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    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 370, May 16, 1829
    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 370, May 16, 1829
    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 370, May 16, 1829
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    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 370, May 16, 1829

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      Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction

      Volume XIII, No. 370, Saturday, May 16, 1829.

      Author: Various

      Release Date: February 27, 2004 [EBook #11347]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MIRROR OF LITERATURE, NO. 370 ***

      Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Allen Siddle, David Garcia and the Online

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      THE MIRROR

      OF

      LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.

      LALEHAM PARK:

      Circumstances, in themselves trivial, often confer celebrity upon places hitherto of unlettered note. Thus, a beautiful villa at Laleham, a village in Middlesex, eighteen and a half miles south west of London, has acquired frequent passing notice from its having lately become the temporary residence of the young "Queen of Portugal," whose removal to England appears to have been a prudent measure to keep her petite Majesty out of harm's way.

      Laleham is delightfully situate on the banks of the Thames, between Shepperton and Staines, and is famed for the entertainment it affords to the lovers of angling. The river narrows considerably here; and about the shallows, or gulls, the water is beautifully transparent. The above temporary royal residence is built in an elegant villa style; and the grounds have been very tastefully laid out under the immediate direction of the present proprietor, the Earl of Lucan. They comprise 40 acres, with some very fine elm timber.

      The Young Queen is described as an interesting and lively child, and is within a month of the same age as the Princess Victoria, and Prince George of Cumberland, both of whom were born in May, 1819. She has not the slightest tinge of a tropical complexion; her hair is extremely light, her face pale, her eyes light blue and very sparkling. She is not tall of her age, but remarkably well formed. Her Majesty arrived in London in October last, and for some time resided at Grillon's Hotel, Albemarle Street; but her health requiring change of air, Laleham was engaged for a short period; although, in allusion to the situation, it was said to be very low—a flat joke indeed.

      In this delightful retreat, the young Queen and her suite at present reside; and so pacific is our taste, that to enjoy the tranquil scenery of Laleham, and the sports of the stream that waters its park, we would willingly forego all the cares of state, and leave its plots and counterplots to more ambitious minds. We could sit by the waters of Laleham, and sing with the muse of Grongar:

      Be full ye courts, be great who will;

      Search for peace with all your skill;

      Open wide the lofty door,

      Seek her on the marble floor;

      In vain you search, she is not there;

      In vain you search the domes of care!

      Grass and flowers Quiet treads,

      On the meads and mountain-heads.

      Along with Pleasure close ally'd,

      Ever by each other's side.

      But great as may be our content, we hope to see her Majesty speedily restored to the bosom of her family, provided she be secure from the perils of her distracted country.

      There are some allusions to an interesting part of ancient story connected with Laleham, Dr. Stukely notices the remains of a Roman encampment on Greenfield Common, within the parish of Laleham, which he supposes to have been the camp in which Caesar halted after passing the Thames.

      LINES WRITTEN ON VISITING THE ISLAND OF IONA.

      (For the Mirror.)

      Wild, sad, and solitary, amid the wave,

      Iona mourns her pious founder's grave;

      Still o'er his tomb these fretted columns pay

      Their crumbling dust, a tribute to his clay.

      Frail wreck of time! so crippled with the blast,

      Recorder Of the present and the past,

      Enough can tell. These Gothic arches show

      The height of glory and of human woe;

      Alas, 'tis all which occupies the brain,

      The lust of power dyes the despot's chain,

      Here Learning cast her magic beam around

      Light of fair Science, whence our freedom's found,

      Resistless spells, attractive power, for long

      Brought princes here, and Minstrel's sung their song,

      To pay a tribute to the holy sage

      Their history told, it formed his faithful page;

      Historic power Supreme! within this wall

      Gave Bruce the crown, or Baliol the fall,

      From proud Edward's grasp in a bark they bore

      All Scotland's archives to a distant shore,

      Manned by a hardy and a faithful crew,

      For Gallia's coast the well skilled pilot drew,

      But ere the orphan's eyes had lost the sail

      Portending danger, screeching

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