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 REFLECTIONS 
 
 DURING 
 
 A VISIT TO MY NATIVE PLACE. 
 
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REFLECTIONS 
 
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 FoRMEiiLY Chief Ju.sTiJE, Ere:., in TiiiJ IoL\nd of Cape Brixton 
 
 HALIFAX, X. S. 
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 plain the true caimes <»f tlie ])rin<Mpal portion of human suiier- 
 ing." The completion of this Essay, like many purposes 
 cherished in youth, was prevented by entrance ujxrn a busy 
 life. The author seems to have accepted this result, since he 
 placed the unfinished manuscript in the hands of the publisher 
 of the Halifax Times so early as 18.37. These 'VReilections " 
 are now republished, not for the review of the critic, though 
 they shew a pleasing maturity of thought in youth, but for the 
 perusal of the many who knew the author in later years, and 
 are thus prepared to revere his memory and value the produc- 
 tions of his pen. The preservation of this, one of the earlier 
 literary efforts of a deceased father, is attempted as an act of 
 
 filial regard. 
 
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DURING A VISIT TO MY NATIVE PLACE 
 
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 "Welcome onco inoro, most wolcoino to mv.cjazc, 
 
 8eiits of my childish sports, in liai)]):cst (hiys, 
 
 :PU)asVl I survey yon, jukI enjoy anew, 
 
 Those hlissfnl seasons memory i)rin.u's to view. 
 
 Each hill and dale lamillar to my si^i;'ht, 
 
 Kecals some scene of innocent (lelii;-ht, 
 
 And as 1 ])au.>e on e:ich renieinbeivd spot, 
 
 Joys long for<;ol{en laish U})on my thoa<i;!»l. 
 
 O happy <lays, when no laule cares annoy'd, 
 
 JSor threaiea'd evil present charms de-^troy'd, 
 
 AVhen no perplexing thoughts or views were known, 
 
 JSor sorri)W yet had forcM the hitter mium, 
 
 Nor anxious doui)ts or fears convul: d the hi'cast, 
 
 lUit smiles and frolics inward joy expiest. 
 
 Wiiat l)liss was mine, when at the morning's dawn, 
 
 i rose to sport and ramhle o"er the lawn; 
 
 To call the fragrant Howerv. to deck my head. 
 
 Or ornament the spot l»y fancy made; 
 
 To hear the joyous birds on every spray, 
 
 Jii sweetest notes salute the rising day. 
 
 Each scene did then some native el'iarm impart, 
 
 Aiid joy tilunrphani \\:iiit..iiM mVuhI my he;i.-l. 
 
 Erom morn till eve, nor Avant nor care I knew, 
 
 But every hour on wings of pleasure Hew : 
 
 
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 Koi- all tho proud distinction tillos ch'un : 
 Not ploasiiro's ilowory paths, nor power can 3'i('ld, 
 That Hwcot content we seek to he i-evealM, 
 'Nov all this woi'ld's pos^;e isions eaii inipa.-t, 
 Secure enjoynient to (he human lieait. 
 Yet hci'e's no cau>(^ to inurniu!- oi* j-epine, 
 'Tis our own choice, and not the will dlvr.ie. 
 l^'or this ai'j-ai^-n no-, {leaven's in la!i;-ent J>:i;i;^'; 
 'Tis from our sins, our so;'ro'.v.> ciiieflv si)rini'-. 
 Look round th/is i-'iddy hiill, ex]):orv' the maze 
 Of pi'ou'l, unlhLn'A'lni'; m:in"s de ;'e:iei'nle wa\-s ; 
 View him throu;.!;!) every i-an'v and sce;n> oidifr, 
 In seemimj;- cairn retreats, and ajixious s(:il(>. 
 AVhere weal:h or honorr. ])r()nd (li-t'nciion Nield, 
 And where eaeh want and h.ar(;:-!j!!t stand teveaiM. 
 8urv(»y those seene-^ wlierc^ deepest iiorror.; dwell, 
 And wiiere t!ie i;-roa!is of a;i;;a!;sh loii I'.'st swell; 
 ThroiiL::h all, the h-.^a.viest ids. tiie lowvvst lu'svl, 
 The iceeiiest |>!inL::s of v/oe. from ijaiilt p:oL'ee;l. 
 Though of;, ((;///. f'o,".s )(■(• )/,i^i'rr!i!ih s erill, 
 To disoixvlieuee v/e may charge theia all. 
 At iii'st. wh.en al! vra-j lovrlir.ess. 'Iw.is lid.s 
 Caus'd nuiii's !emo\-ai f.om a slr.te of hiiss ; 
 Drew down a curse upo:! his .'^Tuii v liead. 
 And dire disorder lliroagi) creation s|)re;id ; 
 .Bi-ought deatli into t!]e wo. !;!, with ail liio.-,e woch 
 Tiie countliv-v-;, hii-<v s'-enes oi iifj diseio.-^e. 
 Yv'ith open view, we oltjiitimes hei.old 
 The sins of me. 1. llieir p-i.ii^.iiinL-nl anrd.i; 
 And evej* is fuililled i\i? lii'st decree, 
 That sin and borrow should comj)a.nions be. 
 
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 Here would I point where scones of woe ari.se, 
 And ti'ace where i'ell destiiietion swiftly flies ; 
 Explore the stretuns of folly to tlieir source, 
 And nuirk where pride dis])lays its deadly force. 
 Eold is the task, to stem the 14'iddy raj^e, 
 To AVJ'ite the follies of a present ai^e; 
 The vices of ])i()ud num to }iol(' to view, 
 And paint the ])ictuje, though 'tis e'er so ti'ue. 
 Assist nie heavenly muse, the task to dare, 
 To trace each vai-ied scene, thy gifts prepare, 
 Wisdom's fair [)rece]>ts, help me to display, 
 To place her saci'cd truths in just array; 
 And Wiiile I hold mv venl'rous course alon£»:, 
 Yield hei'e and there a flowei*, to grace my song. 
 And thou fair ti'uth. thy influence impart, 
 To guide my hues, and jDiimate my heai't ; 
 Teach me t;) point whero vice and folly I'eign, 
 To picture faithfully, tlu^ proud and vain ; 
 To j;"ive to virtue^ what is iustlv duo, 
 And uige her cheei-ing courses to ])ursue ; 
 Incline my will, and temper all my mind. 
 To su";t the ai'duous ])ur[;()se J've design'd ; 
 AVitli zeal for tiiv" blest cause mv bosom till, 
 CaU in my roving thoughts, and hind llicm to thy will.- 
 
 'i'he crimes of nations be my tirst essav, 
 Where scenes of slaughter shame the face of day; 
 Where hostile bands in lierce convulsions join, 
 And all the (Unidliest ills of war combine. 
 Jkdiold where ocean heaves his lordlv tide, 
 In dread ai-ray, the thundering gallies ride ; 
 
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 Firm and uiidaunteMi tlirv the baltk' wait, 
 Point all their force, and scorn iinpcndiui;- fate. 
 The strife begun, what scenes of horror rise! 
 Keen lii^^]itn:ni,^s Hash, and thunders i-end the sides; 
 Lash'd side hy side, each breast with fury ,i;-lows, 
 Wliiie all ai'ound, the purple cui-j'ent tlows. 
 To meet their tinal dooiu. whole hosts rej)air, 
 AVith scarce a moment i^'iven to lift a praye;*. 
 Some youths, their tender ])arent's briii:htest Joy. 
 For whom they fondest ho|»es and cares employ: 
 Home husbands deej)ly lov'd, some ])ai-ents deai', 
 Some fi-iends most hi^'hly valued. ])ei'ish liere : 
 Mixed with the thronii;. each, now unheeded dies, 
 No faithful s])Ouse Oi* fi-iend to close his eyes; 
 Far fi'om iovM home an<l country meets his fate, 
 An I 'midst of horrors, seeks tli' eternal state. 
 View next invadini;- ai'mies take tliei!' w;iy, 
 Dealina: around them cai'nniro and disma\ ; 
 No pity checks, no justice stays the liand, 
 That's raisM to desolate tlie fated land ; 
 The banners of destruction ai'c unfui'l'd. 
 And every shaft of woe is liercelv huri'd ; 
 Appiuling thunders cai'iy ruin round. 
 While heaps of anguish'd viclinis ])ross the gi'ound ; 
 The heart seems s])oird ot'everv tethler tone, 
 JSTor lieeds the keenest shriek', or deepest groan ; 
 The powers of darkness hover o'er the iield. 
 And lend tlieir aid the fatal sword to wield ; 
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 Fair towns an<l fruitful ])1:umh in rniii lie, 
 And niillioMi-i utter one bewailint:; cry. 
 The luiinhle j)easiint here, who toil'd content, 
 AVidi that (k\i;-i"eo of i.';ood wliieh Heaven liad lent; 
 AVhose tencier snouse and children round him sniil'd, 
 And with theii" fond endeavours care bei:;nii"d ; 
 Who yet hail liv'd retir'd from scenes of srrlie, 
 Noi' e'er had felt those ))an,ij;s which sicken life; 
 Now \>y t!ie h.inds of violence driven to I'oani. 
 Tt) seox for lho-;e he loves sorne shellerini;; home; 
 lie views Iju' Hames (h'voui* his Innnhle cot, 
 Each ch'irin denn.ri which hound him to the sj)ot ; 
 S!:ri])t of his lit Jc slo.-c, e;ich conifort ilowii. 
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 What countlcRS ills from mad aml>ition flow. 
 
 'Twas when b}^ liberty's blest ardour led, 
 
 The hosts of Britain, their proud banners spread, 
 
 To aid Ilispania, bound in Gallic chain, 
 
 Her ancient rights and freedom to regain, 
 
 That Henry's father, led by gallant Mooi e, 
 
 Throuo-h fields of blood, his arms unduunleii bore. 
 
 A faithful spouse, by tenderest love impel I'd, 
 
 With him the patln of toil and danger held ; 
 
 Her helpless infant, c rcled in her arms. 
 
 Shielded from ills, a-i 1 bore through tierce alarms ; 
 
 Endur'd each hardsiiip, each a'tliction shar'd, 
 
 And borne by love, appalling terrors dar'd. 
 
 Corunna's heights, now view'd that dreadful day, 
 
 AVhen weary legions fought their desperate way ; 
 
 Each pain and peril, dauntless struggled through, 
 
 Proving that nought could free-born souls subdue ; 
 
 When hateful j lousy its power display'd. 
 
 And Britain's dearest sons its victims made. 
 
 There, gash'd with wounds, the sire of Henry fell, 
 
 Bid all the joys and griefs of life faiewell ; 
 
 AVhile faint with anguish, on th' ensanguin'd ground,. 
 
 And death in lie. co.^l aspect hover'd round, 
 
 He cast, with bitterest pangs, one lingering view, 
 
 Where once sweet love and hope inspiring grew ; 
 
 Thought on his much-loved spouse, and child, bereft 
 
 Of every stay, and 'midst of horrors left ; 
 
 Expos'd to hardship, poverty, and woe. 
 
 To all the varied ills the friendless know; 
 
 Pierc'd at the view, with his last faltering breath, 
 
 O shield them Heaven, he cried, then sank in death.. 
 
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 And with each kind return thy duty prove. 
 These soothing thoui^'htH revive her troubled bi'east, 
 While hope, the charmer, lulls hi'i* fears to rest ; 
 ■She clasps her babe, and seeks the soundin<^ shore ; 
 Where thousands throng in wild tumultuous I'oar , 
 And toils through scenes of deep distress to gain 
 .Some friendly bark to waft her o'er tbe main ; 
 But nature fails, the lamp of life decays, 
 And faintly glimmering sheds its parting rays ; 
 With hardships worn, she sinks, and bids adieu 
 To all the soothing hopes her bosom drew ; 
 .Seems, with last gaze upon her child, to say, 
 O ! that for thee, I might yet longer stay ; 
 Then folds him to her breast, and lifts her eyes,. 
 In keenest agony, to Heaven, and dies. 
 
 Blest be that feeling, sympathizing heart. 
 May fiiirest joys forever be its part ; 
 That heart which helplessness did then befriend 
 And timely succour to the orphan lend. 
 Yes, though fell war, ofttimes the bosom steels 
 'Gainst sympathy for woes its storm reveals ; 
 Though thousands train'd where scenes of horror reign, 
 Behold with unconcern another's pain ; 
 E'en there are hearts, wdiere gentlest virtues dwell, 
 And over others' sorrows fondly swell ; 
 Some hearts which all those generous feelings know. 
 Which spring to succour want and comfort woo. 
 Such were the feelings which the breast inspir'd 
 Of him who gave that aid by love requir'd ; 
 Who, while enduring danger and distress, 
 Could feel for others woes, and joy to bless. 
 
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 Shrinlw beneath so!'di(l pride's unfeeling sway ; 
 
 Or chiird by cold inditVevenco, never fvcU 
 
 TliOHO cheering hope-i and joys which love reveals. 
 
 That aid in^i ruction yields each opening grace, 
 
 Is never otter'd to his heart's embrace; 
 
 But passion bears the rule, whilst reason's beams 
 
 Yield but a feeble light 'midst error's dreams. 
 
 Soon as with rising years his bosom knows 
 
 The story of each fond protector's woes, 
 
 A deeper gloom each passing scene pervades, 
 
 And every soothing hope and prospect shades ; 
 
 Now oft when cruelty its power extends, 
 
 Or harsh unfeeling scorn his spirit bends ; 
 
 lie flies each busy scene, his griefs to wail, 
 
 To sigh in secret o'er the mournful tale ; 
 
 There will imagination ^orturing rise. 
 
 And paint in glowing colours, absent joys ; 
 
 Oft will disclose its darkest shades to till 
 
 His bosom with the dread of future iU. 
 
 Thus at that season when the genial tire, 
 
 Is wont to kindle hope and fond desire ; 
 
 The cheering streams of joy he never tastes, 
 
 But the rich morn of life in sorrow wastes. 
 
 Buch are the woes which war, with ruthless hand, 
 
 Inflicts in every age, on every land ; 
 
 Which Heaven in awful justice, leaves to urge 
 
 Their fearful sway, a guilty world to scourge,^ 
 
 Trace to the source from whence those evils rise, 
 
 AVhen lo ! Ambition of gigantic size, 
 
 Panting for power, dominion, wealth or fame, 
 
 Pcspising aU that's good to gain a Name i 
 
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 A name in few revolving sejisons gone, 
 Or only nitirK'H the crimes by which 'twas won. 
 The pfrealest sorrows human natui-c feels, 
 Ambition's (;^erce, insatiate power reveals; 
 AVo trace its Mire effects throii!i;h every age, 
 They ntaritl recorded in th' historic paii,'e ; 
 There may we view a Ciesar, bearing far 
 Throug)i peaceful nations, all the ills of war ; 
 "With arv and violence, aiming to destroy 
 His counvry's lil)erty, lier boast and joy ; 
 To seize the sceptre with a treachei'ous hand, 
 And rule with tyrant sway o'er Freedom's land; 
 There we behold, how by Ambition led, 
 The blood of iiniocence a Kichard shed; 
 Through foulest treasons waded to a throne, 
 And every deed of hoi*ror made his own. 
 But why trace back, l)ehold in later day, 
 Whole nations groan'd beneath a tyrant's sway; 
 AVhose furious lust of power, no boundai-y knew, 
 Fi'om every conijuest moj"e insatiate grew. 
 What countless myi'iads wept, and groaned, and died, 
 To swell his fame and gratify liis j)ride, 
 For this we saw destruction stalking I'ound, 
 Bursting asundei* each endearing bond ; 
 Husbands trom wives, from parents children torn, 
 The widow and the oi'phan sink fo: loi n ; 
 The fairest countries, ])lundei''d and laid waste, 
 Thousands de))loi'ing every conifort past; 
 For this the foulest treacheries rose to view, 
 And blacker deeds than e'er a Cromwell knew. 
 
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 J too could ^vi^h to hail the hlissf'iil time, 
 
 When Peace shall spread ho:- sway tlir.)ii-h every clime ; 
 
 AVheii men sliall east aside the venoH'fnl sword, 
 
 And tales ()rearna.<!;e shall no more he heard ; 
 
 That glorious and triumphant season see, 
 
 When every hond shall hurst, and all he tree; 
 
 When Liherty shall o'er the world display 
 
 Jlcr charn\s,*^and li--ht all nations with her ray. 
 
 () Liherty ! thou sprin^- of evei-y joy, 
 Thou for whom love, no hondage can de-^troy ; 
 1 \(:\v^ to view thy influence spread around, 
 And all mankind reJoiein<r at thy sound. 
 When thou art fled, n(> otiier good can cheer 
 The path of life, or make existence dear. 
 Depriv'd of thee, tlie shivc resigns his hreath 
 With joy, and kindly greets approaching death, 
 llc'e my sad thoughts to India's climes repair. 
 To mark the mingled woe.4 of slaveiy there, 
 With faintest image only can I. trace 
 Those scenes of human nature's foul disgrace. 
 Torn from his native land, fV(^m every tie, 
 Which once did charms of faii-est form supply ; 
 From every scene which pleasuie could impart, 
 Fj'om every ohject sacred to the heart ; 
 Treml)ling in chains, I see the captive stand, 
 Exposed to harter in a foreign land ; 
 All home's endearments destined to forego ; 
 And native pleasures never more to know ; 
 There f\ir from country, relatives and friends, 
 In galling slavery remnant life he spends, 
 
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 AVlicrc never TTope emits her faintest ray, 
 
 O'er his (losjiorulihijj mind to cheer his way; 
 
 J^ut ckxjm'd a lyraiit s eruel sway to bear, 
 
 Ho toils and and groans, and nourishes despair; 
 
 Yields Ids tir'd shoulders to the .!j;alliiig y<>l<t>, 
 
 And l)ends beiu-ath the pi'oud oppi'cssor's stroke. 
 
 For him, a tender wife in anguish pines, 
 
 And o'er her heli)less babes, with tears, inelines. 
 
 Life onee to her presented every eharm, 
 
 AVith nought to yield lier sorrow or alarm; 
 
 Content and gladness all around lier smil'd, 
 
 While heartfelt pleasures every hour beguiled; 
 
 But now, of cheering joys and hopes bei'cft, 
 
 To darkest forms of woes, and hai-dshi])s left, 
 
 She hears her needy children's ])laintive cries, 
 
 And for their futuj-e fate desj)ari!ig sighs ; 
 
 Unceasingly bewails hermournl'ul doom, 
 
 And verges fast in sorrow to tlie toml). 
 
 Ho too, poor wretch, while faint and Avorn with toil. 
 
 Casts a fond thought toward his native soil ; 
 
 Thinks on his wife and children, ever dear, 
 
 Of every scene which could his bosom cheer, 
 
 Of friends and relatives whom once ho knew, 
 
 And pleasures which from love and freedom grew; 
 
 Then views his present state, a dread reverse. 
 
 Ordain'd to human nature's deadliest curse; 
 
 To nourish every hour, the bitterest woe, 
 
 To hide the tears which sori'ow pron.ipts to flow ; 
 
 Beneath a scorching sun, to toil and iaint, 
 
 To bear the scourge, nor utter a complaint ; 
 
 Sunk at the view, he yields himbcif a prey 
 
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 Wliich tor HiR'h sorj'ows can forlirar to tci'l ; 
 Thou sordid wrotch, who t'oi* a thirst ot'^^oM, 
 (-anst on thy toliow man such sj^i'iots unfold, 
 Think not to sca[»c, tVoni Ilitn who's just and true, 
 That Ncngfancc whi^di to *iuilt like thinii is duo; 
 Though now, iniffclini';, thou nuiy'st l)in<l the chain 
 ilound the weak slave, and hear his soul complain; 
 His heart with multii)lied ailiictions wrin^ ; 
 With tortures cause the hitter tear to hiprini;; 
 Uumov'd l)ehold him laise his lancjuid eye, 
 And l)eg of Ili^aven the privilege to die : 
 . Yet know, a ri<jchteouH ])o\ver is lookini^ on, 
 Who will avenge the sulterings he has hoi'ne; 
 Who counts liis secret sorrows, and will roll 
 Convulsini>- torments through thv guilty soul. 
 
 (li-ant me, indulgent Heaven. v>hile hero behrw, 
 AVhile any earthly good can jo^ bestow ; 
 AVhile feeling, tliought, and memoi-y remain, 
 Or this weak heart is sensible of pain ; 
 In freedom's smiles, give me to rejoice, 
 To feel lier animate my heart and voice ; 
 My soul's just purpose, freely to obey, 
 Nor e'er to sulier proud oppression's sway ; 
 Each other earthly good, or give or take, 
 But grant me freedom, for thy mercy's sake. 
 
 O ! that I here possessed some poet's flame, 
 To sing in worthy strains, that deathless fame 
 Those pure exalted patriots have acquired, 
 Who in the cause of freedom were inspired ; 
 
 
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 "Who rid tlicir country of her prime disgrace, 
 
 That liateful traffic of the human race. 
 
 With their apphiuse all Afric'n climes shall rirg, 
 
 And genius yet unboi'n their praise shall sing. 
 
 Jjong had our guilty nation bore this brand, 
 
 Which stamps disgrace upon a (christian land ; 
 
 Long had each sympathising heart bewailed 
 
 A brother's fate, with every woe assailed ; 
 
 Till honor, justice, and com])assion rose 
 
 In Fj'eedom's cause, and ti'iumphed o'er her foes. 
 
 Hail Vrilberforce ! to Fi'eedom ever dear, 
 
 Thy glad success far distant nations cheer ; 
 
 Compassion owns thee for her daring son, 
 
 While Truth exulting tells what thou hast done. 
 
 Long as a sense of goodness shall remain, 
 
 Or mercy strive to soothe another's pain; 
 
 While love and honor shall reside below, 
 
 Or sympathy shall melt at others woe, 
 
 Thy generous toils with l)lessing.s shall be crown'd ; 
 
 In nations far and near thy praise resound; 
 
 In ev'ry virtuous mind thy memory dwell ; 
 
 At thoughts of thee the feeling bosom swell ; 
 
 The friends of fj-eedom kindle at thy name, 
 
 And all the Christian world thy worth proclaim; 
 
 Through thee Britannia learns again to smile, 
 
 And joyful hails the Genius of her Isle. 
 
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