The war-worn courser charges at the sound,

And with young vigour wheels the pasture round."

Note (m), page 145.

ROGERS.

For this has Beach display'd his happiest power;A very ingenious and rising artist, who has painted for the Author an admirable portrait of the gentleman to whom this poem is inscribed. Mr. Beach still resides in Bath, where he is gaining that celebrity which is due to uncommon genius, and which nothing but uncommon modesty could so long have impeded.— MDCCLXXXV.

And yet he breathes; but age, infirmity, and disappointment mark and embitter the closing scene, insomuch that some few months back he assured the Author, that death had long been an invited, and would be a welcome visitor. Jan. 12, 1805.

Note (n), page 149.

We brave e'en peril for a stranger's good.

It is with pleasure I draw an illustration of this sentiment from an incident which happened in Scotland, in

the autumn of 1800. That amiable young nobleman, LORD BINNING,-a name dear to Poets, from the patronage which the family bestowed on Thompson,— happening to be riding by the side of a deep river, near his paternal seat, saw a poor woman, who had been carried away by the stream, and was in imminent and instant danger of drowning.

He immediately threw himself from his horse, plunged into the river up to his neck, and dragged the perishing victim to land; while some unfeeling persons, who had witnessed the catastrophe, remained silent spectators of the woman's danger, and would have suffered her to sink without an effort to save her.

From this instance of genuine sympathy for the sufferings of his kind, I draw the happiest presages of the future character of the noble youth who is the subject of this note; and I am assured by one who knows him, that his conduct on this occasion was exactly what might have been expected from the generous philan thropy of his Lordship's heart.

Note (o), page 154.

Thus the poor mariner, his traffic o'er,

The following very beautiful illustration of these emotions, occurs in the delightful "Pleasures of Hope."

"But Hope can here her midnight vigils keep,
And sing to charm the spirit of the deep :

Swift as yon streamer lights the starry pole,
Her visions warm the watchman's pensive soul;
His native hills that rise in happier climes,
The grot that heard his song of other times,
His cottage home, his bark of slender sail,
His glassy lake, and broom wood-blossom'd vale,
Rush on his thought, he sweeps before the wind,
Treads the lov'd shore he sigh'd to leave behind;
Meets at each step a friend's familiar face,
And flies at last to Helen's long embrace;
Wipes from her cheek the rapture-speaking tear,
And clasps, with many a sigh, his children dear
While long-neglected, but at length caress'd,
His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest,
Points to the master's eyes (where'er they roam)
His wistful face, and whines a welcome home."

The subsequent tender etching from "The Pleasures of Memory," forms another picture in keeping with the former."

"Th' adventurous boy, that asks his little share,
And hies from home with many a gossip's pray'r,
Turns on the neighbouring hills once more to see
The dear abode of peace and privacy;

And as he turns, the thatch among the trees,

The smoke's blue wreath ascending with the breeze,

The village common, spotted white with sheep,

The church-yard yews, round which his fathers sleep;

All rouse reflection's sadly pleasing train,

And oft he looks and weeps, and looks again."

For various instances of the Social Principle amongst Mariners, I recommend the reader to Captain Inglefield's Narrative---Captain Bligh's on the loss of the Bounty---The loss of the Guardian--The loss of the Halsewell Indiaman---The preservation of Captain Stewart, &c.

The subject might derive more interest also by considering cases of FIRE; in which many lives have been P

generously, some gloriously, sacrificed on the pure impulse of the social duty; forcing the affectionate Friend and the tender Parent into the flames, solely from the hope of saving a darling object, without the remotest consideration of the great Principle of SelfPreservation.

Bury: Printed By "J.Rackhami, Angel Hill.