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    liteiany aelGbritiryhe « fcSfebHfehM hig wo ^ E atojic 9 fm $ mbtfbeB * fmaf ! om ^ ^ O ^ e ^ ai ^ nuals have arisen , some forttt ^ fi ^ tlt&e '' this year , all of them combining many excellencies , and reflecting credit upofr literature and the artK . Of those that are enumerated at the head of this article we f > rocee < l to givesome account . *

    The "Forget Me tfoi" is entitled to the first ttotieei Thfe Editor boasts of translations naVjng been ntiade from his former / voMiier into ffoe Spanish and German languages ; states that a French translation has be $ n suggested ; and indulged the " ^ of his work appearing << itt' the principal languages of the civilized world . " Let nim not rely , howeveiyYtlpon past excellence . There is a

    faying off in . vfchevpresent volume . He is outstripped in this year ' s race by several of his competitors . Still , there is merit enWpi in tlie y ^ Wme to justify no small portion of praise . The names of Moore andi ^ mijfeell are in the li $ t of contributors , but it would seem that the trifles ascribed to them have come in by accident ; they may be read ouce ; they will

    never be quoted . By far the greater part of tihe writers are little known , though some of them are certamfy of considerable promise . Mrs . Bowdicti has furnished a beautiful little tale , " the Booroom Slave / ' *« Kathed and Eureliay a Bohemian Legend , by Derwent Gonway / ' is an elegantly told story of the

    German school . To Delta , of Blaekwoocl ' s , Magazine , we owe a finely ima ^" gined apd pathetic poem , " The Dying Jew , to l ) ift daughter . " Mr . Hood has supplied some bundles of puns , which we suppose will be relished by the conv sinners of that commodity . The " Bttrick Shepneid / ' Mr . Hogg , comes before us in character y in the following lines tor

    " The Sky-Lark . Bird of the wilderness , Blithesome and cumberless , tight be thy matin o ' er moorland and lea i Emblem of happiness f Bfess'd is thy dwelling-place 1 O to abide in the desert with thee !

    Wild is thy lay and loud , Far $ n \ the dbwny cloud ; Love givetf Jfi energy , Jove gave it birth ; Wj ^ ere , o « tJbiy dewy wingrv .., ( , wfowfowfi th , pu journeyhig ? t ^ K , lay » iftw h # ay , en > thy love iaon > earth ; .- ¦ , - , r - i n ' ¦ . r . t . ' «; . «¦ ¦; •;¦ ' ¦ •«¦ : ' " ' '

    ? Stttoe 6 i ^ er ^ ^ ei ^ 6 il « ce ^ wfocW 'have tooMfe « dtoei&iMmWffli 1 ' * - H 1

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    0 ^ n § ot ( f Sntf nibtttiEtn greeh , O'MHe re ^ smainW tnat heralds the Ovfef tlje- qbdfflt ^ dtn i ^ Over the' raibbdw ' sHm , ' Musical cfeerlib , Kfe ^ hie thee away I Then wnen the gloaming comes , Low in the heather-blooms ,. Sweet will tny welcome and bed of love be ! .

    Emblem of happiness 1 Bless'd is thy ^ welling- place ! O to abide in the desert with thee !" The verses Without a name , entitled " The Seventh Plague of Eg ^ p ^— tfitf Tempest / ' might have borhe the riame of the first contributor rn the list . And when we sp £ ak of the first in the roll of the annuals , we always mean Mrs * . Hemans , who weaves a charm atftfufld us by her poetry which holds m in adinlfation and delight . Her poetts iri Che p ^ e ^ sent collection are ^ Th e Sistet ' s Preahi : "

    " Evening Song of the Tyr ^ leSe Pea * santsj" and " rhe Ivy of Rent ^ Worthy which we lay before the reader ; r » ? 4 ( r tttb M o > K ^ iiLWoiiir » , Heard ' st thou wfeat the Ivy sigh'd , Waving where jail else had died * In the place of regal roiirfch ,-Now the silent Ke » Hworth ?

    With \ U mairy ^ listering leave s , There a Solenin WBfe fH weatve ^; Arid a voice' is in each foldy Lik ^ an dra dle ' s 6 f did . He&A ' sjt thou ^ wntye , witji dews of night Shbu ^ ijts ferries < la Wy brfe 0 * Y& I the ^ rjh ^ sperer see m'd to say , 'All ^ ings—all tnings pass away } i ;

    < Where I am , the harp hath rufifg ' Banners and proud shields am 0 n £ , > And the bktocUred wine flow'd free ' » And the fire shot sparks of gfefc . ' < Where I am , now last and iorie ^ | ' Queenly steps have come and gone } , ^ \ , Gdrgeous ^^ masques * havegudeaDy , , Unlio rolling harmony . ' i ''

    'Flung rroni these iUumin'd towew / ii i Liglit hath pierced the forest bowers ; Lake , and pool , and fount , have been < > Kindled by their midnight sheeny , . * Where is n ^ w thte feastffcghign / . * n Where-the ? lordly miwstrefsy ? ¦«• - «¦ •" Where the tbatttefs rin )? lri ^ s ^ tea < r > ' I ar a fioie andi silent here Y ¦ '

    « tti niViiOjne : no Mrth is ciown'il , ' ' Tnroujjn my / Wfl fe . « ° wi « eioams iomid r ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1827, page 919, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1803/page/63/