Such is he, and such his rise, Tow'ring to the topmost skies, Wond'rest thou that sudden storm I have seen the infant rest, Rest, when ceas'd the rocking storm : Knows not e'en the name of strife: Calm he lives, and calm he dies, Seeking rest in azure skies. J. H. M. NO. II. I HAVE seen the bright rose, in its radiance flinging Its perfumes and beauty around the glad earth, When the breezes of spring in their calmness were bringing The flowers they love in their first budding birth. Ah! methought they seem'd fair, like young hope in its breathing; But they, like our hopes, must, though bright too, decay; Through the foliage the north wind that instant was wreathing Its garland of death, and they faded away. I have seen the proud tree of the hamlet [and bright; and forest, At morn spread its branches, luxuriant At evening there came a dark storm from the far west, And light'ning had blasted the tree with its blight. Ah! methought, it is so with the proudest of men, They live in their folly, the gay and the high; Nor care they for dark omen'd fate, until when Their pride, or their highness, is summoned to die. I have seen the proud bark, at the first break of morning, Sail down in its beauty, majestic and free; Though the storm was stern, low'ring, its danger still scorning, That bark was a wreck in the forenoon at sea. Ah! methought, such is man, when his hopes are all blasted, Still sternly he moves against hope and his fate, [wasted, 'Till his frame is all withered, his energies He drinks his last cup, but its bitters to taste! J. H. M. THE ONE THING NEEDFUL. TO MY FRIEND. YOUTH hath its time, its day, and hour, To live and to decay; For our youth is like the flower That buds, then fades away. Youth is the time to treasure That will never be forgot. Should age and want assail thee, For tho' thou may'st be lowly, Who will watch, my friend, o'er thee. ON CANDOUR. H. J. M. THERE are two points with respect to opinions, equally certain, though they meet by no means with equal regard. The one, that every man ought to have an opinion of his own; the other, that every man ought |