. E'en here, who seek may consolation find, Now all the wisdom, learning, wit beside, Great God! but for the sake of Him who gave Wotton. "IN CELO QUIES." THERE's rest in heav'n, there's rest in heav'n From woes which break the spirit here, From anguish and tormenting fear, That almost rend the heart in twain, E. S. Ah! by my glorious Saviour's side, Then cease, fond man, the rising sigh, West Drayton. THE SCENES OF EARTH. Oh, lovely are the silvery streams That through its valleys flow, Oh, welcome are the gifts of spring! The music of the fell Flowers that their glowing colours fling O'er many a happy dell. But what are earthly scenes and joys, And what are earthly days? The heralds of eternity, Flushed with its glorious rays. But there are scenes of endless bliss, And bowers of fadeless bloom, And there are heaven-born hopes that cheer The passage to the tomb. Δ. Κ. A, R. B. THE YOUTHS' MAGAZINE; OR Evangelical Miscellany. JULY, 1836. ALLINGTON CASTLE. ALLINGTON CASTLE, on the banks of the Medway, consists of two courts; the first, entered through the spacious gateway exhibited in our engraving, contains, on its south side, that "faire house built by Sir Thomas Wiat, senior, a most learned knight," the ambition of whose son caused the overthrow of "himself and his state." It commands a fine view of the river, and the beautiful meadows through which it flows, and from its picturesque situation and appearance, not less than its historical associations, is calculated to inspire the mind with feelings of the deepest interest. The tranquil Medway, the grey walls of the castle with its ancient dovecote, roofless and fast mouldering away; the luxuriant ivy mantling its hoary battlements; the varied foliage of the opposite woods; and the vivid hues of the surrounding landscape, relieved here and there by masses of less gaudy verdure, and clumps of forest trees, all conspire to render this seclusion a place where one may not only "think VOL. IX. 3rd SERIES. T |