When next through air they bade her spring
She came no more, her weary wing

Had found a home at last.

Soon did the lab'ring vessel rest
On Ararat's cloud-piercing crest,
And man with joy survey'd

From yielding waves, the second birth
Of his restor❜d domain, the earth,
In freshest green array'd.

Forth the glad lion bounded then,
And sought with joy his forest den,
His weary bondage done :

Sported the flocks, the small birds sang,
On mighty wing the eagle sprang

To greet the beaming sun.

Haste! be the new rais'd altar stor'd
With choicest off'rings for the Lord,
The song of praise be loud;

While each with grateful wonder views
The bow that spreads its varied hues
Athwart the stormy cloud :

And hear the voice of God engage,
No more shall floods, with swelling rage,

Man and his works destroy;

But still, as pass the seasons round,
The husbandman shall sow the ground,

And bring his sheaves with joy.

SLAVERY.

N. N.

DID ye think as ye sail'd 'mid the isles of the west,
That those beauteous scenes were the gardens of rest?
And that fann'd by the breeze, so spicy that blows,
The care-worn and weary might there find repose?
But no! for 'tis there, toils the heart-stricken slave,
And he finds not a rest but the sleep of the grave;
No gentle heart pities, no voice speaks him "free,"
And the guilt of his bondage lies, Britain, with thee.
THOMAS WARD.

ERRATUM,

In the last number, p. 65, 1. 25, for Ευκοφανται read Συκοφανταί.

THE

YOUTHS' MAGAZINE;

OR

Evangelical Miscellany.

APRIL, 1833.

WINDEMERE LAKE, WESTMORLAND.

WINDEMERE, or Winandemere, the most capacious and extensive of all the English lakes, lies on the boundary line which separates Westmorland from Lancashire. The circumference of this vast sheet of water is something less than twenty-three miles, and the breadth rarely exceeds a mile; the depth varying from thirty to one hundred and twenty feet. It is formed principally by the united streams of the Rothay and Brathay rivers. The waters are finally discharged at Newby Bridge, under the name of the Leven river; which, after a course of two miles, falls into an estuary of Morecambe bay.

"Diffusiveness, stately beauty, and, at the upper end, magnificence, have been justly considered as the characteristics of Windemere." The extraordinary clearness of this lake is such, that the eye can distinctly view the finny inhabitants of its deep recesses, as they play in shoals, and

"Sporting with quick glance,

Show to the sun their waved coats, dropp'd with gold."

This lake suffers little change in its appearance, either from the drought of summer, or the copious rains of winter; almost constantly maintaining a uniform level. It is, however, subject to violent agitation by the winds; and there are times when its disturbed waters bear no indistinct resemblance to a tempestuous ocean. Windemere abounds with trout, perch, pike, and char; and its banks are the favorite haunts of wild fowl, "which add to the scenery of the lake, by the variety of forms in which they appear: sometimes, sitting in black groups, on the water, they rise and sink with the waves; at other times in the air, they circle the lake in figured files, or with hesitating wing, seize some station on its banks or surface."-Fisher's Picturesque Illustrations.

REMINISCENCES IN THE LIFE OF A MINISTER.

THE PROFLIGATE SON.

"I cast about for all circumstances that may revive my memory." HALE.

"BEWARE of bad company, and avoid late hours," said Mrs. Wentworth to her son William. "Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy, and attend regularly the house of God, for I have generally noticed, that when persons are conscientious observers of the sabbath and its duties, they go on well, but so soon as that sacred day is lightly esteemed, and its services neglected by them, they grow worse and worse." William promised to obey his mother's injunctions in every particular. He was an only child, and had lost his father at an early period; but it was his happiness to have a mother who feared God and took delight in approaching to him. She was one of the most "spiritually minded," christians I ever knew. All her conversation savoured of Christ and his salvation; and she generally went on her way rejoicing, "looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and Saviour Jesus Christ." She manifested a laudable zeal for the salvation of others, and it was pleasing to see her in the company of young persons, and to listen to her exhortations when