His bett-monthed goblet makes me feel quite Danish
Or Dutch with thirst— What ho I aflaskofKhenish.
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25. — ANNUNCIATION OP THB BLBSSBD VIRGIN
MARY, or LADY-DAY.
This (lay celebrates the angel's message to the
Virgin Mary/respecting our Blessed Lord* She was,
probjably, an only child, and but fifteen years of age
when espoused to Joseph. She died A.D. 48, being
about sixty years old. — For an interesting account
of tliefesta of the Annunciation as observed at Rome
on this day, see T. T. for 1823, p. 63, and a de-
scription of some Spanish customs, in our last- vo-
lume, p. 71.
27.-^PALM SUNDAY.
Tbilht missals^ this day is dencHninated Dominica
in ramis Paimarum, or Palm Sunday, and was sq
called from the palm branches and green boughs for-
merly distributed on that day, in commemoration of
our Lord's riding to Jerusalem'.
On Palm Sunday, observes a lively writer in the
New Monthly Magazine, boys and gins (youths and
maidens have ndw-a-days got above so childish a
practice) may be met early in the morning, m b^the,
but breakfasUcss companies, sallying form towards
the pretty outlets about Hampstead and Highgate,
on me one side the water, and Camberwelland
Gkt]Aam'on the other — all of which they innooently
imagine to be 'the country' — ^fhere to sport away
the pleasant hours till dinner-time, and then return
home with joy in their hearts, endless appetites in
their stomachs, and bunches of the sallow willow
with its silken bloom-bttds in their bands, as trophies
of their travels.— The Months, No. tV.
s The cetepsoiiiet. .o)>s6nred at Rome.oa'thU dmy are fuUy de-
scribed, in T. T. for 18SS^ pp. 6d-71 ; lee also T. T. for 1821, p. d6,
for a custom in Lincolnshire ; and T. T. for 1822, p. 68, for. the usual
observance of this day in Yorkshire. A description of thie eeremonies
observed by the Latin Church at /enwol^m on this day, magr ^ •c^i^
in T. T. for 1823, p. 62.^For an account of Palm Sunday in Spam,
and the ceremonies on Wednesday in Passion Week, see our last
Tolume, pp. 9t-94.
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♦30. 1884.— RBV. T. MAURiOB DIED, iBT, 70. .
He was Assistant-Keq[>er of the MS8. in the
Bntish Musemn: in tMs national establishment. he
received the appointment of Assistant Librarian in
the year 1796. His ' Indian Antiquities/ and 'An-
cient and Modem History of Hindoostan/ are past-
ing monnments of his iame as a historian ; while
his translation of the ' OSdipasTyrannus^' his ^ West*
minster Abbey/ ' Grove Hill/ * Netherby/ and va-r
ripns other poems, place him in an equally exalted
situation among tiie Yotariei» of the Muse. Of the
works of this yoluminous, but acute and learned
writer, we have not space even to give a list; we
shBll. refer our readers, therefore, (as Mr. Maurice
has b4en his own biographer) to his well-written and
very amusing * Memoirs/ the first part of which was
printed in the year 1819, and the second in 1820.
, 31. — MAUNDY THURSDAY.
This day is called, in Latin, dies MandaHy the day
of the command, being the day on which our Loid
washed the feet of his disciples, as recorded in the
second lesson. This practice was long kept up in
the idotidstmes. After the ceremony, liberal d<ma-
tions were made to the poor, of clothing^and of silver
noney ; and refreshment was given tiliiem to mitigate
the" severity of the fast.— On this day, called iS%€r«
or Sfaundy Thursday, it was a custom, both in this
and other countries, for the king and queen, persons
of high estate, and the abbots of religious houses, to
p^orm their Maundy — ^that is, to wash the/eet of a
certain number of poor people, originally twelve, in
imitation of our Saviour's washing the feet of his
disciples. The kings and -queens of England, in*
deed, increased the number, and usually waidied the
feet of as many persons as they themselves were
years old, or had reigned. They afterwards gave
tiMm meat, clothing, a!nd a little bag of small money.
A relie of tiiis custom is stiU preserved at St.
James's on this day :— See T.T. for 1821^ pp. 9&86.
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King James was the last of our kings \iAo washed
the feet of the poor people in person; and King
WiOiiun in, the first of our sovereigns who de*
pnted diis ceremony to his almoner.
From the Earl of Northumberland's household
book, began in 1512, we find that he kept lus
Manndy, if at home, for as many poor men as be
was years of age. Wolsey, atso, in idSOy performed
the same ceremony at the abbey of Peterborough,
while on a journey to die North. ' Upon Palme Son-
day,' says Cavendish, 'he bare his palme, and w^it
in procession, witti the monks scttmg forth the divine
senice right honorably, with such singmg men as he
then had there of his own. And upon Maundy
Thursday, he made his Maundy there, in our Lady's
chapel, havuig fifty-nine poor men whose feet he
wa^d and kkused ; and, softer he had wiped them,
he gave every of the said poor men twelve pence in
money, three ells of good canvass to male them
ihirts, a pair of new shoes, a cast of red herrings,
jmd three white herrings; and one of these had two
shilttngs-.'
Mamndy is likewise used at the present day in the
Greek church. See T^ T. for 1815, p. 87. The mo-
dem ceremonies at Rome on this day are described
in T. T. for 1Q22, pp. 91-94; and a very mteresting
account of the catholic ordinauces at S^>iUe will be
found in our liast volume, pp. 95-100.
* MARCH 1746. JAMSS PBARSON BORN,
Tbd celebrated glass-stainer. By dint of chemi-
cal discoveries which had defied the most universally
adoiowledged geniuses ^in the art of glass-staining,
he discovered a series of colours the most beautiful
imaghiation can conceive, the effect of which may
be witnessed in many public works he has scattered
â– ' "" ii > ' <i»' I • â– â– â– â– â– t »*.i ■„ â–
* See Mr, JBUU^i OHffmdl mid Bo^ial iMUn Jrgm J mffrt^ in
efttf BriiiMh MuMeuMf toL ii, p. 95 ; and a carious letter remecttug
iQueeQ Catherine of Afragon ^keeping her Maandyy' in p. Srf of the
•aaw.'tolame.
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throaghottt England. His principal paintings are —
The windows of Salisbury Cathedral ; Brazen-nose
College, Oxfor' ; Whitechapel Church; and St. Bo-
tolph's Church, Little Britain. The miscellaneous
subjects he has painted are innumerable^ which he
occasionally exhibits in Londbn; together with a
superb set of The Cartoons o/RaffaeUe, painted on
glass by his late wife. ITieir beauties are likely to
last as long as Time itself, as eveiy effort of his
pencil is vitrified.
In. MARCH 1625.
Oh, that our youthful readers would early direct
their eyes to the spangled canopy of heaven^ and, as
the orient beams of morning first gild the mountain
tops, in the ardour of true devotion^ exclaim with
the poet —
Oh ! to be pure as morning light,
First issuing from the solar spring,
Ere it is sullied in its flight
By touch of any earthly thing. ^
Solar Phenomena.
The Sun enters Aries at 19 m. after 9 on the even-
ing of the 20th of this month; and he rises and sets
during the same period as in the following Table.
The times for any intermediate days must be found
by^iroportion as already directed.
TABLE
Of the Sun's Rising and. Setting for every fifth Day.
March 1st, Sun rises 35 m. after 6. Sets 25 m. past 5
Gth, 35 6 35 5
11th, 15;..:.... 6 45 5
16th, 5. 6 55 5
3Ut, i 55 ..5 5 6
26th, ........ 45 5 15 6
3l8t, 35 5 ...... 25 6
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Equation of Time.
When the trae or mean time is required at any
place, and that indicated by a good sun dial is
known, the latter must be corrected as specified in
the following Table ; employing proportion to find
the corrections for the intermediate days.
TABLE
Of the Equation of Time for every fifth Day.
m, s.
Tuesday, March Ut, to the time by the dial add 12 39
Sunday, 6th, 11 33
Friday, 11th, ;..: 10 16
Wednesday,.... 16th, 8 52
Monday, .••... 2l8t, 7 23
Saturday, 26th,.. t*. 5 51
Thursday 31st, ...^ 4 18
Lunar Phenomena.
Phases of the Moon.
Full Moon, 4th day, at 21 m. after 9 in the evening
Last Quarter, 11th, 26 2 in the afternoon
New Moon,. .19th, 23 4
First Quarter, 27 th, 10 3 ...••••
Moon's Passage over the Meridian-
The following transits of the Moon will afford op-
portunities for observation this month, should the
weather at the respective times prove favourable;
viz.
March Ist, at 12 m. after 9 in the evening
2d, .. 8 10
3d^ .. 4 H
11th, ..34 5 in the morning
12th, ,.28 6
13th, ,. 21 7
14th,.. 10 8
15th, .. 56 8
26ih, • • 16 5 in the evening
27th,.. 11 6
28th,.. 6 7
29th, .. 1 • 8.
30th».. 55 8<
31st, ,. 49 9.
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TABLE
Of the Time of High Water at London for ev^Jifth
/ "^â– '.^': ' â– â– Day.
Morning. ' â– . . Afternoon.
MarQi^ }st^ ^t 45m. .after 10 ..>..».. .Uiii.«bfterll
' 3 25 .... 3
6tb,
5
111*,
47
16th,
57
.31st,
1
26th;
2
31st,
»%
4
6 .....•,. Ig .... 7
.11 .••••-••. O ••••
3 16 3
6 ........ 28 .... 6
IX ........ V .... V
The time of high water at several other places may
be found as directed at page 24 of the present vo-
lume* — One of the most remarkable high tides which
happen this, year wflltoke place about the 6th of the
present month ; and if assisted by a strong wind
which favours the accuinulation of the waters^ it may
do considerable damage on some parts of the coast.
Phenombna Planbtarum.
Phases of Venus.
The phases of this beautiful plapet bear the follow-
ing propoartion to each olher, and to the whole disk ;
and her brightness is noiw rapidly increasing.
-Mi .«*. To* /Illuminatea part =: 6'59071
^"^^^^''iDarkpart ...... = 5-40929 /
Eclipses qf Jupiter* s Satellite^. ,
The following ecli})ses of the first and second of
these small bodies will be visible at the Boyal Ob-
servatory this month, and are recorded in mean time
corresponding to that place. '
[Emersions.
First Satellite^ 3d day, at 40 m. 50 s. after ^ in the morning
4th ...... 9 •.29. ••• 9 in the evening
11th ...... 4.. 2........ llnight
19th ..;... 58 ». 42 morning
20th.,..,, 27 ..22 7 in the evening
26th • . . • i . 53 • • 27 •• 2 in the morning
27th ...... 22 •• 8 8 in the evening
Second Satellite, 4th 36 • . 10 4>. Q in the morning
12th 13 .. 33 a
22d 10 •• 4 «...••.. 7 in the evening
.....47 ..22 9
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Conjunction of the Moon with the Planets and Stars.
March lOth, with ^in Scorpio, at m. after 1 in the morning
13th, .... 6. Sidus ...... 9 in the evening
23d, .... VeiruB........ 7
23d, ....^iuApes 8
Venus will attain ber greatest elongation on the
8th of the present month ; Mercury lyill be in bis su-
perior conjunction at a quarter past 6 in the morning
of the 27th ; and Jupiter will be stationary on the
30th.
The planet Jupiter is a prominent feature in the
aspect of the starry heavens during this month ; and,
therefore, the introduction of the following beautiful
lines on this subject needs no apology.
To the Planet Jupiter.
I looked on thee, Jove, till my gaze
Sank, smote from the pomp of thy blaze ;
For in heaven, from the sunset's red throne
To the zenith — thy rival was none.
From thy orb rushed a torrent of light.
That msule the stars dim in thy sight,
And the half-risen moon seemed to die,
And leave thee the realm of the sky.
I looked on the ocean*s broad breast —
. The purple was pale in the west ;
But down shot thy long silver spire,
And the waves were like arrows of fire.
I turned from the infinite main.
And thy light was the light of the plain ;
'Twas the beacon that blazed on the ^ill —
Thou wert proud, pure, magnificent still.
A cloud spread its wing over heaven.
By. the shaft of thy splendour 'twas riven,
And I saw thy bright front through it shine.
Like a god from the depth of his shrine.
But, planet of glory and awe,
It was not thy lustre 1 saw,
For my soul was absorbed in the night
.. When last I had gazed on thy light.
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I thoagbt of tile hand I had held.
Of the heart by that soft baud revealed,
Of the eye fixed with mine on thy beiim,
And the world was forgot in my dream.
Flame on then, thoa king of the sky.
For thy brightness is. joy to my eye ;
For this hour thou art beaming above
l%e hdme of my wife lind my love«
REV. G. C&OLY.
ICJe Jlatuf alr0f 3ltatp
Fm- MARCH 1825.
There is a stir abroad in earth and sky.
The busy clouds, nf0 huddling, now dispersing,
deem with the wfndy messengers conversing.
The landscape is alive ; th;e shadows fty,
Coursed o*er the uplands by the hunter breezt.
The shifting lights are colour to the eye,
dotiiittg with warmth the sober sceneiry ,
Hie russet com-labds and the crisp, baretreesw
A dotting SiOarce perceptible, thrown out
.In tints of liyelier brown, on he4ge and bought
Gives mystic signs. A' spirit is about,
Felt through all Nature's veinS^ and all things <now.
Swelling with vernal hope, are ready <{]iit^.
Waiting His word, who said^ Let there be light â– .
The winds of March, which come carecqrlng oyer
our fields and roads and pathwaj^s, although ' catting
winds' to the invalid, are bigUy beiauefiicdal, as they
tend to dry op the diunps that- ttie iiittws had let
loose, and the previous frosts had prevented from
sinking into the earth ;— and they *^ pipe to the spirit
ditties/ thfB words of which tell tales of the forth-
coming flowers. The general face of Nature is not
much changed in appearance since we. left it in Fe-
bruary;, though its internal economy has made an
-importaiit step in advaooe. The sap i&alive in the
seemiiiglyfiileeping trunks thttt every where surround
us, and is beginning to mount slowly to its destina-
' ^T%e^«feir'ii»*i*JS:<ii^,^th-othtlr Poems, by Joiiah Conder,l%no,
imiy o«« of HojmMf ^9iimes of « gevaiiie poatry^ wiii4h m^m
taiiMf<liate^^diiced.
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tion; aud the embryo blooms are almost visibly
struggling towards light and life, beneath their rough,
unpromising outer coats — unpromising to the idle,
the unthinking, and the inobser^'ant ; but to the eye
that * can see Othello's visage in his mind,' bright
and beautiful, in virtue of the 'brightdess and the
beauty that they cover, but not conceal. — Now, too,
the dark earth becomes soft and tractable, and yields
to the kindly constraint that calls upon it to teem
with newlife— *cruAibling to tjhe touch, that it may
the better clasp in its fragrant bosom the rudiments
of that gay but ephemeral creation which are bom
with the Springs only * to run their race rejoicing'
into the lap of Summer, and there yield up their
sweet breaUi, a willing incense, at the shrine of that
Nature, the spirit of which is endless constancy
growing out of endless change.— TAe Months, No. III.
The melody of birds now gradually swells upon
the ear. The throstle, second only to the nightin-
gale in song, charms us with the sweetness as^ va-
riety of its lays. The linnet and the goldfinch join
the general concert in this month, and the golden-
crowned wren begins its song. The lark, also, must
not be forgotten :
The gentle lark, weary of rest,
From his moist cabinet mounts up on high.
And wakes the morning, < from whose silver breast
The Sun ariseth in bis majesty:
Who doth the world so gloriously behold,
The cedar-tops and hills seem burnished gold.
SHAKSPEARE.
' Didst thou ever see a lark in a cage ? Such is the soul in the
bbdy : this world is like her little turf of grass ; and the heaven
o*er our heads, like her iookingrglassi onlyigives.us'a know-
ledge of the small compass of our prisoBZ-^&icAMf of itfaj^.
Now is the time (says the elegant writcfr just
quoted) to sow the seeds of most of the annual ^Aoyr-
ering plants; particularly of those whioh we all know
and love — such as sweet-pea, the most feminfne of
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flowers — that must have a kind hand to tend its
youth, and a supporting arm to cling to in its matu-
rity, or it grovels in the dust, and straggles .away in-
to aji unsightly weed ; and mignonette, with a name
as sweet as its breath — that loves^ within a gentle
bosom to be laid/ and makes haste to die there, lest
its white lodging should be changed ; and larkspur,
trim, gay, and bold — the gallant of die garden; a^d
Jiq)ine$, blue and yellow and rose-coloured, with
tteir winged flowers hovering above * their starry
leaves : and a host of others, that we must try to
characterize as they come in turn before us. — Now,
if the weather be mild, we have the bulbous-rooted
flowers-— the tulip, beautiful as the panther, and as
proud, standing aloof from its own leaves; and the
rich hyacinth, clustering like the locks of Adam ;
and the myriad-leaved anemone ; and narcissm,
pale and passion-stricken at the sense of its own
sweetness. — Now, too, the tender green of Spring
first begins to peep forth from the straggliog branches
of the hedge-row elder, the trim lilac, and the thin
threads of the stream-enamoured willow— the first to
put on its spring-clothing, and the last to leave it off.
And if we look into the kitchen-garden, there too
we shall find ^ose forest-trees in miniature, the
gooseberries and currants, letting their leaves and
blossoms, both of a colour, look forth together,
hand-in-hand, in search of the April sun before it
arrives. It will be well if these early adyenturers-
forth do not encounter a cutting easterly blast; or,
still worse, a deceitful breeze that tempts them to its
embraces by its milder breath, only to shower dis-
eases upon them. But if they will be out on the
watch for Spring before she calls them, they must be
content to take their chance.
How beautiful upon this verdant bank
The sunshine slumbers ! how the vernal trees
Expand t)ieir foliage fresh and young ! how clear
.. Through yonder vale glitters the silver stream !
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How pleMant 'tis to marie the lahomring ploughs
IVaTene the field, and leave a sable track,
While merrilj behind the driver stalks,
Wbistiiiig in thoughtless vacancy of mind ;
The small (tr4i, . as.it were a holiday*
Sing forth, with carol sweet, from every boMgh ;
And larks, ascending to the cle^ blue sky, .
Sttflfiise the air with music. d. m. hoir..
The birds, indeed^ are for once in the year as busy
as the be^ are always. They are getting their
houses built> and seeing tp their household iaffairs,
and concluding their family arrangements — that wben
the sununer an^ the sunshine are fairly come, tliey
may have notiliing to do but teach their children the
last new modes of flying and singing, and bp ais
happy a^ — birds, for the rest of the year, Now^
therefore, as in the last month—they l3tf^Te but lit-
tle time fo sing to each other ; and the lark has the
mojrning ^y all fo himself,
7^ Skylark.
When day^s bright banner, first unfarled,
From darkness frees the shrouded world.
The skjflark, singing as he soans.
On the fresh air his carol pours.
But tho' to heaven he wings his flight.
As if he loTod those realms of light.
He tudlLretorns wiilh weary wing
On earth to end his wandering* .
Aspiring bird I . in thee 1 find
An eJDblen^. of the youthful mini,
Whose earliest yoice, like thine, is glv'n
To notes of joy that mount to heaven ;
Bu^ f^^ered by the toils of Itfe^
Its sardld'oaces, its; bitter strife-^
It feelfS itf nol^le efibrts va|n,
AvA si^dljf su^s to earth a^in.
Literary Gazette,
About the commencement of this months the blipsr
soms of the yew-tree (taxus baccata) make their ap-
pearance^, rjendndii^g us that * in the midst of life we
are in death ;' and that even in our gayest moments^
and at the ofpemng of our brightest prospects^ we
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should 'eter bear iiv mind that He- who |;aTe ns our
beingrequires OS to surrender it at His pleasure.
To «Ae Yew-Tree.
When Fortime smiled, and Nature's charms were^new,
I loVed to see the oak majestic tower, —
I loved to see the apple's painted flower,
Bedropt with pencilled tints of rosj hae ;
NoW) i^ore I love thee, melancholy Yew,
Whose still green leaves in solemn silence wave
Above the peasant's rude unhonoured grave,
Which oft thou moistenest with the morning dew.
To thee the sad, to thee the weary fly;
They restin-peace beneath thy sacred ffloomy
Thou sole compD^nion of the lonely. tomb;
No leaves but thine in pity o'er them sigh :
I«o ! now to fancy's gaase thou seem'st to spread
Thy shadowy boughs to shroud me with the dead.
LBYDBN.
Each succeeding^ week pours forth fresh beauties
firom the lap of Hora^ and furnished the botanist
with new sources of delight. Golden tufts of crth-
cuses, expanding their corollas to receive the genial
warmth of the sun, interspersed with pink and blue
hepaticas, and the garden daisy, with its little tufts of
crimson velvet, united with tiie blossoms of last
months greatly ornament our flower. borders.
Yet, all beneath thV unrivalled rose,
The lowly daisy sweetlv blows;
Though large the foresrs monarch throws
His army shade.
Yet green the juicy hawthorn grows,
Adown the glade. burns.
Our little m^odest friend, the Alpine wall-cress
{aratis dlpina} has not yet forsaken us, and, though
in external beauty it must yield the palm to the more
gaudy flowers of Flora's train, yet it is endeared to
u& from, the recollecuon that it eidiyened our walks
in the severity of winter, when the rude blasts of
Boreas. continue4 to blow with undiminished rieour*
The raezereon is putting forth its. leaves, una the
blossoms of the peach and nectarine trees (amyjftfa-
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SOD of its appearance ; peeping forth even firoin the
retreating snows of winter : it forms a happy shade
of disthiction between the deMeate snowdrop and the
flaming ctocns.
The Primrose.
I, nm iim my, eveDjpg wali^
A Utile lonely flower —
Und^r a hollow bank it grciw.
Deep in a moafiy hQWfii.
An 4Mk'8 gMii0d> root^ IftMof tbecaie,
Witb.Gothio fvofc-work s|«ang^. \
Whence jeweHed fern*, and arnm teRVM,
Andivy gaifauida hung*
And close beneath came sparkling out,
From an old tree's fallen shell,
A UtUe.rilf, thi^t oKpt aboat
The Lady in her cell,
A9ld tJierfl, iQ^thqi^g^t, witb l^tatM gri^.
She seemed- to sit.^i^i look
On her own maiden loyeliDess,
t^aie imaged in the brook.
No other flower, np rival,grc:w
Beside my pensive maid ;
Shsidweltakmey admsteriod nna»
In solitude and slfade.,
' No sun-beam on that fairy pool
Darted its dazsliiig light ;
Only, methought, sope clear cold star
Might, trembje t|iere atni^jht
No ruffling wind .conkL reach her there —
No tffpf mpihouf^t, bat i^9»
Qr ihe ^ontag lambs that came to diink
Kad'Sfnedlier aeoret shrine.
And'ttere wm pleasantness to me
In «iioli bel^f^^-eold eyes
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1
'. The flowers of the osmunda regalu, or flowering-fern^ are set, j
like two rows of jeifillery on the under si^es of the leave*. This' ,
eleganipiaw tbto e* m July md August, ai|d is ge&ftrally found on '
•r^aji^at llie b«l^ and AfFffi^ i^«o|a jof ojd i^^.
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That slight dear Natajr^'s SoveUneia
Proraiie her mysteries.
LoQg time I looked aod linger^ th^r^
ADsorbed ii| still delight ;
My spirits drank deep anietness
Id #tth that quiet sigiit« Blaekwood^i Ma^xme,
iProtected from the inclemency of the weather, by
our green-houses, roses, hyacintihs, heliotropes, and
geraniums, are now in fml blossom, regaling the
senses with their varied hues and rich permmes, and
affording to the eye of oontmnplation the lively pic-
ture of a virtuous mind, which, sheltered by ttie
wans of a good conscieQQe> is able to withstand the
keen blasts of afUction, or the more destructive
blights of slander, and, under the smiles of an ap«
S roving God, blooms with redoubled freshness, shed-
ing its balmy sweets on all around. Yet, amid
tlids attractive scene of beautyji will thoughts, like
tbose of the poet, occasionally present themselves
to the refliQctive mind.
The flpwQTs of Spring are beantifiil.
And well their sight may cast