Selected Poetry

... Ur-Crtcr t hb 1 ?? () FOLLOW TIER NOT! 0 Fo.row lher not! 0 follow hlie not, Tholinigh she 1 ine thee with smilc Ianl songg; Fair is her check, biut her heart is hlackc, A nd the poisnn of dcath's on ber tenignc Shc'll leave onl thy innocence mnany a hlot - Then follow her nlot ! 0 follov fler not! Somc call her Pleasure, and somnc call her S:, Some call her a lady gay, For helrstel) is lighit ...

THEATRE ROYAL—MR. STAPLETON'S BENEFIT

... 1V ' C)YAL-41R STAPLETON'S BENEFIT. I C, . ,, aunntlnouncement inserted in our adver- colalnS that our fellow-citizen, Mr. Stapleton, the ,,Pillar and 1nchl-respected treasurer of tbe Theatre Royal, tis benefit this eversing, and presents his just and i clainl on thle Patronage and support of the public. jarishnients selected for the occasion comprise a variety Thettaic Dovtlties, in which the ...

POETRY

... MAY. [FOR THE EXETER FLYING POST.) Here's a song for merry May I For tie pleasant time of May I With its bright and sunny hours, and its hedgerow blossoms gay: For its mirth and golden gladness, For its laughter light and glee, Ohl the joy, and oh! the blessing that so sweet a time shosld be! Now the fields are Clothed with verdure, And the meadows all are green And the wild buds blossom gaily ...

CONCERTS, &c

... PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.-The fifth concert, on Monday evening, was a mine of musical wealth, as will be perceived by a perusal of the programme:- PART 1.-Sinfonia in F, No. 8-Beethoven. Aria con Coro, Possenti Numi (Il Flauto Magico), Mr. Phillips and Cbhorus-Mozart. Quartett, No. 81, Two violins, viola, and violoncello, Messrs. Blagrove, Sainton, Hill, and Lucas-Haydn. Recit., Sposa, ...

Published: Sunday 12 May 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2720 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL EVENTS

... GRAND MORNING CONCERT AT HER MAJESTY'S TIE[ATREE.-The first of a series of grand morning con- certs was given at this theatre on Monday last, under the conduct of Mr. Balfe. It was supported by the entire corps of the establishment, assisted by the band. The programme was long and miscellaneous, being divided into three parts, and the performance occupied at least four hours! The concert ...

Published: Sunday 19 May 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1250 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE THEATRICAL EXAMINER

... HAYMARKhET TEATRER. The production of a comedy by Mr Douglas Jerrold is an event of no small interest to playgoers; as the appearance of this theatre on Thursday night, as well in the number as the character of its audience, very unequivocally showed. The most flattering compliment which an author can receive was never better deserved or paid. Every one in the house seemed to remember how ...

FINE ARTS

... AIR. DOzduNIC COLNAGni denies the statement of lr. Hausser, eaid to have been moade before the authovities at Rome, to the effect that he (My. Colnughi) had offered I 100 guineas f,,r permission to engrave the portrait of Gari- l baldi. Mr. Colnaghi sayi it has never been his desire to publisbthe portrait of the Roman leader. ...

EXHIBITION OF 1851

... EXHIBITION OP 1851. A very large and respectable meeting of the inhabitants ofI .3larylebone was held yesterday in the Princess's Concert- room, Castle-street, Oxford-street, for the purpose of taking into conlsideration the proposed Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in 1851. The Right Hon. Lord Portmnan occupied the cheir. Amongst thosc present wereE Mr. Mackinnon, M.P., Sir ...

THEATRICALS, ETC

... SADLER'S WELLS. -The liberality of Messrs. Phelps and Greenwood in appropriating the entire re- .eipts of their theatre in aid of the funds of the Grand 13dutrialExhibition of 1851, they fiefraying the whole of the expenses, was rewarded by as crowded and en- thbsiastic an audience as ever assembled within the walls of a theatre. Immediately after the last bar of the overture was heard, Mr. ...

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... RErIEqS OF BOoKS. Tnc RIFLE R1 NGIIis.'t -BY CAPT'. MATyNP READ-. Shoberl, Mrirlbo)t-ogh-streeLt-Tho author of this work served in the AnieriqaiiJarlmy durinig the war betwedn that country and Mexico. Thei adventures that befel him while carniaigiinug with the invading tiroops ale narrated in a freslh vigor(us style, and a ehiarming off- hand mitanner. Tile author ?? us that, although rmich ...

POETRY

... P OET RY. WILD FLOWERS. BY ANNE PRATT. Why is it that I love the flowers That grow in woods, and lanes, and fields, Better than all the glowing ones The richly-cultured garden yields? Why is it that the daisy has A charm for me all flowers above, Or why the hawthorn's fragrant breath More than the myrtle's do I love? The cuckoo-flower and hyacinth- These blossoms of each woodland wild, The ...

THE PASSAGE OF LIFE

... IBy v. S. BANDNR* to Mild is the partinig year, and sweete The odour of the falling spray; Nwe Life passes on more rudely fleet, cou And baluleisS is its closing day. the I wait its close, 1 court its gloom,uni But mourn that never must there fall, cot Or on my breast or on my tomb, was The tear that woold have sooth'd it all. wa! pre LOVE IN DEATH. sta A mother sits by a lowly grave, be A ...