The shade, and look abroad. On this old bench 880 That made her heart beat quick. You see that path, 885 890 895 Hut 900 Closed up each chink, and with fresh bands of straw 905 Was sapped; and while she slept, the nightly damps 910 915 THOMAS CAMPBELL.-1777-1844. THOMAS CAMPBELL was born in Glasgow, and studied at the university of his native city. After a tour on the Continent, and a short residence in Edinburgh, he went to London (1803), and devoted himself to literature. In 1806, he received a pension of £200 a year. The Pleasures of Hope (1799), Gertrude of Wyoming (1809), Theodric (1824), and The Pilgrim of Glencoe (1842), with all their excellences, do less to sustain Campbell's fame than his occasional lyrics— Ye Mariners of England (1801), The Soldier's Dream (written 1800, published 1804), The Battle of Hohenlinden (1802), The Battle of the Baltic (written 1805, published 1808), &c. THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC. 1. Of Nelson and the North, Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. 2. Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime: As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; 3. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak!' our captains cried; when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. 4. Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane As they strike the shattered sail, 5. Out spoke the victor then, As he hailed them o'er the wave: 'Ye are brothers! ye are men ! And we conquer but to save; So peace instead of death let us bring; 6. Then Denmark blessed our chief, As death withdrew his shades from the day; While the sun looked smiling bright O'er a wide and woeful sight, Where the fires of funeral light Died away. 7. Now joy, Old England, raise! For the tidings of thy might, By the festal cities' blaze, While the wine-cup shines in light; And yet amidst that joy and uproar, By thy wild and stormy steep, 8. Brave hearts! to Britain's pride On the deck of fame that died, Soft sigh the winds of heaven o'er their grave! Of the brave ! NOTES. 1. Nelson, Sir Hyde Parker, the admiral in command, left the whole affair to be managed by Vice-admiral Lord Nelson. The battle was fought in Copenhagen Roads, April 2, 1801. It formed part of the long struggle | with Napoleon; and the immediate object was to break up the coalition of the northern powers (with Russia at their head), who had joined in an armed neutrality. 'Nelson re peatedly declared that it was the most dreadful affair he had ever witnessed.' April 9, he wrote: Of the eighteen vessels of all descriptions, seventeen are sunk, burnt, and taken.' 8. Riou, the captain of the Amazon, was shot in two, to the great sorrow of the whole fleet. Nelson, in his report to Sir H. Parker (April 3), called him the gallant and good Captain Riou.' WALTER SCOTT.-1771-1832. Sir WALTER SCOTT was the son of a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh. During the long illness of his boyhood, he educated himself, much after the miscellaneous manner of Gibbon, by devouring at will the contents of libraries, especially romances, old plays, epic poetry, and such-like. Meanwhile a maiden aunt, who nursed him for a time, had been telling him innumerable legendary stories. As he grew up and was conquering his sicknesses, he rambled far and near throughout the country, adding to his stock of imaginative lore. After studying at Edinburgh University, he was called to the Scotch bar in 1792; in 1799 he was made Sheriff of Selkirkshire, and in 1806 |