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'Sfet chi value character of the age must also be adduced iu extenuation . These are the principles wMoh should be . de ~ vejoped by the modern drani s ^ , and such will be the case with a reformed rsjtage valid a pettier educated audience . At present such things would probably seem perfectly insipid or beautifully
unintelligible . This book contains many other stories , wherein equally fine priftci p tes are developed . We are sorry we cannot gi * e ah jaibitract of several others 5 the more to be regretted as tjfc £ volume * has long been but of print . THe aut&or of / Lyrical Offertogs' is now eiuinfent in periodical and political literature . We 'Shall therefore merely s&y , that his poems are full of most genuine beauty and strength , and when they are appreciated . we suppose he will think of poetry once more . How applicable are the following lines to the subject <>( this paper ;—All Earth is but an hour-glass ; and the sands That tremble through—are men I # " * # .. . A tomb-stonefor the tired , which tells of those That wept * and vanish'd ; toiled , and marvelled why ? And all th ^ students of our life have looked Bearded ambition in the face , and laughed . ' -.- •/ ^ e ^ a ^ Jves perchance had travelled far on foot Thereat ? of fa ; Y * et reared they not a branch or bud to shade Wearied ' adventure * Nothing true survives Saves fiction ; whicft hath still the truest been , And so , less trusted—' tis a judging world . Mail idles in the sun and finds a heath To cvo $ s at even-titfe \ while naked Death CJomesr- * like the shadow of the world , abroad , Blotting his features out # # * * ?
There is a social and a solemn spell—A Spirit m our dtwt- ~ 9 . dream divine , Filling the world with inspiration fine And making virtue purely VisttJe . - ^ BMnc ^ drSlyrfc Xffiringf , 1 & 2 & Such ^ r ^ the thoughts and aspirations beyond a i ^ ortfil d | i ^ which should ever nervei neglected jgeftius on its course . Ttfaps mivtained , a man , may die contented / conscious of not Jiaving llabpured in vajrt ; and tfyat in prppofrtion to tlfe ^ eir ^ Sftlh ^ works may confer upo ^ i bifi specie ^ &wii so will his l i / ejiaVe tb ^ eq a precious p lit , and all it ^ suffenn ^ s rewarded . Full of wupH pigh cpmrort he may thtpw ddwn tjie gauntlet to Oblivion . WwiMppier Will ? s he > a ? ia greMey of soul , Who offering tip i ## t ^ ^ ^ ^ ' ^ ' ^ NK ^ W > ! .. W % W ?* ^ 4 P ## resignation PQura- jfiath Mk noblest impulses abroad into ttife pinMif P & their corr ^ p ^ nding S ^ fit l i k i 4 i « atW wivlii of otbto age ^ '
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1837, page 336, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1832/page/18/
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