Away o'er the dancing wave, Like the wings of the white seamew; How proudly the hearts of the youthful brave Their dreams of bliss renew! And as on the pathless deep, The bark by the gale is driven, How glorious it is with the stars to keep A watch on the beautiful heaven. The winds o'er the ocean bear Rich fragrance from the flow'rs, That bloom on the sward, and sparkle there Like stars in their dark blue bow'rs. The visions of those that sail O'er the wave with its snow-white foam, Are haunted with scenes of the beauteous vale That encloses their peaceful home. They have wander'd through groves of the west, Illumed with the fire-flies' light; But their native land kindles a charm in each breast, Unwaken'd by regions more bright. The haunts that were dear to the heart As an exquisite dream of romance, Strew thoughts, like sweet flow'rs, round its holiest part, And their fancy-bound spirits entrance. Then away with the fluttering sail! And away with the bounding wave! While the musical sounds of the ocean-gale Are wafted around the brave!

Ray wittily observes that an obscure and prolix author may not improperly be compared to a Cuttle-fish, since he may be said to hide himself under his own ink.

LINES FROM THE GERMAN OF KÖRNER

Written on the morning of the Battle of Dänneberg

Doubt-beladen, dim and hoary, O'er us breaks the mighty day, And the sunbeam, cold and gory, Lights us on our fearful way. In the womb of coming hours, Destinies of empires lie, Now the scale ascends, now lowers, Now is thrown the noble die. Brothers, the hour with warning is rife; Faithful in death as you're faithful in life, Be firm, and be bound by the holiest tie, In the shadows of the night, Lie behind us shame and scorn; Lies the slave's exulting might, Who the German oak has torn. Speech disgrac'd in future story, Shrines polluted (shall it be?) To dishonour pledg'd our glory, German brothers, set it free. Brothers, your hands, let your vengeance be burning, By your actions, the curses of heaven be turning, On, on, set your country's Palladium free. Hope, the brightest, is before us, And the future's golden time, Joys, which heaven will restore us, Freedom's holiness sublime. German bards and artists' powers, Woman's truth, and fond caress, Fame eternal shall be ours, Beauty's smile our toils shall bless. Yet 'tis a deed that the bravest might shake, Life and our heart's blood are set on the stake; Death alone points out the road to success. God! united we will dare it; Firm this heart shall meet its fate, To the altar thus I bear it, And my coming doom await. Fatherland, for thee we perish, At thy fell command 'tis done, May our loved ones ever cherish Freedom, which our blood has won. Liberty, grow o'er each oak-shadow'd plain, Grow o'er the tombs of thy warriors slain, Fatherland, hear thou the oath we have sworn. Brothers, towards your hearts' best treasures, Cast one look, on earth the last, Turn then from those once prized pleasures, Wither'd by the hostile blast. Though your eyes be dim with weeping, Tears like these are not from fear, Trust to God's own holy keeping, With your last kiss, all that's dear. All lips that pray for us, all hearts that we rend With parting, O father, to thee we commend, Protect them and shield them from wrongs and despair.

EQUANIMITY OF TEMPER

Goodness of temper may be defined, to use the happy imagery of Gray, "as the sunshine of the heart." It is a more valuable bosom-attendant under the pressure of poverty and adversity, and when we are approaching the confines of infirmity and old age, than when we are revelling in the full tide of plenty, amid the exuberant strength and freshness of youth. Lord Bacon, who has analyzed some of the human accompaniments so well, is silent as to the softening sway and pleasing influence of this choice attuner of the human mind. But Shaftesbury, the illustrious author of the Characteristics, was so enamoured of it, that he terms "gravity (its counterpart,) the essence of imposture;" and so it is, for to what purpose does a man store his brain with knowledge, and the profitable burden of the sciences, if he gathers only superciliousness and pride from the hedge of learning? instead of the milder traits of general affection, and the open qualities of social feelings. I remember, when a youth, I was extremely fond of attending the House of Commons, to hear the debates; and I shall never forget the repulsive loftiness which I thought marked the physiognomy of Pitt; harsh and unbending, like a settled frost, he seemed wrapped in the mantle of egotism and sublunary conceit; and it was from the uninviting expression of this great man's countenance, that I first drew my conceptions as to how a proud and unsociable man looked. With very different emotions I was wont to survey the mild but expressive features of his great opponent, Fox: there was a placidity mixed up with the graver lines of thought and reflection, that would have invited a child to take him by the hand; indeed, the witchcraft of Mr. Fox's temper was such, that it formed a triumphant source of gratulation in the circle of his friends, from the panegyric of the late Earl of Carlisle, during his boyish days at Eton, to the prouder posthumous circles of fame with which the elegant author of The Pleasures of Memory, has entwined his sympathetic recollections. The late Mr. Whitbread, although an unflinching advocate for the people's rights, and an incorruptible patriot in the true sense of the word, was unpopular in his office as a country magistrate, owing to a tone of severity he generally used to those around him. The wife of that indefatigable toiler in the Christian field, John Wesley, was so acid and acrimonious in her temper, that that mild advocate for spiritual affection, found it impossible to live with her. Rousseau was tormented by such a host of ungovernable passions, that he became a burden to himself and to every one around him. Lord Byron suffered a badness of temper to corrode him in the flower of his days. Contrasted with this unpleasing part of the perspective, let us quote the names of a few wise and good men, who have been proverbial for the goodness of their tempers; as Shakspeare, Francis I., and Henry IV. of France; "the great and good Lord Lyttleton," as he is called to the present day; John Howard, Goldsmith, Sir Samuel Romilly, Franklin, Thomson, the poet, Sheridan,2 and Sir Walter Scott. The late Sir William Curtis was known to be one of the best tempered men of his day, which made him a great favourite with the late king. I remember a little incident of Sir William's good-nature, which occurred about a year after he had been Lord Mayor. In alighting from his carriage, a little out of the regular line, near the Mansion House, upon some day of festivity, he happened inadvertently, with the skirts of his coat, to brush down a few apples from a poor woman's stall, on the side of the pavement. Sir William was in full dress, but instead of passing on with the hauteur which characterizes so many of his aldermanic brethren, he set himself to the task of assisting the poor creature to collect her scattered fruit; and on parting, observing some of her apples were a little soiled by the dirt, he drew his hand from his pocket and generously gave her a shilling. This was too good an incident for John Bull to lose: a crowd assembled, hurraed, and cried out, "Well done, Billy," at which the good-natured baronet looked back and laughed. How much more pleasing is it to tell of such demeanour than of the foolish pride of the late Sir John Eamer, who turned away one of his travellers merely because he had in one instance used his bootjack.

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THE HOMEWARD VOYAGE

LINES FROM THE GERMAN OF KÖRNER

Written on the morning of the Battle of Dänneberg

EQUANIMITY OF TEMPER

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