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Poetry.
Poetry .
THE BROOKLET . ( From the German of Bro . GOETHE . ) Thou brooklet 1 silver-bright and clear , Thy waters ever onward roll ; Upon thy brink 1 stand ancl muse . Prom whence thy source , and where thy goal r "My birth is from the mountain hoar ,
O ' er flower and moss has flowed my stream ; Ancl ever has ray tranquil breast Mirror'cl yon blue vault ' s heavenly beam . " Ami thus my happy childhood ' s thoughts Go with me to the boundless tide . He who hath called me from the stone I think Avill ever bo my Guide . " —J . K ., P . Prov . G . C
The Alpine Hunter.
THE ALPINE HUNTER .
( From the German of Scnrr . LEK . ) Wilt thou not the lambkin tend—Pretty lambkin , soft and mild ? Peed it ivith the meadow flowers , Sport with it , my darling child . "Mother , mother , let me go On tho heights to Iravit the roe .
Wilt thou not the herd call home With the merry clanging horn ? Loudly sound the bells' sweet tones In the Avoods , when shines the morn . "Mother , mother , let your child Roam upon the mountains wild . " Wilt thou not the flow'rets tend ?
See , upon their beds they pine . On tho heights no garden blooms .-See what plensures hero are thine . " Let the flow'rets fade or blow ; Mother , mother , let me go . " Ancl , through many dangers sore , Passed the boy , and journey VI on :
Restless , strove with hazards great On the mountains dark ancl lone . The gazelle , as swift as wind , Flees before , the youth behind . By the rocks her bones are bar'd ; Climbs she them with active spring And the fissure , yawning wide ,
Clears she with a watchful swing . But behind her sure , if slow , Follows he , with bended bow * . Just upon tho craggy ledgo Of the highest mountain's brow , AVhere the path is lost in night Hangs she . Fearful prospect now ! Under her the cliffs of gloom—Nearer conies her dreadful doom .
With a meek , beseeching glance To the cruel man , she flees ! Needlessly—for on the ground Him , now helpless laid , she sees ! Hark ! Avhat power the mountain tears ? See ! the Mountain God appears ! He , with his strong , godlike hands
, Frees from death the stricken deer . " And must death and woe , " he cries , "Be brought hy you even here ? Surely , the world for all is large ; Why harass , then , my mountain charge ?" -J . K ., P . Prov . G . C .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COUBT . —Her Majesty , w-ith Prince Leopold and the Princesses Helena , Louise , and Beatrice , left Windsor Castle for Scotland on Friday ( the 19 th ) evening . The royal party reached Balmoral safely on Saturday afternoon . On the previous dny the Princess Helena held a Drawing-room on behalf of her Majesty . A very large number of the nobility and ^ gentry attended , and the introductions were unusually numerous .
The state rooms have indeed seldom contained a more brilliant assemblage . A grand concert was given ou Monday at Buckingham Palace , which was attended by tl-o most eminent personages in rank , title , ancl fashion . The Prince of Wales re ceived visitors in the absence of the Sovereign . The Queen attained her forty-sixth year on Wednesday . Her birthday
was celebrated by a grand parade of troops in front of tha Horse Guards . The inspection was performed by the Prince of Wales in person . The usual royal demonstrations were made in the metropolis and at Windsor . The Prince of Wales has had a busy lveek of it . On Friday he formally opened the Inter ., national Reformatory Exhibition , which has heen got up partly
to exhibit the industry and ingenuity of the children now trained in our reformatory institutions , ancl mainly hy that moans to give an additional stimulus to tho public interest in them . Tho Archbishp of Canterbury , the Earl of Shaftesbury , and othr-vs wove -present to meet his royal highness , and took part in the opening ceremonies . On Monday ha opened the new
wing of the Sailors' Home , in which accommodation will be afforded for t-. vo hundred more persons . Great preparations Avere made to receive the Prince , "both in the Institution and the adjoining seafaring district . On Tuesday , after being present at a militia review , his Royal Highness proceeded to lay the foundation stone of a new wing for St . Mary ' s Hosoital ,
Paddington . There Avas a gay assemblage , and tho Prince Avas received with lend cheers . The usual formalities were gone through on the occasion , and a A'ery handsome sum AVIIS raised by purses laid on the foundation stone . The neiv wing is to bear the Prince's name , and it is to consist of two wards—one named after the Princess Alexandra and the other after the Prince . On Wednesday , after inspecting the troops in
iionoiuof her Majesty's birthday , the Prince left London for Sheerness , on a visit to the Great Eastern , which lies at tho month of the Medway . The Prince ' s object Avas to examine the Atlantic cable , 2 , 000 miles of winch have already been shipped onboard of the great steamer . IMPERIAL PABHAMEXT . —Iu the House of Lords , on Thursday ,
I 8 th inst ., the Earl of Shaftesbury presented several petitions from artisans , praying that tho British Museum be opened three evenings a week . —Earl Stanhope moved that in the case of Select Committees being appointed to consider and subject the report of such Committee be not only laid upon the table , but should be printed and circulated , and that notice should bo given of
the day on Avhich it may bo intended to take such report into consideration . Agreed to .- On Friday , the Metropolitan Houseless Poor Bill Avas read a third time and passed . —Tho India Offices Site and Approaches Bill was read a second time . On Monday , Lord Kinnaird Avithdrew his bill for tho regulation of tin , copper , ancl other metalliferous mines . It is his
intention to re-introduce it , ivith certain modifications , next session . Lord Derby called attention to the report of Dr . Angus Smith ou the operation of the Alkali Works Act , and expressed a hope that the success of that measure Avould encourage the Government to legislate for the removal of kindred evils in con . nection with other manufactures . The Customs and Inland Picvenuc Bill Avas read a third time , and passed . Several other
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Poetry.
Poetry .
THE BROOKLET . ( From the German of Bro . GOETHE . ) Thou brooklet 1 silver-bright and clear , Thy waters ever onward roll ; Upon thy brink 1 stand ancl muse . Prom whence thy source , and where thy goal r "My birth is from the mountain hoar ,
O ' er flower and moss has flowed my stream ; Ancl ever has ray tranquil breast Mirror'cl yon blue vault ' s heavenly beam . " Ami thus my happy childhood ' s thoughts Go with me to the boundless tide . He who hath called me from the stone I think Avill ever bo my Guide . " —J . K ., P . Prov . G . C
The Alpine Hunter.
THE ALPINE HUNTER .
( From the German of Scnrr . LEK . ) Wilt thou not the lambkin tend—Pretty lambkin , soft and mild ? Peed it ivith the meadow flowers , Sport with it , my darling child . "Mother , mother , let me go On tho heights to Iravit the roe .
Wilt thou not the herd call home With the merry clanging horn ? Loudly sound the bells' sweet tones In the Avoods , when shines the morn . "Mother , mother , let your child Roam upon the mountains wild . " Wilt thou not the flow'rets tend ?
See , upon their beds they pine . On tho heights no garden blooms .-See what plensures hero are thine . " Let the flow'rets fade or blow ; Mother , mother , let me go . " Ancl , through many dangers sore , Passed the boy , and journey VI on :
Restless , strove with hazards great On the mountains dark ancl lone . The gazelle , as swift as wind , Flees before , the youth behind . By the rocks her bones are bar'd ; Climbs she them with active spring And the fissure , yawning wide ,
Clears she with a watchful swing . But behind her sure , if slow , Follows he , with bended bow * . Just upon tho craggy ledgo Of the highest mountain's brow , AVhere the path is lost in night Hangs she . Fearful prospect now ! Under her the cliffs of gloom—Nearer conies her dreadful doom .
With a meek , beseeching glance To the cruel man , she flees ! Needlessly—for on the ground Him , now helpless laid , she sees ! Hark ! Avhat power the mountain tears ? See ! the Mountain God appears ! He , with his strong , godlike hands
, Frees from death the stricken deer . " And must death and woe , " he cries , "Be brought hy you even here ? Surely , the world for all is large ; Why harass , then , my mountain charge ?" -J . K ., P . Prov . G . C .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COUBT . —Her Majesty , w-ith Prince Leopold and the Princesses Helena , Louise , and Beatrice , left Windsor Castle for Scotland on Friday ( the 19 th ) evening . The royal party reached Balmoral safely on Saturday afternoon . On the previous dny the Princess Helena held a Drawing-room on behalf of her Majesty . A very large number of the nobility and ^ gentry attended , and the introductions were unusually numerous .
The state rooms have indeed seldom contained a more brilliant assemblage . A grand concert was given ou Monday at Buckingham Palace , which was attended by tl-o most eminent personages in rank , title , ancl fashion . The Prince of Wales re ceived visitors in the absence of the Sovereign . The Queen attained her forty-sixth year on Wednesday . Her birthday
was celebrated by a grand parade of troops in front of tha Horse Guards . The inspection was performed by the Prince of Wales in person . The usual royal demonstrations were made in the metropolis and at Windsor . The Prince of Wales has had a busy lveek of it . On Friday he formally opened the Inter ., national Reformatory Exhibition , which has heen got up partly
to exhibit the industry and ingenuity of the children now trained in our reformatory institutions , ancl mainly hy that moans to give an additional stimulus to tho public interest in them . Tho Archbishp of Canterbury , the Earl of Shaftesbury , and othr-vs wove -present to meet his royal highness , and took part in the opening ceremonies . On Monday ha opened the new
wing of the Sailors' Home , in which accommodation will be afforded for t-. vo hundred more persons . Great preparations Avere made to receive the Prince , "both in the Institution and the adjoining seafaring district . On Tuesday , after being present at a militia review , his Royal Highness proceeded to lay the foundation stone of a new wing for St . Mary ' s Hosoital ,
Paddington . There Avas a gay assemblage , and tho Prince Avas received with lend cheers . The usual formalities were gone through on the occasion , and a A'ery handsome sum AVIIS raised by purses laid on the foundation stone . The neiv wing is to bear the Prince's name , and it is to consist of two wards—one named after the Princess Alexandra and the other after the Prince . On Wednesday , after inspecting the troops in
iionoiuof her Majesty's birthday , the Prince left London for Sheerness , on a visit to the Great Eastern , which lies at tho month of the Medway . The Prince ' s object Avas to examine the Atlantic cable , 2 , 000 miles of winch have already been shipped onboard of the great steamer . IMPERIAL PABHAMEXT . —Iu the House of Lords , on Thursday ,
I 8 th inst ., the Earl of Shaftesbury presented several petitions from artisans , praying that tho British Museum be opened three evenings a week . —Earl Stanhope moved that in the case of Select Committees being appointed to consider and subject the report of such Committee be not only laid upon the table , but should be printed and circulated , and that notice should bo given of
the day on Avhich it may bo intended to take such report into consideration . Agreed to .- On Friday , the Metropolitan Houseless Poor Bill Avas read a third time and passed . —Tho India Offices Site and Approaches Bill was read a second time . On Monday , Lord Kinnaird Avithdrew his bill for tho regulation of tin , copper , ancl other metalliferous mines . It is his
intention to re-introduce it , ivith certain modifications , next session . Lord Derby called attention to the report of Dr . Angus Smith ou the operation of the Alkali Works Act , and expressed a hope that the success of that measure Avould encourage the Government to legislate for the removal of kindred evils in con . nection with other manufactures . The Customs and Inland Picvenuc Bill Avas read a third time , and passed . Several other