190 Mrs. Canning-Amber coloured dress, richly Lady Innes Kerr-Petticoat of yellow figured satin, with draperies of pink crape en applique || embroidered in silver drapery, looped up with in silver, and oruzimented with bunches of silver cord and tassels; train of same colour, silver leaves, train of yellow figured satin, trim- || richly embroidered and trimmed with point med with Brussels point; head-dress, dia- lace; head dress ostrich feathers and diamonds. monds and feathers. Lady Charlotte Nelson.-A train of Pomona green crape, richly embroidered with beads, and diamond stomacher, and the body deco- j rated with wreaths of diamonds, the petticoat was green to correspond, ornamented with chains of beads and tassels of cope de pearl, the draperies fastened with large bunches of variegated choice flowers; head dress of green, and plume of white ostrich feathers, supported by the diamond aigrette which was presented by the Grand Seignior to her illustrious uncle, Admiral Lord Nelson. Lady Charles Somerset -A white sarsnet petticoat, with dress lace draperies, ornamented with bunches of moss roses, and scabiusses, and rows of French pearl; train of figured sarsnet, richly trimmed. Hon. Mrs. A. Stanhope-Petticoat of yellow crape, richly embroidered with dead silver; the drapery looped up with silver snow drops; train to correspond; head-dress diamonds aud feathers. Ilon. Mrs. Villiers-A petticoat of blue crape, embroidered with silver. Hon. Mrs. Couzens-White satin, with dra pery, embroidered in shells of silver spangles, edged with a beautiful border of dead and bright silver hops; body and train the same, white net embroidered with silver. TO MISS H——. AGAIN returns the flowing Spring, No cheering sun our cares beguile. With ilis o'er ills that gather fast, And happier days once more bestow. Nor let a thought your mind distress; B. H ON account of the length of the Court Dresses we have omitted our OBSERVATIONS and LETTER ON DRESS, which, in truth, are this month destitute of all novelty. The Engraving was Hon. Mrs. West.--Body and train of lilac Peruvian net, trimmed with Brussels point and silver; petticoat of white crape richly embroi dered in silver, intermixed with bunches of Mr. BELL regrets much that many of the Porcorn flowers, and tied up with cords and tassels. traits given in the preceding Number of this Work, Hon. Mrs. Irby.-A white crape dress over were delivered in a very feeble condition, owing to an imperfection in the copper. lilac silk, the drapery having a very brilliant very finely executed; the first impressions were very ornamental silver border, large silver tassels bearing a silver cord across the dress, giving a beautiful, but the copper proving to be very saft, good relief to the border, finished at the bottom few good impressions were produced. Mr. BELL is therefore preparing another Plate, entirely new, with a border of silver willow leaves, the crape impressions of it in the next Number, as an additi spangled all over in small flowers; a robe of from the same subject, and he means to give fine hac figured gauze, trimmed with crape, beau-onal plate, without any additional expence, in order tifully bordered with talle, and ornamented that he may be sure of every Subscriber having a with chenille. fine impression. London: Printed by and for J. BELL, Southampton-street, Strand. THE SEASONS, BY JAMES THOMSON. Spring. .THE ARGUMENT. The subject proposed.-Inscribed to the Countess of Hartford.-The Season is described as it affects the various parts of Nature, ascending from the lower to the higher, with digressions arising from the subject.-Its influence on inanimate matter.-On vegetables-On brute animals.-And last on Man.-Concluding with a dissuasive from the wild and irregular passion of love, opposed to that of a pure and happy kind. COME, gentle Spring, ethereal mildness, come, And from the bosom of yon dropping cloud, While music wakes around, veil'd in a show'r Of shadowing roses, on our plains descend. O Hartford, fitted or to shine in courts With unaffected grace, or walk the plain With innocence and meditation join'd In soft assemblage, listen to my song, Which thy own seasou paints; when nature all Is blooming and benevolent, like thee. And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts: His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill, The shattered forest, and the ravag'd vale : While softer gales succeed, at whose kind touch, Dissolving snows in livid torrents lost, The mountains lift their green heads to the sky. As yet the trembling year is unconfirm'd, And Winter oft at eve resumes the breeze, Chills the pale morn, and bids his driving sleets Deform the day delightless; so that scarce The bittern knows his time, with bill ingulpht To shake the sounding marsh, or from the shore, The plovers when to scatter o'er the heath, And sing their wild notes to the list'ning waste. At last from Aries rolls the bounteous Sun, And the bright Bull receives him. Then no more Th'expansive atmosphere is cramp'd with cold; Fleecy and white o'er all-surrounding heav'n. Lies in the furrow, loosen'd from the frost. Cheer'd by the simple song, and soaring lark. Meanwhile incumbent o'er the shining share The master leans, removes th' obstructing clay, Winds the whole work, and side-long lays the glebe. While thro' the neighbouring fields the sower stalks, With measur'd step; and lib'ral throws the grain Into the faithful bosom of the ground: Be gracious, Heav'n; for now laborious man Are but the beings of a summer's day, Ye generous Britons, venerate the plough; Nor only through the lénient air this change Delicious, breathes: the penetrative sun, No. XLVII.—Continued from the Poetical part in No. 46.] U His force deep-daiting to the dark retreat Of pepper, fatal to the frosty tribe: Nor, while they pick them up with busy bill, Be patient, swains: these cruel-seeming winds Blow not in vain. Far hence they keep repress'd Those deep'ning clouds on clouds surcharg'd with rain That, o'er the vast Atlantic hither borne In endless train, would quench the summer blaze, Where the deer rustle through the twining And, cheerless, drown the crude unripen'd brake, And the birds sing conceal'd. At once, array'd Oft let me wander o'er the dewy fields, year. [up At first a dusky wreath they seem to rise, Scarce staining ether; but by swift degrees, In heaps on heaps, the doubling vapour sails Along the loaded sky; and mingling deep, Sits on th' horizon round a settled gloom: Not such as wintry storms on mortals shed, From the bent bush, as through the verdant Oppressing life; but lovely, gentle, kind, Joyless and dead, a wide-dejected waste. And full of ev'ry hope and ev'ry joy; once, Into the general choir. E'en mountains, vales, In universal bounty, shedding herbs, |