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LITERATURE

... renovation will:perhaps show us that beyond and without the measures of Henry the Eighth, there was something, every- thing so to speak, for therein was the essence of the Reforma- tion that which makes it a divine and imperishable work. In short, the progress ...

FALLING LEAVES

... adorned love's bower. But now I CouLIt sadly tle wveary hours, Anid my heart grows colii anil my eyes grow dimr; Faed love speaks no zisore in a bouquet of flowers, And the wailing wind sighs forth R funeral hymn. The sweet dream dissolved which my young ...

POETRY

... heard no more. But, glowilg bright upon each chcok, iE The flush of joy is spreald, Sl Mlirth thro' cach lauglhing eye doth speak- N All roun(d its toocs are slied. I And Carols, sunig inI blythesomne straivn, With the glad Yule bells ehimezo,- For another ...

POETRY

... see them more. A tear stands in tho father's eye- The mother beaves affection's sigh- Silent tho sistcrs weep- The brothers speak ofjoyvs to come, And independence not at home, To cheier him o'er the deop. He sighs and bids them all farewell, While fiancy ...

GOETHE—THE CAVALIER'S CHOICE

... answers best of all a Shall be my. own ladye ! a I ween they blushed as maidens do r When such rare words they hear- t ' Now speak thy riddles, if thou wilt, 1 Thou gay young cavalier ! s What's longer than the longest path? a First tell ye that to me; ...

LITERATURE

... form a close corporation, and keep their affairs very much to themselves, so that it is only from common report that 9 we can speak of the value of the several chairs. But, upon I that authority, we believe the chair of Greek is worth £1000 a-year; those ...

JACOB HOMNIUM'S HOSS

... Is a mellitary beak, He knows Ino more of Lor Than praps ha does of Greek, And prowides hisself a deputy Because he cannot speak. Four counsel in this Court- Misnamed of JUstice-sits These lawyers owes their places to Their mollay, not their wits; And ...

JUSTICE TO SCOTLAND

... purse. But we are sick of these comparisons, and will carry them no farther—to do so were a work of su- pererogation—they speak for themselves in a language that cannot be misunderstood by enlightened and impartial men. If a Scotch Secretaryship were ...

THE THEATRE

... effusions of the Poet seemed to evaporate in a sort of unmeaving and not very euphonious plaiat. it is painful to be compelled to speak in these terms of a stranger, baz we could come to no other conclusion, and the audience, with every wish to be indulgent, ...

POETRY

... paused,-as I do now- Hist ! hark ! tread soft,-was that a shriek, Berst from yon suffering tbree;- Did that deep wail of murder speak, And hopeless agony ? The upraised arms, the imploring eyes, Proclaim dread horrors done,- Hush l 't is the Virgin-Mother's ...

POETRY

... POETRY. LOVE IN NATURE. Nature is full of love-yea, all things speak Of it, from the bright host of stars that, night By night, like an embattled army, march Around the world, down to the meanest flower That seents the morning wind. Sometimes it darts ...

FESTIVAL OF SCOTTISH MUSIC—PRIZE COMPETITION

... rendered with a degroe of skill not certainly inferior to anythinig of the kind we have lately listened to, and that gene- rally speaking, the vocalisation wvas strikingly effective, our readers will understand why it was that an Edinburgh audience, usually so ...