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Hail to.thee 1 , spirit of solemnest pleasure, •
That hreathest from regions of coolness thy
. • - breath ; '
Bail C frith thy. Nail of eryStaline' treai r ure, •
Thy pictures of life, and thy statties of death.
User flarth and its pageants the rnantre of
sleeping.
With silence and tenderest care thou haat
thrown,
And there .with the promise of holiest keeping,
The treasures of Summer lie buried and lone.
Embalmer of beauty I in thy wonderful mirror
The seasons are flitting., in glory arrayed';
Their lights and the shadow:. grow brighter
and 'clearer, .
And then, like a dream of.tbe Orient; fade.
. -
The magical fanciestloat down from the clouds;
Miniature vessels, on oceans of air,
Whose_ spars are all gleaming, and whose
silver shrouds
Are wrought with a texture exquisitely fair.
1 50
With emblems of peace and proud symbols of
War,
Dark splendors uprising o'ershadow thy path ;
And now hoarsely pealinT, sublime and afar,
The storm-voices shout intheir cloud-shaking
wrath. •
Then each warrior come forth in his glittering
•
mail—
flow they gather and form as they pass swiftly
by; '
Hark ! to the. roaring of winds and the clashing
of 1101—
'Th the frost legion filling the sky I
Flow the vaults of the infinite shake to the
tread •
Of those legions that countless outpour, .
While each gray tnountain•wild shivers with
dread,
To hear the mad hurricane's roar.
Old Ocean, unueonquer'd, still thundersamain,
Itis billows ne'er Lamed will not yield to thee
now;
lie but breathes on the links of thy gossamer
- chain,
kntl lo a bright rainbow encircles his.brow
When tempest winds howl ordesteuction and
thee, -
Oh, on some mountain-crag lonely to stand,
Rapt in thy mystic realm, boundless and fre . el
Gems on the ocean wave, stars on the irttl,
6
Then ice-bolted messeneers rending the riight,
Shall speak from the - heart : of the mystery
thine;
Those hosts of destruction were angals of
Light,
With errands of peace, and with mission
Divine.
ULYSSF.S, PA., Feb. 19, 180.
Cipirt Etabing.
From the Atlantic Monthly
Love and Self-Love.
"FRIENDLESS, when you are gone?
But, Jean, you surely do not mean that
Effie has no claim on any human creature.
beyond the universal one of common char
ity ?" 1 said, as she ceased, and lay-pant
ing on her pillows, with her sunlott eyes
fixed eagerly upon my own,
"Ay, sir, I do; for her grandfather
has never by wcrd or (Iced acknowledged
her, or paid the least heed to the letter
her poor mother sent him from her dying
bed seven years ago. He is a lone- old
man, and this child is the last of his name;
yet he will nut see her, and cares little
whether she be dead or living. It's a
bitter shame, sir, and the memory of it
will rise up -before hint wheit he comes to
lie where I ant lying
n0w.".7
And you have kept the girl safe in
the shelter of your honest home all these
years ? Heaven will remember that, and
in the great record of good deeds will set
the name of Adam i.yndsav far below
that of poor Jean Burns," I said, pressing
the thin hand that bad succored the or
phan in her need.
Taut. Jean took no honor to herself for
that charity, and - answered simply to may
words of commendation.
EIFIEEM
"Sir, her mother was my foster-child;
and when she leTt that stern old man for
love ofWalte.r Home, I went, too, for lore
abet. Ah, dear heart ! she had sore need
of me in the weary wanderings Which end
ed only when she lay down by. her dead
husband's side and left her bairn to me.
Then I came here to cherish her among
kind souls .where I was born; and - bete
she has grown up, an innocentyoung thing
safe from the wicked world, the comfort
of my life,
and the one thing I grieve at
leaving when the time that is drawing
very near shall come!.
"" Would not an appeal to Mr. Lyndsay
reach him now, think feu ? Might not
Effie go re him fierself?' Surely, the sight
of such .a witpume creature would touch
his heart, however lia7d."
I
But Jean rose up in hpr. bed, crying,
almo.4t fiercely.—
" No, SirA no I My phild_sh4ll never go
to beg a shelter in that hard man's house.
I know too well the cold looks, the Oruel
words, that, would sting lief high spirit
and try liar heart, as they did her moth
er's. No, Sir,—rather than - that, she shall
go with Lady Gower."
" Lady Gower? - What has sliti . to do
with Effie, Jean ?" I nske4, pith increas
ing interest.
g.batea 14z: hit i its of t ittle. D:11) . oci-QaD, qqa dri110410;‘,01:046::.4Ra
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THE. FROST• SPIRIT. _
botrittr . isP,94T; POTTEI!. CODZITY L PA, T4l:dlSD4l4*AWti..:l)ll6O,
-" take .
hirri.hife for lily chiltllTb i iit a can
- keen 'gl:4l3rekemeti
trviii.si to rend mine. .
" A'vraiting-maid ? jleaien fOibid - !"
I'ejiiCalateii; - as - a vision of 'that 'haughty
lady and liCr - thred wild sons ;riept
my Mind..
I*roSe, paced the rooiu in silence for a
little time, then 'took a'saddeii resolution,
and, turning 'to 'the' Led. exelahned,L-
"Jean,l will adopt Effie. am old
enough to be her father.; . and She.shalli,
never'feel the - want of one, .if, you Rill
give lies to '
my Care." t
To-my surprise, 'Jean's eager face*orel
a look of disappOintinent . as she listened,,
and with a sigh replied.—
"That's a kind thouulit, Sir, and a gen
erous bne ;.but it cannot be as you wish.
Youmay b. tiviee her age, but still too
young for that. How could - Effie look in
to. that face of yours, So bonnie, Sir, for
all it is . so grave, and, seeing never a wrin
kle on the forehead, nor a white hair among
the black, how 'could she call you father?
No, if will nit do, though so kindly meant.
Your friends would laugh at you, Sir, and
idle tongues might speak ill of my bairn,"
" Then what can Ida, Jean ?" I asked,
regretfully.
" Make. her your - wife, Sir."
I turned sharply and stared at the wo
man, as her abrupt reply reached my ear.
Though trembling for the consequences
of her boldly spoken wish, Jcan did not
shrink froM my astonished gaze; and
when I saw the wistfulness of that wan
face, .the smile died ou my lips,' checked
by lhe tender courage which had prompt
ed the utterance of her dying hope.
"My good Jean, you forget that Effie
is a child, - and I a moody, solitary man,
with no gifts to wiu a wife or make
home happy."
Effie is sixteen, Sir,—a fair, good las
sie fur her years; and you—ah, Sir, sou
may call yourself unfit for wife and home,
but the poorest, saddest creature in this
place knoWs that the man whose hand is
alWays open, whose heart is - always pia- .
fuhai s not the one to live alone, but to win
and to deserve a happy home and a true
wife. Oh, Sir, forgive me,•if I have been
too bold; but my time is short, and I love
my-ekild so well, i cannot leave the de
sire of my heart unspoken, for it is by
last."
As the words fell brokenly from her
lips, and tears streamed down her - pallid
cheek, a great pity took possession of me.
the ole longing to find some tolace_ for
my solitary life returned again, and peace
seemed to smile en Ine from little Etrie's
eyes.
, "Jean," I said, "give me till to-mor
row to consider this new thought. I fear
it cannot be; but I have learned to- lore
the child too well to see her thrust out
from the.shelter of your home to walk
through this evil world alone. I will con,
sider your proposal, and endeavor to de
vise some future fur the child which shall
sot your heart at rest. But before you
urge this further, let too tell you that I
am not what you think inc. lam a cold,
selfish man, often gloomy, often stern,—
a most miff, guardian for a tender creature
like this little girl. The deeds af wine
which you-cali-kind are not, true charities;
it frets inc t) see pain.. and I desire my
ease above all earthly things. Yon, are
grateful for the little I,have dune for you,
and deceive•yourself regarding toy true
worth; but of ore thing. you way rest as
sured,-74 am an honest man, who bolds
his name too high. to stain it with a false
word- or a dishonorable deed."
" I do believe you, Sir," Jean answer
ed eagerly. " And - if I loft the child to
you, I could die this night in peace. In.
deed, Sir, I never should have dared to
speak of this, but for the belief that you
loved the girl. What else could I think,
when :you came so often and wore so kind
to us (" -
" I cannot blame you; Jean ; it was my
usual fo' rgetfuluess of others Which so iris
led you. I was tired of the world, and
came hither to find peace in solitude. Ef-,
fie cheered me with her winsome 'ways,
and I learned to look on her as the blithe
spirit whose artless wiles won mo to for
get a bitter paSt and a regretful present!'
I paused; and then added, with a smile,
" But, in our wise-schemes, we have over
looked one point : Effie does not-love me,
and may decline thefuture you desire me
to oker her."
A. vivid hope lit those dim eyes, as
Jean met my smile with one far brighter,
mid joyfully replied,—
"She duel love you, Sir; for yen have
Given her the greatest happiness she has
ever known. Last night she sat looking
silently into the fire there with a strang6
gloom on her _bonnie face, and;
,when I
asked what she was dreaming -of, she
turned to tue with a look of pain and fear,
as if dismayed , at 601110 great toss, but she
only said, " /.30 as going, Jean.! What
shall I do ?"
Poor child ! she will miss her
and teacher; when. I'm gone; and I shall
Miss the only human creature that has
seemed, to care for me for years . ," I sighed,
—adding, as I Vaused upon the threshold
fof .the dotir;A'Stiy, 416;plititg•tot46iirstiltili
tiltl come to.rilorit*..AcarOt
- wenti.toroy i -arid - ,,f0.:-.144t1bb Nioos ,
moor sat
Magician, illituorY• jodTtireC Wok tOci . 'l4-1
past, callitiptip''thetifiope`': : l!4tillpailiiitth - p
buried there. ''lllyi4biblhood;' . 4ldterlesil
and Motherlos,,boro4:-Ilitiitippy•;4or44l
- was unrarifita4o:-idltr'-.Whittf,,detl
"-nied. •My -iboyloiii.l;4 l ,-wisfe-ner,
oVer- it butAhuse tit'4"inv'tc•Va&vitird , •4ll]
called: up. My mad h0c4, 1 - . :Wh0"; the.
,great:joy of: thy •life'larose, my!' loi - e 11)i
,great joy'
of,bloom'and
bits, so sTort-livcd and so sweet ! I fed.
.again the pang tbat*,rung my heart wheel
she coldly gave me!liaeii. tire pledge
thought so sacred and' so• sure, end tit
music of her marria ge - bells tolled t
knell of my lost love.' I seemed to hea
them still waft( d ftercis.g the: purple moo
through the silence, of . those fifteen years.
My life looked gray and joyless as the
wild waste lying hushed around - . me, un
blessed.with the verditre of a single hope,
a single love; and n)lopked down the,
coming wears, my way seemed very soli,
tory, very dark.
Suddenly a lark spared upward from
the heath, cleaving the silence with its
jubilant song. Thb sleeping echoes woke,
i
the dun moor seemed to smile, and the
blithe music fell like dew upon my gloomy
spirit, wakening a neW desire.
• " What this bi.d isltothe- moor might : ;
little Effie be to one," !.I thought within
myself, longing to - pOssess the cheerful
spirit which bad power to gladden me.
" Yes," I 'mused, the old home will
seem' more solitary than tow . .ever; and
if I cannot win the latik's song without a
golden fetter. I will giie it one, and while,.,
it sings fur love of um it shall not know
a want or fear.
Heaven help the I forgot the poor
return I made my lark for the sweet lib
erty it lost. .
' Ali that night I pondered the altered
Ifuture Jean had laid obfore r u e, and the
longer I looked the fairer it seemed to
grow. Wealth I cared nothing.. for; the
world's opinion I defied ; ambition heal
I - departed, and passion S believed lay dead;
I —then why should Ideny Myself the con-
Isolation - which seemed offered to. me ?
I would accept' it;. andins - • I resolved, the;,
dawn looked in at nib, fresh and fair as:,
tittle Elbe's face. 1 - -
I met Jean with a !smile, and, as she
read its significan:2 aright, there shone' a
sudden peace upon her countenance,. ruo - re,
touching than 'her grateful words.
1 Effie came singing from the burn-side,
•
as unconscious of the Change which await-:
ed her as -the flower's , i - thered in • heti
!plaid and crowning her bight hair.
- I drew her to my side, and in the situ
pleat words asked her if she would go with
me when- Jean's long guardianship was
ended.' Joy, sorrow,-and surprise stirred
the sweet composureH)f her face, and
quickened the tranquil beating
.of her
heart. But as I eeaSed, joy conquered
grief and wonder; Or she clapped her
hands like a glad cLild, exclaiming,—
„Go with you, Silt.? Oh, if you knew
how I long to see- the. home you have so
often pictured to me,' you would nevoii
doubt my_ willingness to go."
" But, Eflic, you do not 'understand.
Are you. willing. to go with me as my II
wife ?'• I said,—with !a secret sense ot•h
something like remorse, as I uttered that
word, which once meant so much to me,
IL
and now seemed such an empty title to
bestow on her.
The flowers dropped! from the loosened
plaid, as Mlle looked with a - startled
glance into my face ; the color left her:
cheeks, and the smile !died on her lips,
but a timid joy lit herleye, as she softly
echoed my last words r h
" Your wife ? clunds very solemn,
though so sweet. A Sir, lam not wise
or good enough for that !"
A child's humility breathed in - her •
speech, but something of a woman's fen
vor shone in her qlifted countenance,
and sounded in - the sudden tremor of her
voice.
" Lffi
want you as you are,' sai ,
no wiser, dear,--tio better, I wait
your innocent affection to appease . the
hunger of an empty, ,Heart, your* blithe
companionship to oheci my solitary home.
Be sti;l a child to inc 4 and let me give
you the protection of My nettle'
Effie turned to lier l old friend, and, lay
ing her young face on.'he pillow close
- side the worn one grOso so-dear to her,
asked, in a tone half, bleeding, half re
,
" Dear Jean, shall, I go so far away
from you and tho home you gave me when
' 1
_had no other ?" .
"My bairn, I shall of be - here, atid it
will never
,seem like home with old Jean
gone. It ie the last{ wish I shall. ever
know, to see you safe With this good gen
tleman who loves. iniichild. Go, dear
heart, and happy ; and Heaven bless
and keep you both !"
- Jean held her fast a moment, and then,
with a whispered preyer, put her gently
away. -Effie came Go! me, saving, with
a look more eloquet4 than:her week
words,— '
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littld Effiie wept hergt;i'ef atrtit ,l ,l3pls,tr bet
husba'nd's, b`oicnrq and lotinA4arbetll to
1 smile in her new EngliSli hotue. Its
gloom departed When she came,- and for a
while it was a very happy place.: My bit
ter moods seemed banished by the magic
of the . gentle presence - that made snn
shine there, and I was conscious'of a fresh
grace added to the life so wearisome
before. , • , 1
I should have been a father to the
child, watchful, wise, and tender; but old
Jean was right,-----I was too young . to feel
a father's calm affection or to know a fa
ther's patient care. I should lave been
her teacher, striving to cultivate the na
ture given to my care and fitit for the
trials llcaven sends to all. I should have
been a friend, if nothing more,lamrgiven
her those innocent delights- that make
I"yonth beautiful and its memory sweet.
I was - a master, ;content to give
while receiving - all she could bestow.
Forgetting her loneliness, I fcil b l ack
into my old way of life. I shunned the
world, because its gayeties had lost their
zeet. Idid not
-care to travel, fur home
now possessed a charm it never had ,be
fore. I knew there was an eager eager face
that always brightened when I canie,
light feet that flew to welcoMe me, and
hands. that laved to mini?ter to every
want of mine: Even when I at engross
ed among t iny books, there was a pleasant
consciousness; that I was the possessor
of a household sprite whom al, look could
summon and ta gesture banish : I loved
her as I loved a picture or a titrver,—a
little - better than my horse and hound,,—
but far less than I loved my most unwor
thy self. j
. And she, —
always so blithe when I
was by, so diligent in studyi t ng• my
sires, so full . 41* simple arts to v i vintny love
and prove her gratitnde, - --she never ask
ed for any bdon, and seemed' content to
live alone with me in that still place.
so utterly unlike the home . . she had left.
I had not:learned to read that true heart
then. I saw those happy eyea grow wist
ful when I Went, leaving her alone; I
missed the roses from her cheek, faded
for want of gentler care; and when the
buoyant spirit Which had been her chief
est charm .departed, I fancied, in my
blindnesZ, tlnit she pined for the free Mr
of the Highlands, and tried to win
.it
back by - transient tenderness:anti costly
gifts. But I had robbed my lark of heaV
en's sunshine, and- it eotild not sing.
I. met AgneS again. She Was a widow,
and to my eye !,seemed fairer than when I
saw her last, and far more kind. Sonic
soft regret seemed shining on me from
those lustrous eyes, as-if she hoped to
win my .pardon fur hat early wrong. I
never could forget the deed that. darken
ed my best yea4-s, tint the old charm stole
over me at - tiii4s, and turning from the
lincek child at t i ny feet, I owned the pow
ler of the stately woman whose smile seem
led a command. .
I meant •norong to Effie, but, looking
on her as a ail , I forgot the higher claiLll
II bad given h r as.a wife, aril, walkinz
Ti
blitcly on my Selfish
,wap, I crushed the
',the little flower I - should hare cherished
ti my baeast. 1
[ A be Concluded in next Journal.]
ClltratiDMlL
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For the Potter Jorri
Kenyoh's English Grammar.
I
MR. EDITOR-.-- Some criticisms on Ken
yon's En t .. ish qrauitnar appeared in the
J
POTTER RNAL of Jan. G, over the
•
signature of .1 A. Cooper, I to which I
respectfully as ermiSsion te.reply.
1. I do not naurite to defend Ken
yon, or his Grammar, althquili of the lat
ter I shall haVo a word to'say ere I close;
but to rebuke the arrogance,' and super
cilmusnesS, the stupidity and bombast Of
Kenyon's reviewer.- It is confidently be
lieved that the thousands a't home and
abroad with whom the .name of the ven
erable N. C. Kenyon is a household ward.
Will not consider it really, necessary to vin
dicate him, the Well z knoivn founder of a
University froml the vile epithets of the'
article referred to, even though they were
written by a yodn7 professor .of, it must
,be;augnst literak; attainments, since he
llms just co - me from his Alma Mater, and
is thoroughly acquainted with the system
f oinstruction pursued in the'bestsahoots
bf New York and New En - gland, and who,
he avails 'himself of ail their ex
cellencies, avoidsblindly imitating their
accidental defects."
,
Mr. Cooper closes his review by say
ng." The whple work,", (Keeyons Gram.
sr) "is a compound of conceit and
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groundless as this.
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..2. Mr: duoper . S . review . Presents'..the..
undoubted evidences of an hireling..Crini
did and honorable reviewers give the Leer
its and demerits of a boOls„ and leave the
readers to judge its author's - abilities.
But when a; reviewer is conscious that he .
has failed to, make out a-case, he supplies
the deficiency by slang phrases, end un
gentlemanly' epithets, applied lo the au
thor of the work under review. - The
public is, at short intervals, presented
with reviews of Web - Aces Dicticinary,
Sanders' Readers, fir.; &c., dressed Out
very much in the.Sfyle of Mr. Cooper's
review of Kenyon. These. reviewers aro
understohd, among literary men, to be the
paid agents of the publishers of - rival
books. There is always aclass*of literary.
men of small caliber; who=can be employ.
ed to do thi i s kind of dirty work.: The
likeness of :Mr. dooper's review to the .
reviews of this class.of men,. shows ud
mistakably ivhere he. belongs:
3. 'K en you's - Grammar. undoubtedly
has its defeats, for what. book has noel
But for accuracy of definition - , logical
arrangemeiit, and clearuess of Muska
t t;on ' it has no superiors, if any equals, iu
the En; list language. His was the first
effort to briM.; out '3l English Grammar - .
upbn the basis of the French and—Ger-
I madgraium'arianA. That plan naw -is al. •
.most universally adopted by all first clue
gra.amarianS.
merits.
ItCovell's Grammar has- its
It was wadded after a very excellent
grammar, Green's but is far inferior to
the model.
.Weld's Graminar, Adopted
by the Association's entutnittee, is preUtn:
tnently superior to Covell's Straitethit
a, man of 31r. CuoPer's - pretensionsrand
careful examinations-of grammars, should
not have met with so popular and so ex
cellent a work as %Veld's, at an earlier
day! . .
I have said Covell's has its merits:4l
bas also its . demerits. A specimen will
snsce. I Open the hook at random, and
the first cla§sificatidn that meets.my eye,
is that, of the verb. I read "An active
verb is one, that expresses action." A.
passive verb is one that represents its sub•
ject as acted upon." But dues not the
first definitiOn include all: passive Verbs ?
Take an example. Brutus killed Ceasar,.
and Caesar was killed by Brutus. rill..
ed, we are taught by-Covell, is an active
verb, and tras killed is a passive verb.
But who does not see that was killed ex
presses action, the saute Lind and degree
of action that killed expresses? Was
killed is, therefore, an active verb. The
learner is bewildered by his author. - But
the passtie verb represents its subject
as acted upon." -But Covell nowhere de
fines what he means by the subject of a
verb. And without this,* the_ learner is'
left to guess out the meaning.. This def
inition c'eenrs on rog . e 3S. • "Nominative
case is the Subject of afinite verb." This
way enlighten the learner. But unfor
tunately hoW does he know whaoi finite
verb is ? The oTaminar does not infcinu
him. And. if he dues in someway
.tnir
!Mount this difficulty, how .C:in he ascer
tain the subject.of the infinitive and par
. ticiple? Are their subjects necessarially
in the nominative can, or Are:they often
hi the objeCtive? What can the learner
do who has Covell for his standard? Hero'
is ,an insurmountable obstacle upon' de
very threshold of Cevell's Grammar, upon
which the grammar sheda not one ray of
light. On page SS. I read: "A regular
Verb is one that forms its past tense and
perfect participle by taking ed." Pray
how is eel to be taken ? But-low does
the I..tarner know what is- meant by the
past tense and perfect participle, when
their definitions have not
.yet been given?
And Mr. Cooper, is this the :superiority
ofi. arrangement that you- so_ knowingly
commend? He who gives not a Single
definitiodin his whole.book,-that requires
a knowledge of suceeeding . definition4 to
be! understood, is denotincell by you for
hiS bad arrangement; while you comMond
the book. that abounds in just such ab
surdities" Surely Mr: Cooper, "Ye are
the people; and wbriom shall die with
you.' Again *I read on page' 60, "The
infinitive mode is not limited by person
amid number." Is this a definition
adMitting it to be such, is it distinetive7
Is it not just as true..of. the 'participle as
of.the infinitive? flow very preen.) -Co
vell's definitions ! Ones .more,."tho par.
ticipial mode is used- to issumo . the attri
bute." This is as_ clear as mud, nor will
I wearyenyreadeetipacience by.comment#.
on it.
In short, Covell's Grammar abounds
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