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MELODIES.

III.. SENTIMENTAL AND CONVIVIAL.

[Eve shuts her windows—let me now advance]

Eve shuts her windows—let me now advance
To where the viol leads the mazy dance;
Where pleasure warms the heart and lights the eye,
While bounding pulses to the music fly.

NOW AMITY, HOPE, AND PLEASURE.

A FAIR VOCALIST.

“What nymph,” ask'd Apollo, “will deign for awhile,
Which one of the nine, will repair to the isle
Where virtue, and learning, and genius, and taste,
Have chang'd to an Eden Manhattan's rude waste?
The science of Philipps no longer can charm,
The sweetness of Incledon ceases to warm,
And the eager inhabitants look to the nine
For something superior—something divine?”
“For something divine!” sage Minerva exclaim'd,
“Their wish has been realized ere it was named;
The sweetest of voices and faces unite
Their ears, and their eyes, and their hearts, to delight;
For the muses, and graces, and Pallas, have joined
To embellish her person, and polish her mind.
From sirens she pilfer'd each tone that entrances,
From Cupid her dimples, from Venus her glances;
Thus enrich'd by celestials with sweetness and worth,
She charms, in the person of Holman, on earth.

[The Muse no more in foreign climes shall roam]

The Muse no more in foreign climes shall roam,
While we've such scenes and incidents at home.

[Clear and transparent, like a crystal vase]

Clear and transparent, like a crystal vase,
The female mind its real worth displays;
Whether its hue our praise or censure win,
It takes its colour from the stores within.

FASHION.

To tyrant Fashion all must yield,
He rules with sway despotic,
And he who dares contest the field,
Must be indeed Quixotic.
But though, when he appears, we must,
Like courteous slaves, receive him;
The wise will ne'er embrace him first,
Nor be the last to leave him.

FRIENDSHIP.

From this bright source a stream of blessings flows,
To more than balance all Pandora's woes.