Whose approbation warms my heart,

Excite a wish that every sound

Seraphic rapture could impart.

“The wreathes my feeble talents share,

The balmy solace friends employ,

Lifting the soul above despair,

Convert calamity to joy.”


HOUSE-BREAKING.

In this same spring, a very serious misfortune befel Dr. Burney, which, though not of the affecting cast that had lately tainted his happiness, severely attacked his worldly comforts.