In such low mood it chanced I gazed,
Where o'er the arch a tablet saith
How Frederic had that garden raised
For his young bride Elizabeth.
That name had sacred powers to wake
Such thoughts in me as could none other,
If 'twere but for the honored sake
Of her and of her martyred brother.
For she was child of England's king,
And to her home beyond the water,
A high-enduring soul did bring,
As might beseem a Stuart's daughter.
And many an uncomplaining year
She bore her heritage of woes;
But 'twas more dear a memory yet
Which at that name's sweet bidding rose.
Thou gentle soul, so early gone!
'Twas thou didst look upon me then,
And I was glad I was alone,
A wanderer among foreign men.
THOU wert the first of all I knew
To pass unto the dead,
And Paradise hath seemed more true,
And come down closer to my view,
Since there thy presence fled.
The whispers of thy gentle soul
At silent lonely hours,
Like some sweet saint-bell's distant toll
Come o'er the waters as they roll
Betwixt thy world and ours.
Oh! still my spirit clings to thee
And feels thee at my side,
Like a green ivy, when the tree
It's shoots had clasped so lovingly,
Within its arms hath died:
And ever round that lifeless thing
Where first their clusters grew,
Close as while yet it lived they cling,
And shrine it in a second spring
Of lustre dark and new.
LORD WELLESLEY'S EPITAPH.
The following Latin lines were written by Lord Wellesley, for his own Epitaph, and given to Dr. Goodall, Provost of Eton College.
"TITULUM PROPRIO SEPULCHRO INSCRIBENDUM.
"FORTUNE rerumque vagis exercitus undis,
" In gremium redeo, serus, Etona, tuum:
Magna sequi, et summæ minari culmina famæ,
"Et purum antiquæ lucis adire jubar,
"Auspice te didici puer; atque in limine vitæ
"Ingenuas veræ laudis amare vias.
"Siqua meum vitæ decursu gloria nomen
"Auxerit, aut siquis nobilitaret honos,
"Muneris, Alma, tui est: altrix da terra sepulchrum,
"Supremam lacrymam da! memoremque mei!
"Kingston-house, January 5, 1842."
"THRO' life on fortune's varied waters cast,
"To Eton's bosom I return at last-
"By her in childhood taught the steep to climb
"Of lofty fame-to search the 'olden time'-
"And, led by virtue's pure and fostering rays,
"To track the ascending path of well-earned praise.
"If glory's beams have played around my name,
"And made me soar aloft on wings of fame-
"Nurse of my youth! the praise be wholly thine!
"The peaceful nook of earth and parting tear be mine!"
ON A MONUMENT BY SIR F. CHANTRY IN LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL.
THIS cannot be the sleep of death,
Or sure it must be sweet to die;
So soft, this holy roof beneath,
On such a quiet couch to lie.
Each gently pressing, gently prest,
To slumber in each other's arms;
This shrinking to her sister's breast,
For shelter from all earth's alarms,
With such entire and perfect rest,
That e'en in sleep she seems to say,
" I shall rest safe, I know I must,
My Ellen holds me night and day."
The other with maturer grace,
In dawn of thoughtful womanhood,
Half upwards turns her fair, meek face,
As if an angel o'er her stood.
As calm her brow, as sure her faith,
But more than infants use, she knew
(If right I guess) of life and death,
Of death and resurrection too.
Already now her ear began
The depth of solemn sound to trace,
The thrilling joys that round her ran,
When music filled this holy place.
Yon dark-arched galleries, high aloof,
The glory and the mystery
Of "long-drawn aisle and vaulted roof
Already caught her wondering eye.
And she would gaze when morning's glow
Through yonder glorious panes was streaming,
As if in every niche below
Saints in their glory robes were gleaming.
To thee, dear maid, each kindly wile
Was known that elder sisters know,
To check th' unseasonable smile
With warning hand and serious brow.
From dream to dream with her to rove,
Like fairy nurse with hermit child,
Teach her to think, to pray, to love,
Make grief less bitter, joy less wild :
These were thy tasks; and who can say
What visions high, what solemn talk,
What flashes of unearthly day
Might bless those infants' evening walk.
Oft as with arms and hearts entwined,
They mused aloud, this twilight hour,
What awful truths high God hath shrined
In every star, and cloud, and flower.
But one day, when the glorious theme
Seemed but to mock their feeble sight,
As they looked up from earth's dark dream,
To worlds where all is pure and bright,
Strong in the strength of infancy,
In little children's wisdom wise,
They heard a voice say "Come to me;
Yours is the kingdom of the skies!"
They speed them home, one prayer they breathe,
Then down in peace together lie :
This cannot be the sleep of death,
Or sure it must be sweet to die.
[N.B. The figures within Crotchets refer to the History.]
ABDUCTION of Miss Crellin at Liver
pool, 63
Accidents by pistol-shot at Liverpool,
8; at Liverpool, four lives lost, 14;
in Drury-lane, by falling of houses,
21; at Liverpool, by fall of a cask,
22; on the Medway, 26; in escaping
from a workhouse, 37; explosion of
D'Ernst's firework factory, four lives
lost, 38; at Wombwell's menagerie,
56; on Fish-street-hill, 62; at South-
western Railway tunnel, 62; to Mr.
Burton in Hyde-park, 71; to Rev.
W. Jeans, at Cumæ, 73; from lock-
jaw, 75; from machinery at Kenning-
ton, 80; explosion of a distillery, 81;
frightful railway accidentat Versailles,
83; on the Thames, 89; the sons of
Mr. Justice Pennefather drowned near
Dublin, 92; from fire-arms at Ches-
terfield, 93; on Milnthorpe Sands,
95; at Beaumaris, fourteen persons
drowned, 99; explosion at Apotheca-
ries' Hall, 101; H. R. H. the Duke
of Orleans killed at Paris, 124; at
Liverpool, curious escape, 142; to
rt. hon. W. E. Gladstone, 151; to
Mr. Hardinge, 151; boiler explosion,
165; to Sir W. Geary, 165; on Brand.
ling Junction Railway, 170; at a pa-
per-mill, 184; from an attack of a
ram, 184; to the Cheltenham Hunt,
191; at Galway, by panic, many lives
lost, 199
Acrs, list of, Session, 1842, 361
AFFGHANISTAN-See INDIA
Affray with poachers, 185
Agricultural Association, at Bristol, 122
Antiquities: ancient Highland dungeon,
39
Assets and liabilities of the Bank, 379
Bankruptcy Act, legal appointment,
167
Bankruptcies and insolvencies, 1842,
378
BAVARIA Inauguration of the Valhalla,
its object and origin, [305]
Benevolent Institution, receipts of for
the year, 129
Bills of mortality, 378
BIRTHS, 204
Bishops for the Colonies-Pastoral Let-
ter of the Bishop of London, 39; de-
claration at Lambeth respecting it,
41; consecration of, 138; recep-
tion of the Bishop of New Zealand,
186
Burglary, in Cheapside, 79
Calcutta, cathedral of, 57
Cambridge, H. R. H. the Duke of, loses
his star at Cambridge, 121
CANADA - Principles of Lord Syden-
ham's Administration, State of Par-
ties, [332]; Sir C. Bagot appointed
Governor-General, [333]; opens
United Parliament, [333]; attempt
at conciliation, [333]; dangerous ill-
ness of Sir C. Bagot, and death,
[304]; Canada Corn-duties, [335]
Census of Ireland, 384
Chartist Demonstration, 77; camp-
meeting near Blackburn, 102; near
Burnley, 107; leaders arrested, 157;
female, 163; Miss Mary Anne Wal-
ker, 187
Chatham, outrage on military at, 111
Chimney-Sweepers Act, 81
CHINA-British squadron sails from
Hong Kong, attacks and captures
Amoy, [264]; Sir H. Pottinger's
Proclamation, [266]; arrives at Chu-
san and takes Tinghae, [266]; takes
Chinghae by assault, [267]; and
Ningpo, [268]; attack of the Chinese
on Ningpo defeated, [269]; takes
Chapoo, enters the Yang-tse_river,
[270]; takes Chin-keang-foo, [273];
prepares to attack Nankin, suspension
of hostilities, [274]; Negociations
for peace, terms of the treaty, [275];
report from the Chinese Commis
sioners to the Emperor, [275]
Church-building, interesting anecdote,
197
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