A HAND TO TAKE

... (er CHARLES MACKAY.) You're rich, and yet you are not proud You are not selfish, hard, or vain You look upon the common crowd With sympathy, and not disdain You'd travel far to share your gold With humble sorrow unconsoled; You'd raise the orphan from the dust, And help the sad and widowved mother Give me your hand-you shall-you must- I love you as a brother. You're poor, and yet you do not ...

THE GREAT PALACE OF GLASS FOR THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851

... TU1Lj GREAT PALACE OF GLASS FOR THEIS GREAT EXHI1BITION OF 1851. i - I We present our rcader3 to-day with an authentic sketch . of this resnarlinbie building. As affording an excellent id:a of the probable appearance of the structure when t c :ipleted, we doubt not the engraving will be gladly and eC vrly w(lcomed by thc e mmumity. The following par- tiulma- will be perused with irtercst :- ...

THORNBURY FLOWER SHOW

... THORNBITRY FLOWER SHOW. Thle summer shlow of the Thorabury Horticultural Society '~took p ?? on Tuesday, and once morewaB the-wonted quiet of 10the old town disturbed by the, doobtiess not unwelcome, pre- ~'senee of gaiety and bustle. The morning wag cold end lowering, ;e wvith fitful gusts of wind, seemingly portentous of a coming storm, and certainly giving promise of anything but the bright ...

Poetry

... woetr~+ ISM sMOUNTAIN STREAMS.-By CIHARLES MACRAY. WUAT time the fern puts forth its rings- 'WV hat time ?? early throstle sings, I love to fly the murky town, And tread the moorlaeds, bare and brown; From greenest level of the glens To barest summit of the bens, To trace the torrents where they flow, Serene or brawling, fierce or slow; So linger pleased, or loiter long, A silent listener to ...

Poetry

... slaottp. EVEN ING. NVENINGl! thou prophesiest liut whilst we drink tile sadness The rest of tho silent land; or thy weary, drowsy air, wily sighs, ere yet thou diest. Wedreatnofmorn'scsnlmfragranCe Steal o'er me where I stand. And of hier sunrise fair. Sad wart thou, fairest eve, So ol y we dream Nsheot dying, If t hadslnt noanght beyond; In1 lifebs dll eventlino; ,Yainly might nortais grieve, ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... TnH GREAT LA.WSUIT BETWEEN TilE TALnOTS AND TIlE BEraIELESS.-The loegest lawsuit everheard of in England was that between the heirs of Sir Thomas Talbot, Viscount Lisle, on the one part, and the heirs of' Lord Berkeley on the other, re- specting certain possessions not far fromlVotton-under-Edge. in the county of Gloucester. It commenced at the end of the reign of Edward the Flourtin and ivas ...

PALACE THEATRICALS

... A DAY-DISEAM. I XEVEO heard, nor is it important, vhy omy fathmer, Major Von Dagen, all old officer of the king's German legion, resolved to bave me educated ill ills nativc country. B3e that as it may, at au early age I was sent fron England to at town in the nortit of Gerumay, wehere I pmtssed flour years in the house of' a worthy and kind-hearted protbssor, and which I quitted at the age ...

Poetry

... Voc0 tr ,D. __ _ _ _ THE SKELB TON A.ND.-BY J. G. DUNN. BAr TAr I Rap tap I at the door of the heart; Rap tap, with a loud dexnand I Oh, who is it raps at the door or the heart. Crying, matter and spirit shall surely part- 1'Tfe one to tihe dust, for dust thou art, The rest to the spirit-lauid ? IT is I1 It is 1, who kuocketh without, With a bony arm and a knuckle stout- IT is I of the ...

JULLIEN'S CONCERTS—JETTY TREFFZ

... JULLIEN'S CONCERTS-JETTY TREFFZ. Our readers wvill see by the announcement in another sy column that 3,. Jullien intends togive one ?? popu-hI lar concerts at the Lecture Hall, in this town, on Satirdly nI evening next. We take the following notices from two Dub. 1 lin papers, at which city Jetty Treffz has just made her ap. wv pearance :- di (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) ci The first ...

SUMMER MATIN SONG

... SUMMER IMAMN SONG. OUMllAM1, MAii2. Zt_;AkTT How brightly beams the sui, How sweetly shines the morn, How swift the shadows run Along the waving corn- As borne across the leas, The snow clouds' white array Suspended on the breeze In distance melts away. The lark in sunshine floats, And, bathed in ambient air She breathes to heaven the notes Which heaven first taught her there. The tiny ...

THE LEGEND OF MONTE PILATE

... THE LEGEND OF MONTE PILATF. SU*ORSTUD BY A SWISS TRADI5TION GIVEN IN THE 'DERBY a 3ERCUREy OF MlAY THE 8TH, 1850. S 'Tis said 'neath Pilate's rocky heights, Where gloomy storm-clouds keep Their shadowv watch, a spirit walks, r O'er waves that never sleep. a Darkly the mirror'd waters shine, v And rending tempests sigh, Where round the deep blue mountain lake a Dread portents meet the eye. i ...

THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES AT WINDSOR CASTLE

... [The f1llowing appearedin our TowwFEdition of last week. 'EATRiOAL PE ORMARGES ' I a aWINDSOP. CASTLE. Plase first of the two Royal performances took ple on Friday, the let inst., and consistedof Shak- spere's historical tragedy of hliu C'nsar, the cast of which was as follows:- ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT. Bly CORISANGD HIIer maesty's servants will perform at Windsor Castle, on FriayFeb 1,l85, ...

Published: Sunday 10 February 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1809 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture