seemed born of Heaven, and truths never to be forgotten were uttered in the ears of the subdued and reverent disciples. 7. O, how different is Heaven and earth! Can there be a stronger contrast than the BATTLE and TRANSFIGURATION of Mount Tabor? One shudders to think of Bonaparte and the Son of God on the same mountain,—one with his wasting cannon by his side, and the other with Moses and Elias just from Heaven. But no after desecration can destroy the first consecration of Mount Tabor; for, surrounded with the glory of Heaven, and honored with the wondrous scene of the TRANSFIGURATION, it stands a SACRED MOUNTAIN on the earth. CXXXIX. REFLECTIONS FROM THE SUMMIT OF AN EGYPTIAN 1. THRONED on the sepulcher of mighty kings, Shall pass away, e'en as the April bow Fades from the gazer's eyes, and leaves no trace 2. I gaze in sadness o'er the scenery wild: On scattered groups of palms, and seas of sand: On ruins made by Time's destructive hand: 3. O Egypt! Egypt! how art thou debased! Long, long beneath his iron rod shall groan 4. O! could thy princely dead rise from their graves, Where wisdom flourished, and where sages taught, A scene of desolation, mental night !— How would they shrink with horror from the sight! 5. Ancient of days! nurse of fair science, arts! Thy glorious cities, and thy men of mind? The fate of human greatness, human pride? 7. E'en thou, proud fabric! whence I now survey 8. The soul alone,-the precious boon of Heaven,— CXL.-ROMANTIC STORY. 1. THERE is a cavern in the island of Hoonga, one of the Tonga islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, which can only be entered by diving into the sea, and which has no other light, than that which is reflected from the bottom of the water. A young chief discovered it accidentally, while diving after a turtle, and the use which he made of his discovery, will probably be sung in more than one European language, so beautifully is it adapted for a tale in verse. 2. There was a tyrannical governor at Vavaoo, against whom one of the chiefs formed a plan of insurrection. It was betrayed, and the chief, with all his family and kin, was ordered to be destroyed. He had a beautiful daughter, betrothed to a chief of high rank, and she also was included in the sentence. The youth who had found the cavern, and had kept the secret to himself, loved this dam sel. He told her the danger in time, and persuaded her to trust to him. They got into a canoe: the place of her retreat was described to her on the way to it,-these women swim like mermaids,—she dived after him, and rose in the cavern. In the widest part it is about fifty feet: its me dium hight being about the same, and it is hung with sta lactites. 3. Here, he brought her the choicest food, the finest clothing, mats for her bed, and sandal oil to perfume herself with. Here, he visited her as often as was consistent with prudence, and here, as may be imagined, this Tonga Leander, wooed and won the maid, whom, to make the interest complete, he had long loved in secret, when he had no hope. Meantime he prepared, with all his dependents, male and female, to emigrate in secret to the Fiji islands. 4. The intention was so well concealed, that they embarked in safety, and his people asked him, at the point of their departure, if he would not take with him a Tonga wife; and, accordingly, to their great astonishment, having steered close to the rock, he desired them to wait while he went into the sea to fetch her, jumped overboard, and just as they were beginning to be seriously alarmed at his long disappearance, he rose with his mistress from the water. This story is not deficient in that which all such stories should have, to be perfectly delightful—a fortunate conclusion. The party remained at the Fijis till the oppressor died, and then returned to Vavaoo, where they enjoyed a long and happy life. CXLI. THE PHILOSOPHER'S SCALES. JANE TAYLOR. 1. A MONK, when his rites sacerdotal were o'er, At last, that he brought his invention to bear; And, at length, he produced the philosopher's scales. 2. "What were they? you ask,-you shall presently see: These scales were not made to weigh sugar and tea,― O no; for such properties wondrous had they, That qualities, feelings, and thoughts, they could weigh: From mountains or planets, to atoms of sense. And naught so reluctant, but in it must go : 3. The first thing he weighed was the head of Voltaire, As a weight he threw in a torn scrap of a leaf, 4. A long row of alms-houses, amply endowed He found that ten chariots weighed less than one plow; A sword with gilt trapping rose up in the scale, 5. A lord and a lady went up at full sail, When a bee chanced to light on the opposite scale: 6. Last of all, the whole world was bowled in at the grate, CXLII. THE THREE WARNINGS. 1. THE tree of deepest root is found MRS. THRALE. That love of life increased with years, This great affection to believe, Be pleased to hear a modern tale. 2. When sports went round, and all were gay, |