May yield to the blacksmith to teach, Sing fal de la, &c. When great men do wrong in the state, The Commons try hard at their poles; And if rogues put their name to a draft, The vices of trade he holds cheap,. To raise him still higher and higher, Fal de la, &c. Then let blacksmiths be toasted around, To his metal you'll find him still true; I hope 'twill be temper'd by you. Sing fal de la, &c. BLACK EYE'D SUSAN. ALL in the Downs the fleet was moor'd, Tell me, ye jovial sailors, tell me truc, Rock'd with the billows to and fro; The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hand So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, O, Susan! Susan! lovely dear! My vows shall ever true remain! Change, as ye list, ye winds, my heart shall be Believe not what the landmen say, Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind; They'll tell thee, sailors, when away, In ev'ry port a mistress find-- Yes, yes, believe them, when they tell thee so, If to far India's coast we sail, Thy eyes are seen in diamonds bright: Thy breath is Afric's spicy gale; Thy skin is ivory so white: Thus, ev'ry beauteous object that I view, Wakes in my soul some charms of lovely Sue. Tho' battles call me from thy arms, Tho' cannons roar, yet safe from harms - Love turns aside the balls that round me ffy, The boatswain gave the dreadful word, The sails their swelling bosoms spread; No longer must she stay aboard; They kiss'd; she sigh'd; he hung his head. Her lessening boat unwilling rows to land: Adieu! she cries; and wav'd her lily hand. EXHIBITIONS; OR, JOHN LUMPS RAMBLE TO SOMERSET HOUSE. IF you please, Sirs, might I be so bold as to say, (For I fancy I've somehow mistaken my way,) Is this Common Garden? Why, 'tis, I declare, Aye, and I thought I could never mistake my way there. Tol de rol, &c. 'Tis not long ago since I first com'd to town, What I most wish'd to see, Sirs, was Bartlemy fair, 'Caze I'd heard some gay things were exhibited there. I expected some fun, but was greatly mistaken, And zeed nought but oxen and sheep fat as bacon. Tol de rol, &c. From Smithfield I went down to Westminster Hall, Where the lawyers all try which the loudest can bawl;. But them I soon left, for I'd heard people say, pay. Tol de rol, &c. At last I found out that all folks of condition face. Tol de rol, &c. The picters, I own, look'd all clever and right, But the ladies, Oh! bless 'em, they made the best sight; And rightly to tell would ha' puzzled a ghost, Whether women or picters were painted the most. Tol de rol, &c. Now they always kept laughing and staring at me, There were horses as nat❜ral as ever could be, Tol de rol, &c. But to Portsmouth, or Plymouth, if you'd only go, There's a rare exhibition we took from the foe; There the enemy's feets safe at anchor are shewn; Such a sight, pray, what country can shew but our own? Tol de rol, &c.`. But see, there's the prompter he wants me away; I would sing ye more, but he'll not let me stay: He fancies you'll think me an impudent eif, Tol de rol, &c ANECDOTE OF MR. ERSKINE. THE following declaration of Mr. Erskine, in a late speech on the rights of juries, deserves the attention and imitation of all." It was the first command," said he, "and counsel to my youth, always to do what my conscience told me to be my duty, and to leave the consequences to God. I shall carry with me the memory, and I hope the practice of this parental lesson to the grave. have hitherto followed it, and have no reason to complain that the adherence to it has been even a temporal sacrifice; I have found it, on the contrary the road to prosperity and wealth, and I shall point it out as such to my children." I ANECDOTE OF THE PRESENT DUKE OF NORFOLK. SOME months ago, a worthy old clergyman in Cumberland, who had brought up a large family on 70l. a year, being informed of the death of his rector, was advised to come to town, and apply to the BISHOP of LONDON, in whose gift the living was, for the next presentation. He followed the advice, and was directed to his lordship's house, in St. James's-Square. By mistake he knocked at the next door, which is the Duke of NORFOLK's; and enquiring of the servant if his master was at home, received an answer in the affirmative, but that he was then engaged. The old gentleman requested |