Will any paper match him? | Yes, throughout; | The retail politician's anxious thought | Deems this side always right, and that stark nought; What are our poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much read, not read at all? Observe the maiden, innocently sweet; | One instance more, and only one, I'll bring:| own, Form'd on the feelings of his heart alone: | MOSES SMITING THE ROCK. (W. A. VAN VRANKEN.) On the parch'd plains the tribes of Israel lay, I Nought met the eye save Horeb's rock that frown'd, At its broad base, behold the patriarch stand, | The new-born waters pour'd their torrents wide, | At the glad sound each Hebrew mother there | That dash'd its crystals o'er the rocky pile, I TIME. (W. A. VAN VRANKEN.) My silent and mysterious flight | Onward I speed my flight sublime; | Remorseless boaster, hold! thy wings | Thou canst not reach the Heavenly bloom, I Of virtue's lovely flower. i TO THE AMERICAN FLAG. (DRAKE AND HALLECK.) When freedom from her mountain height 1 Who rear'st aloft thy regal form, | To guard the banner of the free- Flag of the brave! thy folds shall fly, And as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance! | Like shoots of flame on midnight pall!! Flag of the seas! on ocean's wave, | Flag of the free heart's only home, I Where breathes the foe but falls before us, | And freedom's banner streaming o'er us! | MOTIVES TO THE PRACTICE OF GENTLENESS. (BLAIR.) To promote the virtue of gentleness, we ought to view our character with an impartial eye; and to learn, from our own failings, to give that indulgence which in our turn we claim. It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity. In the fulness of self-estimation, we forget what we are. We claim attentions to which we are not entitled. We are rigorous to offences, as if we had never offended; unfeeling to distress, as if we knew not what it was to suffer. From those airy regions of pride and folly, let us descend to our proper level. Let us survey the natural equality | on which Providence has placed man with man, and reflect on the infirmities common to all. If the reflection on natural equality and mutual offences, be insufficient to prompt humanity, let us at least remember what we are in the sight of our Creator. Have we none of that forbearance to give one another, which we all so earnestly entreat from heaven? Can we look for clemency or gentleness from our Judge, when we are so backward to show it to our own brethren ? | Let us also accustom ourselves to reflect on the small moment of those things which are the usual incentives to violence and contention. In the ruffled and angry hour, we view every appearance through a false medium. The most inconsiderable point of interest or honor, swells into a momentous object; | and the slightest attack seems to threaten immediate ruin. But after passion or pride has subsided, we look around in vain for the mighty mischiefs we dreaded. The fabric which our disturbed imagination haa reared, totally disappears. But though the cause of contention has dwindled away, its consequences remain. We have alienated a friend; we have embittered an enemy; we have sown the seeds of future suspicion, malevolence, or disgust. Let us suspend our violence for a moment, when causes of discord occur. Let us anticipate that period of coolness, which, of itself, will soon arrive. | Let us reflect how little we have any prospect of gaining by fierce con tention; but how much of the true happiness of life t we are certain of throwing away. Easily, and from the smallest chink, the bitter waters of strife are let |