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Review Of Literature.
having outgroivn them , and learnt to appreciate and to defend the institutions of my country . " Had I written lewdly in my youth , like Beza—like Beza , I would ask pardon of God and man ; and no considerations should induce me to reprint what I could never think of ivithout sorrow and shame . Had I at any time , like St . Augustine , taught doctrines which I afterwards perceived to be erroneous , —and if , as in his case , my position in society , weiht to what advanced
and the estimation in which I was held , gave g I , and made those errors dangerous to others , —like St . Augustine , I ivould publish my retractations , and endeavour to counteract the evil ivhich , though erringly , with no evil intention , I had caused . " AVherefore , then , it may be asked , have I included Wat Tyler in this authentic collection of my poetical works ? For these reasons , — that it may not be supposed I think it any reproach to have written it , or that I am more ashamed of having been a republican than of having been a boy . "
Jane Lomax ; by the author of Brambletye House . Colburn . — - AVe doubt not but this work will be by far more popular than any of its predecessors from the same pen . It is a most vivid narrative carefully worked out , containing characters drawn with equal delicacy and power , and appealing with irresistible force to the heart of the reader . Our limits preclude the possibility of indulging in a sufficient length of extract to support our opinion ; but we recommend our friends to read doubt but will thank for
tbe work themselves , and have no they us having indicated to them the means of a very high enjoyment . Lyrics . By John Lee Stevens . Baily . ( Second notice . ) This is really a delightful parlour-window or drawing-room-table volume ; in its green ancl golden binding it reminds one of spring , and its contents are htvariableand leasant the books—of whichat this seasonit was
lig , , p as , , so appropriate a precursor—the Annuals . Brother Stevens has already enriched the Freemasons' Quarterly with some of the Lyrics here collected ; his " quality , " therefore , must be known to our readers , but we cannot resist the temptation of a few more extracts . Here are two sonnets full of tbe spirit of the olden masters , rich pictures , with the true poetic tint thrown over them .
" Summer . ' Now summer ' s breeze is on the wave , And landward breathes a healthful sigh ; And youth to shady bowers fly , Or in the stream delighted lave Their glowing limbs ; the truant boy dale his swiftness tries
O ' er hill and , Chasing the wavering butterflies From flower to flower , with eager joy ; The swallow spreads her glossy wings , And twitters , as with turn precise She seizes on some insect prize , And bears it to her nest , and clings , With claws extended , firmly there , Feeding her nestlings with parental care .
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Review Of Literature.
having outgroivn them , and learnt to appreciate and to defend the institutions of my country . " Had I written lewdly in my youth , like Beza—like Beza , I would ask pardon of God and man ; and no considerations should induce me to reprint what I could never think of ivithout sorrow and shame . Had I at any time , like St . Augustine , taught doctrines which I afterwards perceived to be erroneous , —and if , as in his case , my position in society , weiht to what advanced
and the estimation in which I was held , gave g I , and made those errors dangerous to others , —like St . Augustine , I ivould publish my retractations , and endeavour to counteract the evil ivhich , though erringly , with no evil intention , I had caused . " AVherefore , then , it may be asked , have I included Wat Tyler in this authentic collection of my poetical works ? For these reasons , — that it may not be supposed I think it any reproach to have written it , or that I am more ashamed of having been a republican than of having been a boy . "
Jane Lomax ; by the author of Brambletye House . Colburn . — - AVe doubt not but this work will be by far more popular than any of its predecessors from the same pen . It is a most vivid narrative carefully worked out , containing characters drawn with equal delicacy and power , and appealing with irresistible force to the heart of the reader . Our limits preclude the possibility of indulging in a sufficient length of extract to support our opinion ; but we recommend our friends to read doubt but will thank for
tbe work themselves , and have no they us having indicated to them the means of a very high enjoyment . Lyrics . By John Lee Stevens . Baily . ( Second notice . ) This is really a delightful parlour-window or drawing-room-table volume ; in its green ancl golden binding it reminds one of spring , and its contents are htvariableand leasant the books—of whichat this seasonit was
lig , , p as , , so appropriate a precursor—the Annuals . Brother Stevens has already enriched the Freemasons' Quarterly with some of the Lyrics here collected ; his " quality , " therefore , must be known to our readers , but we cannot resist the temptation of a few more extracts . Here are two sonnets full of tbe spirit of the olden masters , rich pictures , with the true poetic tint thrown over them .
" Summer . ' Now summer ' s breeze is on the wave , And landward breathes a healthful sigh ; And youth to shady bowers fly , Or in the stream delighted lave Their glowing limbs ; the truant boy dale his swiftness tries
O ' er hill and , Chasing the wavering butterflies From flower to flower , with eager joy ; The swallow spreads her glossy wings , And twitters , as with turn precise She seizes on some insect prize , And bears it to her nest , and clings , With claws extended , firmly there , Feeding her nestlings with parental care .