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Review Of New Publications.
millions of inhabitants . The share that fell to Russia , and which was tuc neatest in extent , contained 1 , 500 , 000 . That which Austria acquired had S , 5 oo , ooo , upon a territory far less extensive . Prussia only possessed 860 , 000 souls . * But she was indemnified by the commerce and vicinity or the Vistula , and by the city of Dantzig , of which Frederick had already formed the design of rendering himself- master . ' EE CON'TI . VUED . J
Naucratia ; or Naval Dominion . A Poem . By Henry James Pye . 4 / 0 . 5 / . sewed . Nicol . ' YE scenes of nature , by the poet's tongue In every age and every climate sung ; Mountains , whose sides eternal forests shade ; Valesin the flowery robe of Spring array'd ;
, Seats , ever brig ht in warm description ' s lay ; Far , far from you the venturous Muses stray ! Sublimer objects , and terrific views , O'er the roimh surge their daring flight pursues ; Far from their long lov'd Naiads while they rove , Far from tbe Dryads of each , haunted grove ; Ye sea- guardians of old Ocean ' s reign ,
green ( Who vex with storms , or sooth his wide domain ) Bid each rude wave in placid silence sleep , And gently hail these strangers to the deep . ' Mr . Pye opens his poem with this favourable specimen . However unfavourable a subject for poetry the history of navigation may prove , yet a work upon naval dominion would be popular in England , provided the execution of it
were meritorious . . He slightly touches upon the voyages of the Phoenicians , the Argonatitic expedition , ' and tlie Trojan war ; upon which subjects he might have dwelt more at length , without impropriety . Early in the second part we have ' a description of a ship of war . ' See yon vast fabricl : o ' er the stormy tide In warlike pomp majestically ride !
Her roomy decks , throng'd by the young and brave , Took down defiance 011 the threatening wave ; Her towsrhts : masts ascend in giddy height , _ Whose lessening summits mock the aching sig ht ; Aloft , where Britain's mingled crosses f y , The holy labarum of liberty . Her swelling sails wide spread in ample sweep , _ Loom a vast castle floating- 0 : 1 the deep ; Dread the long batteries on her side appear , Denouncing slaughter from their triple tier .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
millions of inhabitants . The share that fell to Russia , and which was tuc neatest in extent , contained 1 , 500 , 000 . That which Austria acquired had S , 5 oo , ooo , upon a territory far less extensive . Prussia only possessed 860 , 000 souls . * But she was indemnified by the commerce and vicinity or the Vistula , and by the city of Dantzig , of which Frederick had already formed the design of rendering himself- master . ' EE CON'TI . VUED . J
Naucratia ; or Naval Dominion . A Poem . By Henry James Pye . 4 / 0 . 5 / . sewed . Nicol . ' YE scenes of nature , by the poet's tongue In every age and every climate sung ; Mountains , whose sides eternal forests shade ; Valesin the flowery robe of Spring array'd ;
, Seats , ever brig ht in warm description ' s lay ; Far , far from you the venturous Muses stray ! Sublimer objects , and terrific views , O'er the roimh surge their daring flight pursues ; Far from their long lov'd Naiads while they rove , Far from tbe Dryads of each , haunted grove ; Ye sea- guardians of old Ocean ' s reign ,
green ( Who vex with storms , or sooth his wide domain ) Bid each rude wave in placid silence sleep , And gently hail these strangers to the deep . ' Mr . Pye opens his poem with this favourable specimen . However unfavourable a subject for poetry the history of navigation may prove , yet a work upon naval dominion would be popular in England , provided the execution of it
were meritorious . . He slightly touches upon the voyages of the Phoenicians , the Argonatitic expedition , ' and tlie Trojan war ; upon which subjects he might have dwelt more at length , without impropriety . Early in the second part we have ' a description of a ship of war . ' See yon vast fabricl : o ' er the stormy tide In warlike pomp majestically ride !
Her roomy decks , throng'd by the young and brave , Took down defiance 011 the threatening wave ; Her towsrhts : masts ascend in giddy height , _ Whose lessening summits mock the aching sig ht ; Aloft , where Britain's mingled crosses f y , The holy labarum of liberty . Her swelling sails wide spread in ample sweep , _ Loom a vast castle floating- 0 : 1 the deep ; Dread the long batteries on her side appear , Denouncing slaughter from their triple tier .