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feared . Don Miguel , it appears , has reached Milan and has renounced tiie oath he took to respect his brother as regent of Portugal . FRANCE ^ Sp romatie affairs are moving between the French . government anS the Russian authorities , relative to the res ora ^ « f Algms to the poiver of the sultan , or , as the political journals state it , to place { t VS ^ V ^ -TA ^ lately felt on the subject of the banking system and scarcity of gold , appears to be subsiding .
To Elizabeth.
TO ELIZABETH .
By JOHN LEE S TEVENS . IT was not thine unrivall'd wit , Though genius consecrated it ; Nor beauty , by perfection lit ; Nor youth combined : It th iritpassionless
was y sp , And pure , hiding the hig h excess And lustre of thy loveliness , That charm'd my mind ! Wit maketh foes of firmest friends ; Beauty but for a time transcends , And then is lost ; while virtue lends
To age and youth And endless grace , th .-. t faileth not To brighten life ' s uncertain lot , To light the palace or the cot With love and truth !
Literature, The Drama, &C.
LITERATURE , THE DRAMA , & c .
THE absence of our literary inspector , and the general paucity of new works at this season , will p lead some excuse for omitting our usual article on literature and the fine arts ; abetter one , however , will be found in the great press of matter on hand . We hope , however , very amply to redeem our character in the next number . [ We must , however , make an exception Infavour of ^ e ^^
all parties concerned . ] THE DRAMA . THE LYCEUM AND ENGLISH O PBHA-HOUSE . —Various have been the names and fortunes of the place of entertainment which stood near the site of this elegant and commodious theatre : it was " every thing uy ' turns , and nothing long . " Perhaps a short sketch of its history may not be unacceptable : —
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feared . Don Miguel , it appears , has reached Milan and has renounced tiie oath he took to respect his brother as regent of Portugal . FRANCE ^ Sp romatie affairs are moving between the French . government anS the Russian authorities , relative to the res ora ^ « f Algms to the poiver of the sultan , or , as the political journals state it , to place { t VS ^ V ^ -TA ^ lately felt on the subject of the banking system and scarcity of gold , appears to be subsiding .
To Elizabeth.
TO ELIZABETH .
By JOHN LEE S TEVENS . IT was not thine unrivall'd wit , Though genius consecrated it ; Nor beauty , by perfection lit ; Nor youth combined : It th iritpassionless
was y sp , And pure , hiding the hig h excess And lustre of thy loveliness , That charm'd my mind ! Wit maketh foes of firmest friends ; Beauty but for a time transcends , And then is lost ; while virtue lends
To age and youth And endless grace , th .-. t faileth not To brighten life ' s uncertain lot , To light the palace or the cot With love and truth !
Literature, The Drama, &C.
LITERATURE , THE DRAMA , & c .
THE absence of our literary inspector , and the general paucity of new works at this season , will p lead some excuse for omitting our usual article on literature and the fine arts ; abetter one , however , will be found in the great press of matter on hand . We hope , however , very amply to redeem our character in the next number . [ We must , however , make an exception Infavour of ^ e ^^
all parties concerned . ] THE DRAMA . THE LYCEUM AND ENGLISH O PBHA-HOUSE . —Various have been the names and fortunes of the place of entertainment which stood near the site of this elegant and commodious theatre : it was " every thing uy ' turns , and nothing long . " Perhaps a short sketch of its history may not be unacceptable : —