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The road from Lisbon to Cintra is one of the most beautiful and picturesque that can be imagined. The hedges are lined with towering American aloes; and the luxuriant fruits, the blooming flowers and sweetly perfumed plants of the south, abound in rich profusion.— | It is not more than three or four hours' ride from the capital to Cintra-and hither a young and handsome English officer "wended his solitary way," with a view of passing a day or two among the romantic scenery that abounds in its neighborhood.

The town stands beneath a mountain whose side is clothed with a variegated wood, in which the cork-tree, the olive, the orange and the vine, sweetly and gaily bloom; and at its summit a convent rears its massy front the approaches to which are of a most rugged and dangerous nature. Having procured refreshments and a guide in the town, our adventurer, whose name was Captain Dillon, began about mid-day to ascend the steep and dangerous path, though forewarned that he would find the fatigue at that hour almost insupportable. He proceeded, however, and with difficulty reached the convent, where he was received with a frank and hearty welcome-the British uniform being a sure passport to hospitality, at that period, throughout the whole extent of Portugal. Here he cooled his heated frame by eating the most delicious fruits; while the fine and invigorating breezes of the mountain air soon restored to him the capacity for active exertion. Pleased with the monks, who had but little of the ascetic, unsocial disposition of their order-Dillon resolved to pass the night at the con

vent.

NEW BRIGHTON, JULY 27, 1839.

Alas, my son," replied the father, "such sights are too frequent to our eyes to excite much surprise, however they may demand commisseration; and not unfrequently the groans of the sufferers from lawless violence are wafted on the wings of the wind to these peaceful shades. We have no power to interfere; we can only regard with pity the violations of moral rectitude and religious duty; and offer up our prayers for the safety of the innocent and the reformation of the guilty."

VOLUME III.-NUMBER XXVI.

Dillon knew not what to do-but his conduct was very soon decided upon. The ruffian now commenced a struggle with the unfortunate being he held in his grasp, who was near sinking under his lawless violences when, unable to restrain himself any longer, Dillon rush-, ed down the steps, calling on them, in Portuguese, to hold.

The ruffians seemed paralyzed for an instant-but it was only for an instant. They both rushed upon Dil"There are but two!" said Dillon; and as he stood lon, who discharged his pistol, and brought one of them for a few moments wrapped in thought, the working of to the ground. A short but desperate conflict ensued his countenance, and the expression of his fine dark eye with the other; but the nervous arm of the young Enas he looked toward the ruins, evinced that he was re-glishman at length humbled this opponent also in the volving some scheme to aid the unfortunate being just dust.

conveyed within their walls, if indeed he or she still Leaving the helpless and disabled ruffians, Dillon
lived. His plan, whatever it was, was soon formed.-supported the lady he had rescued, along the path by
He obtained from the monk a direction as to the easiest which he had gained the ruins, to the convent, which
way of reaching the ruins, and departed, notwithstand-they reached with difficulty, owing to the exhausted
ing the remonstrances with which he was assailed; hav- state of his charge. They were received with joy by
ing first taken the precaution to supply himself with a the monks, who supplied every necessary restorative;
brace of loaded pistols, in addition to the sword-" and and soon the bloom of health again mantled upon her
a better never graced a soldier's thigh"-which he al-cheek.
ways wore.

Dillon and the fair Isabel de Cestro were united, and they never cease to remember with pleasure, the fortunate circumstances which commenced their acquaintance.

I might here detail the tender conversation which enProceeding with cautious celerity, he succeeded in sued between the lady and Dillon, the love of the latter gaining the ruins without molestation. The path that and the gratitude, which soon ripened into love, of the he had followed ended directly under a wall of conside- former—the daughter of a rich citizen of Cintra, who rable height, skirting the edge of the precipice on which had been decoyed from her home by the ruffians from the castle had been built. A little to the right a low whom Dillon had delivered her; but though these ocarched entrance admitted him into a spacious area, that currences are pleasant enough to the parties concerned, had probably been the once spacious and well fitted hall they are in general rather insipid to the reader, or a third of the Moslems, but which was now lonely and desert-party. Suffice it to say, that in a few months Captain ed. All was silent-but advancing a little further, the sound of voices burst upon his ear, and he looked round to see whence they proceeded. Under a bower formed of the jessamine and the geranium, the two men whom he had seen from the convent were now discovered playing at dice; while a few paces from them on the grass lay a female form which, even at that distance, Dillon could discover to be young and beautiful. He anxiously watched for some indication which might point to a decisive line of conduct for him to adopt; that the lady, whoever she might be, was not a willing associate of "Those mouldering relics," replied Father Joachim, the two ruffians, for such their dress, manners and ap"are all that exist of a once proud edifice, which was pearance denoted them, with whom he found her, he felt inhabited by a race of infidels of the Abencerrage tribe. convinced; and it was a moment of relief from a painNow its massy walls are mostly crumbled into dust, its ful state of suspense, when he saw the two men emerge gorgeous magnificence has vanished, and the orgies of from the bower; and as they advanced toward the spot robbers and smugglers are celebrated in those halls, that where he was concealed, overheard them, in the Portuwere once the resort of the brave and fair of the follow-guese language, detail their plans and intentions. He ers of Mahomet."

"What ruins are those?" inquired Dillon of one of the monks, who was accompanying him in a ramble around the grounds of the convent after he had dismissed his guide. As he spoke, he pointed to the remains of a castellated fortress that crowned the summit of a rude eminence, at no great distance from the convent.

As he spoke, two men were seen stealing along the path that wound round the mountain, in some places overhung by a projecting precipice, in others covered with umbrageous shrubs, to the ruins of which they were conversing. They bore something between them that had the appearance of a body enveloped in a mantle; but whether it was male or female, it was impossible to discover.

"What can those men be after?" inquired Dillon.— "Why are they, with this evident desire to elude observation, conveying what seems to be a human form to yonder ruins? Has some deed of violence been committed, and are its perpetrators about to consign a dead victim to an unhallowed grave, or immerse a living one in the dismal precinct of yonder gloomy wall?"

found that they had been deciding their pretensions to
their lovely and helpless victim by the cast of the dice;
and the one who had been successful was a stern and
sturdy looking villain, on whose face Nature had fixed
marks of cruelty in lineaments which Time could never
efface. A ferocious exultation gleamed on his counten-
ance; his dark scowling eyes were lighted up with a
deadly expression of passion, and shot gleams of ven-
geance from under his high and overarching brows:-
he advanced to the prostrate female, and raising her from
the ground with no gentle touch, he said something that
Dillon could not distinguish. The lady appeared to
look up, and, as if recognizing the ruthless being by
whom she was upheld, uttered a piercing shriek, which
reverberated from rock to rock, and at length died away

in the distance.

SELECT MISCELLANY.

LOVE.

There need be no other proof that happiness is the most wholesome moral atmosphere-that in which the morality of man is destined ultimately to thrive—than the elevations of soul and religious aspirations which attend the first assurance, the first sober certainty of true love. There is much of this religious aspiration amidst the warmth of virtuous affections. There is a vivid love of God in the child that lays its cheek against the cheek of its mother, and clasps its arms about her neck. God is thanked (perhaps unconsciously) for the brightness of this earth, on summer evenings, when a brother and sister, who have long been parted, pour out their heartstores to each other, and feel their course of thought brightening as it runs. When the aged parent hears of the honors his children have won, or looks round upon their innocent faces as the glory of his decline, his mind reverts to Him who in them prescribed the purpose of his life, and bestowed his grace. But religious as is the mood of every affection, none is so devotional as that of love, especially so called. The soul is then the very temple of adoration, of faith, of holy purity, of heroism, of charity. At such a moment the human creature shoots up into the angel; there is nothing on earth too defiled for its charity-nothing in hell too appalling for its heroism-nothing in heaven too glorious for its sympathy. Strengthened, sustained, vivified by that most mysterious

"I know that I am unpopular in England. They hate me, because they think me a tyrant; but if they knew me they would not call me so. They should see me in the bosom of my family!”

of them all.

chafed with opposition, at last, in the agony of unwilling words, summed up his arguments very intelligibly by striking his hand with great violence upon the tablea most impressive figure of speech.

power, union with another spirit, it feels itself set well | pitals, you would say the old nurses ape the imperial His health is of the most roforth on the way of victory over evil, sent out conquer- guard. The Emperor's private habits and general style bust kind; being, doubtless, greatly aided by the activity ing and to conquer. There is no other crisis in human of living are extremely simple; and the delight which of his habits. He thinks nothing of accomplishing in life. The philosopher may experience uncontrolloble he takes in the society of his children is boundless.—a couple of weeks a journey which ordinary people agitation in verifying his balancing systems of worlds, Those who have seen the imperial family in their private would take months to perform. He is so feeling perhaps, as if he actually saw the creative hand moments, when free from the constraint of pomp and apt to be carried away by passion in debate that words in the act of sending the planets forth on their everlast- ceremony to which princes are slaves before the world, often entirely fail him. He has a way, however of filling ing way; but this philosopher, solitary seraph as he may speak of them in terms of rapture. An English gentle- up the pauses; in an interview with the French ambasbe regarded amidst a myriad of men, knows at such a man who was honored with many opportunities of en-sador, the dissussion became so warm, that his Majesty, moment no emotions so divine as those of the spirit of tering the august circle, says, that more affection, more becoming conscious that it is beloved-be it the pea- happiness, more simplicity, it would be impossible to consant girl in the meadow, or the daughter of the sage, ceive. The unconstrained and innocent amusements reposing in her father's confidence, or the artisan beside of their evenings, contrasted delightfully with the nohis loom, or the man of letters musing by his fireside.- tions usually formed of imperial family scenes. In short, The warrior, about to strike the decisive blow for the li- from all that he beheld, it appeared that a kinder husberties of a nation, however impressed with the solemn- band or better father than Nicholas does not exist. The ity of the hour, is not in a state of such such lofty reso- emperor, too quick not to perceive what was passing in lution as those, who, by joining hearts, are laying their the mind of his guest as he mused on the scene before joint hands on the whole wide realm of futurity for their him, said one evening, stamping his foot as the unpleaown. The statesman, who, in the moment of success, sant thought rose in his mind— feels that the entire class of social sins and woes is annihilated by his hand, is not conscious of so holy and so intimate a thankfulness as they who are aware that their redemption is come in the presence of a new and sovereign affection. And these are many-they are in all corners of every land. The statesman is the leader of a nation -the warrior is the grace of an age-the philosopher is the birth of a thousand years; but the lover-where is he not? Wherever parents look round upon their children, there he has been-wherever children are at play together, there he will soon be-wherever are roofs under which men dwell, wherever is an atmosphere vibrating with human voices, there is the lover, and there is his lofty worship going on, unspeakable, but revealed in the brightness of the eye, the majesty of the presence, and the high temper, of the discourse. Men have been ungrateful and perverse; they have done what they could to counteract, to debase the most heavenly influence of their life; but the laws of their Maker, are too strong, the benignity of their Father is too patient and fervent, for their oppression to withstand; and true love continues, and will continue, to send up its homage amidst the meditations of every eventide, and the busy hum of noon, and the song of the morning stars.

Miss Martineau.

The Emperor Nicholas. There is nothing either in the attachments or measures of the czar to justify his admirers in holding him up as a man of extraordinary nay, almost superhuman talent. That he possesses restless activity of mind and body, and in a degree which in a monarch may not be unnaturally mistaken for genius, no one will deny, but we have never discovered in him any other qualities that entitle him to be considered as much above the ordinary average of human chalacter, and certainly none that can entitle him to be prononneed, as he sometimes has been, the greatest genius, the master spirit of our age.His most prominent qualities, we should say, are decision and firmness; quickness in devising expedients to meet the unforseen emergencies of the moment, and steadiness in enforcing them. Next to these is the excess of his passion for reducing everything to military uniformity. This propensity degenerates almost to a weakness; it is his great aim to give the whole empire the appearance of an encampment. This passion is so well known, that the very children in the street are made to affect the air of military, strutting in a white cap and and red band, a l'empereur. On entering the school, the boys and girls rise in files to salute you after the military fashion and march out as if wheeling to the sound of fife and druin. In the very prisons a dash of the corporal's discipline is visible; and, even in the hos

In person the emperor is tall and well made. Few men of his height (six feet two inches) display such graceful freedom of carriage. In fact, his appearance is so superior, that many have bestowed on him the wide and not easily disputed compliment of being the handsomest man in Europe. Being one of the best horsemen of the time, he is never seen to more advantage than when mounted on his favorite steed. Accustomed to command, and see to his commands obeyed with crouching submission, he has acquired the air and mien of majesty more completely than any sovereign of the age. His eye has a singular power: its fierce glance can awe the turbulent, and it is said has disarmed the assassin. His manners, however, are far from those of the despot; nothing can be more winning than his attentions where he wishes to please.

On another occasion, when hard pressed for a good argument, he rushed to the window, threw it open, and, pointing significantly to some regiments exercising below, clenched his reasoning with the words, " Viola ma garde; cen'est que la vingtieme partie de mon armie !" The emperor knew that after all, force is the best ultima ratio of kings. Though not an enemy to literature nor to literary men, he is not distinguished by any particular taste for letters. His attainments, however, in all useful branches of knowledge-history, science, languages -are highly respectable. The only one of the imperial family spoken of as being at all literary is the Grandduke Michael, who is said to have written some able remarks, chiefly political, suggested by a visit to Naples many years since. So far as can be judged by mere outward acts, the emperor's respect for religion is very great. His devoutness, while in church, is extreme.— Some say his part is here veracted; for there is no end to the bowings and salutations between him and the officiating clergy when the service is over. No saint's day, or formality of the church, is ever neglected by him; and travelling he never passes a steeple without crossing himself as devoutly as the yemtchk who drives him.— The fervor of his superstition, if not of his devotion, is well shown by a recent act, which is spoken of with great applause by the priests. He has added a new saint to the calender.

Russian Patronymics.

No man ever seemed to possess more strongly the power of removing, from those who have access to him, the prejudices which may have been previously enter- The Russians have no words, at least none are ever tained against him. The Russians, it is said, see little used, which correspond to Mr. Mrs. or Miss; and, in of his fascinating powers: towards them he dare be fa- speaking of, or to one another in their own language, miliar without exciting jealousies, which would be fatal they use the Christian name, subjoining that of the perto the empire. It is on strangers, passing visitors, that son's father with the termination-added, ovitch or evhe lavishes his amiability, for with them it can be done itch, son of, and ovna or evna, daughter of. Thus John without danger, and he is too anxious to stand well with son of Peter, is called Ivan Petrovitch, and Anne, the the rest of Europe to allow s foreigner to leave him un-daughter of John, is Anna Ivanovna. In this manner, der an unfavorable impression. Never was even imperial flattery more successful iu attaining its aim; the raptures with which his condescensions, his frankness, his courtesy, are spoken of by all who come near him would indicate that it is not merely the emperor but the man that triumphs.

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without any title of respect, the servant addresses his master or mistress, and the soldier his officer. One of the first points, accordingly, which it becomes necessary for us to settle on our arriving her, was the providing us with suitable Russian patronymics for the benefit of the servants. Mbecame naturally Maria Alexandrovina: and, after some consideration, I received the euphonious name of Rodivon Rodivonovitch.

With the common soldier he is highly popular; but it is, above all, among the mooziks, the good-hearted fellows with the beards and sheepskins; in other words, it it is by the great body of the people that he is most beWater Spout on the Hudson. loved. He never appears in public without being greet- The Westchester Herald relates that during the reed with rapturous welcome as soon as he is discovered; cent visit of Mr. Van Buren to Westchester county in until our own fair queen ascended the throne, there was this state, while he was at the residence of Gen. Ward, no soverign in Europe whose appearance was hailed on the morning of Friday last, the attention of the comwith such joy by the people. Individual cases of op- pany assembled was attracted by a phenomenon, such pression are overlooked in his general kindness. His as, it is said, was never before observed in that region. anxiety to find out, and generosity in rewarding, hum- The Westchester print thus describes it: ble merit, go far in reconciling the poor to his political measures. He is also kind and familiar to them on all public occasions; at the great summer fete of Peterhof, where thousands of the people are assembled, he dances and capers among them as merry and free as any goat

"Near the south end of Teller's point, and about the middle of the river, a water spout was observed to form, having at first the appearance of a small stream of ascending vapor; then rapidly increasing it became a large perpendicular column, of the apparent height of half a

Howbeit, we owe many acknowledgements to the patrons of the MIRROR for that steadfast and generous support which has been so uniformly vouchsafed it since

"I shall !" and it came to fistcuffs-and oh! how they its first establishment. And, at the same time, we res

It has winged its course over copse and heath, and finally touched with its talisman the long-hidden minerals beneath the soil. It has revealed to us an inexhaustible quarry of granite, primitive rock, closer grained and of CAUSE OF QUARREL." I wish I owned all the pasture better quality than any hitherto brought hither from the land in the world," said Bob.

"Well I wish I owned all the cattle in the world," duces this most useful of the metals in considerable pu

bly rewarded on leaving it at the Tompkinsville or RichThe person who has found it will be suitamond Post Office, or at the office of the Mirror.

A debating Society in Massachusetts, entertained themselves on a late occasion by discussing "which contributes most to our success in life, natural talent or education." The Methuen Falls Gazette says that the question was decided in the affirmative!! Mirror, June 29.

Our friend of the Richmond County Mirror is in he referred in his last Mirror. The question was decierror with regard to the decision of the question to which ded in favor of Education. We always vote right if we talk wrong, brother H.

Kindness in Conversation, There is no way in which men can do good to others with so little expense and trouble as by kindness in conversation. "Words," it is sometimes said, "cost nothing." At any rate, kind words cost no more than do those which are harsh and piercing. But kind words are often more highly valued than the most costly gifts, and they are always regarded as among the best tokens of a desire to make others happy. We should suppose that kind words would be very common, they are so very cheap but there are many who have a large assortment of all other language than that of kindness. They have bitter words, and witty words and learned words in abundance—but their stock of kind words is small. The churl himself, one might suppose, would not grudge a little kindness in his language, however closely he may cling to his money; but there are persons who draw on their kindness with more reluctance than upon their

purses.

Frankincense.

Frankincense which was used both in the worship of the true God, and on the altars of the heathen temples, was obtained from trees which grew in Arabia Felix. The incense trees grew only in that part of Arabia inhabited by the Sabæans, and so strict were their laws respecting them, that persons were not permitted even to see the trees, except those appointed to take care of them. | The valley where they grew was surrounded by mountains, and was situated eight days' journey from Sabota (now Sanna,) the capital, whither the incense was conveyed on camels; and it was forbidden, on pain of death, to enter the city with this drug, except at one particular gate, when the priests took a tenth part for their God Sabis, and no person could either buy or sell it till this duty was discharged. The Gebanites were the only people allowed to carry it out of the country. They also paid a toll to their sovereign. It was taxed again at Gaza, and by the time the kings, the priests, the secretaries, the wardens of the temples, and the various officers had levied their contributions on this drug, but little was left to pay the great charge of bringing it to the coast. At the time the frankincense was taken to Alexandria to be tried, refined, and made up for sale, the workmen were attired only in short trousers, which were sewed up and sealed, to prevent the possibility of their concealing any portion of this valuable drug. Their heads were fixed in a mask or caul, lest they should secret the smallest portion in their mouths or ears. They were not suffered to depart after all these precautions without a strict examination.

Over its rocky bed-and the soft stir
Of leaves, that gently whispered to our hearts,
As with a spirit's voice, sweet thoughts of love
And peace. Then up we rose and wound our way
Along the river's marge, until we reached
The quiet nook, where stood our village school.
An humble shed it was beneath the shade
Of overarching trees, the streamlet's brink
Near by-and there we found the first small germs
Of knowledge. Sweet days they were, dear brother!
And brightly, sweetly, does their memory come
Over my soul, through the long lapse of
years
Like a clear stream, sparkling with fairy light,
Unmixed with shade. But they are gone; and we,
Far sundered now, no more together roam
The shady forest and the meadow green,
Or seek the daisied hill-side, or the brink
Of the bright sparkling fountain. Now, no more
We sit beneath the shade of the old tree
That waved our father's humble cot above,
And in the sober Autumn days, showered
Its brown and withered leaves about our heads;
No more we gather round the winter hearth
When evening shadows come, to hear the voice
Of our loved sire, instruction or reproof
Kindly bestowing, or the low-breathed voice
Of humble, fervent prayer. For other days
Have come! Manhood now sits upon thy brow,
And "leaden-footed cares" have chased away
The bright illusions of my youthful days,
And thou hast left nie for a distant land.
Oh! it was hard to think that we, who had
Together lived so pleasantly, must part!
'Twas hard to think that I no more could lean
And keen and bitter was the pang, more keen
Than words can tell, that rent my aching heart
When thy last parting words fell on my ear-
E'en like the death-knell of my early joys!

Some use grating words because they are of morose disposition. Their language as well as their manners show an unfeeling heart. Others use rough words out of an affectation of frankness. They may be severe in their remarks—but then they claim that they are open and independent, and will not be trammelled. They are no flatterers they say—and this they think excuse sufficient for all the cutting speeches which they employ. Others wish to be thought witty-and they will, with equal indifference, wound the feelings of friend or foe, in order to show their smartness. Some are envious, and cannot bear to speak kindly of others, or to them, because they do not wish to add to their happiness.Others are so ill-bred that they seem to take delight in AN OLD MAN.-Taylor's Annals of health and long using unkind words, when their intentions are good, life, mention as the most remarkable instance of longeviand their feelings warm. Their words are rougher than ty in British history, that of Thomas Carn, who, accord-Upon thine arm, and take our 'customed walks, their hearts—they will make sacrifices of ease and prop-ing to the Parish Register of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, erty to promote comfort, while they will not deign to died January 28, 1588, at the astonishing age of 207 employ the terms of courtesy and kindness. Of these, years. He was born in the reign of Richard II, A. D. the Scotch have an expressive proverb that "their bark 1381, and lived in the reign of twelve kings and queens, namely, Richard 2d, Henry 4th, 5th, and 6th, Edward 4th and 5th, Richard 3d, Henry 7th and 8th, Edward 6th, Mary and Elizabeth.

is worse than their bite."

An Elephantine Rat.

There is at present in the possession of Mr. Lewis Smith, spirit dealer, of Glasgow, an animal of the rat species, of the following extraordinary description:-It is of the bulk and thickness of a pretty large terrier dog and covered on the back and belly with a thick coat of very fine hair. The head is about the size of that of a house rabbit, the front teeth in the upper and lower jaws are nearly an inch and a half long, and very sharp.The paws are webbed, and the hinder ones larger than the webbed foot of a full grown goose. It swims and dives remarkably well, remaining in and under the water until recalled by the voice of its owner, to whom it is very much attached, following him like a dog. The animal, which is a female, weighs upwards of ten pounds, and its length from the head to the extremity of the tail when the tail is extended, measures two feet seven inches.

The tail is entirely bare of hair, and very long and thick, and covered with a scaly substance. She is partial to vegetables and fish, but dislikes every kind of flesh, whether raw or in a prepared state. In eating, she rests on her hind legs, holding the food in her fore ones. She is also partial to porter and beer, and has very often drank more than she could carry. Although so powerful and ferocious looking, she is perfectly tame and gentle, and will suffer handling without the least show of resistance or even ill-nature, so that the most timid may approach her with perfect safety. A strong attachment subsists between her and a fine dog of the cocker species.

Philad. Inq.

THE LAST PUN.-Were the Devil to lose his tail, where would he go to supply it? D'ye give it up? To the groggery, where they re-tail bad spirits.

ORIGINAL POETRY.

MEMENTO.

-Brother, rememb'rest thou the days
Of early years—when buoyant as the wing
Of summer bird our spirits were, and free
From every care?

When Hope's soft pinions fanned our youthful cheeks,
And Joy's bright flowers sprang up around our path,
When sped the laughing hours on downy plume,
And nought knew we of sorrow or of grief?
Rememberest thou those halcyon days, when hand
In hand we trod along the winding path
That led to school?-and dost remember still
The large old tree, beneath whose branching arms
We sat us down to rest our weary feet,
And prattled gaily as we plucked the flowers
That round us grew-the "buttercup" and "rose,"
And "daisy" fair, and purple "innocence,"
And came upon our ears the murmuring voice
Of the translucent stream, that flowed hard by

But thou art gone! and why should I recall
The buried past? Upon another soil
Thou treadest now, and hearest the deep voice
Of other and far mightier streams than that
Which murmured sweetly in our youthful ears.
On thine own prairie lands thou tread'st-the lord
Of the domain, and looking down the path
Of Time, thou see'st in Fancy's glowing light,
Thine offspring dear-a happy group, themselves
Proprietors of that rich soil, and thou
The grey-haired Patriarch! And can it be!
My little brother once, with rosy cheeks,
And golden locks, and smile as sunny, bright
As summer morn—a hoary patriarch,
Like faithful Israel of olden time,

Amid his numerous race! Well, be it so-
Time brings strange changes oft, and I, perchance,
When Time has silvered o'er my locks, and marked
Deep furrows on my brow, may visit thee
Amid thy tribe, and hear thee talk of days
Of early youth-the sweet spring-time of life.

But whither, Fancy! would'st thou lead? Repress
Thy wing and be more sober Truth my guide.
Our days are waning fast, and we may soon
Be called to lay us down beneath the sod
And give our spirits back to "Him who gave,"
To meet no more on earth. But there's a place
Beyond the silent tomb, where we shall meet,
And soon. And shall we, brother, when we've pass'd
The narrow verge of life, and oped our eyes
Upon the glories of the heavenly world,

At the right hand be found?

IDA.