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Sheds her own rosy garland on their heads:
Till evening comes at last, serene and mild;
When after the long vernal day of life,
Enamor'd more, as more remembrance swells
With many a proof of recollected love,
Together down they sink in social sleep;
Together freed, their gentle spirits fly

To scenes where love and bliss immortal reign.

CHAPTER 3.

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.

SECTION I.

Happiness:-By Miss ANN CANDLER, of Suffolk,
England.

1 DELUSIVE phantom, light as air,
Whose shadow we pursue,
Each rising morn with anxious care,
We still the chase pursue.
Elate with hope we persevere,
Still flatter'd with success;
Yet unforeseen events defer
Our visionary bliss.

2 Our fruitless toil augments our pain,
Our hopes flit swiftly by;

We sigh, despairing to obtain

The transitory joy.

Can gold untainted pleasure give?

Can we depend on power?

Can fame the sick'ning heart relieve,
Or bring one happy hour?

3 Will titles, birth, or pompous shows,
Youth, beauty, wit combin'd,
Will these, I ask, avert the woes
Entail'd on human kind?

Yet still our wish we may effect,
Substantial blessings know:
What from the shadow we expect,
The substance will bestow.

4 With wisdom dwells our dearest bliss,
Abounding with increase;

"Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace."
Lay hold on her, and you'll possess
The treasure you have sought;
Her price beyond the ruby is,
Or gold from Ophir brought.

Nicholson's Literary Miscellany.

SECTION II.

Cruelty to inferior animals censured.

1 I WOULD not enter on my list of friends, (Though grac'd with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility,) the man

Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
An inadvertent step may crush the snail,
That crawls at evening in the public path;
But he that has humanity, forewarn'd,
Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.

2 The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight,
And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes
A visiter unwelcome into scenes

Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove,
The chamber, or refectory, may die.
A necessary act incurs no blame.

3 Not so, when held within their proper bounds,
And guiltless of offence they range the air,
Or take their pastime in the spacious field:
There they are privileg'd. And he that hunts
Or harms them there, is guilty of a wrong;
Disturbs th' economy of Nature's realm,
Who when she form'd, design'd them an abode.
4 The sum is this: if man's convenience, health,
Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims,
Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs.
Else they are all-the meanest things that are,
As free to live and to enjoy that life,

As God was free to form them at the first,
Who, in his sovereign wisdom, made them all.

5 Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To love it too. The spring time of our years

Is soon dishonor'd and defil'd, in most,

By budding ills, that ask a prudent hand
To check them. But alas! none sooner shoots
If unrestrain'd, into luxuriant growth,

Than cruelty.

SECTION III.

Mischievous Amusements of Schoolboys.
SCHOOLS, unless discipline were doubly strong,
Detain their adolescent charge too long;
The management of tyroes of eighteen
Is difficult, their punishment obscene.
The stout tall captain, whose superior size
The minor heroes view with envious eyes,
Becomes their pattern, upon whom they fix
Their whole attention, and ape all his tricks.
His pride, that scorns t' obey or to submit,
With them is courage: his effront'ry wit.
His wild excursions, window-breaking feats,
Robb'ry of gardens, quarrels in the streets,
His hairbreadth 'scapes, and all his daring schemes,
Transport them, and are made their fav'rite themes.
In little bosoms such achievements strike

A kindred spark: they burn to do the like.

Cowper.

THE END.

APPENDIX.

AN ECONOMICAL PROJECT, FOR THE EXPEDITIOUS AND UNIVERSAL DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE.

In the hope that the impulse of a disposition to "do good," may influence some patron of knowledge, or generous youth, in every neighborhood where these sheets may be circulated, to volunteer his exertions for the institution of a Free Library and Reading Society, I annex the following form of a constitution, which such friends to society are earnestly desired to transcribe and present for subscription, to citizens and young people, as speedily and generally as possible:

THE CONSTITUTION,

Of the Juvenile Society of

Knowledge.

-for the Acquisition of

We the subscribers, being convinced that it is indispensably necessary for our welfare and happiness, that we improve our minds by the acquirement of useful knowledge, do hereby agree to associate as a Library and Reading Society, and conform to the following articles of regulation; which may, at any time, be altered or amended, by agreement of two thirds of the members of the society, who are permitted to vote.

I. The society may be composed of young persons of both sexes, between ten and twenty-one years of age; who are equally admitted to the benefits of this institution, (except that those who are under sixteen years of age are not permitted to vote) by signing these articles, and complying with their regulations. The elder members to be denominated senior, and the younger, junior members.

II. Persons over twenty-one years of age, may also be admitted, and shall be entitled to all the privileges of senior members, by contributing two dollars, or more, at the time of their admission, and one dollar annually afterwards.

III. The society shall meet on the first Monday in the month of

at

o'clock, P. M. and choose seven trustees, a majority of whom shall be more than twenty-one years of age. The trustees shall appoint a librarian from among themselves, or the other senior members, and fill vacancies in the board, protempore, at each meeting, whenever they occur, from non-attendance or otherwise; or if there should not a sufficient number be present for that purpose, four of the board shall be competent to transact business.

IV. The librarian shall act as chairman, at the meetings of the society or of the trustees, and have a casting vote. He shall act as treasurer and secretary. He shall number the books, and keep a record of all that are drawn and returned. He shall purchase for the library only such books as are authorised by the trustees. He shall keep an account of all the books, given or lent to the society, and of receipts and expenditures. He is authorized to loan books to persons who are not members, at one dollar per year, or three cents per week, or without any charge to those who shall obtain the certified consent of two of the trustees. He shall keep a distinct account of fines collected on the books lent to the society, which shall be paid to the owners. On the first Mondays in March and September, he shall exhibit notices on the

doors of churches, schoolhouses, or at such other places as he may deem proper, inviting all the youth to join the society, who are entitled to the privilege, as specified in the first article. Whenever the librarian shall deem it expedient, he is authorized to require deposits, or orders from responsible persons, to be left by any person to whom he shall deliver books.

V. All the books of the library shall be returned every week, at, or before o'clock, on P. M. or on the first Monday of every month; the penalty for the neglect of which, shall be six cents on each book, and one cent per day until returned; or if not returned within one month after the time aforesaid, to be paid for, if required by the trustees.

VI. It shall be the duty of the trustees, to decide what books shall be admitted, whether offered as donations, or in payment for subscriptions, or lent; to examine the books returned at each meeting, and impose reasonable fines on such as are damaged by ill usage; and, if materially injured, to be paid for, at the appraisal of the trustees. Books which are received as donations, and decided to be inadmissible, shall be exchanged by the trustees, or sold at auction.

VII. Those who neglect to pay fines, or other dues to the society, within one month after incurred, shall be prohibited the use of the library until paid. VIII. The library shall be open, for the delivery of books, every Saturday, from one to five o'clock, for females, and from five to nine o'clock, P. M. for males and books may be returned and exchanged, at all other times, when convenient to the librarian.

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IX. The first choice of books, at each meeting, shall belong to the patrons and members of the society who shall have subscribed, and paid, the greatest amount for the benefit of the institution, in gradation to those who shall have paid the least. And to others, the precedence shall belong to the oldest, in gradation to the youngest.

X. A reading meeting is appointed to be held every Thursday evening, from six to eight o'clock; for which purpose, any senior member of the society may prepare essays, or select and designate instructive and interesting articles from books, for the consideration of the librarian, or such of the trus tees as he may nominate, who shall decide upon the pieces to be read at each meeting. No person to read more than than two pages at once.

We hereby mutually recommend it to each other, to contribute twenty-five cents, quarterly, if possible, every year, for the purchase of new books for the library; and severally promise to pay to the librarian, the amount, or its value in such books as shall be accepted by the trustees, set respectively against our names.

[NOTE. The Compiler of the preceding work projected and established a free circulating library, in the year 1804, at New Lebanon, (N. Y.) for the exclusive benefit of Apprentices and youth of both sexes, between 12 and 21 years of age, and similar institutions have recently been adopted in various parts of the United States.]

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