...vigour, from the bitter disappointment of his hopes. Those beautiful lines of Burns, in which he says, ' Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met, and never parted. We had ne'er been broken-hearted ;' may be applied with justice to the situation...

...Anacreontic. If to-morrow may dawn on a stormy day . . . 283 THE ,. POETICAL SKETCH-BOOK. FLORANTHE. Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met, and never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted 1 BURRS. i Dost thou recall it ? 'twas a glorious...

...rapidly onwards, #> that by the time she arrived at Lady Castlefort's she was not only in good but in high spirits. To her askings, " Not at home " never...so as to be plainly heard — " Had we never loved to kindly, Had we never loved BO blindly, Never met, or never parted, We bad ne'er been broken-hearted."...

...it be ? thought Lady Cecilia. But her attention was now attracted by the song which Lady' Castlefbrt seemed to be practising; the words were distinctly...distinctly, so as to be plainly heard — "Had we never Inwd eo kindly, ' . > Had we never loved so blindly, • Never met. or never parted, i We bad ne'er...

...fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy : But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met—or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. " Fare-thee-weel, thou first and fairest!...

...simplest verses cannot be imparted through the medium *i the purest French. Look on this picture : — Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly. The Story of Margrédel. Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted ! And now on...

...feet," said Guy; " but the repetition is half the beauty, it put me in mind of those lines of Burns— " 'Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met and never parted. We had ne'er been broken hearted;' but there is a trust in these that is more touching...

...fire, as in his " Scots wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled ;" and a softer than Sappho in love, as in his — " Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met — or never parted, Wo had ne'er been broken-hearted." I have given one of Sir Walter Scott's trumpet tones ; now for a...

...fire, as in his " Scots wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled ;" and a softer than Sappho in love, as in his— " Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met—or never parted, We had ne'er been brokea-hearted." I have given one of Sir Walter Scott's trumpet...

...Happy Valley' will not bear a comparison with the'HallofEblis.' THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS: A TURKISH TALE. ' Had we never loved so kindly. Had we never loved so blindly, Never met or never parted, V/e had ne'er been broken-hearted.'— BURNS. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD HOLLAND THIS TALE IS INSCRIBED,...