The "poems of Ossian," a celtic bard, and the "rhymes of Rowley," a Bristol priest, burst on the public at one and the same period; when the attention of literary men was for a time totally absorbed in discussing the respective discoveries of Macpherson and of Chatterton. "The fashion of this world passeth away;" and what once engaged so much notice is now sadly neglected. Indeed, had not Bonaparte taken a fancy to the ravings of the mad highlander, and had not Chatterton swallowed oxalic acid, probably far more brief had been the space both would have occupied in the memory of mankind. In the garret of Holborn, where the latter expired, the following _morceau_ was picked up by an Irish housemaid (a native of this parish), who, in writing home to a sweetheart, converted it into an envelope for her letter. It thus came into my possession. P. PROUT. TO THE HOT WELLS OF CLIFTON, IN PRAISE OF RUM-PUNCH. A Triglot Ode, viz. 1º [Greek: Pindarou peri reumatos ôdê.] 2º Horatii in fontem Bristolii carmen. 3º A Relick (unpublished) of "the unfortunate Chatterton." PINDAR. HORACE. CHATTERTON. [Greek: Pêgê Bristolias O fons Bristolii I ken your worth Mallon en ualô Hoc magis in vitro "Hot wells" of Bristol, Lampous' anthesi syn Dulci digne mero That bubble forth Nektaros axiê Non sine floribus As clear as crystal;... S' antlô Vas impleveris In parlour snug Reumati pollô Undâ I'd wish no hotter Misgôn Mel solvente To mix a jug Kai melitos poly.] Caloribus. Of Rum and Water. [Greek: b.] II. 2. [Greek: Anêr kan tis eran Si quis vel venerem Doth Love, young chiel, Bouletai ê machan Aut prælia cogitat, One's bosom ruffle? Soi Bakchou patharon Is Bacchi calidos Would any feel Soi diachrônnysei Inficiet tibi Ripe for a scuffle? Phoinô Rubro sanguine The simplest plan Th' aimati nama Rivos, Is just to take a Prothymos te Fiet protinus Well stiffened can Tach' essetai.] Impiger! Of old Jamaica.