MISTS. ON MOUNTAINS. -The mists Flying, and rainy vapours, call out shapes THE INFLUENCE OF MOUNTAIN SCENERY. Has not the soul, the being of your life, A SWAN. Behold! the mantling spirit of reserve, THE SONG OF BIRDS IN AUTUMN. No faint and hesitating trill, The lovely red breast pays; THE AGED BEGGAR. He travels on, a solitary man, His age has no companion— His staff trails with him; scarcely do his feet In look and motion, that the cottage curs, TO A NIGHTINGALE. Oh! nightingale, thou surely art A creature of a fiery heart: These notes of thine-they pierce, and pierce; THE FERN. -Plant, lovelier in its own retired abode, A CALM AT SEA. Or like a ship some gentle day, FANCIES. Fresh as a star that crowns the brow of morn; And sure there is a secret power that reigns, AN EVENING SCENE. While day's purple eye Is gently closing with the flowers of spring, RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PAST. Shall be a mansion for all lovely forms, IMPRESSIONS OF CHILDHOOD. The rainbow comes and goes; The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare; Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth. MOUNTAIN MUSIC. The cataracts blow their trumpets from the steep, THE VANITY OF LIFE. Our noisy years seem moments in the being CONSOLATION IN OLD AGE. What though the radiance which was once so bright Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; Strength in what remains behind, Which having been must ever be In the faith that looks through death, Loud is the vale !-this inland depth THE EFFECT OF MUSIC. and when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, Of memory, images and precious thoughts A PEACEFUL IMAGE. smooth and still As the mute swan that floats adown the stream, Anchored her placid beauty. A STOCK-DOVE. His voice was buried among trees, THE VOYAGER. Oh, never let the wretched, if a choice Be left him, trust the freight of his distress Will conscience prey.-Feebly must they have felt The vengeful furies. Beautiful regards Were turned on me-the face of her I loved: The wife and mother, pitifully fixing Tender reproaches, insupportable! GILCHRIST'S EAST INDIA GUIDE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CALCUTTA MAGAZINE. SIR,-I was looking over a copy of Gilchrist's Guide the other day, which had fallen in my way by mere accident, and I was so much amused with the novelty of the information it conveys, that it struck me, you would have no objection to devote a column of your valuable and interesting Magazine to a few specimens of the worthy Doctor's publication. As this work is prepared for the edification of young persons about to proceed to India, in the East India Company's service, and is also intended to give readers at home some idea of the state of society in this country, it is obvious that accuracy of local intelligence, is the feature on which its main interest and importance must depend. I will presently proceed to prove how much praise, in this point of view, the publication is entitled to. But first let me give an example of the naive and disinterested manner in which the Doctor offers his advice, while he does justice to No. 1. For the sake of distinctness I shall put a heading to all the extracts. The following passage occurs in the Preface. With what an air of modesty he speaks of himself in the third person. GILCHRIST ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS OWN WORKS. "The Philological Publications of Gilchrist, those also of Wilkins," (what a generous admission,)" are indispensible for attaining a profici16 ency in the Persian language, and in the literature of the Hindoosaccomplishments essential for officers of every rank. " 66 Equally frank and generous is the following suggestion to Captains of Ships; the author beats Rowland hollow. The excellence and utility of the incomparable Macassar Oil was never urged with so philanthropic an air, as that with which the Doctor has insisted on the advantages of purchasing his "Oriental works." A CANDID SUGGESTION. "And here I take the liberty of suggesting, that commanders of ves"sels bound for India, might, to good purpose, carry out an assortment "of Oriental works, either for circulation or sale, during the outward voyage, among the studious part of the passengers, who could thus imbibe, en passant, beneficial instruction." « Having now given proofs of the Doctor's noble disinterestedness of advice, let me show the accuracy of his information. Every body is aware that few ships sail without a Surgeon on board, but it is useful to learn what is not so generally known that "few ships sail without a Tailor on board," also; though "he is not always to be had." SHIP TAILORS. "It is true, that few ships sail without a tailor on board, but he is "not always to be had; being generally employed by the purser; or K he may be on the sick list, &c." |