Poetry.

And even yet I dare not let it languish , — Dare not indulge iu memory ' s rapturous pain ; Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish , How could I seek thc empty world again V

MORNING . MORNING clouds are fleecy and white , Drifting freshly o ' er thc valley . Trees are swaying , Winds are playing , Musically , musically , In the branches , to aud fro . Airy liht

g , Bending low To the rillet afc my feet . Life is sweet ! Merrily , merrily , Bright birds , sing ' ye , Mid thc green of emerald buds : How the ringing

Of your Avild singing Echoes , echoes in the woods ! And the tinkling music swells ' . " .. ' .. From the silver-toned sheep-bells , Chiming and climbing Up the golden dells . Rillet fleet , Kissing my feet , Life is sweet . '

ON A VILLAGE CHURCH NEAR THE SEA . BV T . MITCHELL . TIME-HOKOUUED pile , relic of former clays , AVithin whose walls our ancestors of yore Their fervent prayers to Heav ' n were wont to raise , And the . great Saviour of mankind adore .

Would that some mightier , holier harp than mine , AVcre tuned in honour of thy ancient shrine ! AVho , as he gazes on thy toiver proud , And rapturously walks thy walls around , AVould not draw contrast 'fcwixt the busy crowd , Aud the tranquillity of holy ground 1 AA'ho would not say , in some such spot may 1 , AA hen this short life is ended , peaceful lie ''

DREAMS . DREAMS are but interludes which fancy makes ; AVhen monarch reason sleeps , this mimic wakes : Compounds a medley of disjointed things , A court of cobblers aucl a mob of kings . Light fumes are merry , grosser fumes aro sad , Both o ' er the reasonable soul run mad ;

And many monstrous forms in sleep we see , Thafc neither were , nor aro , nor e ' er can be . Sometimes forgotten things long cast behind , Rush forward in the brain , and come to mind ; The nurse ' s legends are for truths received , And the man dreams but what the boy believed . Sometimes wc but rehearsed a former play . The night restores our actions done by day ;

As hounds iu sleep will open for their prey . In short , the farce of dreams is of a piece , Chimeras all , anel more absurd or less . LEIGH HUNT .

SE MONICA TI PAI . IF . you become a nun , dear , A friar I will be ; in any cell you run , dear . Pray look behind for mc . The rose , of course , turns pale , too ; The doves all take the veil , too ; The blind will see the show .

AVhat ! you become a nun , my dear ! I'll not believe it—no ! If you become a nun , clear , The bishop Lovo ivill be ; The Cupids every one , dear , AVill chant , " AVe trust in thec ;" Tho incense will sihing

go g , The candles fall a dying , The water turn to wine . AVhat ! you go take thc vows , my dear ! Y / ou may—but they'll bo mine . LEIGH HUNT ,

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

w [ THE EDITOK does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ' ] THE PROVINCIAL GRAM ) LODGE OF WILTSHIRE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Silt AND BnoTiiER—On perusing your excellent publication of

, the 27 th instant , I saw the report of the meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Wiltshire , at Chippenham , ou the 23 rd instant ; and , among other matters , the account of my calling the attention of the Provincial Grand Lodge to the rule in the Book of Constitutions , at page -19 , "That the Provincial Grand Officers must all be resident in thc province , and subscribing members of some Lodge therein ; but thc Most Worship ful Grand Master may

grant a dispensation for non-residence . A fee of two guineas for Grand Wardens , and one guinea for any subordinate officer , shall be paid to tlie general fund of charity for such dispensation . " I think it will be apparent to all persons and brethren who can read plain English that no one has a rig ht to provincial rank unless he resides in the province , or unless there is such dispensation granted by the Most Worshipful Grand Master for

non-residence , and , before any non-resident is appointed , such dispensation should be " read in open Lodge , and a minute thereof made in the Secretary's boolcl At least , such is the course usually adopted , as I have been informed by many old and very _ experienced Masons . It wasattempted to be shown that the Right Worshipful Proviiicial"Grand Master had the poiver of granting such dispensation . Butsupposing that to he the casehave ever

, , any such dispensations been granted ? Perhaps some old and experienced Masons will have the kindness to inform their younger brethren how in this matter the law should be interpreted . I think that Bro . White—the Somerset member who thought

severely to rebuke me for making the observations I did , m accusing me of doing the same thing in au adjoining province to which I objected in AViltshire—should have taken care to let some of his rebuke be a correct statement of the facts . My answer to his rebuke is , that Col . Tynte did me the honour to give me the right to AA * ear the Somerset purple in the year 181 l > or 1814 , about eleven years before the rule X . referred to found its

way into the Book of Constitutions , which I believe was in the year 1855 . And thereb y hangs a tale—how did it get there V I beg to repeat what I stated in Grand Lodge—that I had no personal or vindictive motive in making the observation I did against the Somerset brethren , for whom I entertain the highest respect , being myself a Somersetshire man , and having been initiated in that province . I was only anxious that charity should

have its due , anel , in order that no one should be damnified by what I said , I abstained purposely from mentioning the matter until all the officers had been appointed . I am , Sir , yours fraternally . J . AV . BKOAA ' XK , P . Prov . G . S . W . of Wiltshire , M . E . Z . No . -15 : 1 . Swindon , August 80 , 1859 .

[ The law was brought forward b y Bro . Dobic , when President of the Board of General Purposes , and has been continually violated . Indeed , it ivould be worth while for some brother to move for a return of the number of dispensations applied for and granted . AVe never heard of more than one dispensation being applied for , and that was refused . —ED . ]

The Mark Master's Jewel.

THE MARK MASTER'S JEWEL .

TO THE EDITOR OF TUB FREEMASOIIS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC SIIHEOU . DKAR SIR AXD BnoTUiii ; , —AVherc is thc line of demarcation ? I appealed to you as being of exccflcnt authority in matters of Masonic jurisprudence , contending that in the Craft Lodge such jewel should not be worn but at a banquet held iu another apartment , or oven in the same room if all Lodge business was over and all matters placed where thc eye of curiosity could not

diveand find , that such or any other jewel might be borne at the pleasure of thc wearer . You replied that it was not so , but added that the Victoria Cross , or other medal , might be worn in Grand Lodge— -recollecting , doubtless , ivhat ll . R . ll . thc last G . M . wore there . If the Alark Master's jewel is not to be worn at a banquet , what think you of the banqueting room of a celebrated Lodge , decorated with emblems of the Rose Croix , the wallsjjjearing