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Poetry.
Poetry .
SHAKESPEAEE AND STRATFORD-UPON-AVON . BY MRS . SIGOIIENEY . What nurtured Shakespeare ' mid these village shades , Making a poor deer-stalking lad a king ] In the broad realms of mind ?
I questioned much Whatever met my view , the holly-hedge , The cottage-rose , the roof where he was born , And the pleached avenue of lines , that led To the old church . And pausing there , I marked The mossy efflorescence on the stones ,
Which , kindling in the sun-beam , taught me how Its little seeds were fed by mouldering life , And how another race of tiny roots , The fathers of the future , should compel From hardest-hearted rocks a nutriment , Until the fern-plant and tho ivy sere Made ancient buttress and grim battlement Then- nursing mothers .
But again I asked , "What nurtured Shakespeare ? " The rejoicing birds Wove a wild song , whose burden seemed to be , He was their pupil when he chose , and knew Their secret maze of melody to wind , Snatching its sweetness for his winged strain With careless hand .
The timid flowrets said , "He came among us like a sleepless bee , And all those pure and rarests essences , Concocted by our union with the skies , Which in our cups or zones we fain would hide , He rifled for himself ancl bore way . "
—The winds careering in their might replied , " Upon our wings he rode , and visited The utmost stars . AVe could not shake him off . Even on the fleecy clouds he laid his hand , As on a courser ' s mane , and made them work With all their countless hues his wondrous will . "
—And then meek Avon raised a murmuring voice , What time the Sabbath-chimes came pealing sweet Though the umbrageous trees , ancl told how oft Along those banks he wandered , pacing slow , As if to read the depths .
Ere I had closed My questioning , the ready rain came down , And every-pearl drop , as it kissed the turf , Said , " We have been his teachers . When we fell Pattering among the vine leaves , he would list Our lessons as a student , nor despise Our simplest lore . "
And then the bow burst forth That love-token of the Deity -. / Unto a drowning world . Each prismed ray Had held bright dalliance with the bard , and helped To tint the woof in which his thought was wrapped For its first cradle-sleep .
Then twilight came In her grey robe , aud told a tender tale Of his low musings , while she noiseless drew Her quiet curtain . And the queenly moon ,
Poetry.
Riding in state upon her silver car , Confessed she saw bin oft , through chequering shades , Hour after hour , with fancy by his side , Linking their young imaginings , like chains Of pearl and diamond . Last , the lowly
grave—Shakespeare ' s own grave—sent forth a hollow tone . — " The heart within my casket read itself , And from that inward study learned to scan The hearts of other men . It pondered long In those lone cells , where nameless thought is born , Explored the roots of passion , and the founts
Of sympathy , and at each sealed recess Knocked , until mystery fled . Hence her love bard Nature doth crown with flowers of every hue , And every season ; and the human soul , Owning his power , shall at his magic touch Shudder , or thrill , while age on age expires . "
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —The Queen has commanded that a levee shall be held at St . James ' s Palace , on Wednesday , the 25 th February , by His Eoyal Highness the Prince of Wales , on behalf of Her Majesty . The Queen has commanded that a drawing room also shall be hold on Saturday , February 28 th , at St . James ' s Palace , by Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia , Princess
Royal of Great Britian and Ireland , on behalf of Her Majesty . All presentations will be considered as being made to Her Majesty . The Queen having taken into consideration the interests of trades , does not require any ladies to appear in mourn-: ing at the drawing-room announced on the 2 Sth inst ., excepting the ladies of the corps diplomatique , the wives of the Cabinet
Ministers , and the ladies of Her Majesty's household . —The marriage of His Eoyal Highness the Prince of Wales , with the Princess Alexandra of Denmark , will take place upon Tuesday , March 10 th . The ceremony will be performed in St . George's Chapel , Windsor Castle , in which chapel the Prince of Wales was christened , and by which arrangement the Queen will be enabled to be present in private , which could not under existing circumstances have been the case at the Chapel in London .
Upon the 7 th March the Princess Alexandra will arrive iu England , and upon her arrival at the Bricklayer's Arms Station will drive , accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the members of her family , who come to England with her , and attended by her suite , through the City and West-end of London to the Paddington terminus , on her way to Windsor .
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . — -The session was opened on Thursday by the Queen's speech , delivered by commission . Her Majesty announces the approaching marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra of Denmark , and doubts not that Parliament will enable her to make provision for an establishment suitable to the rank and dignity of the Heir apparent
to the Crown . A revolution having taken place in Greece , by ivhich the throne of that kingdom has become vacant , the Greek nation have expressed the strongest desire that her Majesty's son , Prince Alfred , should accept the Greek Crown ; but the diplomatic engagements of her Majesty ' s Crown , together with other weighty considerations , have prevented her Majesty from
yielding to this general wish of the Greek nation . Her Majesty trusts , however , that the Greek nation may be guided to the selection of a sovereign under whose sway the kingdom of
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Poetry.
Poetry .
SHAKESPEAEE AND STRATFORD-UPON-AVON . BY MRS . SIGOIIENEY . What nurtured Shakespeare ' mid these village shades , Making a poor deer-stalking lad a king ] In the broad realms of mind ?
I questioned much Whatever met my view , the holly-hedge , The cottage-rose , the roof where he was born , And the pleached avenue of lines , that led To the old church . And pausing there , I marked The mossy efflorescence on the stones ,
Which , kindling in the sun-beam , taught me how Its little seeds were fed by mouldering life , And how another race of tiny roots , The fathers of the future , should compel From hardest-hearted rocks a nutriment , Until the fern-plant and tho ivy sere Made ancient buttress and grim battlement Then- nursing mothers .
But again I asked , "What nurtured Shakespeare ? " The rejoicing birds Wove a wild song , whose burden seemed to be , He was their pupil when he chose , and knew Their secret maze of melody to wind , Snatching its sweetness for his winged strain With careless hand .
The timid flowrets said , "He came among us like a sleepless bee , And all those pure and rarests essences , Concocted by our union with the skies , Which in our cups or zones we fain would hide , He rifled for himself ancl bore way . "
—The winds careering in their might replied , " Upon our wings he rode , and visited The utmost stars . AVe could not shake him off . Even on the fleecy clouds he laid his hand , As on a courser ' s mane , and made them work With all their countless hues his wondrous will . "
—And then meek Avon raised a murmuring voice , What time the Sabbath-chimes came pealing sweet Though the umbrageous trees , ancl told how oft Along those banks he wandered , pacing slow , As if to read the depths .
Ere I had closed My questioning , the ready rain came down , And every-pearl drop , as it kissed the turf , Said , " We have been his teachers . When we fell Pattering among the vine leaves , he would list Our lessons as a student , nor despise Our simplest lore . "
And then the bow burst forth That love-token of the Deity -. / Unto a drowning world . Each prismed ray Had held bright dalliance with the bard , and helped To tint the woof in which his thought was wrapped For its first cradle-sleep .
Then twilight came In her grey robe , aud told a tender tale Of his low musings , while she noiseless drew Her quiet curtain . And the queenly moon ,
Poetry.
Riding in state upon her silver car , Confessed she saw bin oft , through chequering shades , Hour after hour , with fancy by his side , Linking their young imaginings , like chains Of pearl and diamond . Last , the lowly
grave—Shakespeare ' s own grave—sent forth a hollow tone . — " The heart within my casket read itself , And from that inward study learned to scan The hearts of other men . It pondered long In those lone cells , where nameless thought is born , Explored the roots of passion , and the founts
Of sympathy , and at each sealed recess Knocked , until mystery fled . Hence her love bard Nature doth crown with flowers of every hue , And every season ; and the human soul , Owning his power , shall at his magic touch Shudder , or thrill , while age on age expires . "
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —The Queen has commanded that a levee shall be held at St . James ' s Palace , on Wednesday , the 25 th February , by His Eoyal Highness the Prince of Wales , on behalf of Her Majesty . The Queen has commanded that a drawing room also shall be hold on Saturday , February 28 th , at St . James ' s Palace , by Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia , Princess
Royal of Great Britian and Ireland , on behalf of Her Majesty . All presentations will be considered as being made to Her Majesty . The Queen having taken into consideration the interests of trades , does not require any ladies to appear in mourn-: ing at the drawing-room announced on the 2 Sth inst ., excepting the ladies of the corps diplomatique , the wives of the Cabinet
Ministers , and the ladies of Her Majesty's household . —The marriage of His Eoyal Highness the Prince of Wales , with the Princess Alexandra of Denmark , will take place upon Tuesday , March 10 th . The ceremony will be performed in St . George's Chapel , Windsor Castle , in which chapel the Prince of Wales was christened , and by which arrangement the Queen will be enabled to be present in private , which could not under existing circumstances have been the case at the Chapel in London .
Upon the 7 th March the Princess Alexandra will arrive iu England , and upon her arrival at the Bricklayer's Arms Station will drive , accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the members of her family , who come to England with her , and attended by her suite , through the City and West-end of London to the Paddington terminus , on her way to Windsor .
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . — -The session was opened on Thursday by the Queen's speech , delivered by commission . Her Majesty announces the approaching marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra of Denmark , and doubts not that Parliament will enable her to make provision for an establishment suitable to the rank and dignity of the Heir apparent
to the Crown . A revolution having taken place in Greece , by ivhich the throne of that kingdom has become vacant , the Greek nation have expressed the strongest desire that her Majesty's son , Prince Alfred , should accept the Greek Crown ; but the diplomatic engagements of her Majesty ' s Crown , together with other weighty considerations , have prevented her Majesty from
yielding to this general wish of the Greek nation . Her Majesty trusts , however , that the Greek nation may be guided to the selection of a sovereign under whose sway the kingdom of