... hazards by its disciples. But at the present time of day it does not require to be said, that there is no affinity between poetry and politics. A party is a set of site,,, not a set of opinionse; and instead of men suffering martyrdomfor their doctrine ...

... the learning, and the patient spirit of investigation of a Trollope, together with the philosophy, to say nothing of the poetry, of a descendant of the divine Hafiz, the rhubarb-merchaset assuring us, upon his simple word of honour, that he claims no ...

... and composed expressly for the Forty- fifth Anniversary Dinner of the Incorporated Soeietv of Li- censed Victuallers; the poetry by Jesse Hamumond, Esq., and the mrusic by IV. Blowitt, entitled- JOY SHALL CROWN OUR BOARD TO-DAY Hack ! thc rosy God of ...

... for their pecuniary advantage. The Copyright Bill appears to us to rest nearly exclusively upon the case of Wordsworth. If poetry had furnished the only physical sustenance of this author, he must have died of waian many years ago ; but the better taste ...

... drawing, and horsemanship, in the throwing of the djerid (a kind of javelin), the use of the sword, bow, and mus- ket, in poetry, history, and geography. These Agas were sub- sequently appointed to the armies or the civil service, and fre- quently reached ...

... but candidly confessed she might be roistakent; declaring, at the same time, she had never before heard the viscount quote poetry, and most significantly added that she should as soon have suspected him of quoting Scrip- ture. I am, sir, yours, &c., Sept ...

... the readers of a newspaper are sufficiently various and singular. One reads nothing but the poet's corner; another considers poetry, and all that sort of stuff, honrid trash. One deems politics the only business of life; another votes that department a bore ...

... make com- mon. Translation in those times was called by the literati, olgarizzare. Petrarch rested his fame on his Latin poetry, and called his Italian, s ngellag vulyares. In England, Roger Ascham was the first who advocated the use of the vernacular ...

... was sent from a village in this county to a distance, with merely a sin- gle pencil cross, to draw attention to a piece of poetry, and was on Tuesday returned to the sender, with a charge of 4s. Sid. of postage. Wednesday morning the extension of the ...

... THINGS IN GENERAL. I~ _. GRAVE AmiusEaIENT.-The following is the introduction to a piece of poetry in a late periodical:- The following lines were written, more than sixty years ago, by one who has for mansy years slept in his grave, merely for 8ie own ...

... that was a love of natural scenery. She was a painter by intuition; I was only a rhymester. No matter. She called my verses poetry-and she felt them to be so. They were recited in the lonely glen; they were accompanied by the murmur of the mountain stream ...

... elaborate and splendid com- positions of Beethoven, Handel, and other great masters of their art, who have rendered music the poetry of sound. Upon mine ear loud peals the midnight hour In solemn tones of deep and thrilling power; A lovely scene enchants ...