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THE MIRROR
OF
LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.
| VOL. X, NO. 288.] | SUPPLEMENTARY NUMBER | [PRICE 2d. |
The Return of a Victorious Armament to a Greek City.
SPIRIT OF "THE ANNUALS" FOR 1828.
Our readers have annually anticipated a high treat from this splendid intellectual banquet, served up by some of the master1 spirits of the age.
We doubt whether the comparison is refined enough for the fair authoresses; but our fancy has led us to class their contributions to the present feast as follow:—
Hood.
Bucellas.
Bernard Barton.
Lacrymae Christi.
Watts.
Delta.
Port.
Southey.
Claret.
with a due proportion of vin ordinaire. This comparison may be pleasant enough as after-dinner chat, but we fear our readers will think it like cooks circulating the Bills of Fare on the morning of Lord Mayor's Day; and lest we should incur their displeasure, we shall proceed with our select course: but we are mere disposers.
THE LITERARY SOUVENIR.
In literary talent, as well as in graphic beauty, this elegant volume stands first; and from it we have selected the subject of the above engraving, accompanied by the following
ANCIENT SONG OF VICTORY.
BY MRS. HEMANS.
Fill high the bowl, with Samian wine,
Our virgins dance beneath the shade.
BYRON.
Lo! they come, they come!
Garlands for every shrine!
Strike lyres to greet them home;
Bring roses, pour ye wine!
Swell, swell the Dorian flute
Thro' the blue, triumphal sky!