... 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 ...

... zie e*lile -arto. EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY THE OLD MASTERS. [Conlinuedfroe our last,]I No. 21, from thle colleclloos of,1r. W. ilortimer, of Clifton, is A FrUit Piece, painted with great beauty and truth by 3Spaeckaert. Nothing oan'be more ?? tban the grapes 2ned peaches they bloom in all the ?? U nitoreure ad seofi ' is it but ant jour plucked froin thcir parent trees. Some drols of' dcw ...

... pillourp. THE CHILD IN THE WILDERNESS.-By S.T.CoLERODGE. ENcINomTnan in a twine of leaves, That leafy twine his only dress, A lovely boy was plucking fruits, In a moonlight wilderness. The moon was bright-the air was free, And fruits and flowers together grew, And many a shrub, and many a tree; And all put on a gentle hue, Hanging in the shadowy air, Like a picture rich and rare. It was a ...

... STAN ZAS, ADDRESSED TO A LADY DURING A PROTRACTED ILLNES5. 'T is SWEEr-'t is sweet, when sorrows come, To batten on the cheeks' soft bloom, To quench the smile in rapture's eye That swells the breast and prompts the sigh- 'T is sweet to know, mid grief and That hearts which love us still re-,min. IT is 8,6et-lt is sweet Ufknel sufferings shed Their influence P' ?? When dro' r t Isl weary bed; ...

... : @oPtrMP NXELROSE ABBEY.-BY THE LATE REV. JOHN MARRIOT. THE Moon, o'er Eildon's eastern height, Serene in cloudless azure rollid; Nlot pale and silvery was her light, But glowing rich like burnish'd geld. With pausing step the hallow'd ground Of fair He rose I wanderld o'er; Stirr'd not the slightest breeze, nor sound Was heard, save Tweed's incessant roar. Through shatter'd arch and creviced ...

... POET R Y. [rFOR THIE ExETER rLYING POST.] THE SPRINGTIME OF LIFE. Oh I bright is the sunshine of life's morning hours; Oh! happy the pathway and smiling with dow'rs; No thorns on its borders-no sorrow, no strife- Embitter the joys of the Springtime of Life. The Spring is the childhood of Nature's fair earth, And youth is the season of innocent mirth; So lovely-illuming so beamingly bright, To ...

... 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 ...

... BOOKS, PRINTS, MUSIC, &e., For review, are requested to be left at Mr. C. Mitohell's, Red Lion Court, Fleet-street, London, addressed to the Editor of the Exeter Flying Post,-these will be duiy forwarded and receive au early notice. Robin Hood and Little John. Part 1. London; JohnsonI 60, St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross. Judging from the first part, this seems likely to be a strongly ...

... P OETRY. I A GOD SPEED TO THE CANTERBURY COLONISTS. BY MyARTIN S. TUPPER, ESQ. Queea of the South I which the mighty Pacific Claims for its Britain in ages to be, Bright with fair visions and hopes beatific, Glorious and happy thy future I see I Thither the children of England are thronging, There for true riches securely to search Not for thy gold. California, longing, But for sweet home, ...

... LOVE IN DEATH. (er.OMI FRASER'S XAG.1ZINE FOn may.) A mother sits by a lowly grave, A hillock small and green, '.1 . - -tones at the bead and feet, ai Ad te daisted tatf betwveen. Silent she sits in that place of graves As if tranced in a dream of prayer, And her hand oft plays Nvitl the rustling grass. As with curls of an infant's hair. Does she think of the time when she hush'd it soft With ...

... I TrE ARABIAwN loasE. -Elsewhere, individuals of this species may be more showy, and even more powerful, but it is only in Arabia that the horse is found in a state borderingon perfection. HIere he is remarkable for a small head with pointed cars, pecu- liarly clean muscular limbs, a corresponding delicate slender shape, rather small size, and large animated eyes; expressin that intelligence ...

... I.-TERARY .V-ARIETIES. - UvniN ttSTY M~t XrW SOUTH WALEs-The creation of a I university to- New South Wales is a striking expression of the 'rapid development of the history of a colony founded in times l , coiarativelY recent, vith the Worst materials of civilization gre new institutionwetforms of barbarism existing on the earth, Ille new institution is to be at Sydney, and a sum of £30,000 ...