on | fire, 71

7 In | lightnings | own'd his | secret | stings: 7 || 7 With | one 7 | rude 7 | clash, 7| 7 he | struck the

| lyre, 7||

7 And | swept, with | hurried | hand 7| 7 the | strings. 7|||

7 With | woeful | measures | | wan Des | pair 7 | | Low 7 | sullen | sounds 7| 7 his | grief be | guiled: 7| |

7 A | solemn | | strange 7 | 7 and | mingled | air: 7

7 Twas | sad 7 | 7 by | fits 7| 7 by | starts 7 | 7 twas | wild. 7|||

7 But | thou 7|07| Hope! 7| 7 with | eyes 7 | so 7 | fair, 7|

| What was | thy de | lighted | measure? | |

Still it | whisper'd | promis'd | pleasure, |

7 And | bade the | lovely | scenes 7 | 7 at | distance

Still would her | touch 7| 7 the | strain pro | long; 7

And from the | rocks, 7| 7 the | wood, 7| 7 the | vale, 7

7 She | call'd on | Echo | still 7 | 7 through | all her | song; 7

7 And where her | sweetest | theme, 7| 7 she | chose, 7 |

7 A | soft res | ponsive | voice, 7| 7 was heard | 7 at | every | close; 7||

7 And | Hope, 7| 7 en | chanted, | | smil'd 77 and | wav'd her | golden | hair. 7|||

7 And | longer | 7 had she | sung 7 | | but, 7|7 with a | frown, 7|

7 Re | venge, 7| 7 im | patient | rose: 7| |

7 He threw his | blood 7 | stain'd 7 | sword, 7| 7

in | thunder | down; 7|

| And with a | withering | look, 7|

7 The | war de | nouncing | trumpet | took, 7 |

7 And | blew a | blast 7 | so 7 | loud and | dread,

7|

7 Were | ne'er pro | phetic | sounds 7 | | so 7 | full

of | wo! 7|

| 7 And, | ever and a | non, 7| 7 he | beat 7 | 7 The | doubling | drum, 7| 7 with | furious | heat:

7

7 And | tho' 7 | some 7 | times, 7| 7 each | dreary |

pause be | tween, 7 |

7 De | jected | Pity, | 7 at his | side, 7| |

7 Her | soul-sub | duing | voice 7 | 7 ap | ply'd, 7 |