Surprised he sees new beauties rise, Swift mantling to the view; The bashful look, the rising breast, "And, ah! forgive a stranger rude, A wretch forlorn," she cried; "Whose feet unhallow'd thus intrude Where Heaven and you reside. "But let a maid thy pity share, Whom love has taught to stray; Who seeks for rest, but finds despair Companion of her way. "My father lived beside the Tyne, A wealthy lord was he; And all his wealth was mark'd as mine, "To win me from his tender arms "Each hour a mercenary crowd With richest proffers strove: Among the rest young Edwin bow'd, But never talk'd of love. "In humble, simplest habit clad, "The blossom opening to the day, "The dew, the blossom on the tree, "For still I tried each fickle art, And while his passion touch'd my heart, "Till, quite dejected with my scorn, "But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, "And there forlorn, despairing, hid, "Forbid it, Heaven!" the Hermit cried, "Turn, Angelina, ever dear, FRITZ gathered a bundle of the best canes he could select, to carry home. We soon arrived at a thicket of palms, which we entered, and seated ourselves to enjoy our repast under its shade. Suddenly a number of large monkeys, frightened by our approach, and by the barking of Turk, dispersed from the spot, running up the palm-trees with such rapidity that we had scarcely observed them before they were at the top. Having reached this safe elevation, they proceeded to grin and chatter at us, expressing their anger at the disturbance by the most discordant noises. I observed immediately that the trees were cocoa-nut palms, and I immediately thought of having recourse to the services of the monkeys for a supply of fruit. Fritz, on the contrary, irritated by their derisive gestures and noise, had already seized his gun, and was about to shoot them, when I restrained his hand, and urged on him the folly and cruelty of killing a poor animal that could be of no value as food, and excited no just apprehensions of danger. "You will see now," said I, "how much more useful and simple is my mode of dealing with them.” I accordingly collected some stones, and began to throw them at the monkeys, and though I could not nearly reach them on their lofty perch, they exhibited every mark of irritation, and seizing the cocoa-nuts within their reach, they hurled them in a shower at our heads. Fritz laughed heartily at the success of my stratagem, and when the shower of cocoa-nuts had ceased, I gathered as many as I could conveniently carry. We now sought a convenient spot for enjoying the repast thus provided, and after sucking some of the milk by means of the holes which we pierced in the end of the nuts, we broke them open with the hatchet, and ate with much satisfaction of the kernel. Another application to the juice of the sugar-cane completed our repast, and Turk received, with abundant symptoms of satisfaction, the remainder of the lobster, which we no longer valued. I now gathered together such of the cocoa-nuts as had long stalks, and threw them over my shoulder. Fritz resumed his bundle of sugar-canes, and we set out on our return to our new home. NEW YEAR'S EVE. SAMUEL SHEPHERD. The editor is indebted to the kindness of Samuel Shepherd, Esq., AGAIN the rapid wheels of Time How we now think of friends long dead, But who have made the grave their bed: And then we think of some glad hearts, While from our glistening eye oft starts But thankfulness becometh well |