Yet in themselves my heart my cot, ORIGINAL POETRY BY BURNS. [The following unpublished reliques of our immor. tal Bard, were lately communicated to us from a highly respectable quarter. We quote one short passage from the very obliging letter that accompa nied them : As every thing that fell from the pen of Burns is worthy of preservation, I transcribe for your Miscellany the complete copy of a song which Cromek has printed, (page 423 of his vol.) in an unfinished state,-together with two fragments that have never yet been published. The originals of these I possess in the handwriting of their unfortunate Author, who transmitted them inclosed in letters to a constant friend of his through all his calamities. by whom they were finally assigned to me."]-Eding. Mag. SONG. Here's to them that's awa. Here's a health to them that's awa, An' here's to them that's awa: And wha winna wish good luck to our cause, May never good luck be their fa'! Although that his band be but sma'! 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AM at last safely lodged at Schneider's Hotel, in the midst of this beautiful city, and its still more beautiful environs. The Arno flows within a few yards of the door,-it is the boundary of one side of the street. I arrived here this morning at half-past nine, having passed two days and a half among the Appenines, being half a day longer than we took to pass the Alps. On both occasions exceedingly bad weather. It is now very cold,-much colder than I expected to find it, in this garden of Italy, as Tuscany is commonly called. My usual winter flannels are all put in requisition. I am just as well pleased now that I did not go on to Naples, as I once intended. This journey has been quite enough for me,-upon the whole hard work ;-latterly roused at half-past two or three o'clock in the morning, after three or four hours' sleep. This was a revolution with a vengeance in my habits of life, then miserable fare not eatable, to support the system under this extraordinary exertion. This house of Schneider's is the most superb thing of the kind I have ever seen, and is at present filled with English people. My man, Vincenzo, has been more useful to me than I can possibly tell you, he MAG. VOL. I. 2 has, among other things, saved me a great deal of money during the journey; for the impositions upon travellers, who have nobody to fight their battles, and to know what is right and proper, and to give no more than is just, are enormous, and rascally to a degree that you have no idea of at home. Many a dreadful engagement he has had for me on the way, and much has his throat suffered in the cause within my astonished hearing. I should have been utterly pillaged if he bad not been with me; I could not have had a morsel of any thing, without paying ten prices for it ;-the vetturino would not interfere, because he always takes care to keep on the best terms with the Aubergistes. As it is, my journey has cost me 17 Louis (equal to L. 17 sterling) to the vetturino,-28 francs to his postillions, and about 250 francs for breakfast, luncheons, wine, (drinkable wine,) and other little things. The 17 Louis is about one-half of the usual fare, but Cervelli was returning home, and wanted to get back as fast as he could. Robberies are now very frequent again on the road between Rome and Naples. I say again, because the French, when they had possession of the country, kept these vagabonds in complete order. Cervelli was stop ped on that road, and his crew of lost to the eye by their great elevapassengers together with himself tion, seem to me not very well deand servants, plundered of every signed, but still the whole astonisharticle they had, he lost L. 25. es one by its magnificent extent, and The reappearance of these danger- materials, and workmanship; the ous vagabonds, is owing to the num- inside is very spacious, and is pecuber of disbanded soldiers, and the liarly grand and solemn in its aptoo gentle exercise of that power pearance. How poor is the appearwhich ought to crush them: they ance of our churches compared with come two or three at a time, (ac- this, even in its unfinished state! cording to their intelligence of the even as it is, what a glorious temple strength of the party they mean to for the worship of God! The knees rob.) and demand the money and are naturally inclined to bend in it. goods of the travellers, and if any I went to the Teatro della Scala, resistance is attempted, they give (one of the finest in Europe,) and the signal to a body of thirty or for- heard a very good opera, the musick ty at a little distance, which advan- by Carafa. Signora Testa (one of ces in a twinkling, and the whole the finest singers in Italy) delighted travellers are murdered on the spot. me exceedingly, she was the chief I am now in danger of becoming support of the piece, but unluckily perfectly solitary in the midst of was taken ill, and lost her voice in thousands of human beings. Vin- the middle of the second act, so that cenzo, who came from Paris with the curtain fell before the opera was me, and has been so singularly kind finished. She and Fodor in London, and attentive to me, is obliged to go and Marandi in Paris, are the best after his own affairs, and I fear will singers I have heard. Her voice, leave me altogether, for he talks of intonation, expression, embellishgoing back to his family (in Paris) ment, and execution, were all dein a very short time. This man is lightful. The principal male singer an admirable specimen of the Tus- (Signor Galli has the most profound can character, were they all as and sonorous bass voice I ever heard, good, they would not do for this and is a perfect Hercules in figure, world. I shall be exceedingly ill a tremendous looking fellow, with off without him, but necessity over- a neck like a bull, and features of rules every thing even the wishes animated bronze. Six Naldis in of a good heart. I wish you knew conjunction would not equal the sothis man. I have never seen any lemn thundering roll of his deepthing like him in the lower walks of spreading voice; it filled the whole life. theatre, which is larger than the In passing through Milan, I visit- London Opera House. The stage ed the celebrated cathedral there. is immense, contains six hundred It is a most superb edifice of marble, people and forty horses with ease. of amazing extent and richness, but The rest of the performers were cosi unfinished for want of money or ac- cost. This theatre is like the tivity, or both. There are upwards Opera-house in London, in the inof 4000 fine statues disposed on the side, but I do not think it is well outside of this building, besides a constructed for the propagation of great number of figures in relievo. sound-a feeble voice is not heard I think it is too rich,such a vast in the middle of the pit. What do profusion of ornament, so many pro- you think was the price of admitjections of the walls, and so many tance? 30 sous, or 15 pence sterspires shooting up from these pro- ling! to the pit I mean. If you jections, and crowned with statues take a box for the night, and get six very B39 vals Jasna aladd 979.94t of deol to war aul brebrow tent no bag bor seven people to join with you, it atre. The ballet was very good and will cost you no more. It is not very splendid. Here they introwell lighted-only one candelabra, duce a ballet between the acts of the and the foot-lights of the stage. opera, and I think injudiciously ;This gives it a gloomy appearance. it spoils the connection of the piece. People there (if they choose) light The scenery, dresses, and decoratheir own boxes, but there were on-, tions, were much finer than at Paly a few straggling candles in them, ris. The orchestra is a very excel3 glimmering here and there amidst lent one is 997 10 ow! snes the dusky twilight of this large the songiffani Tied of gibtoo 718 T RESTRICTIONS 1 TOMBUCTOO, A CITY IN AFRICA. ly mentioned, not only as one of THIS city, which was founded the imports from Barbary, but as A. D. 1215, does not appear to have bringing more money than any been very splendid. The houses other commodity. The inhabitants www.were built in the form of bells; the were mild and gentle, and spent a walls of stakes or hurdles, plastered great part of the night in singing over with clay, and the roof with and dancing. The town was exwreeds interwoven together. One tremely exposed to fire. The relimosque, however, and the royal pa- gion was Mahommedan; but the inlace, were built with stone; the tolerance, so strongly reported in latter by an artist brought from Gre- modern times, is mentioned only in denadas Cotton cloth was woven in regard to the Jews, who are said to great quantity.The merchants have been most rigorously excludwere extremely rich and the King ed. had married his daughters to two of their number. The inhabitants were IN THE DRESS OF copiously supplied with water; that APPRENTICES, IN 1600. of the Niger, whenever it overflow- APPRENTICES were not allowed ed, being conveyed into it by slui- to wear hats, nor any other coverces. The country round abounded ing on the head but a woollen cap; with corn, cattle, and all the neces- no ruffles, cuffs, loose collars, nor saries of life, except salt, which any thing more than a ruff at the was brought from Tegazza, situated collar, and that only a yard and a ..at a distance of 500 miles; which half long. Their doublets were to was held so valuable, that Leo had be of fustian, sackcloth, canvas, seen a camel's load sold for eighty English leather or wollen, without ducats. The King had a splendid any gold, silver, or silk trimmings. court, and many ornaments of gold, They wore cloth or kersey hose, some of which weighed thirteen but of no other colour than white, ounces. He maintained also three blue, or russet. Their breeches thousand horsemen, and a nume- were always of the same material as rous infantry; inany of whom were the doublet, and was neither stitchin the habit of using poisoned ar- ed, laced, nor embroidered. Their Horses were not bred, but upper coat was of cloth or leather, imported from Barbary, and eager without pinking, stitching, edging, ly sought after; so that the King, or silk trimming. Sourtouts they whenever any number arrived, in- were not allowed to wear, but insisted on making a selection for him- stead thereof a cloth gown or cloak, self, paying however, a handsome faced with cotton, cloth, or baize, price. Manuscripts are particular- with a plain fixed round collar. No rows. |