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Fleetly and joyously to flow along,

As flow the wavelets of a flower-lipp'd stream,
Glancing in playfulness from stone to stone,
And brightening each with lustre not his own.

Yes, they were gay with many a rosy joy:
For many a radiant dream of hope and love,
Which sorrow might not break nor care destroy,
A circle of delight around me wove.

The silver links which bound my heart to gladness,
Were long, ere sever'd by the hand of sadness.

My house was where the blue Egean sea
Murmur'd of pleasure to the sun-lit shore!
Where, from the scented lime and myrtle tree,
Each breeze upon its wing sweet odours bore,
And, underneath the sheltering plane that grew
Beside our threshold, many a glowing hue,
Of violet, rosy red, and green,

Of glossy bay, or silvery olive, blent

In bright confusion: while half hid, half seen,
The cluster'd grape and golden orange sent

Their brilliance through the veiling leaves; and met
The last look of the sun before he set.-Lethe.

II.

My aged parents too! whose closing years

Were peaceful as their lives had always been:

Their day went calmly down, undimm'd by tears,
Like summer evening placidly serene.-Ib.

III.

A Battle-Field with the Persians.

The arrows flew around us, thick as hail:

War-cries innumerous drown'd the trumpet's clang:
Helmets were cleft: and, on the strong man's mail,
The sword and scy metar re-echoing rang:

And many a stately crest and casque of proof

Lay, trampled in the dust, beneath the charger's hoof.—Ib.

IV.

The Worth of Stoicism to the Afflicted!

Cold heartless creed! It was not made for those,
Whose heart-strings thrill to every soft emotion.

It freezes feeling, like the mountain-snows,
It dries the springs of lofty self-devotion,

It strips existence of its loveliest charm ;

And gives instead a false and hollow calm.-Ib.

Our specimen-basket will hold no more at once. We must collect some more for another Number.

INDEX

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VOL. IX. OF THE SECOND SERIES.

Abercrombie, Dr., last work of, 37, 224
Altars, patriarchal, construction of, 6
America, early Wesleyan societies in,
referred to, 246, 297, 346, 393, 394,
440, 490

Anecdotes. Socrates and Phædrus, 33
-two thrushes, 86-Dr. Jamieson,
112-a tiger slayer, 114,-Pepin le
Bref, 160-Persian boy and a lion, 174
-the Emperor Constantius Chlorus,
179-heroic devotion, 260-Christian
effort rewarded, 404-the value of
sobriety, 458-Charles II., 459-Wil-
son, the American ornithologist, 515
-a Polish Count and Mozart, 548
Architecture, useful works on, 110
Arminian Magazine, commencement
of the, by Mr. Wesley, 532

Astronomical Notices, 43, 87, 138, 185,
233, 283, 332, 379, 430, 478, 522, 570
Atmosphere, influence of, on health,

510

Atmospheric railroad, principle of the,
described, 72, 169

Barrington's "British Architecture,"
noticed, 111

Basingwerk Abbey, account of, 529
Beaver, domesticated, 263

Bernard, St., character of the writings
of, 62

Berridge, Rev. Mr., singular visitation
under the ministry of, 58
Bible, the, a book of instruction and
consolation, 226

Bigotry of the High-Church party, in-
stance of, noticed, 565
Birds' nests, observations on, 214
Bloomfield, Robert, and his poetry,
notice of, 414

Bode's (Baron de) "Travels in Luris-
tan," &c., extracts from, 155, 171
Bourdaloue, sermon of, "on Impurity,"
quoted, 34

Canonbury House, history of, 1
Charles I., one-sided education of, 54
-contentions of, with Parliament,
123-attempt of, to extend the royal
prerogative, 503
Charles II., royal feasting in the days
of, 459

Chemistry, Dialogues on: Account of
the science, 16-chemical elements,
74-laws of chemical combination,
126-difference between the ancient
and modern enumeration of ele-
ments, 272-the principal elements
described, 273, 407, 554

Chirk aqueduct, account of, 433
Christ precious to the believer in death,
32,

Christian perfection, judgment of Con-

ference respecting, 57-Mr. Wesley's
Treatise on, mentioned, 531
"Chronicles of the Kings of Norway,"
remarks on, 23-extracts from, 26,
69, 104, 207, 252, 303, 351, 395, 442,
490, 533

Cicero's De Natura Deorum," account
of, 161, 267

City-Road chapel, London, mentioned,
488, 532

Clitheroe, historic notice of, 241
Coke, Dr., mentioned, 531
Colloquy on a few books. Etymological
prelude, 516-Mr. Mill's "Logic,"
517-Walker's "Missions in Western
Africa," 518-Spence's "Christ the
Christian's God and Saviour," 518-
Robinson's "Philosophy of Human
Happiness," 519-Barr's "Memorials
of Mercy," 519

Constance, proceedings of the Council
of, 148, 290

Constantius Chlorus, the Emperor,
anecdote of, 179

Conventual life in the twelfth century,
28, 65, 106, 253, 305, 354, 397, 443,
492

Corncrake, singular instinct of the, 233
Crusades, papers on the, 218, 550
Curral, the, in Madeira, described, 324

Daniel, the Prophet, tomb of, 171
Dante Alighieri, the "Divina Comme-

dia" of, considered, 10, 58
Diocletian persecution, described, 178
Duty to God and man, 460

East-Indian convert, account of an,
562

East-Indian pilgrimage, account of an,

79

Easter-day, rule for finding, 139
Eclipse of the sun, 235-of the moon,
522

Editor, the, to his readers, 540
Education, elementary, specimen of
the state of, 264

Electricity, Mr. Wesley's high opinion
of the curative effects of, 8, 103
English Poets. Sharon Turner, 317-
Robert Bloomfield, 414

Facts and Observations. Heroic de-
votion, 260-Public amusements and
bull-fights in Spain, 452-German
public sports, 494-Anecdote of a

Polish Count and Mozart, 548
Favell, Dr., lecture of, 510
Fletcher, Rev. John, mentioned, 8,
102, 346, 392, 393, 489
Fogs, cause of, 520

French prisoners, Mr. Wesley's kind-
ness to, 102

German public sports, noticed, 494
God's care of Israel in the wilderness,
a sermon on, 203, 248, 299, 347
Greece, the religion of, as delineated
by Homer, 165, 211, 255, 308, 357
Greek philosophers, remarks on the
theology of, 163

Grimshaw, Rev. W., death of, men-
tioned, 154

Hamilton's "Life in earnest," extract
from, 158-review of, 182
Herbert, George, memoir of, 481
Himaleh mountains, distant view of
the, 547

History, observations on the study of,
117

Howe's "Lectures," extract from, 226
Huddersfield, Mr. Wesley's first visit
to, 9

Humanity, 515

Huntingdon, Lady, referred to, 346
Huss, John, biographic sketch of, 145
Hymn-Book, Wesleyan, mentioned, 533

India, palanquin-travelling in, 546
Influence and power, the secret of, 160
Isle of Man, establishment of Method-
ism in, 439, 487, 489

James I., remarks on the character of,
52, 53

Jamieson, Dr., anecdote of, 112
Jesse's "Gleanings in Natural His-
tory," extract from, 214-"Scenes
and Tales of country Life," extract
from, 313: observations on, 362
Jerome of Prague, biographic sketch
of, 289

Kingswood School mentioned, 247, 298

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Literary Article. Dr. Abercrombie's

"Elements of Truth," 37-Rule's
"Memoir of a Mission to Gibraltar
and Spain," 38-Fletcher's "Portrait
of St. Paul," 39-" Prayers for the
Use of Christian Families," 40-Lord
Brougham's "Dialogues on In-
stinct," 83-Young's "Showers of
Blessing," 84-Webb's "Harmony
of Universal Atonement and Un-
limited Grace with the Character
and Work of God," 133-Slight's
"Indian Researches," 135-James's
"Guide of Youth," 135-Barrett's
"Pastoral Addresses," 181-Cubitt's
"Scriptural Expositions," 181-Ha-
milton's "Life in earnest," 182,

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Manners, Rev. John, mentioned, 154
Mesmerism, answer to a question re-
specting, 170

Michaud's "History of the Crusades,"
extracts from, 260, 550
Miscellaneous Notices, brief, by sea
and land: Origin of mistaken reports
of rocks at sea, 369-Velocity, width,
&c., of ocean-waves, 370--Tree-hea-
ther and broom in Madeira, 466-
Parhelion, 467-Mirage at sea, 467--
King George, of Tonga, 499; The
Missionaries, their habitations, &c.,
500; Tonga, 501-Palanquin-travel-
ling in India, 546-Distant view of
the Himaleh mountain-range, 547
Mozart and a Polish Count, anecdote
of, 548

Music, modern, Mr. Wesley's opinion

of, 201

Mythology, observations on, 33

Nightingale, the, unknown in Ireland,
184-description of, 232

Noel, Hon. and Rev. B., report of, on
the state of elementary education,
264

Northampton, first Earl of, men-
tioned, 4

Notices of animated and vegetable
nature, 41, 85, 136, 183, 231, 280,
329, 376, 428, 475, 520, 568

OBITUARIES.

Braithwait, Thomas, 236
Collins, Maria, 140

Hunter, Wilhelmina Boyd Hamil-
ton, 90

Knott, Cecilia, 524

Leeson, Charlotte, 333

Mussenden, Henry A. S., 187
Randall, Samuel, 92

Redman, Richard, 381

Robinson, Miss Margaret Frances,

141

Wake, Miss Jane, 93
Warrington, Miss Sarah, 285
Wilson, Charlotte Elizabeth, 237
Odin, account of, 69

Owain Glyndwr, biographic sketch of,

337

Paganism, unholiness of, 463

Pass of the Great St. Bernard, account
of the, 97

Patagonians of Terra del Fuego, de-
scription of the, 370

Persia, travelling in, 155

POETRY (continued):

The Fruits of Sin, by the Rev. C.
Wesley, 432

The Glowworm, by the Rev. S. M.
Rickards, 189

The Goodness of God, by John
Byrne, 479

The Hindoo Widow at the Funeral
Pile of her Husband, by Adeline,

94

The little Hand, by Mrs. Sigourney,

191

The Mountains, 238

The Myrtle, by James Montgomery,

287

The Nativity, by John Byrne, 45
The Posy, by George Herbert, 526
The Sabbath, by Adeline, 142
The Sabbath-Bells, by Charles Lamb,
480

The Sleep, by Elizabeth B. Barrett,
286

The Story of the Shunammite, by
N. P. Willis, 382

The Weeping Saviour, by Elizabeth
E. Barrett, 239

True Sympathy with Nature in the
Youthful Mind, by Sharon Turner,

336

Vanity of earthly Pomp, by Sharon
Turner, 335

Popish perfidy, instance of, 150, 294
Prayer on entering into battle, 462-
before sermon, 502

Pinnock's "Catechism of Architec- Proselytism, observations on, 400-

ture." noticed, 110

POETRY:

A true Hymn, by George Herbert,

525

Death of Count Ugolino, and his
Children and Grandchildren, from
Cary's "Dante," 47

Death to the Christian, by James
Edmeston, 144

Elegy, written at the Tomb of the

Rev. J. Wesley, by J. T. Barr, 190
Fancy employed on Divine Subjects,
by Charles Lamb, 480
Morning, by Vaughan, 240

Mount Nebo, by Joseph Gostick,
jun., 527

O could I mount on Angels' Wings,
by James Knapton, jun., 288
On the Death of a West-Indian Boy,
at the Wesleyan Proprietary
School, 95

Peace between England and France,
by Sharon Turner, 334
Specimens of Poetry by Sophia
Woodrooffe, 571

"Take heed how ye hear," by Sharon
Turner, 335

The Call, by George Herbert, 526
The Deluge, by Benjamin Gough, 143

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REVIEWS (continued):
Williams's (Jane Louisa) "Chillon;
or, Protestants of the Sixteenth
Century," 424

Woodrooffe's (Sophia) "Lethe," 566
Riviere, Mons. de la, sermon by, 203,
248, 299, 347

Scarborough, introduction of Method-
ism into, 7

SCRIPTURE, ILLUSTRATIONS OF:

Exodus xx. 24-26....6

Exodus xxi. 24, 30....55
Exodus xxii. 6....99

Exodus xxii. 27....151
Exodus xxiii. 17....198
Exodus xxv. 10....244
Exodus xxv. 23....295
Exodus xxv. 30....343

Exodus xxv. 31....391

Exodus xxvi. 30....437

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Walsh, Rev. Thomas, referred to, 58
Wesleyan chronological notices, 7, 56,
101, 153, 201, 245, 296, 345, 392, 439,
487, 531

Whitefield, Rev. G., death of, 298
Wild ducks, curious account of, 136

Deuteronomy xxix. 5....203, 248, Wilson, Alexander, anecdote of, 515

299, 347

1 Peter i. 14-16....463

Sentences for reflection, 36, 81, 131,
179, 228, 276, 326, 372, 470, 515
Seriousness and mental discipline, ne-
cessity of, 224

Wilson, Rev. A. E., death-bed of, 33
Workhouse Community-Preachers, ori-
gin of, 441

Works of God, observations on the, 313
-additional observations, 362

Sleeman's (Lieut. Col.) "Rambles and Young persons, exhorted to diligence,

Recollections," extract from, 79

Slothfulness, indolence, and industry,

467

Socrates, anecdote of, 35
Sobriety, the value of, 458

Spain, public amusements and bull-
fights in, 452

Strafford, Earl, biographic sketch of,
49, 122, 503, 535

Sudden death, awful instance of, 367
Susa, visit to the ruins of, 172
Switzerland, beginning of the Re-
formation in, 195

Taylor, Bishop Jeremy, biographic
sketch of, 385-remarks
on the
theology and style of, 446
Theatres, Mr. Wesley's opinion of, 202
Thrushes, two, anecdote of, 86
Tiger-slayer, daring feat of a, 114
Time's Telescope, extracts from, 88,
231, 234, 281

Tonga, King George of, described, 499
-Missionaries in, 500-geological
character of the island, 501

158

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