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The Poet.
The primrosed Spring , the rose-crowned noon Of Summer , bring to him their treasure ; The Autumn , with its harvest moon , And snow-robed Winter , give him pleasure . When stars light up the world above
, And the pale moon its watch is keeping On all within its sphere that move , And men on earth are calmly sleeping—Or dreaming dreams of gladsome things Ov horrid shapes , at which they cower—At such an hour the Poet sings ,
Moved by some hidden mystic power . As he is Fancy ' s wayward child , He wanders , in . imagination , O'er desert places bleak and wild , Or places rich with vegetation . His moods change with each changing
scene—Now high with mirth , now low with sorrow , Now wishing he hacl never been , Now hoping for a brighter morrow 1 W . COBBETT .
Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.
NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART .
ET BEO . GEOEGE MAEKHAM TWEDDELL . Author of " Shakspere , his Times ancl Contemporaries , " " The Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham , " " The People ' s History of Cleveland and its Vicinage , " " The Visitor ' s Eandbooh to Redear , Ooatham , and Saltburn-by-tiie-Sea , " " Tlie History of the Stocldon ancl Darlington Railway , " Sfc ., § 'c . THE firemen of Paris have succeededin three monthsin extinguishing
, , 251 out of 319 fires , without deranging or damaging the rooms or their contents , by burning in each case a few pounds of carbon cle sulphide , so as to produce large volumes of carbonic ancl suljihurous acid , both of which are known to be excellent extinguishers of fire . In quoting the beautiful dedication of our gifted brother , Dr . R . A . Douglas Lithgow ' s " Pet Moments " to the Poet Laureate , a word was
misquoted : for the line should have been" The conquests of thy genius still revered . " instead of ( as given ) "reward . " But the volume would not suffer much hi the estimation of my readers through a single mistake , being brimful of true Masonic teachings . Hei-e , for instance , is a fine philosophy which we all shall be the better for acting up to : —
" To err is human ; ancl the best From right's straight path may sometimes wend , But yet hope ' s cheerful words attest ' It never is too late to mend !' " And though again , and yet again , You may have raised a fallen friend , Still faithful to your trust remain , — ' It never is too late to mend ! '
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The Poet.
The primrosed Spring , the rose-crowned noon Of Summer , bring to him their treasure ; The Autumn , with its harvest moon , And snow-robed Winter , give him pleasure . When stars light up the world above
, And the pale moon its watch is keeping On all within its sphere that move , And men on earth are calmly sleeping—Or dreaming dreams of gladsome things Ov horrid shapes , at which they cower—At such an hour the Poet sings ,
Moved by some hidden mystic power . As he is Fancy ' s wayward child , He wanders , in . imagination , O'er desert places bleak and wild , Or places rich with vegetation . His moods change with each changing
scene—Now high with mirth , now low with sorrow , Now wishing he hacl never been , Now hoping for a brighter morrow 1 W . COBBETT .
Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.
NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART .
ET BEO . GEOEGE MAEKHAM TWEDDELL . Author of " Shakspere , his Times ancl Contemporaries , " " The Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham , " " The People ' s History of Cleveland and its Vicinage , " " The Visitor ' s Eandbooh to Redear , Ooatham , and Saltburn-by-tiie-Sea , " " Tlie History of the Stocldon ancl Darlington Railway , " Sfc ., § 'c . THE firemen of Paris have succeededin three monthsin extinguishing
, , 251 out of 319 fires , without deranging or damaging the rooms or their contents , by burning in each case a few pounds of carbon cle sulphide , so as to produce large volumes of carbonic ancl suljihurous acid , both of which are known to be excellent extinguishers of fire . In quoting the beautiful dedication of our gifted brother , Dr . R . A . Douglas Lithgow ' s " Pet Moments " to the Poet Laureate , a word was
misquoted : for the line should have been" The conquests of thy genius still revered . " instead of ( as given ) "reward . " But the volume would not suffer much hi the estimation of my readers through a single mistake , being brimful of true Masonic teachings . Hei-e , for instance , is a fine philosophy which we all shall be the better for acting up to : —
" To err is human ; ancl the best From right's straight path may sometimes wend , But yet hope ' s cheerful words attest ' It never is too late to mend !' " And though again , and yet again , You may have raised a fallen friend , Still faithful to your trust remain , — ' It never is too late to mend ! '