POETRY.
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A venerable grey-headed soldier ot the revolution one who was personally engaged in the scenes de- SCI ibed and wounded at Princcton-has handedns the following lines, with the request that they might be inserted in the Enquirer the week previous to the anniversary of the birth of the patriot and sage who is the principal hero of the story. Though clothed

 in an antique gatb, we trust they will not hc unac

 ceptabe to our readers. In the republication ofthem some years since, they were accompanied with his: explanation :--" In the Revolutionary war the Brit ish got possession of Now-Jcrseyin Nov.sl776 and stationed their troops in many of it's towns. On the night of the 25,h Dec. following, Gen. Washington with little remnant of regular troops aud Pcnnsy- vania militia, crossed the Delaware in storm, sur- prised and carried tIle Hessian post at Trenton, aud on the 3d of January defeated the British at Prince ton. This ode vas written and printed soon after''