Nothing is more natural than to imitate, [by the sound of the voice, the quality of the sound [or noise | which any external 4 st 3 object makes, and to form its name accordingly. A certain bird [2 is termed the CUCKOO, from the sound which it emits. When f pr e.pr one sort of wind is said to... WHISTLE, and another to... ..ROAR; pr pr when a serpent is said TO... HISS, a fly to BUZz, and falling timber 9.v sost to...CRASH; when a stream is said to... FLOW, and hail to... RATTLE; the analogy between the word and the thing signified is plainly discernible. Insects generally must lead a truly jovial life. Think what 3 or Imagine a palace of ivory and st it must be to lodge in a lily. and exhaling 15 ch such a perfume as never arose from human censer. Fancy again, the fun of tucking one's-self up for the night in the folds of a rose, [4rhythm. رة rocked to sleep by the gentle sighs of summer air, nothing to do when you wake but to wash yourself in a dew drop, and ch "I have something more to ask you." said a young eagle to a learned, melancholy owl: 4 s .. Men say there is a bird, [by name Merops, who, when he rises in the air, flies with his tail .. 5 ch upwards and his head towards the ground. Is that true?" Certainly not," answered the owl, "it is only a foolish tra dition of man; he is himself a Merops: for he would fly to heaven, without for a moment losing sight of the earth.” 3 4 4 KINGLY POWER.-Shakespeare. Exp Oh, not a minute, king, thy power can give : Shorten my days thou can'st [with sullen sorrow 2 st And pluck nights from me, but not lend a morrow: Thou can'st help Time to furrow me [with age, | Thy word is current with him, for my death; 5e But, [dead, thy kingdom cannot buy my breath. Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs, and ends in iron chains. The more business a man has, the more he is able to accomplish; for he learns to economize his time. 3 25 LIFE.-Madden. I've tried this world [in all its changes, States, and conditions; | have been great, and happy, 4 Ex Wretched and low, and passed through all its stages. ܢ܂ And, oh! believe me, [who have known it best. I 4 It is not worth the bustle that it costs; 3 'Tis but a medley all of idle hopes And abject childish fears. 3 2e LIGHTS AND SHADES. The gloomiest day hath gleams of light; The darkest wave hath white foam near it; And twinkles through the cloudiest night Some solitary star, to cheer it. The gloomiest soul is not all sost gloom; The saddest heart is not all sadness; And sweetly o'er the darkest doom There shines some lingering beam of gladness. LOVERS' STUDIES. To a lover, the figures, the motions, the words of the beloved object, are not, [like other images, | written on water, but, [as Plutarch said enameled in fire" and made the study of mid night. LOVERS.— Sir R. Aytoun. Some men seem so distracted of their wits, That I would think it but a venial sin. To take one of these innocents, that sit ch In Bedlam, out, and put some lover in. LUDICROUS DISTRESS.— Henry Mackenzie. I had - a piece-of rich-sweet pudding-on my fork, when Miss - tr Louisa Friendly begged to trouble me for part of a pigeon that stood near me. In my haste [scarce knowing what I did, | Resp Ret I...whipped the pudding into my mouth hot, as a burning coal! 4 q It was impossible to conceal my agony; my eyes were starting 3 s pl tr from their sockets! At last, [in spite of shame and resolution, | I was obliged to drop Exp the cause of my torment on my plate. MAN.- Shakespeare. What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! MARTYRS.- - Hemans. 3 j. Oh! be the memory cherished Of those [the thousands | that around Truth's throne e st Have poured their lives out. [smiling, [in that doom Finding a triumph, if denied a tomb!— 4 Ay, with their ashes hath the wind been sown, e And with the wind | their spirit shall be spread, Filling man's heart with records of the dead. METHOD. The man who does not know how to methodize his thoughts has always to borrow a phrase from the dispensary, | a barren superfluity of words. 4 3 3 With horrid strength, [beyond the pitch of nature; | And murder! murder! was the dreadful cry. | f A third time it returned, [with feeble strength, [2 s. tr m But...o' the sudden . . . ceased, as though the words Insp Were... smother'd... rudely... in the grappled throat And all was still again, save the wild blast Which at distance growl'd 2 tr 4 Oh! it will never from my mind depart! pr 2 That dreadful cry.... all i' the instant stilled. 3 m 4 2 q PARISH COMMONS.-Eliza Cook. ge It glads the eye --- it warms the soul To gaze upon the rugged knoll, [Where tangled brushwood twines across The struggling brake, and sedgy moss. Oh! who would have the grain spring up Where now we find the daisy's cup?- Where clumps of dark red heather gleam With beauty in the summer beam,- sym And yellow furze-bloom... laughs to scorn Your ripen'd hopes and bursting corn?.. e God speed the plough! But let us trace Something of nature's infant face ; |