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life."

In this whole enterprise, its undertakers should resolve to be convinced by no sneers, daunted by no difficulties, arrested by no obstacles. Difficulties and obstacles enough, indeed, will present themselves to the timid or superficial glance; but they will vanish, before calm

means of solving or removing them may not occur before hand to the mind, what was lately said in a worse cause, will prove to be true: "Where there is a WILL, there is a WAY." In such a cause as ours, and in reference to the epithets of "visionary," "impracticable," "chimerical," "Quixotic," and all the other imaginary lions which will be discovered in our path, well may we say, with the generous confidence of Lord Chatham, that we

Has not our success, indeed, been already demonstrated? Demonstrated, in the first place, by unnumbered instances of parallel, and more stupendous enterprises, accomplished under circumstances less favorable than those which attend our undertaking? Such enterprises as the Reformation of Luther--the settlement of America--her deliverance from a foreign yoke--the teaching of the blind and the dumb* to read and to write? Demonstrated, again, by actual experiment, that sovereign test of practicability--experiment, seven times repeated, with extensive, if not complete success-in New York, in Connecticut, in Massachusetts, in Austria, in Germany, in Prussia, in Scotland? Yes-it is

that a wise doubt of his own infallibility will make him made her discourse on the daily concerns of human tolerant of dissent from his opinions: that he will be prepared at all times to extend his acquisitions easily and judiciously, and to connect them well with previous acquisitions-proving how truly Blackstone has said, in paraphrase of Cicero,* "the sciences are social, and flourish best in the neighborhood of each other:" in short, that he will approach most nearly to that "health-scrutiny and brave determination. Even where the ful, well proportioned" expansion of intellect and liberality of character, which Locket terms a large, sound, roundabout sense. In this point of view, it will be found that "a little learning is" not "a dangerous thing." I am deeply sensible, that I have left untouched many topies, even more important and more pertinent to the main theme of my remarks, than some which I have discussed. Indeed, so wide and so varied is that main theme, that I have found myself greatly embarrassed" trample upon impossibilities." in selecting from the numerous particulars which solicited my regard on every hand. I have not presumed to offer any fully rounded plan, of that legislative action which is so imperiously demanded by the public weal, and soon will be, I trust, by the public voice. A few hints, are all that seemed to become me, or indeed that could well be crowded into my brief share of this day's time. For a plan, both in outline and in detail, I point to our sister states and to the European countries, that have taken the lead of us: and to the virtues and wisdom, by which our statesmen will be able to supply the defects, avoid the errors, and even, I trust, surpass the excellences, of those states and countries. That the Legislature may be wrought up to act, individual influ-no untried path we are called to tread: scarcely a step ence, and the more powerful influence of associations for the purpose of whom I deem you, gentlemen, the chief, because the first-must be exerted. You must draw the minds of the constituent body forcibly to the subject. It must be held up in every light; supported by every argument; until the people shall be persuaded but to consider it. Then, half the work will have been done. And in its further progress towards consummation-when the illuminating process shall have fairly begun-still it will be for you, gentlemen, and for those whom your example shall call into this field of useful-eyes, doubtless, have already often glanced around, to ness with and after you, to exert, with no slumbering energy, the endowments wherewith you and they, are entrusted. You, and they, must become authors, and the prompters of authors. Books, for use in the schools, and cheap, simplifying tracts as well as books for circulation among the people, must be composed, compiled, and selected. Lectures, plain and cheap, and suitably illustrated, must be delivered through town and country. After the example of the good Watts, and of our own many illustrious contemporaries in Britain and Ame-patriot task of purifying and expanding the minds of rica, learned men must oblige Science to lay aside the starched dignity and grand attire, by which hitherto she has awed away the vulgar; and to render herself universally amiable, by being humbly useful: as the wisest of heathens is said to have "brought Philosophy down from the skies, placed her in human haunts, and

-"omnes artes, quae ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione quadam inter sese continentur." Orat. pro Arch. Poet.

* Conduct of the Understanding. Socrates.

"Primus ille Philosophiam devocavit e cœlo, et in urbibus collocavit, et in domus introduxit; et coegit de vita et moribus, rebusque bonis et malis quærere." Cic. Tuscul. 5.

of the way, but has been explored and smoothed before us. All that we have to do, is to look around--see what others have done--correct our own procedure by what we perceive defective in theirs--and forthwith open the floodgates of light, and bid the torrent pour.

Young gentlemen, foster-sons of the venerable insti│tution near us! Some, if not all of you, are destined by your opportunities, and by bosoms glowing with honorable ambition, and beating high with the consciousness of talent, for a conspicuous part in the drama of life. Your

see in what field you shall reap the harvest of wealth, respect, and fame, which hope represents as awaiting you. The buzz of notoriety, the palm of eloquence, the gorgeousness of office-those glittering bribes, which have lured onward their tens of thousands to mere splendid misery or to a shameful end after all--have, no doubt, displayed their attractions to you: but permit me to suggest, that if you will devote the powers with which nature and education have gifted you, to the

your countrymen-besides enjoying in your latter days that sweetest of earthly thoughts, the thought of a life spent in usefulness—you may have gathered laurels of glory, compared with which, all the chaplets ever won in the tilt-yard of vulgar ambition are paltry weeds. My wealthy fellow citizens! remember, that where

* Dr. Johnson, after having witnessed the surprising perform ances of the pupils in a College for the deaf and dumb at Edin burgh in 1773, concluded that such a triumph over an infirmity apparently irremediable, left nothing hopeless to human resolu. tion. After having seen the deaf taught arithmetic," says he, "who would be afraid to cultivate the Hebrides?" Journey to the Western Islands.

suffrage is nearly universal and the majority rules, if] by but a small number of persons, but as it is neither

found on any map, nor marked in any gazetteer that I have ever examined, there may be some apology afforded for the indifference to magnificent scenery, manifested by hundreds and thousands of our citizens, who, though domiciled in its immediate vicinity, have never deemed it worthy of a visit. So true it is, that there is a proneness in human nature to undervalue the gifts of

the great body of the people be ignorant or immoral, property is never secure from assaults, under the disguise of law: either agrarian schemes, or oppressive protecting systems, or advantages to certain classes, or some form of unequal taxation; all, the result of illinformed minds, or of depraved dispositions. And if lawlessness assume not the garb of legislation, still it is always banded with ignorance in the firing of barns, | Providence which are placed within our reach, and to the destruction of labor-saving machinery,* conspiracies to raise wages, and all the terrific outrages that spring from the fury of mobs. Thus, by a wise Providence, are you, who are the most able to promote the education of the people, also by far the most interested in doing so. If there can be a case, in which a judicious liberality is the truest economy, that case is now yours: and never may the ill husbandry of niggardliness be more awfully exemplified, than by your grudging a small particle of your wealth, to place the remainder beyond the reach of this peril.

admire and covet those which are located at a distance. Were a fatiguing journey of several hundred miles necessary, in order to enjoy a ramble along the banks of the Wissahiccon, we should then, without doubt, view its placid waters, its sluggish, meandering course, its richly covered banks, and its imposing precipices, with the admiration and enthusiasm which scenes of this character never fail to inspire in the minds of those who passionately love the untouched works of the hand of nature. But the delightful little stream courses along within a few miles of our doors, and a ride to its most My fellow citizens (if any such are before me) who picturesque views, is but an hour's excursion; hence, do not possess wealth, and who have scarcely tasted of except to a few, whose researches have discovered, and the cup of knowledge! You surely need no exhortation whose good taste enabled them to appreciate, the beauty, to quaff freely of that cup, when it shall come within | sublimity and majesty of this stream, it is almost unyour grasp but I do exhort you to employ your influence as men, and your constitutional power as voters, in persuading your fellow citizens, and in prompting your public agents, to adopt the requisite measures for dispelling, now and forever, the clouds and darkness in which republican freedom can never long live.

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And if, at the remotest point of future time, to which we may look forward as witnessing the existence of human government any where, our democratic forms shall still retain, unimpaired, even their present purity, and present fertility of substantial freedom and happiness; much more, if they shall have waxed purer, and stronger, and more fruitful of good, with each revolving century, defying the power or conciliating the love of foreign states---maintaining domestic harmony---oppressing none, protecting all--and so fully realizing the fondest hopes of the most sanguine statesman, that no "despair of the republic" can trouble the faintest heart:—all will be owing (under Providence,) to the hearkening of this generation and the succeeding ones, to that voice-not loud, but solemn and earnest--which, from the shrine of Reason and the tombs of buried commonwealths, reiterates and enforces the momentous precept―" ENLIGHTEN THE PEOPLE!"

THE WISSAHICCON.

Its bounding crystal frolicked in the ray,

And gushed from cleft to crag with saltless spray. Byron.

It is probable there are but few individuals residing in the vicinity of Philadelphia, who have not heard, during some interval of business engagements, of Wissahiccon creek, a beautiful and romantic stream that falls into the no less romantic Schuylkill, about five miles above the city. The stream is visited, statedly,

No one can have forgotten the ravages committed, a year or two since, by the ignorant poor of Kent, and some others of the southern and middle counties of England, chiefly under the delu sive idea, that their sufferings were caused by labor-saving machinery.

known.

But there are persons who have not been thus negligent of nature's treasures in this vicinity, and to these a visit to the fascinating Wissahiccon, calls up remembrances and associations of the most delightful character. To those who enjoy Nature in her majesty-free, uncontrolled, undespoiled of her beauty by the effacing efforts of human skill—there is no spot, within a circle of many miles, so rich in imagery, so imposing in appearance, so fascinating in attraction, as the banks of the Wissahiccon. The stream takes its rise from several springs in the upper part of Montgomery county, and flows, for a short distance, through a limestone country, remarkable for fertility and a high state of cultivation. Thence it passes, south-westernly, “a sweet smiling stream sleeping on the green sward," into more undulating land, until it reaches the Chesnut ridge, from which it progresses, at times indolently, and at times with an impetuous current, through a narrow val ley, hedged in on either side by high hills, steep and craggy cliffs and precipitous mountains, until it strikes the Schuylkill, about a mile above the falls. Along its whole course the scenery of the Wissahiccon is beautiful, but it is the portion lying within six or eight miles of its mouth, that is generally regarded as the most attractive, as it exhibits, in bolder relief than any other portion, the peculiar sublimity and grandeur of the stream, and the imposing and majestic ledge of rock work through which it passes. It is along this distance that I have been accustomed to ramble during leisure

moments, for years, and it is under the shade of the forests of brilliant hue that line its banks, that I have often reclined, and enjoyed, undisturbed, the sweet melody of nature, issuing from the bursting green foliage around me. I love nature with enthusiasm, and whether standing on the bank of a running stream and listening to the sweet gushing sound of its waters, or seated on an eminence overlooking the waving fields of golden fruit that bless the labor of the husbandman; whether enchanted by the Siren song of nature's minstrels in the spring, or watching the many-colored leaves of the for

est, as they are borne through the air by the whistling | but for the unpoetic noise of a laboring mill, and the winds of autumn-there is, in the scene before me, ab- span of a rude bridge which crosses to a small cavern sorbing attraction, calling forth reflections which never or cleft in the rocky slope, there would be nothing to fail to mellow down the selfish and unkind feelings of betray the presence of man, or to mark the contiguity the heart, and to shed a peaceful, consoling, and happy of human enterprise. Alas! that not one spot-not influence-all-pervading and lasting in its impressions-even the glorious Wissahiccon-bearing the undoubted over the heart. impress of the hand of the God of nature, can escape

The wild and majestic are, however, the scenes to the desolating depredations and officious interference of which I am most strongly attached, and which invaria-the onward march of civilization. bly elicit, to a greater extent than those of a softer cha- The carriage road commencing at the mouth of the racter, passionate emotions of wonder and admiration. Wissahiccon, crosses the stream on a covered bridge, I love to stand at the base of a mountain whose summit about a mile and a half above, winds up a hill of considereaches the clouds, and to clamber among rocks and rable elevation, and passes over to the ridge. From the under precipices whose projecting cliff's threaten destruc-covered bridge access along the creek is obtained by tion to the hardy adventurer-I love to explore the dense means of a foot path, on the western side, which is marked forests of our bold and beautiful hills, and to bury my-through the forest, over crags and cliffs, rugged rocks and self in the hidden recesses of nature, where the foot of rooted trees, until it reaches a beautiful green lawn, a man has never trod, where the sound of civilization has little parlor in the wilderness, celebrated as the resort of never been heard—I love to stand at the foot of Niaga-occasional pic-nic parties of young ladies and gentlemen ra, and watch the mighty torrent of a mighty inland from the city, and where, on the grassy floor, youth and sea hurling its concentrated power into the gulph below, beauty have often mingled in the graceful dance, and and to gaze deep, deep, into that awful abyss-unfath-joined in the merry song of innocence and gay hilarity. omable, destructive, appalling-I love to see the ele-It is a sweet spot, and surrounded, as it is, by scenery ments at war, to hear the rush of the tornado and of the wildest and most romantic character, may very whirlwind, laying prostrate in their furious course every appropriately be designated the "oasis of the Wissaimpediment to their destructive progress, and to witness hiccon." Near this place, immediately on the water's the fall of the powerful oak and the whirlings of its cleft edge, the ruins of an antiquated stone building are disbranches in the sea of matter above, crushing and over-covered, scattered over the ground, and as no trace of whelming the most formidable obstacles of art. These are scenes in which the spirit of the enthusiast revels, and they are scenes which strike the soul with awe, speaking trumpet-tongued of the presence of an Al-On the opposite side, the banks rise up, in many places mighty power, of the omnipotence of his authority, of the insignificance of human effort, and the frailty of

human life.

the original appearance of the edifice can be found, the imagination is permitted to enjoy free scope in dwelling upon the character and pursuits of its ancient founders.

almost perpendicularly, to the height of mountains, and but few have the temerity to attempt a passage along the course of the stream, as a single false step might The scenery near the mouth of the Wissahiccon is of hurl them among the dangerous rocks and jutting cliffs a wild, romantic, and imposing character, beautiful in its below. Here, as well as on the western side, several ever-varying aspect, and interesting in its mystic asso- clefts and caverns in the granite rocks may be found, ciations. High hills, occasionally assuming the appear- but it does not appear that they extend to any great ance of mountains, rise on either side, covered with a depth under the massive structure; and here, upon the dense and beautifully-variegated foliage. The dogwood, edge of a hill, may be seen the point at which it was with its beautiful flowers, the chesnut, the locust, the sometime since proposed to throw a bridge over the melancholy willow, the sumac, the gum, with its ver-stream, to carry across the rail road from Philadelphia million leaves, and the gloomy hemlock, flourish here to Norristown. The projectors of the scheme reached in all their native grandeur; and the lofty oak, the father of the forest, stretches out his thickly-covered branches to afford shade and shelter to the weary pedestrian. Wild flowers, in great number and varieties, rivalling each other in loveliness, are found in the underwood, giving effect to the drapery of the verdant trees, by enlivening the dark hues of the thickly-growing and overshadowed forest. Some of these flowers and plants are of rare quality and surpassing beauty, and far eclipse in attraction many that are cultivated with care and pride in our gardens; but here they spring up, year after year, in silence and solitude, being literally

thus far in their onward progress, but in casting a glance over the precipice into the gulph below, were struck with dismay at the formidable obstacles which appeared, and prudently abandoned the hazardous and wildlyconceived undertaking.

Near Garsed's flax mill, the foot-path crosses to the eastern shore of the stream, on a rude log chained to an adjacent stone, and passes up through a forest overhanging the sluggish waters, and through a thick underwood, which, in some places, is almost impenetrable. Occasional openings in the dense foliage, which become more frequent as the pedestrian progresses up the stream, afford highly picturesque and enchanting views of the surrounding hills, such as those who appreciate Nature in her majesty, would journey miles upon miles, and endure pain and fatigue without murmuring, to beIn the valley of the stream, along the eastern side of hold. In every direction the scenes unfolded to the eye which, for a mile or two, a convenient road has been are rich and enchanting beyond description, and remind chisseled and scooped out of the sides of the stony hill, the writer who associates therewith ideas of intellectual the vision is completely obstructed by the imposing pleasure and enjoyment, of the beautiful lines of the banks, and hills rising above hills, on either shore; and | poct:

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Born to blush unseen, And waste their fragrance on the desert air."

VOL. II-4

"Dear solitary groves, where peace doth dwell!
Sweet harbors of pure love and innocence!
How willingly could I forever stay
Beneath the shade of your embracing greens,
List'ning unto the harmony of birds,

Tun'd with the gentle murmur of the stream."

the heart gladdened in sweet contemplation-where no
sound shall be heard but the notes of melody and joy,
in delightful unison with the tones of the murmuring rill.
"To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell,
To slowly trace the forest's shady scene,
Where things that own not man's dominion dwell,
And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been;
To climb the trackless mountain, all unseen,
With the wild flock that never needs a fold;
Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean;
This is not solitude-'tis but to hold

One of the most interesting spots on the Wissahiccon, is in the immediate vicinity of the great perpendicular rock of granite, opposite Rittenhouse's mill. Here the dark shadows of the hill fall, with beautiful effect, upon the gurgling stream, and the rich and deep Converse with nature's charms, and see her stores unroll'd." woodland foliage, the tangled and fragrant shrubbery, Two or three miles above the perpendicular rock, on the towering cliffs on the one side, and imposing the eastern shore of the stream, and in a spot equally hills and dales on the other, give to the place a charm beautiful and romantic, stands an edifice of great antiand fascination, which the reflecting mind may en-quity, connected with which there are a number of injoy, but of which it is impossible to convey with the teresting associations. It is built nearly on the summit pen, any accurate description. It was near this en- of a slope that stretches into a ravine, walled in on three chanting place, on the sun side of a high hill, as is cur-sides by elevated hills, thickly covered with foliage. rently believed, that Kelpius and his friend, scholars of The building is of stone, three stories high, with nuGermany, located themselves about the close of the merous windows, four to each chamber, of uniform size, seventeenth century, and where for years they dwelt in and appearance; sixty years ago there was a balcony quiet and religious meditation, awaiting, with anxious around the second story, and the old-fashioned eaves, prayer, the coming of the "Lady of the Wilderness," plastered in semi-circular form, still to be seen, exhibit and where they died, as we now know, "without the the architectural taste and style of a past century. The sight." It was here, that, at a period long anterior to date of its erection is supposed to be the year 1706, and the arrival of Kelpius, the untamed monarch of these its founders a society of religious Germans, probably wilds came to enjoy the rich treasures of nature, and known as Pietists or Seven day Baptists, who no doubt to worship, in silence, the goodness and bounty of the selected this secluded situation in order to secure peace Great Spirit. It was here, perhaps, on the summit of and quietness in their religious devotions. Many of the this very hill, that the original owners of the soil con-aged inhabitants of the neighborhood remember this vened for the war dance and to make preparations for monastery, as a building of unchanged appearance, a furious and bloody contest; or mayhap it was here even from the days of their boyhood, and some have that the chiefs of different tribes assembled to bury the connected therewith curious traditions of romance and hatchet of war, and to smoke the calumet of amity and legends of mystic tale. Notwithstanding the edifice has peace. Perhaps it was here that the noble young war-lately undergone a thorough alteration, and is now the rior, flushed with the honors of victory, stole silently at permanent residence of a highly respectable and very the midnight hour, to breathe his tale of love and his intelligent family, it still bears the reputation of being vows of devotion, into the ear of his blushing and affi-visited by spirits. anced bride; and surely no spot can be found, in the The fact of this building having been occupied as a whole range of our wide-spread territory, so suitable monastery, by a brotherhood of Germans, is, however, for scenes of this character. Here is the abode of ro-involved in doubt. One tradition alleges, that it was mance, here the spirit of nature holds undisputed sway— and here, among these rugged rocks, and in this dense foliage-by the side of this poetic stream, with its associations of woody heights and shady dells, it is fitting that pure and holy vows of love should be uttered,mation of this tradition, an ancient burial place near the where Heaven, in every leaf of the forest, in every blade of grass, may be called upon to bear witness to their sincerity and truth.

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tenanted for sometime, by a fraternity of Capuchins, or White Friars, who took upon themselves vows of abstinence and poverty, and who slept upon wooden or stone pillows, with places scolloped out for the head. In confir

premises, now under tillage, is pointed out, where repose the remains of many of the brotherhood. Another and more probable story is, that the building was actuBut the Wissahiccon has fallen into other hands. ally erected for a religious society, professing a faith The untutored savage no longer strolls over these silent similar to that of the Seven day Baptists at Ephrata, mountains and vales, for his abode has been removed near Lancaster, but never occupied, as those for whom far away, beyond the western waters. The bones of his it was designed deemed it expedient to leave the neighwarrior fathers lie bleached and neglected in the depths borhood, and join the settlement at Ephrata. The Chroof the valley, for the high-bounding spirit of the son is nica Ephrata expressly states that, previous to the fortamed, by the contaminating influence of his civilized mation of that community, in May, 1733, they had brethren. The active deer no longer bounds over the dwelt in separate places as hermits, and "the hermits hills and dales of the Wissahiccon, for he has been dri- of the ridge" are frequently mentioned. That there ven to more sequestered abodes. The stream is, howe- was a feeling of affection between these hermits and the ver, much the same-its placid waters are still beauti-brotherhood in Ephrata, is beyond all doubt, as the ful as mirrors-its shores are still romantic-its groves Chronica, in another place, speaks of some brothers of are still enchanting-and so may they ever remain, un-single devotedness at Roxborough, "who subsequently disturbed, untouched by the dilapidating hand of man! fell in with the spirit of the world and married.” The place should ever be reserved as a refreshing retreat, where the soul may be uplifted in devotion, and

Kelpius, probably the first of the hermits, on the Wissahiccon, died in the year 1709. He was succeeded by

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Seelig, who survived him many years, and who was contemporary with Conrad Matthias, another recluse, whose cave was near the Schuylkill. Tradition speaks of these Germans as being men of undoubted piety and great learning. Kelpius wrote several languages, and his journal, in Latin, is now in the possession of a distinguished antiquarian of Philadelphia. He waited the coming of the "Lady of the Wilderness,","-the " man clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars," spoken of in the scriptures, as having "fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days." (Rev. xii.) We may wonder that such a man as Kelpius should labor under a delusion of this character, but those who will visit the spot he selected for his "prayerful waiting," will agree with me in opinion that it was singularly well chosen to harmonize with and foster his eccentric views, and romantic religious expectations.

There is another interesting legend, connected with the monastery on the Wissahiccon, which I feel inclined to allude to, if I may do so without being held responsible for its veracity. It is a tale of unhappy love, and relates to a young, beautiful, and accomplished French lady, who followed her lover to the Indian wars, who fought in disguise by his side, and who closed his eyes when he fell at her feet, mortally wounded. Being subsequently admitted, for temporary shelter, into the monastery, she passed a year or two in unavailing grief, and died, heart-broken at the loss of all she held near and dear on earth. The particulars of the melancholy fate of the beautiful Louisa 1 may hereafter unfold to the reader, but I beg my young friends who may discover the mound which covers her remains at the foot of a weeping willow, washed by the gurgling stream, to shed a tear to the memory of one whose beauty and virtues deserved a happier fate.

I have thus attempted to give a sketch of the everdelightful Wissahiccon, and to cast a hasty glance at a few of the prominent incidents with which it was once associated. If I have failed to excite interest in the mind of the reader, let him not hesitate to attribute the circumstance to the feeble powers of the writer, rather than to the poverty of the subject to which his attention has been called. Beautiful and magnificent beyond comparison are the picturesque views of this romantic stream, and for ages to come may its crystal waters continue to course through the valley, affording peaceful enjoyment to the pedestrian on its banks, and unqualified delight to those who may ramble through its attractive forests.

Philadelphia, October 1835.

LE BRUN.

Le Brun, a Jesuit, wrote what he called a Christian Virgil, and a Christian Ovid. The Virgil consists, of Eclogues, Georgics, and an Epic of twelve books, all however on devotional subjects. The Ovid is in the same taste. The Epistles are pious ones—the Fasti are the six days of the Creation-the Elegies are the Lamentations of Jeremiah--the Art of Love is a poem on The Love of God, and the history of some Conversions supplies the place of the Metamorphoses.

MEMORY.

Oh! why should Memory love to dwell On pleasures which can come no more? And why should Fancy's magic spell

So brightly gild each scene of yore?

Ev'n Hope's delusive, glittering beam
May cease to shed its cheering light;
And, dull and cold, Time's onward stream
May flow before the aching sight.

But Memory, like a fairy dream,
Still haunts the pensive view,
And, like mild Evening's lingering beam,
Clothes fading scenes in loveliest hue.

The Past, with all its glittering train
Of joys, so sweet, so quickly fled,
At Memory's touch returns again,
To cheer the heart whose hopes are dead.

Fond Retrospection lingers near

Each scene of bliss which could not last, And links again that chain so dear,

Which Memory flings around the past.

Hopes, Friendships, Loves-a seraph bandWhich Time's cold blast had rudely torn, As Memory waves her magic wand,

With more than former bliss return.

They come, like Music's distant breath,

So soft, so sweet their whisperings areAnd fadeless is that lovely wreath

With which they bind the brow of care.

Oh! Memory's joys will always last

No cloud can dim their brilliant ray; Still bright and brighter glows the Past, As Hope's sweet visions fade away.

THE CITY.

The City-the City-its glare and din--
Oh! my soul is sick of its sights and shows,
My spirit is cramp'd, and my soul pent in-
I can scarcely think, and it seems to me
My very breathing is not so free,
As where the breeze in its freedom blows,
And the vines untrammel'd but seem to be
Disporting to tell of their liberty.

There, there I'd be-Oh! my spirit pines
For the rivers, the trees, and the forest vines.

From the crowded streets, and the jostling throng, And garish glitter, and vain paradeMy native woods! how I long, 1 long

To bury me in thy wilds again; Then Art, and Fashion, and Form, oh! then I'll eschew ye all in my wild-wood shade. Like an uncaged bird, I shall scarcely know Which way to bend me, or whither to go; Yet I think my spirit would grateful rise Unto God, who dwells in the clear blue skies. Columbia, S. C.

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