The Astrology Of Shakespeare.

Look IIOAV the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid Avith patines of bright gold : There ' s not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings , Still quiring to the young-eyed churubims ; Such harmony is in immortal souls ; But Avhilst this muddy vesture of decay

Doth grossly close it iu , AA'e cannot hear it . Cleopatra , in her descrip tion of Antony , avers —• His voice i \ -as propertied As all the tuned spheres . And Olivia tells the disguised Viola—But would you undertake another suit

I'd rather hear you to solicit that Than music from the spheres . When Pericles , after his long quest , is raised to ecstatic bliss by tbe discovery of his daughter Marina , he hears this heavenl y music : — Per . —But AA'hat Music ! Hel . —My lord , I hear none ,

Per . —None ! The music of the spheres ! List , my Marina . Lys . —It is not good to cross him ; Give him way . Per . —Barest sounds ! Do you not hear ? Lys . —My lord , I hear . Pei-. —Most heavenly music ! It nips me into listening , and thick slumber Hangs upon mine eyes ; let me rest . MAIA . —Urania .

Camoens: Poet And Warrior.

CAMOENS : POET AND WARRIOR .

BY BRO . J . A . ELLIOTT ( 1777 ) . PORTUGAL lias latel y been doing honour to tbe remains of one who recei \ ed very different treatment during his lifetime , though his genius was such as to immortalize bis name and shed an und ying lustre on the annals of his country . As a poet and the author of the " Lusiad "—one of tbe finest

poems in any language—Camoens stands to-day , three hundred years after his death , in tbe front rank of the Avorld ' s greatest singers , ancl the nations of the world readily ancl cordiall y sympathize with the Portuguese in their attempt to efface a nation ' s ingratitude by a splendid ancl spontaneous deed of national , though posthumous , restitution . Although another great name , that of Vasoo da Gama , the eminent

discoverer , has likewise received the same honour as that of Camoens , the heart of the Portuguese nation has been wholly with tbe neglected patriot and poet , who , after having known nothing but misfortune during his lifetime , was left to die in the bitterest depths of povert y and despair—friendless and alone . It is a romantic , yet sad and strange , story , that of Camoens , and its sadness stands out in dark relief Avhen contrasted with that of the man whose bones now rest with his , and whose deeds supplied the poet with the material

for his famous poem . Vasco da Gama , as one of the , if not the most , successful discoverers of the day , was received at Court , ancl bad honours literall y showered upon him , going clown at last to the tomb surrounded by all the pageantry of state , and buried amid marks of universal respect ancl esteem . As the name and fame of Camoens are known to comparativel y few people in these islands , we propose to give our readers a brief sketch of his character