POEMS

BY

CHARLES JAMES, ESQ.

AUTHOR OF

POEMS DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES;

MILITARY DICTIONARY, AND REGIMENTAL COMPANION;

ON THE MARRIAGE OF

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MOIRA

WITH

COUNTESS LOUDON.

HEAVEN, in its wisdom, had the World survey'd,
And for good purposes a Rawdon made.

On Moira's mind each quality was shed
That decks the living, or adorns the dead;
To him Heav'n gave each excellence; and then
Bestow'd an Angel on the best of men.
With Loudon's hand the purest Honour came
To shine benignant round a Moira's name;
Nor was the gift to Female Worth confin'd,
For *Loudon's spirit breathes in Moira's mind.
Ages unborn from such a Pair shall get
The bright example which to us is set;
From son to son their virtues shall descend

The Good to cherish, and the Bad to mend.

From Moira's breast the Good themselves shall take
A nobler impulse for Affliction's sake:

While Loudon's eyes congenial comfort give,
And teach the Wretched and the Poor to live,

Thus shall the bright, the good Memorial stand,
And both be known as Patterns to the Land.

• The celebrated Field-Marshal Loudon, of whom Frederick the Great, of Prussia, always spoke in the highest terms of praise.

RATIONAL AFFECTION

OR, THE

WAY TO LIVE ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES.

Written on hearing the Song, by Dr. Walcott, "The Golden Moments are gone by."

THE golden moments are not gone:
For Recollection brings

The dear delights our hearts have known;
The joys my Laura sings.

Though Time has chang'd our flowing hair,
Our minds are still the same;
For Truth and Constancy are there,

To shield the nuptial flame.

Through chequer'd months and circling years

Our hearts are still at home;
Serenely bright Love's torch appears,
And burns beyond the tomb.

She sings of Love, whose temper'd bliss

Outlasts the glare of Youth;

Which settles in the cordial kiss

That warms the lip of Truth.

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