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tain order of readers ; and its air of circumstantiality will cause it to pass for truth , of which it is utterly destitute . The j-oung gentleman referred to accepted no compensation ; was never in necessitous circumstances ; never resided in a tent outside Melbourne , hut lived in the house of a member of the government ; he was never on the stage , although he has a cultivated taste for dramatic performances , and admires histrionic genius iu no case did he relate his continental
ex-; periences among a gathering of jovial confreres . Such a passage is calculated to cast indignity upon a gentleman , a scholar , and an officer , loved and respected by all who know him . I am honoured hy his personal friendship , and I have before me the papers returned to Parliament , by her Majesty ' s command , in reference to the outrage at Florence , and I can therefore confidently give the whole of Mr . Fowler ' s paragraph a flat contradiction .
Sir , the profession of literature is too honourable to suffer by the escapades of some reckless authors , but the publication of remarks damaging to the reputation , or wounding the susceptibilities of upright citizens , upon no better evidence than "I was told , " would , if not made the subject of protest , soon degrade even the highest "walks of the press . " Convinced that you will agree with me , I venture to trespass thus upon your space . As AUTHOR , AXD A FREEMASON * , Lodge of Industry , No . 219 ,
THE OCEAN TELEGRAPH . I lie beneath the deep , like a serpent in the sand , Ancl though mysterious in my ways , a child can understand ; Though lightning is my language , there ' s no thunder to appal ,
But soft as snow hakes on the sea my hourly accents fall . I ' m silent as the shells or gems which lie beneath the deep , And harmless as a sunny child in its sweet morning sleep ; Vet a hundred leagues by land , or a thousand leagues by sea , Arc nothing , when this mighty world is girdled round by me ! Time and space are nothingwhen through my slender form
, Is flash'd the word which journeys spite the whirlwind ancl the storm ; And softer than a whisper do I tell the tale I bear , Ever faithful to the trust committed to my care . How many , many thousand thoughts , what sorrows , and what smiles I carry to the distant shore , through those untrodden miles ; AVhat messages of trade and state 1 Oh ! may the years be far .
Ere I bear the heavy burden of discord or oi' war . I will not boast what I can do , nor what my fate may he , But trust to bear the current of sweet humanity ; To bear the useful and the good from kindred soul to soul , Till elemental parts shall merge in one harmonious whole ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence.
tain order of readers ; and its air of circumstantiality will cause it to pass for truth , of which it is utterly destitute . The j-oung gentleman referred to accepted no compensation ; was never in necessitous circumstances ; never resided in a tent outside Melbourne , hut lived in the house of a member of the government ; he was never on the stage , although he has a cultivated taste for dramatic performances , and admires histrionic genius iu no case did he relate his continental
ex-; periences among a gathering of jovial confreres . Such a passage is calculated to cast indignity upon a gentleman , a scholar , and an officer , loved and respected by all who know him . I am honoured hy his personal friendship , and I have before me the papers returned to Parliament , by her Majesty ' s command , in reference to the outrage at Florence , and I can therefore confidently give the whole of Mr . Fowler ' s paragraph a flat contradiction .
Sir , the profession of literature is too honourable to suffer by the escapades of some reckless authors , but the publication of remarks damaging to the reputation , or wounding the susceptibilities of upright citizens , upon no better evidence than "I was told , " would , if not made the subject of protest , soon degrade even the highest "walks of the press . " Convinced that you will agree with me , I venture to trespass thus upon your space . As AUTHOR , AXD A FREEMASON * , Lodge of Industry , No . 219 ,
THE OCEAN TELEGRAPH . I lie beneath the deep , like a serpent in the sand , Ancl though mysterious in my ways , a child can understand ; Though lightning is my language , there ' s no thunder to appal ,
But soft as snow hakes on the sea my hourly accents fall . I ' m silent as the shells or gems which lie beneath the deep , And harmless as a sunny child in its sweet morning sleep ; Vet a hundred leagues by land , or a thousand leagues by sea , Arc nothing , when this mighty world is girdled round by me ! Time and space are nothingwhen through my slender form
, Is flash'd the word which journeys spite the whirlwind ancl the storm ; And softer than a whisper do I tell the tale I bear , Ever faithful to the trust committed to my care . How many , many thousand thoughts , what sorrows , and what smiles I carry to the distant shore , through those untrodden miles ; AVhat messages of trade and state 1 Oh ! may the years be far .
Ere I bear the heavy burden of discord or oi' war . I will not boast what I can do , nor what my fate may he , But trust to bear the current of sweet humanity ; To bear the useful and the good from kindred soul to soul , Till elemental parts shall merge in one harmonious whole ,