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If-- 'I It - T r -.1 My o .l tlic tmuf d utrnio admin-....'! orr. II" ..,. i i jao ni atLrivou riTBioT. Ma. nniToa The follow inj poetical cfTWion, from the jh of a young lady of tliit city, wai ocrauionrd Ia K:rinj;-tlieoiinim ytpported,- that-A- trucTtflrct ion limy be tntin.lv rrudicated. If you think it lim mlH citiit merit for u place i. jour p.pcr, you arc af liberty --- t intK-rt it.! - - On nay, can the lif-nrf that hm once loved m Imr, Ho toon heroine coli!, eul indifferent prove . Jiiyrmcnibraitcc the -acrnca of purt pleasures'!? view Ami yrt not aaaken one fet lm of love F Can the imagv that once uu fiijrraved on the ":?, Jto forever craned, and -no trace left behind So remains of the powers whose dear mujjic rontrol, Inn tly governed the heart it bo clonly entwined ' I'nit the beam from that rye u hose mild j;l:inrc roidd fir. Tin uxil a ith tich pleasure, be met villi dimbin Ai;.l the voire u hose koft imtrn rould meh rapture iiixpin, Vroducc no emotion, no pleamirr ajpin ; No ! t!it heart that him pnee lovt d, c:m m- r f rj;c?, Nor ie.v with indifli rt nee the object onri. d:ar ; While nu'tuory liww, with a feeling rtjrrrt, - -t feeling will still give their tribute ttir. I hen think not the imajfc in ever effaced, From the heart whose worn cam it could wrrtlynejnrlc; Oh no ! '(! ttill lovf d it can ne'er be eraawl, Ihonjrh the heart may appear to hr happy awliih'. liUeTftY YxAvicts, &C VjieM the Verj .hpicc.of hh.. 1 lijt pvt-s it all it IIMir. YeiwoVfe LUtrntuve OF THE f'RMKKT AOK. little tctidcmcssri and dear Iinmmitici of t!c icart, and oc-J on, them a Racrtd radiancc. S k ja aide toecizc and jH-rp ttalc U105C gta en of nature .which arc in ihcmsrlvts th( oiost cvant-ictnt and suixlc. ' llrr images of n iccm to be of the rainbow and of the gol Jen and fleecy douds.j Jlcr Mm'uI of the South Seas is one of the most captivating c) poeticalromancts. - -r -." - 1 jux.Y.iiiprorn', ,U would be unjust to tlttdc nn the merit ( Miss Ilannah AIorc, thlcfly from her o try. In verse she seldom attains higher tx i'cllence than elegance of it) le and correctness of expression. Her tragedies arc cold dia- lories 111 stately.lil.n.k vcrsgt wiHcn-txntuit occasional vigor of thought, but are not stee ped either in fancy or in passion The vio lence of her catastropheijforms a singular con trast to the- declamatory ex predion of sor row, not tlrep but loud, by which they an preceded. J 1 is on her morall and ivliiouj essays ' that Ishc will builtL th ciost.cn4 UXiUg part of her fame. She has great earnestness of expostulation, great purity of thought, and great felicity of language.- Without any in ane gaudiness of phraseology Willi no see ming effort to write splendid thingsshe il lustrates every subject with beautiful images. If she clothes truth, it is in the chastest attire. Her only fault, as a moralist, is her want of genial and expansive sympathy. She looks on humanity as from a distance, from a height of personal virtue, like a being of another sphere. ... It is not that she wants charity for she pities all humsn weaknesses, and is anx ious to relieve all human distresses but she does not grasp her fellows with a warm and cordial hand, or regard their errors with that spirit of allowance which those always feel who live tenderly along the lines of human sympathies. We are not in love with the he roine of Calebs. Still we must not forget that Jliss JVlore has done much to soften the prejudices of bigotry among those who would scarcely have listened to her, had she been less apart from the world. Those will read Calebs, who turn from the divine Clarissa 7v: ntuvit nun or run r.mut. ccmu am tao 01 a ukr. ' There he stood, still as n Image in his grand fjtlicr's eves, that, hi their dimness, fell upon him with delight. - Vet, happy as was the trusting rhild. hii heart was devoured by fear and he looked as if one word ntiht stir up the flood of tears that bad subsided In bis heart. As he cross- cl the dreary and dismal moors, he Jaa tnougui of a corfse, a shroud and a Hrave ; he had been iti terror, lest death should strike In his absence, the ufd man. with wnosc urcy hairs he bad so oft en nlaved: but now he aw him alive, and fell iliMl dcatfc was Viofublc id UarMm awajr fromlhe tlasps, links, and fetter, of his grand-child's cm bratlng love. If the storm do not abate," said the sick man. after a pause, 4' it will be hard for my fi fends -to 1 rata Iriftsto the kirkyara.' 1 nu carry tuc over the drifti udden approach to the crave, Mi uck, as with a bur of Tec, the ljarloriIiel6vjnty--ai. d"tuih a long ucciTiigh, he fell 'clown, with his Tacej ITk"e ashes on the bed, while the old man's palsied tiht hand, had just strength to-lay itself ;upon his head " Dlesscd be thou, my little Jamie, even for his own name's sake who died for us on the tree !" The mother, without terror, but with an averted face, lifted up her loving hearted boy, now in a dead fainting fit, and carried hi in into an adjoining room, where he soon revived: but that child and that old man, were not to be sep arated ; in vain was he asked to go to his broth ers and sisters ; pale, breathless, and shivering, he took his place as before, with eyes fixed on his grandfather's face-, but neither weeping nor uttering a word. Terror had frozen up the blood of Ids heart but his were now the only dry eyes in the room ; and the Pastor himself wept, ulhcit the grief of fourscore is seldom vented in tears " Cod has been gracious to me, a sinner," said the dying man. During thirty years th.it I have hceti an elder in your Kirk, never have I missed sitting there on Sabbath. When the mother of iny.chil.drcn was taken from me ; it was on a Tues day she died and on Saturday she was buried. We stood together when my Alice was let down into the narrow houc made for all living. On the Sabbath I joined in the public worship of Clod she commanded me to do so the t ight be- on on with pious horror. The admirers of Miss fCrc-she went away. I could not join the psalm More can scarcely regard the drama as an ac- that Sabbath, for her voice was not in the throng cursed thing. Thus are bigots carried a lit- Her grave w as covered up, and grass and flowers tie out of themselves and their sect, and made grew there, so was my heart ; but Thou whom, to feel that humanitv is made of other stuff through the blood of Christ, I hope to see this ' I -l. r i: i r. . . mgiii in i arauisc, kiiuwcsl mui noni mat nour to this day, never have I forgotten thee !" raoM mi tw (losinu) mosthi? itn.tzi.sr. JO.LKlti.1lLLli:. Of female authors now living, Joarna Hail lit is, perhaps, endowed with the richest po etical genius. She first, in our own time, than systems or creeds. W ired to seek those old and long neglected .wr HARBAULD iountainn of inspiration in which the drama-1 Mrs. Barbauld, like Miss More, excels tist of Lhzabcth s age delighted. In the ex- chiefly in prose. She is one of the most cle 1 I r I- 1 , til I ' . . m t '"""" ' 'iri'Ccinn r t zii'im ii'iin rw a aw n n oil a h m a . & ..a . m . ...a w i - . . jm.w. v.v,, out hb u mtir 111- gant 01 moucni csayisia. iiic jusiac, tie lahlc, and bringing a cup in which a conhal i.nsity and grandeur, and in her airy playful- wisdom, and the beauty, ol her " hssay on ha( 1 mixed, held it in his small soft hands r.ess, much ol their fantastical beauty. She the Folly of Inconsistent Expectations," can- t0 his grandfather's lips. He drank, and then hild . . .1 i r- o 1 .. . ; . .. ... ment I bis old man ceased speaking and his grand child, now able to endure the scene, for strong passion is its own support, glided softly to a lit iias 1 greatly injured her ojn popularity, highly.. WjthquUjiaUicjsjid,Comc close lo mc Jamie, and i.Us.m..C .icrverse 'tletermTnatron t6ma'l:e the Vleveloue-I east overstenoinc the fit limits to ornament thy own and thy father's sake ;" and as the chi ent ol a stngle passion the sole purpose of in prose, she often gives a pleasure nearly fondly pressed his rosyiips on those ol his grand play. The passions in nature are not sim- similar to that excited by exquisite poetry. J father, so while and withered, the tears fell ove breathe a tenderness livinely inspires for e. Lven in the sternest and most decided Her hymns for children breathe a tenderness iar?cters, a thousand varieties of emotion which Christianity so divii 1 1 ,;ie h are blended. Besides, the contest of high I those little ones." passions, the struggle and contention of noble natures, ait the grandest subjects of trage dies. The tragic poet should not confinehis efforts to the framinor of one imam! nf inimi. THE COW TREE ijle sublimitv and -rracf. and tn the -m?r,sv. Amid the great number of curious phenome J O 1 - 1 - - , . 1 I - vuiiyv yt w v.su IM iiiaiw C ng of it with energetic life ; but shouldstrive na w,ucnf nave Prefcnic u l "'c He had gradually stolen closer and close te workman- "uu' u ,uy r.'. ' V - " 'I". T. the old loving man, and now was Ivtng, wc from llumboldt'a Travels in America. all the old man's face, and then trickled down on the golden head of the child, at last sobbing in his bosom. ' Jamie, thy own father has forgotten thee in thy intancy, and me in my old age ; but. Jamie forget not thy father nor thy mother, for that thou knowest and fcelest is the commandment of Cod" The brokenhearted tyoy could make no reply r unto ing man, and now was Ivtni:, worn out to complete groups of exquisite .l.liU, "IICIC MIC IIVUUJ LUIHCnU WIUI OUltrS ..r.l.. . 7.,-., :il. I " ",-.v..v,iv ...u v..w.,vw in or with destinv in mortal -.trilV. ivt nvr ""7 " ."T!:!',! " ? his grandfather's bosom. His mother had sunk which some harmonizing and softening at- js not merely that of the physical knowledge of ' "ok . :r ""',r,,w'- wn-miiva. j'uaa xjaiiuc na iuhcu, i Tilings, nut is coniiecicu wiin anomcT orucr oiiiew llSsO. in attcmntinf-f omeilv. Her statplv Inn-1 iriainnd trnlimpnts Wp run nratrelv rnnri5 I - i o - i .. ....... I antl i . i r i . , i . ili .i. . i i t j i . r. I ,u uugc uanin)t, oe icsiooneu into lignt anaM'owiiic numan race couiu exisi wiuiuui iarina-i n: rpcemi varieties, uut in ner own nitrn anil -cuusuuiain.csanu wiuiuuiuiavuuunaiuiiir imcc my husband knew but of this ould never, never, desert his dying father ! now knew that the Llder was praying on death bed lor a disobedient and un ited son . . a &Li.iiflu.ic:.ii iiir iii ... imiiiviHr i ruiK nip 1! II. l: .1. . I uih eh K. Ki-. t .nnthi rnnl-j no I "T" . ""J "" .-- t.Ciuwr w;.iK, sne is tmrivaueu ana alone r,." . "4Wi. . ' , l-niily Bible on his knees, and said, "Let us sintr ,vj icmaiestep lias ever penetrated so tar as " r--" - b J"' UM to the praise and trlorv of Cod. nart of the fif- i ... lino inionr nn -invu riAnuu m 'iiir ri r rnrn i ha a hers into those regions of poetry, which are - r , ' r",v teenth Psalm "and he read with a tremulous and , i tr, ... , I r . . . i juji.-ui ui iciiLLious vcuerauou uiiiuiik su iikuiv na- h,.,.),-,, ,i l , sacred to tragic passion where the lone and .- 1 , i i-ir j:.i j bioken voice, these beautiful verses : . .r. .1., mtuii ui. mii v. ! ivill,.lM.ill.MWiaii.iiwnV'-.l?ll - Withiii thy tabernacle, Lord, is. i" n j i uviiiii miiwii ill uiiu iiimivi lit li uiuudwii in tiiu m ux t.t,u ii'j w a mourniuuy on, am, deposlled in the roots of vegetables ; milk, rt ui cting tender imagesot overarching groves, Uhich serves us as an ulimtnt, appears to us ex na the silent grandeur ot the heavens. clusively the produce of animal oaganizatJons. ' MttS. -tr EMMA'S: 1 Such are the impressiomtwe have -.received in our nearest to miss liaillie in poetical genius! earliest infancy: such is also the source of that .3, perhaps, Mrs, f Ieman8,who1ias.rccentlvl astonUhmentJvhiclieizesiis atlhe aspect of the As the genius of the for tree just described tarted into fame. ... As the genius of the for tree Just described. It is not here the solemn mer leads her to romantic ooctrv. that of the I "hades of forests, the majestic course of rivers, ho shall abide with thee ; And in thy high and holy hill Who Shall a dweller be? The man that walketh uprightly, Andworkelh rijjliteousness, latter jiiore -n, nlmirfir f.t... ,u .r r -- cai iu our minas an tne po . n palraMe; form, than those or any other au- di fcf nalure 0 h 1 ba ihor of. the present time. Her poetry is full ,rovs a trce whh coriaceol of glorious Miapes instinct with spirit. She large woody roots can scare And as he thinketh in his heart, tin flfttll 111) tmlli . i- temU tr. k i-i,....! ii : 1 the mountains wrapt in eternal frost, that excite I - . - Li.. tfrW "1 Z Zfrpu sung the noble hymn Vhjm . Inre cal to our mind all the-nVwrrfu&r to Phhtthe martyrs worthy of . . I.I If ""! J V " arrcn flank of k rock inc "V"c- . 1 ilc ) ,nK roan nimseii, ever and iaceous and dry leaves. Its nnJouieu: " tne oly music ; and when it feeblv lame wnodv rrwitvrhn smrrrlu nptiHr-iip lntn iK died away on his (luivennjr lins. he continued Ktil :js littlo of sad retrospection, little of the stone. For several month hf theve.tr. i(ntrn. to follow the tune with the motion. of his withered u pale ost tjfthought,0 and nothing ofniicT- glc shower moistens its foliage. Its branches hand antl eves devoutly and liumbly li-ftcd up to pnvsicai suotiety. Her muse wears no nch-l appear jrleacl and ihjed ; but, yicn it t Mvc livery, but is 4t sky-tlnctured,,' arid radi- pierced, there flows from it a sweet and nourish- Knti-cnua- unneara ; as the strong ht of deadly nut in vhii'ihtYil blnnm. Her iw-in, ing milk It is at the risini? of the siin that this Passion had dissolved in the music, he sanir with a I 1 1 r . " z . i -r I cti'Atsr rr 4:ll'tir .-vwk !... i vcgeiaoie iomuain is mosaounciaijt. 1 he blacks passe rny,,nao and natives aic then scenhastenine, from all ciiar-1 seemed that of perfect happiness ; a hymn sunir in ters, furnished witiriarge bowls, td receive the I .ly'uPon its"ki-ies by gladsome childhood,ler6re'ft milk, which grows yellow, and thiclns at its sur- uew ouf amon tnc green lulls, to quiet labor or lace, borne employ their bowls unier the tree K1Ltson,c l'id)', As. mat sweetest voice came itself ; othsjcariyjSerjuice, home to their chil: ".the bosom of the old mant .Where the singer urcn. v e seem to see Hie aim K i. ..hrlrM 'y.' oiicf-uoii, aim uicnuca with us own r.otrem ly in the spiri"rrf these times, which leans to the philosophic or the intense, but is replete with grace and beauty which cr.n never be cume obsolttevhile nature shall endure. MISS MlTFOUn. , :Vi til tliesigreat names that of Miss M it lOrCl IS U'OrtUV tO OC Unitf-lL lief t,rPm nrt- I M-lin r'Jtti'iK.il. ...:il . I.:.. i.l. MlliTlll. IYP.VPV U:i I (r cu nl'ii! I.... t. 1. i i e'plete with' all the sweetest and inosuliarac f . f fore nte the beginning and the end of life, the era- teristtC'"quaUties'"of' wonYanhodd. 'ILIsen's'H ajM.lphhv had -Uut 7r i-v 'liKi . ' die and the grave. . f : , my .fee liit- ami. iWW gaur.ne, ,nd 7 : iriHSM"" ' .A 2 - P"'"' oyer,, the cW v o'pened jurctpticn of beauty the m'ostfTuiick and re Ihit ah ! Uicilmllai;? rt. .ru :JU ..-t. " ;" "X VU hj,c looking man eidedjbiuwith low. hni-d, ar manifested iaall htr wmings.' 7 -The ' In kisses UmtarrWc f.. t O 4 li.qaml .dark. countenance, seemingly irisorrow, :Uj$of x:i icawatiaM uCax i t L . Vf!"; ' ' ! A , " utecW unfounded inth'i be eat down on n duJr nti.l -, ie v;( ghastly face towaids Ms f.ither'i death bed. Wl,ri, the pvdm ccaud, the Llder said with a solemn voice, 'My son thou art come in time, to rrct ic ' . thy father's ble.inj. May the remembrance cf what will happen hi this room, before the morn, lug" gi" ihines over tho ILilc (ilen, win thee from the error of thy ways. Thou art here to witness the mercy of thy (iod and thy Saviour,' whom thou hast forgotten." The minister looked, If not with a stc... yet with an upbraiding, countenance, on tho youn mam who had not recovered his speech, and laid, 'f William ! for three yean past your shadow has not darkened the doors of the House of Cod. Ther who fear not the thunder, may tremble it .a . ii i. . i. - l r . tne inn smaii voice pow is mo nour ior repen tance that your falhcrVipirk may carrr uf) uT Heaven tidings ol a contute soul szved Irora tho company of sinners l" .... . The young man with much effort, advanced to he bed side, arid at lau foi her I am not without the affections ofjutures-. and I hurrietthome sooaas 1 beard. that the mb- stethad been seen riding Jowarda our house.-1 tope that you ulll yct recover and if I have ever m.idc you unhappy, I ask yoor forgiveness for though 1 may not mini as you ao.on matters or religion, I have a human heart. Father! I may mve been unKinu, out i am not crycu -1 asx your orgivcness." ' , Come near to me, William, kneel down by the bed side, and let my hand find the head of ' my Uloved son for blindness is coming fast up. me. I hou wert my hrst born, and thou art my ly living son. All thy brothers and sisters are ring in the church yard, beside her whose sweet 'ace thine own, William, did once so much resent- - lc Ion; wert thou the joy, and pride of my soul aye, too much the pride, for there was not in all the parish, such a man, such a son, as my own William If thy heart has since been chan ged, Cod may inspire it again with right thoughts Could I die for thy sake could I purchase thy salration with the out pouring of thy father's blood but this the Son of Cod has done for thee, who hast denied him I I have sorely wept for thee ayeTWnfiamr "when there' was none near me even as David wept for Absalom for thee my son, my son ; A long deep groan was the only reply ; but tho whole body of the kneeling man was convulsed) and it was easy to sec his sufferings, his contri-; lion, his remorse, and his despair. The, Pastor said, with a sterner voice, and sterner counte nance than were natural to him, " Know you whose hand is now lying on your rebellious head f But what signifies the word father to him who has denied Cod, the Father of us all f" " Oh I press him not so badly," said the weeping wife, com ing forward from a dark corner of the room, where the had tried to conceal herself in grief, fear and shame. spare, oh 1 spare my husband he has ever been kind to me and with that she knelt down beside him, with her long, soft white arm mournfully and affectionately laid across his neck. KCothou, likewise," my swett Ihtlc Jamre,said the .Elder. go even out of my bosom, and kneel down beside thy father and thy mother, so that I may bless you all at once, and with one yearning prayer." The child did as that solemn voice com manded, and knelt down somewhat timidly by his father's side ; nor did that unhappy man decline encircling, with his arm the child too much neg lected, but still dear to him as his own blood, in pitfr tfthe deadening and debasing influence of infidelity. 4 Put the Word of God into the hands of my son, and let him read aloud to his dying father, the 25th, 26th and 27th verses of the Ulh chap ter of the Gospel, according to St. John." The Pastor went up to the kneelcrs, and with a voice of pity, cbndolence and pardon, said" There .was a time when none, illiam, could read the Scrip tures better than coujdst thou can it he that the son of my friend hath forgotten - the lessens of his youth : " He had not forgotten them there was . no need for the repentant sinner to lift up his eyes from the bed side. The sacred stream of the Gos pel had worn a channel ih his heart, and the wa ters were again flowing. " With ti choafced voice he said ' Jesus said unto her, 1 am the resur rection and the life; he that bclieveth infrnei though he Were dead, yet shall he liiji: And whosoever livetlv and believcthia me shall nev er clis. Iklievestthou this I She said unto him, Yea, Lord, I bclicve'lhat thou art the Christ; the Son of God, which should come inter the world. -This is not an-tinbelieVer!sToicr,,Lsaid tho dying man triumphantly ; nor, William, hast thou an unbeliever's heart. ' Say that thou be lievest in what thou bast how read, and thy father w$Ll!i&hPUy 1 do believe ; andthAy-fc1;-,.,. givcst me, so may I bejorgiven by my Father who is in Heaven."' : - The Elder seemed like a man suddenly inspir cd with new life. His faded eye kindled his pale cheeks glowed his palsied hands seemed l wax strong and bis voire was clear as that ot manhood in its nrimc-rr' tlato thy -.-hinds oh G oa-j, I commit my spirit," and so saying, he gentb' sunk back on bis pillow ; and I thought i heard a sigh. There was then a long and deep silence, and the father, and mother, and child, rose fronj their knees. ' Theeyes of us all were -turna towards the white placid face of the figure no' stretched in everlasting rest ; and without la:ne-tationssave-the silent lamcnlatkni-orihe ,c .. Aigned souif we stood around tne vea.ru lie Jilder. ERF.MUS. The, mercy -ent in heaven. Kour surest anil s refine in eth hour ofdist res and d;irkiwWiijui..v.1 1 th; is ouutLi-b supjHitatnd relUi l''h' v ; ji.. Sun it, Jtfj- J,it4vJ- W . .c I " ' . - " A - I j :
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