RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO MISS O. G. B., OF LITCH-Yet, perchance, this memento, recorded on paper,

Oh Genius! when thy wing betrays its trust,
And stoops from Heaven to revel in the dust-
When the aspiring spirit, made to hold
Converse with beings of ethereal mould,
Turns from the banquet of the skies, to swell
The gibbering discord with the heirs of hell,
How-if the prayers of the redeem'd in heaven
Can aught avail for those whose hopes are riven—
How must they plead for those they love below,
When they behold them sunk in crime and woe!
Thrice honored they who, in this vale of tears,
Increase in wisdom as they grow in years,
And with their wisdom own religion's sway,
And dedicate to good each passing day!
Fair Poesy shall breathe her songs for them,
And Fame shall crown them with her diadem ;
Lamps, lit in heaven, shall guide the pilgrim band,
And light and lure them to that "better land."

MR. CHAPIN'S ORATION.* Orations commemorative of the nation's Birth-day-either from their frequency, or what is more probable their want of originality-are not generally held in much esteem as a part of our national literature. When, therefore, we meet with one which is characterized by novelty, eloquence and genius, the pleasure with which we read it is greatly enhanced by its rarity. We were so fortunate as to hear Mr. Chapin deliver his address to a numerous and delighted auditory,

and charmed as we were on the occasion, we were some

Of Mr. Brooks, we hesitate not to say, that he has prov ed by his productions, that he possesses an intellect of superior order, calculated to shine even in the highest places of literary pursuit. His works, and he has given several to the public, have all been well received, and by te candid in the ranks of the most rigid and impartial erities he has not been left without his meed of honor.

As a poet, Mr. Brooks, though a young man, has estab lished a reputation which cannot soon fade from the minds of such as are fond of what is really valuable in such com position. His pieces for the most part, have been characterized by a strain of piety, which seldom fails to leave its impression, and which, being the true province of poetry, w well calculated to gain lasting and imperishable fame. As a prose writer, he holds, as he justly deserves, a position equal in all respects to any writer of his years now in this country.

In this present effort, the author has departed from the walks of light literature, among which he has sometime wandered, and sought a more enduring fame in this sold and substantial enterprise, crowned no less with success than his former labors have been. We are pleased at this, because it not only places him upon a high eminence in letters, but also because all such efforts tend to the elevation material to the common stock. of our literature, by adding so much of the more valuate

The address is well conceived and ably carried out, and suits in an admirable degree the present age and the people to whose good sense it makes a powerful appeal. It covers a vast field, and evinces a research not common in these days of show and superficiality. The exposition of the unity of the theology of the ancient Greeks, is especialy worthy of commendation.

We lament with the author, that our country is becom what disposed to ascribe a part of its thrilling effect to the ing more celebrated for the avaricious propensities of 123 fine elocution of the Orator. Having given it however an inhabitants, than for their desire of mental improvements; attentive reading since its appearance in type, justice re- and to such as are disposed to seek for the accumulation of quires the acknowledgment that the high praise bestowed upon the performance is due to its intrinsic merits. Mr. wealth, preferring "filthy lucre" to the sublime and more ennobling pursuits of mental enlightenment, we would recom Chapin's style is highly unique and graphic. He presents to mend a careful perusal of the address, and a candid exa the mind's eye a succession of vivid pictures, which are nation into their own depraved feelings and appetites. E warm with life and redolent of beauty. He narrates events is suited to every profession, and each may learn as he with remarkable power,-grouping all their striking inci-reads, some truth which affords important information

dents with such force and effect as to enchain the listener's

attention irresistibly. We regret that the want of space denies us the pleasure of publishing a few extracts from the speech before us. We are satisfied however that it will be eagerly sought after, especially by those who were forH. tunate enough to hear it.

CLASSICAL STUDIES.†

the address, we subjoin the close, which is an earnest reRestricted by our limits from attempting an analysis of

commendation of the Bible as a classic.

"With a generous enthusiasm you have devoted your days and your nights, gentlemen, to liberal studies; wa the precincts of yonder temple, sacred to wisdom, you carr seen in reality, the fabulous Panchaia of the happy islands, and in their works have contemplated the monumens of The address and poem before us, neatly published in a those consecrated to immmortality, reared by their own sabpamphlet of fifty pages, by the society before which they lime genius. You have delighted to sweep the dust were delivered, are the productions of gentlemen well ages from the papyrus, and peruse its venerable recor ́sknown, and well appreciated in the higher walks of Ameri- the relics of ancient literature, sanctified by the teache can literature. Their writings have won for them an im-time, have enkindled a lively admiration of the beautes perishable renown, and they have attained through them to Greece, and the colossal grandeur of Rome-you have in an eminence, distinguished alike for the difficulties attend-vestigated their polity, their laws, their religion, and ins ing its access and the admiration it never fails to attract the whole have deduced principles from truly gifted minds.

"To warm the genius and to mend the heart' You have revelled in the riches of classic lore, and have done well. But there is another Classic which I e bound to commend to you, equally ancient in origin and L. teresting in narrative; equally chaste in style, and more sublime in its records, its philosophy and its precepts—*** scriptures of the Old and New Testament.

"In this volume, you have a pleasant picture of the $7plicity of the early ages, in all the flowing vivacity of He rodotus, without his fables-you have the exhibition of 2in his political connexions and commotions-the spread

empire and the desolations of war-the achievements of men and the miracles of God-described with all the force and atticism of Thucydides, and the graces of Xenophonyou have a morality exactly suited to the nature and destiny of man, more elevated than ever came from the Portico or Academy—a system of laws and religion that far transcend the dreams of ancient sages-promulgated by him to whom power and dominion and adoration belong-every variety of composition, characterized by all the sublimities and beauties of style-of passion, of sentiment, and of action-the visions of the seer, the denunciations of the prophet, the teachings of the sage, the inspirations of the psalmist, the records of the evangelist, and the triumphs of the martyr-tending to inform the mind, move the sensibilities, refine the taste, and above all, purify the heart-fit it for the discharge of the duties of life, and for the destinies of another and a better world. This classic, above all others, I would commend to you.

the waters of Helicon, will not find those of 'Siloa's brook, that flows fast by the Oracle of God,' less invigorating, nor the dews of Hermon less sweet than those of the Aonian Agar.ippe. You who have listened to the ravings of the Sibyl, and the wild frenzy of the Pythoness will rejoice to hear the seers of old, as they wildly sweep the harp to the oracles of God"

"If you have risen, with the sublimity of the Grecian bard, to Jove amid the clouds of Olympus, in reading the admired lines,

Η, και κυανέησιν επ' οφρυσέ νευσε Κρονίων
Αμβροσίαι ὁ αρα χαίται επερρώσαντο άνακτος

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Κρατος απ' αφανατοι» μεγαν ὁ ελλελιξεν Ολύμπου ;
you will rise, with the inspiration of the psalmist, to the
Omnipotent who maketh the heaven of heavens his abode."
"If commiseration of the unhappy exile has been awak-
ened in your breast by the plaint of Meliboeus,

Nos patriæ fines, et dulcia linquimus arva
Nos patriam fugimus,'

"Compare its cosmogony with that of any who have dreamed upon this subject, either philosophers or poetsthe Orphic egg of the Egyptians-the mud principle of your feelings will be more excited at the lament of the Sanchoniatho, or the aqueous of Thales-the atoms of daughters of Zion, as they sit in sorrow by the waters of Epicurus, or the active and passive principles of Zeno, Babylon; or at the captivity of the young king of Israel— Plato and Aristotle-with the vainer imaginings of the po-Weep not for the dead, but for him that goeth away from ets-and you cannot hesitate for a moment to acknowledge his country, for he shall return no more.' the superiority of Moses' to that of all others-in truth and magnificence-the mighty God, by the word of his power, speaking the universe into existence-He spake and it was done.' 'He commanded and it stood fast.' But while all other cosmogonies are inferior to this, they attest its truth-the universality of the idea of the proper creation, arried by tradition into every portion of the habitable arth.

The chronology of the Bible, although disputed by those who have been guided by erroneous and contradictory eras, eriods and divisions of time, and those who mistake the maginations of science for realities-has been attested by pacurrent profane history, by astronomical calculations, and the discoveries of true science; and its historical facts e proved by the histories of other nations-by ruins, by Donuments and medals.

"Compare the commandments given to Moses with the aws of Solon, Minos, Lycurgus, Pythagoras or the ancient tatutes of Egypt and of Rome-and while you will find hem, at best, imperfectly suited to that particular people or whom they were made, you will find the requirements f the Decalogue of universal application, suited to the ondition and character of every kindred and tongue-bearag upon them the broad seal of the sovereign King of Kings, to whom the world and the inhabitants thereof be

"If you have been pleased with the Doric reed of Theocritus and the mellow flute of Virgil, you cannot fail to enjoy the fervent, yet delicate passion of the pastoral of Solomon. If you have admired the epigrams of Martial, the golden sentences of Pythagoras, you will relish still more the precepts of Ecclesiastes and the Proverbs. If the elegiac strains of Tibullus and Ovid have excited tender sentiments of sorrow, your heart will be melted at the sorrows of the Saviour over Salem, the Lamentations of Jeremiah and the threnetic plaint of Hosea."

"If you have admired the social feelings of Scipio and Lælius, you will find a parallel in the fraternal affection of David and Jonathan; and will see friendship and grief sanctified by the Saviour, as he weeps at the grave of Lazarus. If you have been moved by the lament of Agamemnon over his wounded brother, the sympathies of the inmost soul will be stirred at the passionate grief of David, for the slain upon the mountains of Gilboa. Acquainted with the beauties of the wanderings of the king of Ithaca, you will relish, the more, the sublimities of the wanderings of the Israelites. Moyed at the manner of the discovery of Ulysses, the waters of the soul will be stirred, when Joseph makes himself known to his brethren. Struck with pathetic interest at the sacrifice of Iphigenia, your emotions will be stronger as you stand with Abraham and Isaac, upon the mount of Moriah. Familiar with the histories of Clelia and Penthesilea, you will appreciate the daring of Jael, and the valor of Judith, as she unsheathes the sword of slaughter in the tent of Holofernes. Beholding the grandeur of the eagle as he bears the bolt of destruction to the throne of Jove, you will contemplate the purity of the dove, carrying to the ark the bough of mercy; or, on the shores of Jordan, bringing down the spirit of the Deity to sustain the soul of man amid the sorrows of a ruined world. Pleased with the maternal solicitude of Cornelia, in rearing the Gracchi to be ‘jewels' of pride, you will applaud the nobler ambition of the mother of Samuel, in seeking to make him a jewel worthy of the signet of the Lord. Impressed with sentiments of moral elevation at the devotion "You will be told by some that the Greek of the Old and of Codrus and Marcus Curtius, for the good of their counSew Testament is barbarous-believe it not !-that it try, you will be filled with wonder and love at the conounds in imperfections and errors of style. It is not the descension of the incarnate God, as he gives himself a sacriact. Its peculiarities, even those that are condemned by fice for sin, upon the summit of Calvary, amid the trembe captious, its transitions, changes and irregularities, will blings of the earth and the astonishment of heaven; and, found, by the true scholar, to be parallel with those of touched with the serenity and meekness of the dying Socrae most refined Grecian authors. You who have drunk of rates, as he cheers his sorrowing friends, you will be dissolv

And while the systems of pagan theology that were the Bost rational, proposed a metaphysical worship which was bove the comprehension of the ignorant, it is the beauty the glorious system of the Bible, that the poor have the ospel preached to them; and that, while it has truths to mploy the most lofty intelligence, a way-faring man, hough a fool, need not err' in comprehending its precepts. bue your hearts with its doctrines-obey its counselsarry out its principles in thought, word and deed; and, stained through the trials of life by its holy influences, you all lie down in your graves in peace, with better hopes han ancient sages ever knew-secure of joys to which the rightest dreams of their Elysium are dim and fading.

ed in grief and love and admiration, as the expiring Sa- | in the wholesome moral lesson it contains. And the truth viour consoles the weeping daughters of Jerusalem and prays for his enemies.

PUBLISHED MONTHLY, AT FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM-THOMAS W. WHITE, EDITOR AND PROPRietor.

VOL. VI.

SONG.

RICHMOND, SEPTEMBER, 1810. October NO. 9.4/3

We have parted forever!-no, never to meet
While Love is an idol or Friendship is sweet;
For sorrow has darken'd life's delicate span,
And our spirits are under Fate's terrible ban.
We have parted forever, forever--and yet
The past, neither of us, can wholly forget:
For still as we journey, there's one standing by
With a smile on her lip, but a tear in her eye-
Tis Memory, and yet she is almost like Hope,
As she strives with the past and the present to cope.
But the garland of Hope is of evergreen made,
And Mem'ry's is woven of flowrets that fade!
Life's chain of its gilding is rudely bereft,
But still in Hope's store-house one bright bud is left,
Whose beauty can brighten life's loneliest even-
The hope of re-union forever in Heaven.

Hartford, (Conn.) August 1st, 1840.

THOMAS W. WHITE, ESQ.
Str:-The accompanying narrative is founded on Ban-
croft's account of the Colony of Roanoke. Most of the

facts

scoted with oak led to the principal apartments, which looked out upon the west, commanding a beautiful prospect. Through the long painted windows streamed the last rays of the setting sun, and the rich colors they scattered around were softened by the delicate blue of the hangings. Beside a massive table a young and beautiful lady was seated, engaged in earnest conversation with two gentlemen standing near hear.

"Eleanor, my child," said Mr. White in a quivering voice, "I can never consent to this sacrifice. I must resign my appointment if you persist in accompanying me. Remain here at least till some arrangements have been made for your comfort and security."

"Your father is right," said George Dare, the younger of the two gentlemen, "he will return in a year or two, when the colony will be prepared for the residence of a delicate female."

"George," replied Eleanor, in a sweet, earnest voice; "I am your wife and bound to obey you, unless obedience interfere with a higher duty. In this case your authority must yield to the dying may be found in his History of the United States, and the real names of the principal persons have been preserved. command of my departed mother. I promised her It is a wonder that no one has before paid a tribute to the that my father should never want any care or atmemory of "Virginia Dare," the first offspring of English tention which it was in my power to bestow. parents born on the soil of America. The historian alone When a year since I gave you my hand, you knew as done justice to the inhabitants of “the City of Raleigh," that I had made this promise, and declared that you f whom he remarks, that, "if like their predecessors, the migrants from England and the first born of America faildin establishing an enduring settlement; unlike them, they waited death in the land of their adoption." It was imossible to shorten the story without injuring it, but I trust I will not be found too long for insertion in your interesting Yours, very respectfully,

magazine.

CORNELIA L. TUTHILL.

VIRGINIA DARE:

OR, THE COLONY OF ROANOKE.

CHAPTER I.

would aid me in its fulfilment."

Mr. White laid his hands on Eleanor's head, say-
ing-" Bless you, my priceless daughter, well have
you kept your vow. But you do n. add to my
happiness, love, by persisting in this wild scheme.
Think what it is you propose :-To accompany a
band of men to a distant country-to place your-
self in the power of untutored savages, perhaps to
fall a victim to their cruelty or pine away a prey
to famine. How much better could I endure any
of these evils, if consoled by the thought that you
were happy amidst the comforts and friends to
which from your childhood you have been accus-
tomed."

Among the many pleasant mansions scattered
ver the south of England in the days of good "Dear father," answered Eleanor, “I could not
Queen Bess, the quiet dwelling of Philip White enjoy these comforts while you were distant and
aight often pass unnoticed. Yet, though it could surrounded by dangers. Let Sir Walter find some
tot vie in splendor with the palaces of the nobility, one else to command this expedition, and if after
thad a more elegant air than the residences of a few years it shall prosper, we will then all emi-
nost private gentlemen. Even in winter it wore grate together to the New World."
pleasant aspect, and two travellers who were ap-
"If
you I wish it, dearest," said the troubled father,
roaching it in the latter part of January, paused to "I will renounce this undertaking; but, alas! in the
dmire its classic exterior and perfect proportions. inactivity of ordinary life, I fear lest I should be-
But it was in the fine arrangement of the interior come a prey to sorrow. It was to drive away the
hat the taste of the proprietor was most conspicu- sad remembrances haunting my thoughts, that I
us. From the massive doors, wide halls wain-wished to engage in this exciting adventure.

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