And soon gain'd dad and mam's consent--
Ah! then poor CREDIT smarted;--
He filch'd her fortune and her fame,
He fix'd a blot upon her name,
And left her broken-hearted.

While thus poor CREDIT seem'd to sigh,
Her cousin, CONFIDENCE, came by--
(Methinks he must be clever)--
For, when he whisper'd in her ear,
She check'd the sigh, she dried the tear.
And smiled as sweet as ever!

JESSE HAMMOND.

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CURIOUS SCRAPS RELATING TO CELEBRATED PERSONS.

(_For the Mirror._)


When the famous Cornelia, daughter of the great Scipio, was importuned
by a lady of her acquaintance to show her toilette, she deferred
satisfying her curiosity till her children, who were the famous Gracchi,
came from school, and then said, "_En! haec ornamenta mea
sunt._"--"These are my ornaments."

Cyneas, the minister of Pyrrhus, asked the king (before their expedition