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THE SCOTTISH EXILE'S FAREWELL.
OUR native land-our native vale-
A long-a last adieu!
Farewell to bonny Teviotdale,

And Cheviot's mountains blue.
The battle mound-the Border tower,
That Scotia's annals tell-

The martyr's grave—the lover's bower,
To each to all-farewell!

Home of our hearts!-our father's home!-
Land of the brave and free!-
The sail is flapping on the foam
That bears us far from thee.
We seek a wild romantic shore
Beyond the Atlantic main;
We leave thee to return no more,
Or view thy cliffs again.

But may dishonour blight our fame,
And quench our household fires,
When we, or ours, forget thy name,
Green island of our sires!

Our native land-our native vale-
A long-a last adieu!

Farewell to bonny Teviotdale,

And Scotland's mountains blue.

THOMAS PRingle.

LETTER COMMUNICATING THE DEATH OF A YOUNGER

BROTHER.

A VERY dear member of your family has been suddenly removed your amiable brother Edward is no more. He died on the night of the first of November, after an illness of twelve days. He suffered much until within the last two days; when, mortification having taken place within, he became easier, and remained so to the last. I am not a very young man, and it has fallen to my lot to witness the last hours of many. Never did I see any one give a brighter evidence of faith, hope, and love, than poor Edward. His patient endurance of acute pain, his constant anxiety to spare the feelings of his mo

ther, his fear of giving trouble to the servants, and his tearful gratitude for every little attention, affected all very deeply. Until the day before his death, the nature of his disorder was so distressing that he could neither read himself, nor give the attention of a listener; but he frequently prayed in whispering ejaculations, or silently, with the closed lid, or the quiet upward glancing of the humble eye. On the last day of his life, he read a little in the morning out of the pocket-bible which you gave him on his tenth birth-day; but, growing faint and weak, he closed the book, continuing, however, to hold it in his hands with his eyes shut, and to press it with fervour and affection. I knelt by him, and read to him a chapter of St John, and prayed: he joined faintly in the responses, and thanked me with great tenderness. Towards evening he said to me, in a very solemn tone, "The forgetting of God is a great sin; the cause of all others; the cause of all woe and guilt. It has been mine." I whispered to him peace, and told him it had been mightily atoned for. "Yes, I know," said he, " in whom I have believed. I love and trust him; but I feel great, great awe. It is not fear-it is a bitter thing to die; a great sorrow to leave all whom we love on earth; yet I know it is best for me, or it would not be."

I watched in his chamber the last night of his earthly existence. He died as gently as he had lived. About midnight I heard a soft sound, as of quiet suppressed weeping; I did not like to disturb him at such a moment. Some time after, when all was still, I drew back the curtain to look upon him. His gentle spirit had fled. believe he died in those sweet tears. I cannot write Come, come to the house of mourning, it will be History of a Life.

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good for you.

THE LOSS OF FRIENDS.

FRIEND after friend departs;
Who hath not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts
That finds not here an end!
Were this frail world our final rest,
Living or dying none were blest.

I

Beyond the flight of time,-
Beyond the reign of death,-
There surely is some blessed clime
Where life is not a breath;
Nor life's affections transient fire,
Whose sparks fly upwards and expire.

There is a world above,

Where parting is unknown;
A long eternity of love,

Form'd for the good alone:
And faith beholds the dying here
Translated to that glorious sphere !

Thus star by star declines,
Till all are past away;

As morning high and higher shines
To pure and perfect day:

Nor sink those stars in empty night,

But hide themselves in heav'n's own light.

MONTGOMERY.

THE BROTHERS' PARTING.

WHEN shall we three meet again ?
When shall we three meet again?
Oft shall glowing hope expire,
Oft shall wearied love retire,
Oft shall death and sorrow reign,
Ere we three shall meet again.

Though in distant land we sigh,
Parched beneath a fervid sky,
Though the deep between us rolls,
Friendship shall unite our souls;
Still in fancy's rich domain,
Oft shall we three meet again.

When around this youthful pine
Moss shall creep and ivy twine;
When our burnished locks are grey,
Thinned by many a toil-spent day,
May this long-loved bower remain,
-Here may we three meet again.

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BARBAULD.

THE LIFE OF A LOOKING-GLASS.

My earliest recollection is that of a carver and gilder's workshop, where I remained for many months leaning with my face to the wall; and having never known any livelier scene, I was very well contented with my quiet condition. The first object that I remember to have arrested my attention was a large spider, which, after a vast deal of scampering about, began to weave a curious web all over my face. This afforded me great amusement; and not then knowing that far lovelier objects were destined to my gaze, I did not resist the indignity.

At length, when little dreaming of any change of fortune, I was taken from my station, and made to undergo a curious operation. This gave me at the time considerable apprehensions for my safety; but these were succeeded by pleasure, upon finding myself arrayed in a broad black frame handsomely carved and gilt. This process being finished, I was presently placed in a packing-case, and sent a long journey, by waggon, to Lon

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