To our CORRESPONDENTS. WE are obliged to J. W. for his offer, and fbould be glad if he would favour us with a fpecimen. We cannot abfolutely promife infertion to J. P's communication; till he transfmits us the proofs and illuflrations he mentions. R. L's Efay is under confideration. Received the Elegy on a Linnet.-Lines addreffed to Captain S-Imitation of the fecond Ode of Sappho.-Verfes to the Duke of York. -Cupid's garland.-Ode to a Friend on his Birth-Day. -Acrostical Rebus by X. Y. &c. &c. * We have this month embellished our Mifcellany with an elegant View of the City of Carlile; for a defcription of which we beg leave to refer our Readers to our Magazine for April, p. 211, which contains a View of Carlile Cafle. THE Lady's Magazine; For JULY, 1794. THE nately receives and imparts a transport inconceivable to all, but to UNIVERSAL MONITOR. thofe in a milar fituation. From No. ViI. (Continued from p. 229) F all the bleflings or pleafures that fmooth the thorny path of life, there are none more permanent or worthy the attention of a human being than thofe derived from a mutual return of conjugal affection. I cannot better defcribe the bleffings of a nuptial state than by expreffing myself in the words of Milton: "Hail wedded Love! myfterious Of human offspring, fole propriety, Among the bestial herds to range; by (Founded on Reafon, loyal, juft, and Relations dear, and all the charities In this delightful union of fouls, the paffions of youth are foftened into a fixed affection-When two perfons are thus united in the bands of reciprocal fincerity, each alter fuch a connection Springs forth that heart-enlivening folicitude in the participation of each others happihe's and welfare, that mutual fym patnizing tenderness that affuages affliction, and that glowing fenubility that augments every joy, and heightens even profperity itself: We may with the fricteft propriety, call this the entire completion of human felicity. "Perpetual fountain of domeftic bliss! Here Love his golden fhaft employs, here lights His conftant lamp, and waves his purple wing." In marriage the nobleft paffions of which the human heart is fufceptible, unite love and virtuous friendfhip. 'Tis here that friendship exerts her fofteit power, and creates that tender emotion and fympathy of love, which binds their peace, and fecures perfect esteem. "Attuning all their paffions into 'Love." Happy that union of heart, where each is anxious for the happinefs of the other, "Whofe connubial joys, No confcience-racking horrors e'er annoy, No guilty fears, which lawless love in fpire, No ill effects of wanton, loofe defire." There will be no fretting or cenfuring each other's conduct, nothing to create difguft; but all will be one uninterrupted round of happinefs and blifs. Secure in love, "Their feafons thus, As ceafelefs round the jarring world they roll, Still find them happy. mild, mere remem When after the long vernal day of life, Enamour'd more, as brance fwells, With many a proof of recollected love, Together down they fink in focial fleep; Together freed, their gentle fpirits fly To fcenes where love and blifs immortal reign." Such is the prefent fituation of Alexis and his beloved Amelia, who, though not poffeffing an ample fortune, ftill have a fufficiency to fupport themselves and family, and if not in a ftyle of affluence, yet have enough to fupply the wants of nature, and the neceffities of life. But what is pomp to them? In the country far diftant from the bufy world, and Far from public rage, Deep in a vale with a choice few retir'd, They taste the pleafures of a rural life." How happier they, than thofe who, poffeffed of wealth and grandeur, revel in fafhionable luxuries, Folly and Pleasure, and "melt the thoughtless hours in idle ftate ;" They are unacquainted with the delufive blifs thatafuence and ftate afford. Regardless of wealth, the pride of the avaricious, and the vanity of fools, unknown to the embittered gilded joys that ftill amufe the wanton, and at length deceive, who be Admiring, fees her in her every fhape, Feels all her foft emotions, at his heart; Takes what the liberal gives, nor thinks of more. With fwift wing, O'er land and fea, Imagination roams, Elates his being and unfolds his Of truth divinely breaking on his head, powers." O fay! ye who now tread the flowery path of gaiety, what is vain pleafure and glittering fplendor, compared to the folid happinefs Alexis and his beloved Amelia enjoy? Whilst the proud and vain glitter in brocade and fplendid pomp, they truly partake the bleffings of life: inftead of trifling their time in pleafures tranfitory and unprofitable, they are employed in the cultivation of their children's education; to them this is an interest |