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Collectanea.
Wheel round the God of Nature . —Vain desire ! * * * * Enough To work in trembling my salvation here , Waiting thy summons , stern mysterious Power , Who to thy silent realm hast call'd away All those whom Nature twined around my heart In my fond infancy , and left me here
Denuded of their love ! Where are ye gone ? And shall we wake from the long sleep of death , To know each other , conscious of the ties That link'd our souls together , and draw down The secret dew-drop on my cheek , whene ' er I turn unto the past ? Or will the change
That comes to all , renew the alter'd spirit To other thoughts , making the strife of love Of short mortality a shadow past , Equal illusion ? Father ! whose strong mind Was my support , whose kindness as the spring Which never tarries ! Mother ! of all forms That smiled upon my budding thoughtsmost dear !
, Brothers ! and thou , mine only sister ! gone To the still grave , making the memory Of all my earliest time a thing wiped out , Save from the glowing spot which lives as fresh In my heart ' s core as when we last in joy Were gather'd round the blithe paternal board ! Where are ye ? Must your kindred spirits sleep
For many a thousand years , till by the trump Roused to new being ? Will old affections then Burn inwardly ? or all our loves gone by Seem but a speck upon the roll of Time , Unworthy our regard ? This is too hard For mortals to unravel ; nor has He Vouchsafed a clue to man , who bade us trust To Him our weakness , and we shall wake up After his likeness , and be satisfied .
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES . —A memorial is in circulation for the formation of a Museum of Antiquities , and that an assignment of suitable accommodation in Somerset House or elsewhere , should be made b y Her Majesty ' s government . We extract from the circular the following clauses—and most sincerely trust the memorialists will be successful in their praiseworth y endeavours to aid the objects they have undertaken . "That it appears to us that the manner in which the subjects of An
- tiquity whicli have been presented heretofore to the Society are kept , not only shows a want of consideration and respect for those who have liberally presented them , but must be prejudicial to the Society by deterring others from making such donations ; whereas , if a proper Museum were established for their preservation and exhibition , we cannot doubt that man y Fellows of the Society , and others , would be induced to present
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Collectanea.
Wheel round the God of Nature . —Vain desire ! * * * * Enough To work in trembling my salvation here , Waiting thy summons , stern mysterious Power , Who to thy silent realm hast call'd away All those whom Nature twined around my heart In my fond infancy , and left me here
Denuded of their love ! Where are ye gone ? And shall we wake from the long sleep of death , To know each other , conscious of the ties That link'd our souls together , and draw down The secret dew-drop on my cheek , whene ' er I turn unto the past ? Or will the change
That comes to all , renew the alter'd spirit To other thoughts , making the strife of love Of short mortality a shadow past , Equal illusion ? Father ! whose strong mind Was my support , whose kindness as the spring Which never tarries ! Mother ! of all forms That smiled upon my budding thoughtsmost dear !
, Brothers ! and thou , mine only sister ! gone To the still grave , making the memory Of all my earliest time a thing wiped out , Save from the glowing spot which lives as fresh In my heart ' s core as when we last in joy Were gather'd round the blithe paternal board ! Where are ye ? Must your kindred spirits sleep
For many a thousand years , till by the trump Roused to new being ? Will old affections then Burn inwardly ? or all our loves gone by Seem but a speck upon the roll of Time , Unworthy our regard ? This is too hard For mortals to unravel ; nor has He Vouchsafed a clue to man , who bade us trust To Him our weakness , and we shall wake up After his likeness , and be satisfied .
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES . —A memorial is in circulation for the formation of a Museum of Antiquities , and that an assignment of suitable accommodation in Somerset House or elsewhere , should be made b y Her Majesty ' s government . We extract from the circular the following clauses—and most sincerely trust the memorialists will be successful in their praiseworth y endeavours to aid the objects they have undertaken . "That it appears to us that the manner in which the subjects of An
- tiquity whicli have been presented heretofore to the Society are kept , not only shows a want of consideration and respect for those who have liberally presented them , but must be prejudicial to the Society by deterring others from making such donations ; whereas , if a proper Museum were established for their preservation and exhibition , we cannot doubt that man y Fellows of the Society , and others , would be induced to present