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THE MYSTERY OF LIFE

... laY WILLiAt HOWnf-.] MYSTER10sos oft it seems to me, How I a being came to be, Since through the myriad years gone by, Suns rose and set, yet lived not L Streams flowed, birdsaung-the earth, the sea Were in their motions fix'd or free; Barh part was portion of a whole, Yet I was not a living soul. Of countless millions that have been, No record lives, nor trace is seen; Yet earth is green, the ...

SONG

... S. 9.NG, WHRRE the purple theme isgrowing; Oh! what freedoua! oh1 wh-at pleasure Where the heathfefi°w er i ak h On thc ?? n oal, ll! home, ?? H p&~eojd ,Il earthly trejsurv_- Where the ninountain breeue in blow. Biss, that words are weaih to tell ThMre I iove, at eve, fOtn. Tlhere-ohl there Jill let 11c ro1ing, There t wander, sweetly dreaming Find trhjov Wealth cannot 9i1e Of at world from ...

THE HANGMAN ON DEATH

... eTHE HNGMAN ON DE.ATH. (From MAr. Jerrold's ' Lesson of Life, in the New Monthly J. Ui The declining aun shone through the casement, and, falling A upon theheads of the executionerand the monk, bent, as they were, towards each other, presented a strange and striking contrast of character as developed in their fentures. The monk'sfacewas long X and sallow, marked with deep linesabout the ...

TO P. MURPHY, ESQ., M.N.S

... TO P.-MuR PHY, TSf M.N.S. SAcE Murphy? do unfold Howv thou presagest cold: Aye, the very coldest day. Perhaps thou didst ascend The aerial regioss, as a friend, With Green, or Brunswick's gen erous duke, And wond'rous observations took; Or, thy ?? of fair, frost, and change, Nay be colfilled to secrer rasge Of teather-office lore. Old Francis moore, Its goldell days of Bcs. ...

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS

... HZBZZ3TZOP GO PIUNTINGS, 41. Portrait ofB. Thrissel, Esg.: J. Cuasoc0S-We are told i that this is an excellent likeness; we know that it is a very effec- a tive painting. y' 42. S. ene of the Banks of a River: F. R. LEE, R. A.-Thia S%- is indeed acharming production, ant a fine specimnenofitstaletit- s ad author's masterly style. The perspective is excellent, the dis. hi tance beautifully soft ...

STANZAS TO THE MOON

... STANZAKS TO -THE MOON. YEs, thou wilt still thy beams display,i With speechless JoY 8t Oft I've been, When I am silent laid There-there again I'll be Beneath the cold, sepulchral clay,- Upon the shore I lf sometimes roam, In solitude and shade. When thou dost bless the night; Nol more at eve i raptured eyes On the wild hills I'll snake my house Dhy beau teou 6ob shall trace, And there I'll ...

TO A [ill]

... TO A e In answer to '9SmiLz O, SMILE ons !' inserted ins this paper of the 21st July last. 'Smile on, smile on!' AH! Could'st thou know the anguish that those feel, Whose hearts wero once lit u by Love's pure flame: Who l0ved, and loved too ?? tow To e'er be happy or to smile atln ;- Ohl could'st thon fee, when disapp intlment came To blight those hearts once s condinlg tre Thou nerer ...

TO THE MEMORY OF CHATTERTON

... TO THE; tMMIORY OF CHATTERTON. UsssnPp's-iouthl who seem'd but born to mourn, And dpd no rest but in the silent urn; Better that that immortal beam from heaven ?? Hiid-netw r to thy lofty soul been give-,. at, though thy genius might mak11d amaze With the full splendour of its early blase;- Though, eagle-plumed, this lowly orb it apurnd, Yet was it wlth'ringasit flash'd and burn'd:- Ahi! what ...

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS

... !3BXTL3[TON Or AXNTINGS. 76. Rock Scene: C. BAxwsfWlTE.-A spirited ?? well executed in vater colours.I 77. Portrait of aLady: J. j Cusocic._The artist has off set the natural beauties of his subject to the best advantage. 79. The Toilet. G. LAI;ic.-This is an exquisite little picture, and reflects much ciedit on its author. 80. The Bridge of the Splugen u G. A. Faitni,-The many masterly ...

DEPARTURE OF THE GUARDS. Go where glory waite thee!

... DEPARTURE OF THE -GUARDS. ' GD where glory waytB theeI There is weeping and wailing at the west-end. Piccadilly v is the picture of afdiction, and loud is the lament in May. d fair. Eight hundred of the Ga-ards are going to Canada, sto fight those savage rifle-shooting rebels I And what makes is the desolation more dreadful-the horror of the thing more e horrible-the sweetest young creatures ...

FOUNTAINS ABBEY

... FO-TNTAI-NS ABBEY. TBor rtuln'd p;lel sublime in thy decay,l That ift.st thF awful formn asove the vae, .Thv day of ?? and fame has pH-'6 I'y, F;Thy day otr~tr'h'Srf' osthfv edrehowoft ha toll'd Forth from thy rnoflmnlowrn an Ind, The v esel er-bell t i0e rt 5 n th uee oods har e knelt, And the loine elnenII it. WYlile the nweet hour of prayer they inly felt. L- a' nvlintenlanteil the hly tio ...

THE CANADIAN REVOLT

... THE CANADIAN1 REVOLT. [FtOS TaIL SeeCTATO1- WVENc tvtwongs, long urged, by wrongs are still replied, When a whole country 's lawless made by law, All hope of perncefwlijustice dash'd aside By Poweer's strong armn, that breaketh, like a sraw, Its last sole prop,-what mout the freeman do? Oh. lnot- unto his tongue the indignant cry Leaps half so fast as to his nervous hand The freeman's rifle-lo ...