XI. THE ORIENTAL LOVE-LETTER.-Painted by H. W. Engraved by Mr. Edward Pickersgill, Esq. R.A. Finden. 241 XII. QUEEN ELIZABETH, ESSEX, AND SHAKSPEARE. Painted by Thomas Stothard, Esq. R.A. Engraved by Mr. W. Ensom. 285 XIII. THE HUMBLE LOVERS. (Head-Piece) Painted by Thomas Stothard, Esq. R.A. Engraved by Mr. Augustus Fox. 312 * XIV. HADDON HALL. Painted by R. R. Reinagle, Esq. R.A. Engraved by Mr. R. Wallis. 315 XV. THE VIGNETTE TITLE.-Cupid in a Wreath, by Thomas Stothard, Esq. R. A. Engraved by Mr. W. Humphreys. The Wood-Cut fac-simile alluded to in the note on p. 308, was found to be too large for the Work, it has therefore been thought advisable to omit it. CONTENTS. PAGE Sonnets. By Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart. 11 The City of the Dead. By L. E. L. 13 Night and Death. By the Rev. Joseph Blanco White 16 33 THE CHILD AND FLOWERS. By Mrs. Hemans. All good and guiltless as thou art. Than even those looks of joy that lie WILSON. HAST thou been in the woods with the honey-bee ? Hath not startled the wren from her mossy seat; Thou know'st not the sweetness, by antique song B These are old words, that have made each grove A dreary haunt for romance and love; A place for the gushings of Poesy. Thou know'st not the light wherewith fairy lore And the scent by the blossoming sweet-briars shed, Oh! happy child in thy fawn-like glee! What is remembrance or thought to thee? O'er thy green pathway their colours fling; What if to droop and to perish soon? Nature hath mines of such wealth-and thou For a day is coming to quell the tone |