... Selections, CBLTIC POETRY. The historical value of Celtic poetry is proved by the fact that a poem by the bard Talicsen, who lived anno 540, and who deseribed the death of Kiog Arthur and the place of his interment, was repeated to Heory IL about the ...

... this house, She was a woman who, with & woman’s heart, possessed the wisdom of & sage and spirit of a true poet, and made her poetry a golden band between Italy and England. Tue New TRAGEDIAN.—Mr Talbot, whose first appearance, about ten weeks ago, was so ...

... interview. The two met, and being of kindred disposition and temperament, talked of such congenial subjects as birds, flowers, and poetry. Hagh’s poem was read over by the Professor and commented upon, the author maintaining his point undauntedly when their opinions ...

... Poetry, A VALENTINE BY LORD MACAULAY. A volume just issued, eatitled ‘‘ Miscellanies,” collected and edited by Earl Stanhope, contains the following VALENTINE To the Hon. Mary C. Bl,n‘lnf)pf. &thln of Lord and Lady Mahon 1851, Hail, day of music, day ...

... picture of “Tam o’ Shanter,” ana Messrs Roberts, Philip, Faed, Hill, and othershave promised pictures illustrative of the poetry of Burne, My late lamented friend, the Chevalier Burnes, a few wecks previous to his death, forwarded to me, for the parpose ...

... object of his idolatry beini:he heroic Wallace. In the celebration of his hero he also first betook himself to the inditing of poetry, a very humble and tame echo it is to be feared of Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled ; the inspiration to compose which Burns ...

... Poetry. TAKING IN, AND LETTING OUT ; OR, THE RIVAL CRINOLINAS, Who ever knaw two ladies of one mind as to toilette ? “De gustidus (mulicrum, *bove all) non disputandum .’ Yet Crinoline craves still more steel, though ton on ton you ~coil I, TN alt ask ...

... Poetry. HENRY, MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, BoRY JoLy 2, 1780—DIED JaNUARrY 31, 1563, Low lies the grey head that had borne so well Its weight of years and honour, from far days ‘That seem as alien to our blame or praise, As days whereof books only live to tell ...

... Greek and Latin beyond what was required to conduct his classes in the Neilson Institutioa, and his English reading, both in poetry and prose. Not even were Mr Smart’s hours for relaxation lost to learning. In sauntering with a companion of congenial mind ...

... Poetry. EPITHALAMIUM, Strike, strike the full.toned Iyre, Which Orpheus struck of old, Who, with his strains of fire, Each mizhty theme extoll’'d— Strike the lyre! Let love,and joy, and trath impart A heavenly ray to every heart, And the beacon in each ...

... Polity, lnotfier i Fairy Queen, and another Lear, and the other reproduced to us the essays and dramas of Addison, and the poetry of Dr{‘du and Pope. (Loud cheers.) The time has gone by for ponderous tomes and tedious and laboured treatises. We live in ...

... Poetry. THE STREET. Flow on, dark Street! I hear thee roar, Throughout the noisy noon, Louder than billows on the shore, Beneath the mufled moon : Flow on! each dusky human wave Sball yet find silence in the grave. Flow on | what faces line thy sides ...