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Chit Chat .
" Lines written after viewing an exquisite specimen of that grea master , Guido . The subject is , ' the Magdalen holding the vase of ointment with which she anointed Christ : '" The holy agony of that sad soul All calmly pleads through those religious eyes ; The bleeding heart , o ' erfilled with boundless love , For hope to God , th' eternal Father , flies . The modest , parted lips , upturned in prayer , A world of patient resignation speak . The spirit , consolation having won ,
O erflows in grateful tears , most heavenly meek . Entranced I gaze in loving ecstasy ; A history is told in that one look . O wond ' rous effort of the human mind ! The painter ' s brush hath writ a mighty book . O Guido , hero of thy deathless art , Thy inspiration springeth from the heart ! Literary Gazette . " W . W . "
" Great delight must be felt by all lovers of the ideal and the beautiful on viewing it . "—Art Union Journal . The magnificent painting here alluded to , is to be disposed of among 300 members of the Craft , at five guineas each . On its completion , the brother to whom it belongs will present to Bro . Dr . Crucefix the sum of 100 / . for the Asylum for Aged and decayed Freemasons . The painting has been in possession of the brother ' s family 173 years—since 1675 , thirty-three years after the death of the artist—and cost , at that period , 1250 / ., both of which can be proved hy a document bearing the aforesaid date .
THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OP ENGLAND . —A " Scotchman in England , " writing to the " Witness , " says— " Being a few days ago on a visit to the Brocklesby-woods , with a Scotch friend , our eye fell on the follawing notice , which is a specimen of true politeness and gentlemanly feeling ;— ' Notice . —Much injury having been committed by the cutting of names on trees , and by writing upon and otherwise disfiguring the seats and ornamental buildings in the Brocklesby grounds , and by other
mischievous practices , the Earl of Yarborough requests persons taking advantage of his permission to visit those grounds to abstain from , and prevent as far as possible , the commission of such acts , which are alike annoying to the proprietor and discreditable to those who commit them , and which , if persevered in , must lead to a limitation of the now unrestricted leave which the Earl of Yarborough is glad to find so many persons avail themselves of , and which he is anxious should be enjoyed
by all classes . ' Surely the above is a contrast to the conduct of the proprietor of Glen Tilt , and the more so , that the Brocklesby grounds lie not in a Highland wild , but in the midst of a rich agricultural district . At one part of the woods there is a large cottage , built in the Swiss style , and erected solely for the accommodation of pic-nic parties , while the family mausoleum , the grounds in front of the hall , the lake at Newsham , with its boats and alcoves , are all open to the public . "—Times , Aug . 25 ,
1848 . BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . —A short time since the first anniversary of the establishment of this society was celebrated by a
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Chit Chat .
" Lines written after viewing an exquisite specimen of that grea master , Guido . The subject is , ' the Magdalen holding the vase of ointment with which she anointed Christ : '" The holy agony of that sad soul All calmly pleads through those religious eyes ; The bleeding heart , o ' erfilled with boundless love , For hope to God , th' eternal Father , flies . The modest , parted lips , upturned in prayer , A world of patient resignation speak . The spirit , consolation having won ,
O erflows in grateful tears , most heavenly meek . Entranced I gaze in loving ecstasy ; A history is told in that one look . O wond ' rous effort of the human mind ! The painter ' s brush hath writ a mighty book . O Guido , hero of thy deathless art , Thy inspiration springeth from the heart ! Literary Gazette . " W . W . "
" Great delight must be felt by all lovers of the ideal and the beautiful on viewing it . "—Art Union Journal . The magnificent painting here alluded to , is to be disposed of among 300 members of the Craft , at five guineas each . On its completion , the brother to whom it belongs will present to Bro . Dr . Crucefix the sum of 100 / . for the Asylum for Aged and decayed Freemasons . The painting has been in possession of the brother ' s family 173 years—since 1675 , thirty-three years after the death of the artist—and cost , at that period , 1250 / ., both of which can be proved hy a document bearing the aforesaid date .
THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OP ENGLAND . —A " Scotchman in England , " writing to the " Witness , " says— " Being a few days ago on a visit to the Brocklesby-woods , with a Scotch friend , our eye fell on the follawing notice , which is a specimen of true politeness and gentlemanly feeling ;— ' Notice . —Much injury having been committed by the cutting of names on trees , and by writing upon and otherwise disfiguring the seats and ornamental buildings in the Brocklesby grounds , and by other
mischievous practices , the Earl of Yarborough requests persons taking advantage of his permission to visit those grounds to abstain from , and prevent as far as possible , the commission of such acts , which are alike annoying to the proprietor and discreditable to those who commit them , and which , if persevered in , must lead to a limitation of the now unrestricted leave which the Earl of Yarborough is glad to find so many persons avail themselves of , and which he is anxious should be enjoyed
by all classes . ' Surely the above is a contrast to the conduct of the proprietor of Glen Tilt , and the more so , that the Brocklesby grounds lie not in a Highland wild , but in the midst of a rich agricultural district . At one part of the woods there is a large cottage , built in the Swiss style , and erected solely for the accommodation of pic-nic parties , while the family mausoleum , the grounds in front of the hall , the lake at Newsham , with its boats and alcoves , are all open to the public . "—Times , Aug . 25 ,
1848 . BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . —A short time since the first anniversary of the establishment of this society was celebrated by a