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i Ilir Mm! HlwkVriliJ M.uc intjiinn, Slv toil llie tun.!l ntniii a.tni.rea..i'orr, "' 1 " in 1 1 .n'tf rov.vDED av.i itj vicr. f !,! HnJg-rt AJatr Cvtd up one pair of stain, . . - In a street Uatllrf out of Sohdi " " Am!, though Wc! ikI fif, had acen thirty year, Without Witjf tlt villi a-bcau .. $ut it happened one May dav the morn'mj wu Cue J She tvard lii her pmijt Mabz . ,.... 0 wu jtmt m tie ctak of ft, Ann' had gone nine, " "AuJ Iff BrVIjft Vai Ju( oul of bed." Vlie trtovl it drew nearer, the knocker H tirred, And rapping did gently enauj: Uho there f laid MI Bridget whisper wa heard )f Madam, 1 cCc for tou !" ? What, (W me doethc die," laid the love atricken maid, To the laM M ahe lua'led in Kaite, She adjtiitcd her gown, put a cup on her head, And adorned with a ribbon Iter waut. Plt-ft-pat w ent be heart, u ahc uprncd the door, Atn! a rjranper appeared to her new ; Cu pping in witli a smile, ami a bo to the floor, lie sa'xl, u Madam, I die for you." f lie liked hi !-meaiior, courteotii and meek, it hi look 'a enough to amaze her ; i?ur ! face appeared black, a unwashed for a week, And Iih heard aked the aul or a razor. At l-:n;ftli he addressed her in this killing irain, " Miss rtri'lt-t, d,vcfor you ; ' 'rA7il TJrTarr"tlicilkn wTiich wu netit me to atain, " Of a leauljfd maariiio blue." Ai hp. ' di.iappolntcJ, und nearly in tears, 'tafiuin fctill ith a gape and a atarc, i a would hardly have thought, had you known her for 'I u as tic lovely Miss flridgct Aduir. Oears, EITMCM A KOXXtT. Ti.o "H i hurrun in the rosy wot, Ami, on the connive f the Mm? serene, flailinp aloni', two little clouds ure M.en, As if they felt 'heir beauty, an.! n tre blest Ah ! thus, v. ithin tome lone anl lovely dah', With gushing streams begirt and leafy wood, Where day is calm, and evtninj tolitud U only broken by the nightingale j Jls Ik loved I in some summer bower with cc To rent unseen, to roam the flowery mead. To sit, at eve, beneath our threshold tree, Devoid cf care, were paradise, indeed ; And in each other's arms together rest, Like von two cloutls that beautify the west. ITZuliCmnVM. iv ra to.:, cWCnr.i m?, win 1iave aalnnj forgotten lum.Jar.: j i .rf.vira! t lmrchesof France, a foilval was mrlUtlc Jamie !' cried lienor toud,nhou celebrated b commemoration of the .Virgin Ma- wu dst. not; weep to tverc I to , dicthou rJ.fllfilitln:oEkypt" It wai called the hts ol 'JouWn not kuieothy own father hp, if 7 u .b7L,., ...li-j-...:.! tt.k". hey were, as these are, colder and whiter- lh As, ."'7.u' ,U V than the clay !" The child heard,. Jl, ever - child w ncr arms u.i n. whcrc jlc iay on Uic bojom of that corpse, the eaparUncd.; The Au wa led to Ihd altar In trcmuoas voice of his fatlier j and atirrW solemn procession. IIibii mawa atd with paturc strongly tvithm.hia peart toward him great pomp. The Ai ras taught to kneel at 0f whose blood he was framed, he lifted up proper places a hymn, no less childish than lm his sullied face from jhe unbeating bosom, nlntn. a aun h his nraiie I and when tnece anu, centiy steannp nimseii away irom tlic r"- v . . : . . . .1. i i i : i f. - . i . cmour was ciukdahcmicst Joatcadfitthft muallJ wordswlthwhich he dismi.aed the people, brayed . r"-rZZ three Umee like an AM j and the people, instead ""- ' luZTr of the usual responses, brayed three times In re turn. Jliif, Midern Eurbjie. iMe - - Krioatw. . . Wt'a a featlier, Tope haa aaloV Ant liuliea never tloiilit tti ' So tltoite whoVf least within their head, Dinplay U.e most withonj it. J'rotn Illuckvfood,i Rdinburgli Magazine, roa mat. frowns were forgotten his lullen looks hU stern words his menaces, that had so 'often struck terror to his wandering soul, hislndif lerencenjs acom, ano nia cruelty. nc remembered only his smiles, and the gentlest sound of - hit voice f and happy now, as in heayen; to led hiranclt no more neglected" or spurned, but folded as in former sweetest dart. unto tne yearninc oosom oi nis own ama la- ther, the child could bear to turn his eyea from that blessed embrace, towards the dead old man whom, an hour ago, he had looked on as his only guardian on earth besides God, and whose grey bairs he had, even as an or phan, twined round his very heart. . I do Tixt TenUctt Bon. Death brines to those who have been long not ask thee: Jamie, to form thy.crandfather drcadinpr its approach, by the bedside of one ":n6" wel "too, will often sneak of him. sittini? tenderly beloved, a calm in which nature feeli together by the ingle, or on the hillside, but most gracious relief from the load of sorrow, i beseech thee not to let all thy love beuried , While we yet hear the faint murmurs of the w',th him in the grave but to keep all that unexpired breath, and see the dim light of the thou canst for thy wretched father.' Sijrhi. That gives it all its flavor. - . , rt.. of tub rEBnr age. rr.03C TOS KEW (lOSWVS) MQ5THLT aiQAIIHE. Jllf&S EDGEnORTJf. ..... In extent and accuracy of observation, Miss .dgeworth has no rival. Her vivacity is eqaa Mc her ppod sense strikingand her raille ry graceful, beyond that of any living writer, iler delineations of fashionable manners are delightfully spirited. Site catches, with infi ll U Mitur o'nlv by eldwi.) iiyw f,rc.it sre u fi'wt, Variously und admirably s Rle iai treated of human lif h'. nevi-r sreros t'j cgrd it as the infancy of an eternal Lcing. dors nt)t represent the noblest feeling? of he soul as having the principle of eternity in hem, nor its affections as casting influences cvond the trrave. Iu her works there Is lit tie devoted heroism no beauty, of the soul tssailcd from encumbmnces of time no glorious triumph of exceeding love." Lady Dclacour appears to us tlie lol'iiefct and most tmagidaUveofherireoikmav.lhishdyVwho, I If ATI' .1 .Jt.l. l, .il..,.n.o H'lteving lieriCU simticu wun i. lutunumv disease, and approaching speedily to a terrible death, continues niirhtly to enchant the unsus- ptcting worltr of fashion, has something ot a niariyr'a spirit. Jlcr inimitable CTaceer brilliant wit the careless charm of all her ac tions in the foreground with the' contrast of her anguish Und heroism ju uccp'snaaow lorm a picture wnicn wc atartciy hmhhv retrard as sublime. Why will not MissF.dae. worth exhibit the heroism with which she has invested a woman of fishion, as resting on a moveless principle, and exerted in a generous cause i .vr.y. ovm. Mrs; Opie powers differ almost as widely .is possible from those of Miss Edgcworth. Her sensibility is the. charm of her works She is strong in the weakness of her heart. Did she not fall into one unhappy error, she would have few rivals m opening " the sa cred source of sympathetic tears," She too often mistakes the shocking for the pathetic, uon horror's head horrors accumulate," and heaps wrontrs on wrongs on the defence ht rf tVi rcirhr Thi it thr more If ra- selves would most gladly die. All the love tPn had his pinine childhood went. The beau pablc of that genuine pathos which calls forth of which our hearts are capable, belongs then ty of his father's face revived It smiled .,.rkor.it,Q.or,wldir;oii- Il.it wlm ran but to one dearest object: and things, which trraciously upon him, as it did of old. when endure a madman, who, having broken' from perhaps a few days before were prized as the he was wont to totter after him 16 the sheep his keepers, unconsciously pursues his da'ught- most delightful of earth's enjoyments, seem, fold, and to pull primroses beneath his lov er, whose conduct has occasioned his insanity, at m awiui wwn, unworiny even u. u. mg eye, irom me mossy Danjcs 01, tne muc and bursts life has enouj 4lftif irtn hl . . . . . ' ... r J "... TU ktn in I .I'2 ! S.l LJ- anrrow. It ta neither nleasant nor nrohtahle auyas oi ucspau. viujj, nuvm mai we accnmpanyinR icars were anea uy nis to contemplate in speculation, unadorned, un- many long years we have loved and reveren- own father, for the unkindncss sometimes relieved agonies. It may be laid down as an Iced, shown to his child, he could not contain those axiom, that, when we feel inclined to resort . " PMt xhrmiSu M.turc " silent self-Vpbraidings, but with thicker sobs to the recollection that the tale is fictitious, in antJ tne survivors are let: behind m mourniui blessed him by that awful name, and promi- order to relieve our feelinrs. its author is mis- resignation to tne roystenocis uecrcc. 8C(i to love mm bevona even him who was taken. Let Mrs. Onie trive us nicturea of Life and death walk throu'W this world, now lying dead before their eyes. , "I will exquisite tenderness as well as grief of love hand in hand. Voung, old," kind, cruel; walk with the funeral and see my grandfa enduring amidst distress of hope building wise, foolish, good and wicked aJl at last ther buried, in our own burial-place, near ud. amidst earthrV wo. its mansion of rest in patiently submit to one inexorable kw -At where the Tent stands at the Sacrament the skies or let her fringe her darkest clouds p times, and in all places, there are the waxen- yes, I will walk, my lather, by your side nf anrrow with the P-olden tints of the imair- mffs and weepings, and waihngs, ol hearw and hold one ol the strings ol the coffin ination. and the oftener she will thus beguile severed or aoout to sever, let loox over laud u you win oniy promise to love me lor us of our tears the more shall we thank and wna-scapc or city ano-inougn sorrow, ana asteem her. ' sickness, -and death, be in the groves and How tender and delicious is the pathos of woods, and solitary places among the hills the author :r(-MrsXe4ceslc?t - School 1" among the streetalana jhe squares, -and , the She does not lacerate, but mellows and softens magnificent dwellings of princes ; yet the great the heart. How sweet is her storv of the gfad spirit of life is triumphant, and there child who is bften brought by her father as a seems no abiding place for the dreams of de- treat to her mother's crave who is tautrht to I cav read there on the tombstone, and who thus Sweet lonesome cottage of the Hazel Glen! learns to think of the crave as a soft and creen Even now is the merry month of May pns-. bedof joy LHowaffectingly does the giridraw swg bghtly over thy broomy braes ; and her uncle, lust returned Irom sea. to the scene W11C inc nnei sings on eann, tne iarx replies of her serious but not mournful ponderings, to him from heaven. The lambs are playing unconscious of the pain she is inflicting! Most ,n "e sunsnme overall tny verdant knolls, touching is the contrast, thus shown of the afd infant shepherd and shepherdess are join- f death in childhood and in sadder ng to their glee. Scarcely is there a cloud in ucioscu eyes wc wau.ii m aguiiy 80ds, tears, Kisses, ano cmoraces, were ail the slightest movements of the. sufferer, and to loving child's reply.' A deep and divine joy save the life of friend or of parent, we our- had been restored to him, over whose loss of into horrid lauirhtcr f Human lections oi a.cnuu. inc uiow is airuta, u spanning ourni ocarceiy could tne cnud ue- gh of real misery, without those the sick bed is a oier. uui voa suners noi niCVe m such blessed change. Cut the kisses 11 rr marlf. tit it liv an imateur in the souls of them who believe, to fall into an fell fast on his brow. and when he thoucht sense ol years toi the nirtiiri nf maiir lif Manallv tKrta luwuiudiiuu irom the Irish poor, less true J liut it is on in her characters or in detached scenes that OtKfti 1iiv A'trrtrA th,r otMntv ithe soft cerulean skv save where a rrpntle -r USyBWftj-W IIV a iwviuivil l q ve the understanding. It has been mist ascends above the dark green Sycamore, better part of this author to nurture the ,n whose shade that solitary dwelling sleeps I gination and cherish the affections. She This little world is filled to the brink with . . . . i lit .1 n .i ff , i T ho Improve the understanding. It has been mist ascends above the dark green Sycamore, jtght stream ot fashion, and fixes them as del- . L r .. t .k,i. .i. a....-.' i Kate crystallizations for ever. Nor are her I is the only writer for children wh6 seems to happiness for grief would be ashamed to have a fitting respect for those whom she ad- sigh within the still enclosure of these pasto ral hills. "I ly as a season of ignorance and want. She Three little months ago, and in that cottage auuwn 1 is aisu uic iimc oi reverence i vy.t.vo MS auMs w1 5 aiiucimu, friend by the death-bed of the thought, we are still standing there j ot deathrreturos upon me, hot she excelsShe has no felicity of concei;-J""8- She d"? ntt feel f 'cy mere ing,or.sfcill of developing, the plot of a nov 'CL.'..... I J I ' .1 Mt 1 con-i ' . . , , , 1 t i" Aav u...r. 1 'a . sequence of this defect, the practicai good sense of her novels is often a ngularly con l" . S Ferogaiives or cniianood which -. '?f V trasted with the improvable anf wild inei-m 1 - . . I well 1a ahi mtnUhiA fnr th ffHio-htliil rnrl. IneheadOt the Old man lav nn ita mllntv cents on wntcntney are tounded. The change I ci n , T V 6 , : T L:ii. t, . X 7' ,r, . .. - . J o I SKa ...nM.. .U-. f .1 ' ltlllfr than in onv hri-Hhinn .l..n kil .U.. ;n pnns-nf a. ...1 . :.i assumes tne J SK,riSw W qinove.he supplie, fdol for the " palene, on Mvface ihat told the heirt r,,n t,.v ,i 8lonoiSsimag W1thtamnUr inmM. antlKn- picture, and Meed .neechlessly o SiK T " it , PrionM.,6ul of he, y,s r, coumenance; My Rrandfither tTW'"fr' -- 1 1 loccuo . anil jn..ine'!--.i'nptrv,.iftr-i.niirir'--hi I ...... . . MmorS Mbnoe lowoicensc - - oirt deling cr suwunds childhood rA kmdred sanctities f" mm ,fusWn of gorgeourepithcts. As a ial P7ads over its pmres of ser teacher, Miss Edgeworth wants a heart." a" exclu,8,tc m1' which may long preset spbs,rtook her child by his lstle? hand, and V- - We do not mean that she fails to advocate rom the nominations of the world. irn away, when at once the dread- ;' kind affection, or that a spirit of tenderness he f " sister every way," inm.hd as in tl truth fell upon him, and he knew that he 1 - does not breath in her works but that the vir 1 t0 th? mhPS in Woodville and was iiever again to say his prayers by the old rtueh him-once U or in principles that cannot besTiaken Their the,.;mique .beauty pf a nobler age and re, onyhefore they bury him in the cold earthj" 1 wbre are nnt Jnhp.i., - .t . it.. Cashed our literature with old Etftrlish hti and 10 moment, the golden curls of the child " T ......... V IILW I1IT-I I III III.- I V.l ing rocks which no mortal chnno-M mh At Tlicy are planted in the shing sands of ear th- 5 J" V utilityjintl expedience. She does not warm ' mour, fancy, and kindness; i ni'T IflrM uil 1 mnhm.nt. J !..' . f . I -(uvnti q. Hold CAf.A jwig at law, afi attorner. ha viii cnicrrii inio a were mixed with the gray hairs of theUfeless shadow. No terror had the cold lips for him ; and Closely did he lav his cheek so smooth iijrleej5cp7r? Sered to v..rrinwbchln:d dwetta last loivjnff smileiThe (&kZr out Ui pocUtrutwM put yyigazcd piteously-updfl himnd saidunto nitnseitj Alas! he hath no loveto par? for ever as you now do, and used always to do -loi;tj ajo, I will strive" thinkT of my grand father without weeping 1 aye without shedf ding one single tearLndiere-the-childr- unaware ot t.?e iuu ienaerness.01 ms own sinless heart, bu'rst out into an uncontrolable flood of grief. 'ihe mother, happyin her sore affliction, to see her darling boy again ta ken so lovingly to her husband's heart, looked towards tnem witn a jau: muc, auu uicu, with a beaming countenance? towards the ex-. pired saint lor sne lelt tlat nu uying worua had restored the sanctities of nature to her earthly dwelling. With gentle hand, she beck oned the Pastor and myself to follow her and conducted us awav from the death-bed. 7 into a little parlour, in which burned a cheer-A -j ful fire, and a small table was spread with St cloth whiter than the snow. " Vou will stty in our cottage all night and we shall all meet 4 together again before the hour of rest," itnd.-, so saying, she calmly withdrew. Vv V V There was no disorder, ,or disarray jn the room in which we now sat. Though sick-, ness had been in the house, no domestic du-. -ties had been neglected. In this room the Patriarch-had,-everyeveningjfor40"years, said-family prayers not been allowed to gather there, though sickness had kept him from the; quiet nook in which he had so long delighted. The servant, with sorrowtui but composed features, brought to us our simplelhealrwhich the Pastor blessed "; notiwithcitajpatheUallu hadJbeen ing still, to them who survived him; That simple but most fervent aspiration seemed t breath anf air of comfort through the house that was- desolate but deep melancholy reigned over the hush, and thelnside of the cottage, now that its ancient honor-was gone, felt forlorn as its outside would have done, had the sycamore, that gave it shade and shel ter, been felled to the earth. . We had sat by ourselves for about two hours, when the matron again appeared not as when we had first seen her, wearied, worn'out, ant. careless of herself; but calm In her demeanor, and with her raiment changed, serene and ; beautiful in the comnosure of her faith. v itn 1aoit:fyicfrhe?:askejd againa;ihe5im4he tiutner we loiiowcu ner in siieutr.- j
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