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TRUE SOURCE OF SOCIAL WRETCHEDNESS:-
IS ITS OPPOSITE DULY VALUED?

ENTER the cottage, tread the palace-floor,
Trace the wide realm of human misery o'er,
This one complaint from every lip we find,—
Man's innate selfishness of heart and mind.

But turn the page. When by experience taught,
Say, do we love the' unselfish as we ought?
Or value motive, generous, pure, and high,
As that which lives, when meaner things must die

TRULY VALUABLE INSTRUCTION.

CLOTHE, then, and feed the needy as we will,
Something is wanting for their welfare still :
Men call it knowledge, and a noble part
Is theirs who learn, and having learn'd, impart.
But in the wide-spread wisdom of our schools,
Children may learn, and yet be worse than fools,
Unless that lesson taught by heaven, and true,
Knowledge of good and evil meet their view.
Here then the glory of all work begins,
At sorrow's root, and deeper still, at sin's.
Work that prepares, however feebly done,
For endless life, when this short race is run;
And so far mightier, and of nobler worth,
Than deeds of fame that perish with this earth.

CHIVALRY.

THERE woke a spirit, proud and high,
In ancient times; men call'd it chivalry.
Fearless and bright it danced upon the wave
Of gloomy chaos, and men call'd it brave.
Deck'd with its trophies, gorgeous to the sight,
Vain-glorious mockery of the just and right;
Still, faithful herald of a happier hour,
When moral bravery should usurp its power;
One lofty purpose served this spirit proud,

One truth proclaim'd, with clarion wild and loud,—
True glory none but equal conflict crowns;
True glory ever treacherous wrong disowns.

FRANCE ANCIENTLY A CHIVALROUS NATION.

AND thou, fair land, where glows the clustering vine,
O'er whose wide plains bright suns propitious shine;
Whose bounteous rivers, rolling to the main,
Their banks all golden with thy waving grain,
Tell of the laughing vales, the soft green hills,

The fruitful gardens, and the sparkling rills,
Which mark thee prosperous, Nature's favour'd child
Basking in splendour, with a sky so mild,

And soil so rich in produce, gushing o'er

With summer flowers, and autumn fruits, that pour
Their treasures round thee, oil, and richest wine,
And grain, too much for that soft vale of thine;
Thou wert the first, bright land! to claim the crown
Of martial pomp and glory for thine own;
Thou wert the first to wave thy banner high,
And wake for chivalry thy fearless cry;
Thou wert the first to send thy sons afar,

Where danger woo'd them to the field of war;
Fearless and brave, the victor's wreath to claim,
And add a hero's to a champion's fame.

MEANNESS AND KNAVERY OF THE FRENCH CONQUEST OF TAHITI.

HADST thou sent forth an armed force to swell
Thy open victories, some had deem'd it well;
But, by the coward treachery of a lie,

That hapless Queen, and her fair isles to buy,

To stamp the conquest with a lawful name,

Lest wondering nations should thy guilt proclaim;

Or England, haply wakening at the sound

Of actual wrong, should drive thee from the ground,—
Here lies the secret of that deed of sin,

Of meanness here the first low steps begin;
The first dark aim on guilty purpose set,
Leading to depths, alas! unfathom'd yet.

Whom hast thou conquer'd now, thou mighty realm,
Sage in the senate, skilful at the helm?
Whom hast thou conquer'd on that distant field,
What glorious armament compell'd to yield?
What have thy trophies in that conquest been,
Thy victim whom? A mother and a Queen!
O holy names! when blended both in one,
What noble heart but longs to guard a throne!
Thus fill'd with all we reverence and love,
The eagle's power, the softness of the dove;
Thou, only thou, couldst rend the eagle's breast,
And tear the brooding mother from her nest.

Roche, Printer, 25, Hoxton-square, London.

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SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY.

(With an Engraving of his Death, by Frost.)

THE present day will be characterized in history by that spirit of adventure which has excited so many persons, as travellers, to explore the various regions of the habitable globe, and to publish their researches. No labours have been considered too great; dangers have been dared, and difficulties surmounted; so that now, in the numerous 66 voyages and travels" that have been given to the public, we may consider that we possess descriptions of all parts of the earth, and of their inhabitants. Since the days of Captain Cook, these proceedings have rapidly increased, till now, their existence may fairly be regarded as furnishing one of the chief characteristics of the age.

One reason of this extended exploration is to be found, not only in the improvement of navigation, but in the increased knowledge of the methods by which health is preserved during long voyages, and in uncongenial climates, whether of extreme heat or extreme cold. In the days of Anson and Cook, long voyages were always connected with that fearful and destructive, but now almost unknown scourge,-the scurvy. Vessels now return from these long voyages with the VOL. X. Second Series.

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