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I'tu-Mik! lutt' 'in Vno,, iii'ii'"' i Ms vml the tinu luixll tin a.in.ir'...rr. lAiii:wi;i.i.. The home that blotto and endears, The lively hearth that warm ami cheer, The blushing siuik that harm imr ti ri, Ami woe dipc I, But pronipt our grief, but kwell our tears, When found "Farewrtl." Earn ruse -bud that adorn the glade, Each withering rlower tlut bloom to fade, Each fulling leaf tlut deck the lade, AnJ strew the dill, Seiitiii in it dying charnu array M, Toia), " Farewell," The morning breeze that rustle by, AnJ wave the dewy roue buili dry ; hilst in a law and pen'.w 111 acunt J ji ell, Seem but to sympathize whilst I Proclaim " Farewell." 'Ti' hard when l.ove'i seraphic fire, Thrill through the brvaal with pure ik-iire, V hen partial beauty' lieav'nly 1) re, Willi iMphirou swell, IhU each advancing duubt re-tire, Tony " Farewell" F.nlitiked in frienddiip't golden chain, Congenial spirit miy remain : Jlut when love add it niching strain Willi magic ipt'll, How hard the task bow hru the pain, To wy " Farewell." The tendrdl'd ivy may be t'rrt From it enibrare around th; thorn, Uut there it maik, unrraaieg borne, lt tile uill tell; .Hearts then retain the light forlorn, When founds "Farewell." Tbe tutnmer drie the mountain rill, And nukkrt its ammiuring atcrl,ll, . It cliannul'd way ademnthe lull, Mark where it lelli Tbe grie" will furrow deep 'lie will, When sounds "Farewell. " I" knn Ambition' dream depart, r I'll deipair enviftoiu'd l.irt, B ,t ibrte arc nothing to the smart, Which nought call rjurl!, H hen burr. upon the afflicted heart. The tad ' Farewell." Put ben tbe noon of life i pa', And death' dark eve tpproachrt fait, And borne upon the wintry It heard a Viii ll , T-u! ill prxxjaim lung a lav., A dark " Far, well." Aerur Exlructs, &c. Variety' the very pcc "f life, That give it all it flavor. STUKY OF t.t MilLUA. Frm tlu'Jiric' Hutery of England. (iunhilda, sister to H.irdicanutc, ing ol hngland, was crlrbrjtrd lori her beauty and sanctitv ol manners : v. I i ' i ": u r ,u she had been courted in her father t-r i .l r ii tit lifetime by the hmpcrur Henry I II The lustre ot this natch, gilded all the). Woes which others eaiU iorrsaw must ;risr in niaininoi v wiui a person ui i fh-w irmrH Hicnntiftnn hihiim L , ,. ir u n in a. Tn rrri i r iiiv vmi.iv fin though thev were ct the firs: ra: k, a- , . , , . , . w, re disdained; and the Inend, ! Gu'ia.Li thought she could net he n m-. er i Me it she was rrcat. Ihr m..tch. I1 -ii lure, was concluded betwem t,tr unu me ouiucii.r ; nunc (iariiir.ir.uie. :. if i.i . i .u. L tl t: . l mri iict l i noi loivr j jirhi opportunity of displaying his mirt ifi - - a --- - - ct nee, ransacked all n.iture to crlehrate the HiptiaN. Thisw. s done with s ch exipusitc luxury, with such memorable pri lusion, that it got even ioio the aongi of the brds ot those dvs ; d w is transmitted by the rude minstrels of the times, in lays which survived the age of WestTiinster the hist rian. At last, the effusion of pomp and lux ury be j i rv?r, th; fair bride a ?ert over to her consort. Uut Henry took in such draughts of love, as to intoxi cate his brain; while jealousy, ptump ted by conscious demerits, whispered him, that so many charms were not made for him altogether. Suspici n was strengthened bv the adulation of those w ho found it more easy to soothe ! than to combat the prepossessions ol the Prmce; ai d, at bit, intimation f..rm inc circumstances, Gunhilda was accu sed of adultery. Such accusations in thovf davs, wrfe t()o arbitrary snd too d 'icate to be handled in the common wt of defence ; to lie suspected w as to I) r 'V ; md rothirq old w ipe uff that guihj but the precariwus succcs ol sinie combat between tVo ctiatripions, i-nc d r the accuser, and one lor the ac cusal. Wc must suppose that the fair Ciunl.UJa h:.d,in all her numerous train, only .me Knglishman, hi name, from his diminutive size, Mimecau, bred about her person, anil an ocular witness to her parity of conversation. The day of combat being come, a gigantic champion for the accusation stepped into the lists, and swaggering about like another Goliah, threw out his defiance against the power f liv ing beauty. The wretched Gutdiilda, in vain cast round her fair eyes ; but un able to read, in the countenance of any person present, one sentiment ol man ly compassion for her fate, was just fix ing them upon the prospect of death andintamy, when the generous r ug lishmau stepped forth, as the cham pion of her honor. He was her own page ; his years t tender to make it suspicious that he hid any muive for danger, besides the vindication of in jured innocence j and his person too diminutive lor Gunhilda ever to enter tain a thought of him for her cham pion. II iwevcr, supplying weakness with courage, and aiding courage by cool dexterity, the beardless champion, wiih his sword in his hand, advanced against his enormous antagonist. The security of the litter proved his destruc tion; for, endeavoring rather to tread out his adversary's life, than to fight with him, Mimccan was tall enough to reach the giant's hams with his sword, and cut them so, that, his bulk thun dering to the groui.d, the gdlantboy gave him his death wound ; then divi ding his head Irotn his body, laid it at the feet of his lovely mistress. While Gunhilda. with a soul truly royal, looked upnn the event of ihisj' while tliry were ci ming to open combat as her deliveranc-, her narrow the doo-,1 take time to tell you, that hearted lord considered it as her vm- V"V thing around it wore another ap dication. With open arms he in-. ited , pcarat.ee than when I was at the farm, her to her former place in his heart; The garden fences were painted white, but she, at once abhorrii.jr the fury nf''d the side walk ornamented with a his jealousy, and disdaining the easi ncss of his reconciliation, sought peace where it can be best found, in retire ment from worldly gr itidcur, with vir tuous ifTections. In vain were mena ces and blandishments applied to shake this purp sefher soul; she obtained a divorce from his bed and person, and dird -n illustrious example of inno- I cent e tti imphing over malice, and is- jdom ad rning innocence, by a season- a'de retreat from farther temptations, and therefore from farther dangers, i THE AKT OF UoWTNG. In all classes and professions there is something peculiar in the method of jhowiug. Who that h.is seen much of the law vers, hut will ;u know ledge that he throws into his obeisance a consid erable sh.ireoftlut gravity arising hum the awiul honors i t the wig and the gown: But altogether, the bow ol law is not greatly to be admired it seems I to he a compound tf the lessons t the I dam ing master, and that sag.icious sort i : ..t i ...k:..k t. k.. ... . 1 ( , , . I III. a IIIV ll'lll I J ltl'1 ) HI'VJ IIIVI 1 , generally accompanies any particular I p. . , , , - , .uispiay ol the lutinn i! advocaiv. i.J..tT hten ,n r iirl . . fcr. .i fl.n?ff some biKilincr adr .rate while ; n - - - o Vu a.iflvat) ii ni V . r J . " tr.c jury ta- iking hu'.d ol ary circi:mst:trce I .Oil 1 m i i . i.:. ,i;. I i. t.. . . . '' . oencn. pirn men, nn uumue :mp r- , m, h he J, mmh aj , . . ., . v. , . nrM uicsran hich such a head can be ,. , 'nHttd. The bow cf the courtier has too muchc, ,he drawn.g room about ,, ami n oai ten coici anu loimai. j be Knglish in gerer.d eat not be nsptct lul w ithout making the act c: ejLc isance too loug ; the Trench combine bi illian cv with grace much better, and ate su-per-e niinent with that kind of bend v hie h combines condescension widi self-importance. The medical prrfesiion arc r.otori fius for the peculiar nature tf their bows they are genrrally atcompani ed w ith a turning up of their e ts, and look which says, you aie in a sad way, madam, but no doubt we shall r.'e nst i you right again.' Doctors alwa speak in the plural, and like authors, cannot do without the editorial rcyalism. I am not much in love with the physical bow ; it smells as a decoction of I'm glad to find you poorly, but would not have you worse,' and a few simples nat worth mentioning. Tvrry body is acquainted vith the bow of the shop keeper It is good nough in it was , and not li Me- to ma nf objections, because it professes no 111"' ) 'W'' !-. V'llilV.. - . . . uc)re t!ua it mtatss' always happy to serve a customer.' The theological bow is ever best on Sunday, and nearer the church yard the better. I was never more impress ed with the importance of this bow than when lately in a country church. According to the good old fashion which prevails beyond sixty miles from town, we were all in our pews before the minister arrived. The dignity ol his appearance, and the consequential, aluW at the same time parental ex pression that beamed from a rubicund but intelligent countenance, created an involuntary sensation of respect. As he walked up the middle aisle, the con precation rose and welcomed him, the return which he m.ide right and left, was in the best si) le of clerical bowing. Uut the tn 'bt distinguished on the list ol bows is that of t'.i military pro fession. It is so well known and so fully admiredby tbe younger part of your fair reader in p.r ic, i.r that any illustration would be superfluous. "EASIER COAX'l) THAN !)ItI F.N." When I made my last vi-.it to Ap plebury, I put off going to see mj lrirtid Luke Thornbury, and lor the best rea son in the world. Luke and his wile used to quarrel the live long day, and itis not very pleasant, you know, to vis it where " 1 worn, my dear," and " I'll see the devil t..kc you first, my love," make hall the conversation. Hut Luke and I had always been on the best terms, and for the matter, Mr. Th'.-rnbury and I had never been at va riance. Su ni.e fine afternoon, it was, I think, j.ist at 3 o'cl ck, that I rapped at the Iront do r of the new house. And r w ol hands.. me n pl.rs. In the I:t tie y rd in fnnt of the house, the rose and the snow ball trets scattering their le.lv hoi ours to the frosts of autumn, indicated from the neatness with which they were trimmed, that the mind of i the mistress was enouch at ease to at- j tend to such intercstiiij; tnflcs. And ! the old house dou canie FK rjj his ' tail around mc, telling me as plain as a j dog could tell, you are welcome." The nice observer need not be told of such things. " Walk in." My good old friend that moment met me instead of that lean, half starved, hen ptiked look ing fellow he seemed trn years ago why, sir, -e as -s ruddy and as fat as a turtle fed alderman. He rave me that sort of a ordial reception, which I told rather by the e e and ti e pressure 'of the hand, than b w rds that I was welc me. And Mis I horuburv, ton, seemed dtlig; ted to see me. What an alteration! Hi wife was as happy i lnf.ki k w. man ns I had ever seen in all A pj It hi.n . T hr lx th, I cool I per ctivr. marked mv surprise at the per fect accordance of opinion and haimo- nv u auir-n io the house. After tea, .... , ' the sqnrn vm d me to take a walk and see his new flo. k ol mermoe,. ,ui seem ' said he sn.ilini:, little surnri "u M we nd,m r wn!ln T'ans ne 1 . -I. L . .. LVL .. . . 'I t. twe-nmeand .iis. inornouri. I am ilv ; flairs I do not olten make a sub- r t . i: t . . l . . .. . leci ronvcriaiion ; u,u , s ou were : mv ear best Ii lend, and used to sv mn.i , . . , , , . , 1 , th,r w.th me under the m,s fortune rf hav ,ng a cross partner. :t,s due to II t . c..uc nf tht : ter.i'ioo ' ! in', mm 's "u".n M 111 " n"P py ihangr, ard could not be but inter- 1 1 1 1 in lVi Vt xr c When Ja..r and I married," said , , knew ,0sM iild , f a j . j jvod understanding, a d a high spiri:. I determined tn be maste r at home, and took high grounds, resolved toinforie obedience whenever it Mioi-ld be it fu sed, taking t are at the same time to crtr.mand nothing wherein I had not a right to be obeyed. If mv wife interfer reel, or interposed lar c pinion, tm rrirl- took the alann hst she would v ear the breeches, and I would have thirjrs to suit m self. ,I.me grew cross ar.d severe. 1 became mcrrsc i-r.d tes ty. Forsrint time cur lile was mis erable my . Ilaiis began to pet iiito disorder she r.c-glectcd the things in the house, .'lid I every thing out of doors. Things nil tended to an open rupture, ;nd we resolved at length to pan. Topeit: it wasadres-dlil thought. She was the mother of my childrrn ; he had good sense; knew how to b a good hou-e wife, and I could i ot al lepe nny greater tdTcncc .iRainst ler, th..n that she would not submit to mv ge.xen nit nt. Many a time in our quaucls she used to tell me, u easier eeax'J than driven." The thought struck me, that before we finally separated, 1 would alter my plan ot management. I be came the best natured husband in the world. What a metamorphosis! Jane, said he, and the tear stood in his eye Jane became the besttlatured and most complying wife in all Applebury. I took her advice in every matter he al ways advised just as I wished. If I had got a nice peach from home, I al ways reserved it for her. She requi ted my attention with louriuld kind ness. Was she ill, I was unremitting in my attention. If I was sick, no an gel could he kinder.' In fiii said my friend. I lirrame a pood husband, and that is the secret that wrought such a chancre inmv wife : and I do verilv be- lievc, if other husbands would rt mcm- ber that a woman is " easier coax'd than driven," there would be much molt happiness in the married state. UOM THf BOSTOX PATRIOT. From the Spivthh. Toll not the hell of death for n.c, When I am dead, Strew not the ftowVv wreath o'er me, On my cold bed ; Let Friendship' barred tear On my fresh jrrave appear, (iemiiiinjr with pearls my bier, W hen I am dead. No darling, proud arm;-, Of pageantry display, My fate to spread ; Let not the buy crowd he near, When I am dt ad ; Fanning, with uitf. lt si,'hi, my bier Sigh, quickly sped ! Deep let th' imprt soion nst On some fond, feeling breast ; Then were my meiiiVy llci', When I am dead. I-ct not tbe day he wril , Love will remember it, I'ntold ui.taid I believe there are none, however humble, that would not shrink Iri.m the thought ot being forgotten by those whose auction had m.ide their great est happiness, after the darkness of the grave had closed over them; but to the proud, aspiring mind, there is, perhaps, no idea so painful. Yet, humbling as it is to the pride of the heart, we almost daily behold those, who excited the admiration ot society, ana those who held a distinguished place in it, passing away like shadows, and forgotten, as though they had not been. I know of nothing but the mcA re splendent genius, and the most stu pendous tale nts, or the most chivalrous and heroic deeds, that can e nsure to us iwc iceoiiciiioii i i uiosr wiin s,ui iv c u . u... i .i i . . : ..c . ..,1 I I .. ..... ..I ..... ...... I us, diiu a ihiiuw oi iii;uoo; inai edii console us in the expictation ol that lorgetfulness, but grcut l.umiiity and unleigned piety. The most universal hom.igc paid to our memories, the most sphr.did mon uments, the most public demonstra tionsofapprobation and ol regret, could not affect our feelings or our happiness in the world of spirits; but there is certainly sometliii gxciv flattering and consoling in the belief, that our names, and our virtues, and our talents, and the efforts of our genius, will be held in grateful re mi nili.aine, long after wc are dead. But it is nut alwavs the heart that e herished us the most ten elttlv, that preserves the recollt ction n us the most inviolably ; time heals the deepest wound tie-. th ever made ; new impressions ard new attachments fill up the void in the most desolate he att ; love's strongest and brightest image fades like evening tints away, when the til of d"ath shadows it; and nothing but the echoes of fame can perpetuate our re membrance ; and there is enough of sadness in the thought, that Love alone cannot trans mit to posterity, the nanus of those it unshipped! VIR1L1.A. AU'Wtt'ums. II the Christian course had been meant for a path of roses, would the life f the Author of Christianity have been a path strewed with thorns? 44 He made lor us," says Bishop Jeremy Taylor, 44 a covenant of sufferings, his very pro mises were sufferings, his rewards were sufferings, and his arguments to invite men to follow him were only ta ken I rem sufferitgs n this lile and the teward of sufferings hereafter." But if no prince but the prince ed peace ever set out with a proclamation f the reversionary nature of his em pire if no other king, to ullay avarice and check arrbition, ver invited sub jects by the unalluring declaration that " Im kingdom wai uotol this world'L. if none other ever declared that it was not dignity or honours, valour or talents that made them " worthy of him," but " taking up the cross it no other ever made the sorrows which would attend his followers a motive for their attach ment yet no other ever had the good ness to promise, or the power to make his promise good, that he would give " rest to the heavy laden." Other sove reigns have " overcome the world" for then' own ambition, but none besides H.ver thought of m.king the " tribula tion" which should be the i fleet of that coi. quest, : ground lor animating the fidelity of his followers ever thought bidding thcin "be ol good cheer, be- ; cause he had overcome the wot Id in a ; sense which was to make his subjects . lose all l.opc ol riiing in it. j'BUM 'iicnM i m rite i!0. THE I LAlt 01- APi'Altl llONH. During the long dark nights of win ter, many people arc troubled with a ridiculou-. tear of apparitions. At the period when the natural imbecility of man was more a prey to superstition than it is in this more enlightened agr, such idle tears were less reprehensible, because they were imbibed in child hood, and communicated through the impressive medium of religion. But that such notions should still disgiace an intellectual people is remarkable. It shows how ready the invention of mau is to be employed in conjuring up monsters, and in tormenting himsell; as it there were not already enough of real evils to ..fflict him, he creates im aginary ones,. iud becomes wretched be cause he thinks he is so. flow wretch to is the miser through his tear ol thieves; the misatuhne, from his doubt and mistrust of all who surrour.4 him ; and tl.c discontented man, iruni dissatislactiou with his condition, and ai xiety fur the future! Hence let is learn to guard ag.tinst the illusions of the imagination, w hich not only dui ing the night present spectits to our view, but also, in the day lime, clten deceive us by painting vice in alluring lornis and attracting colours. Happy should we be it we were as eager to l!y Iroi.i the temptations to evil, as we arc from j the imaginary terrors of an apparition. i Whcnccis it that some people, w hose courage in real danger never shrinks, arc violently affected by these chime. ras; It is because tneir imagination clothes its objects in colours much more glowing than they really possess, and ia this case, being perverted bclore reason can operate, terror has completely p s sesseu the mind. Admitting tl.c exis tence of spectres, why should the re . . . ... turn of one from the de.ul, sohorr;! !y t . . . Shake our nature, when wc live tn the certainty of being one day transpotu j into a world of incorporeal beings Though wc are conv inced that every moment brings us nearer to the pres ence of the eternal God, we fc.l nj fear from such a conviction; yet were an apparition at midnight to inteirupt our repose, and announce the decree that we must soon follow it to an un known country; the boldest among us would fee 1 an emotion of terror, and await the event with the utmost tor ture cf suspense. Yet we regard not the voice of the Most High, which cries, 44 Prepare, ii Israel, to meet thy God !" Let u not give up cur mii.ds to unnecessary alarms, but rather fear that Being at whose coming the hearts .,f the bravest would be appalled, ard the wicked shall call upon the moun tains to hide and the hills to cover them. Fear to do that which is contrary to the will of God, and you may banish eve ry otuer fear, and sing with David, 4 The Lord is my light, whom shall I fear i The Lord is the strength of my soul, of whom shall I he afraid." w KEW'AKI) OF I'.MIFNTS. 44 The purest tdeasuics we taste in tl.i I world niisc from the si;ht of the happi ness of which wc have been the authots 1 here is a secret tenderness in our nature which loves to soothe and graiifv itelfin ii.e exercise cf the loves! r-Cirrscf pf fectioii. It is pleasing to shelter a plant from the louirhncssof the elements; to I protect a he lpless animal from harm. To assist the weak and liiendlcss, and rai-c the sick man Irom the lied of latiitui'hini'. affords an exquisite satisfaction. ))ut it the preservation of a mortal creature to a few years of doubtful character, it may be of tribulation and anguish, is the ocosioa of such blessedness, how rrcat shall be the tianspoitsol that hour when they whu have received mercy to be laitliful, sh. l' present the children, to whose safely aa: moral purity they have been devoted, to he admitted with the innumerable compa ny of the blessed, to the I ranse endani anil unrh..iimab!c gloiies which sJudl he re vealed "
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