MUSIC. Music, which gentlier on the spirit lies GLANCES. TENNYSON. Their eyes but met, and then were turn'd aside. And tells what else were incommunicable. NIGHT. DEROZIER. Night, sable goddess, from her ebon throne, LIFE AND DEATH. Hast thou seen, with flash incessant, Bodied forth and evanescent, No one knows by what device? YOUNG. Such are thoughts! A wind-swept meadow Mimicking a troubled sea, Such is life; and death a shadow From the rock Eternity! DUTY. There are a thousand things in life, WORDSWORTH. Which pass unheeded in a life of joy, Hardly at first, at length will bring repose "Ion." ADVERTISEMENTS. AS BEAUTIFUL POETRY is a good medium for Advertisements, and as only a few can be inserted, the following will be the Scale of Charges: For every 10 words above 40...... 0 9 Advertisements should be sent to the Office by the 20th of the month. EDUCATION by the SEA-SIDE-WESTON WELLINGTON-HOUSE, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. The Rev. JOSEPH HOPKINS, assisted by five able Masters, continues to receive a limited number of YOUNG GENTLEMEN, to impart to them a Finished, Commercial, Classical, Mathematical, and Scriptural Education. Wellington House, besides being well situated, ventilated, and commodious, is very convenient for Sea-bathing, offers the advantage of a good Play-ground, and is immediately contiguous to the best Rural Walks. Weston has long been celebrated as a place most favourable to the Health and Vigour of the Young; is accessible from the Western, South-Western, Midland Counties, the Principality of Wales, and Ireland; while it is within Four or Six Hours' ride of the Metropolis, by the Great-Western, and Bristol and Exeter Railways. * An Articled Pupil and an Assistant are desired. This day is published, No. III., price 3d., or 4d. stamped for post, of and HUMOUR, selected by the Editors of WIT CONTENTS OF No. III. TO CHLOE-CURIOUS COINCIDENCES-Nigger Philosophy-A witty TruthInnocent Pleasures-The Nurserymaid in St. James's Park-American Wit-Sharp-An English Street Dialogue-The low Londoner's Last Legacy-LOVE AND WISDOM-Enigma-Self-Riches-Advertisement Extraordinary-On a Mr. Winter, a Tax-gatherer-THE PLEASURES OF BRIGHTON-THE TEMPLE-Puzzling Questions on Logic-Miseries-Mrs. Norton--A Little Tale-Saving one's Letters-An appropriate Motto-A Literary Haberdasher- -Divinity and Potatoes---A CHINESE TALE---ODD EPITAPHS---THE LOOKING GLASSES---Enigma--Antiquity of the Polka-- Sight-seeing---Wearing Apparel---The Lawyer and the Quaker---Contradiction of Proverbs---Clerical Pun---George Colman--Legal Botheration---Do as he did---A Capital Horse---Mirabeau---BACHELOR'S FARE---Postboys and Donkeys---APOPHTHEGMS---How to get a Nose---PLAINT OF THE OLD MAN. CONTENTS OF No. II. OUR VILLAGE (Hood's Own)-SURNAMES (James Smith)-The Rib---The Thats-Catching a Horse in Nova Scotia--Hints to Candidates-Pride of Ancestry-An Irishman's Plea-Sarcastic-Effectual Preventive---Tobacco THE ISLAND (Hood's Own)-Courage-Elegant Flattery-The Sexes-LODORE (Southey)-An Article of Trifling Value-Kissing-Approved Remedies for Every-day Maladies-A Physician--National Characteristics-AN INVASION (Sydney Smith)--First Love--Anecdote of Robert Hall-Inscription on a Looking-Glass---Spectral Illusions-THE IRISHMAN (Dr. Maginn) – A Lawyer's Name---Simplicity---A Quaint Simile---Matrimony--Epigram---Hertfordshire Boors---Conclusive Reasons for not paying for a Newspaper---Anecdotes of Beau Brummell-LINES BY A PLAIN MAN (Dr. Watts)---American Evidence ---The Dark side of Matrimony---Unavailing Remorse---Good Advice--German Wines---The Drapers' Petition---A Clever Boy---Retort---A Valuable Hint---MY LETTERS (Barham)---Candour---Cantalenia Cantabrigiensis---To a Courtier---Latin Epigram---A Shrewd Reply. A Copy sent free to any person enclosing four postage stamps to the publisher; or for one year, on transmission of 3s. 6d. in postage stamps. It may also be had by order through all Booksellers in Town or Country. Price 3d. MAY 2, 1853. for post, 4d. This work is designed to form a collection of the choicest Poetry in the English language. Nothing but what is really good will be admitted. No original poetry will find a place. London: JOHN CROCKFORD, 29, ESSEX STREET, STRAND. The following, or some of them, will have a place: Matilda," "Miss C.," "C.*" 66 E.," "M. C. W.," "Jane Watson," "E. W." Mildred," "R. R. R.," The following are not of sufficient merit as poetry, "L. M. T.," "T. A." A Correspondent informs us that the poem "Mother, oh! sing me to rest," is published in a collection of "National Lyrics," as by Mrs. HEMANS. Who is the real author? "C Waldron" (Cardiff), thanks for the hint. It might be extended to other subjects. "W. B." (Cheltenham), will receive the consideration he deserves. NOTICE, Part II. of Beautiful Poetry is published this day, price ls. Part I. may still be had. No. IV., price 3d., and Part I., price 1s., of Wit and Humour, are published this day. ADVERTISEMENTS. BEAUTIES OF ALL THE POETS. Published on August 1st, 1852, Part 1, Price 6d.; to be completed in A Twelve Monthly Parts, CYCLOPEDIA OF POETICAL QUOTATIONS: consisting of choice passages from the Poets of every age and country. Classified under distinct heads, and alphabetically arranged for ready reference. With a copious Index of subjects and Authors' names. Edited by H. G. ADAMS, Author of "Favourite Song Birds," "A Story of the Seasons," &c. EXTRACT FROM THE EDITOR'S ADDRESS. "Numerous as are the volumes of Poetical Selections, Elegant Extracts and the like, which have issued from the Press of this country, there is not one, that we are aware of, in which the most beautiful and striking, as well as the most familiar, of the shorter passages from the English and Foreign Poets, may be found so arranged as to facilitate reference, and enable the reader at once to select a quotation upon any required subject, or to verify the correctness and authorship of one he may be desirous of using. Such a book then would seem to be a desideratum, which we have undertaken to supply, in a form at once elegant, cheap, and portable-a volume which, while it will be an ornament to the Library shelves or the Drawing-room table, may be carried without inconvenience in the hand or the pocket of the Pedestrian or the Railway Traveller, and serve to heighten his enjoyment of the beauties of Nature, by associating with them those of the Mind and the Imagination; or to beguile the tedium of an otherwise dull journey, by storing the memory with the noble and exalted thoughts-truly "thoughts that breathe," embodied in "words that burn," which we have taken the pains to collect for his pleasure and edification." London: GROOMBRIDGE & SONS, 5, Paternoster Row; Edinburgh: JAMES HOGG, 4, Nicolson Street; and by order of any Bookseller in Town or Country. |