the annoyance and pressure of the mob. The poet took his seat accordingly; and it was, no doubt, a proud triumph to his feelings. moniously and touchingly written. The World before the Flood, which appeared in 1812, is perhaps the least popular of his productions. In this work his wonted piety and the effects of his early education strongly appear, while he has introduced various enlivening incidents to break the uniformity of the subject. Since this poem, « Greenland, The Pelican Island, and numerous occasional pieces have dropped from his pen. His thoughts are all remarkable for their purity. He is the poet of religion and morality. His political principles are those of a free Englishman. During this imprisonment it was that he wrote his poems entitled « Prison Amusements,» though he did not publish them until 1797. In the prison he was well accommodated, and had every indulgence afforded him; a large yard supplied him with an airy promenade. He is also said to have amused himself in composing a work of some bulk of a humorous character, but which has not seen the light He went to Scarborough for the benefit of his health as soon as he was liberated. This happened in July 1796, his In person, Montgomery is below the middle health having been much affected by anxiety height, and of slender frame; his complexion and imprisonment. It was from a visit to the fair, and hair yellow. His limbs are well pro same place subsequently, that he composed his portioned. There is a cast of melancholy over his poem of « The Ocean» in 1805. It was singular features, unless when they are lighted up by cou that the author of the « Prison Amusements,» versation, and then his eyes show all the fire of ' should have suffered that and other published genius. In manner he is singularly modest and works to sleep from want of making them more unobtrusive, especially among strangers. It is known-he allowed them to drop into complete oblivion. In 1806 appeared The Wanderer of Switzerland, which, in spite of a severe criticism in the Edinburgh Review, conferred upon him great and deserved celebrity. It was not until then that he took his station among the better order of his country's poets. It is said he was on the point of publishing another poem in preference, which has not yet been given to the world, though nearly ready for the press at the time « The Wanderer of Switzerland» appeared. Mr Bowyer printed Montgomery's next work, The West Indies, in a most expensive form, with superb embellishments; nearly ten thousand copies of the different editions were sold. The humane feelings of the author appear to predominate in this work; it is har only in intercourse with his friends that he which dying he could wish to blot. There my little native cot Peep'd upon my father's farm: Oh! it was a happy spot, Rich in every rural charm! « There my life, a silent stream, . Till the storm that wreck'd the world, In its horrible career, Into hopeless ruin hurl'd All this aching heart held dear. On the princely towers of Berne REDING then his standard raised, Where our conquering fathers died, Where their awful bones repose, Thrice the battle's fate he tried, Thrice o'erthrew his country's foes.3 . Thus my country's life retired, Brannen, at the foot of the mountains, on the borders of the Lake of Uri, where the first Swiss Patriots, Walter Furst of Uri, Werner Stauffacher of Schwitz, and Arnold of Melchtal in Underwalden, conspired against the tyranny of Austria in 1307, again in 1798, became the seat of the Diet of these three forest cantons. On the plains of Morgarthen, where the Swiss gained their first decisive victory over the force of Austria, and thereby secured the independence of their country; Aloys Reding, at the head of the troops of the little cantons, Uri, S bwitz, and Underwalden, repeatedly repulsed the invading army of France. By the resistance of these small cantons, the French General Schawenbourg was compelled to respect their independence, and gave them a solemn pledge to that purport; but no sooner had they disarmed, ou the faith of this engagement, than the enemy came suddenly upon them with an immense force; and with threats of extermination compelled them to take the civic oath to the new constitution, imposed upon all Switzerland. In the valley of their birth, Where our guardian mountains stand; « Like their sires in olden time, Arm'd they met in stern debate; While in every breast sublime Glow'd the SPIRIT OF THE STATE. . Gallia's menace fired their blood: . Then to heaven, in calm despair, As they turn'd the tearless eye, By their country's wrongs they sware With their country's rights to die. Albert from the council came From the council-field he came : Fire from heaven my heart renew'd, Quickly from our hastening foes, Far amidst the eternal snows, Those who loved us,-those beloved.2 resisted the French message, which required submission to the new constitution, and the immediate surrender, alive or dead, of nine of their leaders. When the demand, accompanied by a menace of destruction, was read in the Assembly of the District, all the men of the Valley, fifteen hundred in number, took up arms, and devoted themselves to perish in the ruins of their country. At the battle of Sempach, the Austrians presented so impenetrable a front with their projected spears, that the Swiss were repeatedly compelled to retire from the attack, till a native of Underwalden, named Arnold de Winkelried, commending his fa mily to his countrymen, sprung upon the enemy, and burying as many of their spears as he could grasp in his body, made a breach in their line; the Swiss rushed in, and routed the Austrians with a terrible slaughter. 2 Many of the Underwalders, on the approach of the French army, removed their families and cattle among the Higher Alps; and • The inhabitants of the Lower Valley of Underwalden alone themselves returned to join their brethren, who had encamped in |