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    genctej the more an oriental spirit predominates in these imitation's , the more they attain their end . We find in them a continuation of the tales of our infancy ; these fictions coalesce with what we heard when young , filling up as it were , the outline and sketch of celebrated places and persons . To the due perusal and enjoy ment of these oriental fables or

    idyls , we must bring back iu some measure , our simple and child-like sentiments . " 1 . The Leaves of Antiquity . My youthful spirit wandered in the grove of ancient sayings , and arrived at the gate of paradise . " What dost thou seek here ,

    mortal ? " said the splendid , wondrous figure , which guarded the holy garden , the glory of whom was tempered , and , instead of the fiery sword , he heki a palmbranch in his hand . 4 C I seek the

    most ancient abode of my race , ' * said I , * the tree of life , and the tree of knowledge , and those blessed meads , in which the

    father of men was taught child-like > visdom , from all the living of the earth , and from the Elohim himself / ' '

    u Paradise is faded , " said the friendly cherub , " the tree of life is planted in a higher and immortal warden , and the tree of knowledge blossonlb among all the people of the earth . But

    thou sfmlt become acquainted with my form , and in it shalt tear the * voice of all the living ' . " We said , and touched me with "is branch , Arid ascended more glorious in the air . ¦ ' <

    How spk ' rujid Was the figure ? r * y eytf * now behold ! What voices of creation were heard ,

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    by my rie ^ vly-opened e&r ! AH the living of the earth , and the kings of its families , eagte and ox , man and lion , bore the throne ^ of the Eternal ; it \ vas one gUcrrjf , one song of praise , one ' restt&ss motion . Whither the eagle flew ^ thither panted the ox , thither turned the roaring lion , &q& iftan ,

    their friendly sovereign and youngest brother . It was the priest of nature , who bore the sacrifice ^ and the voices of all , before the throne of the Eternal , and who rolled the holy chariot of crea

    tion . And behold , the cherpb stood again before me , in milder splendour . The branch of the palm fell from his hand , its leaves \ Vere the

    unfading leaves of ancieiit ! tradi- ^ tion . ' * Receive them , " said the cherub , " read them , and impart them to thy brethren / ' Tfae vision vanished , and I awoke .

    I obey the command of the angel , who unites in himself all the voices of creation , and wBo has survived each degenerate ra £ fe of mankind . May the language of ancient cliqiys be on my l ips ^ may my child-like sayings breathe the breath of the branch of pa- * radise !

    2 . The Sun and the 3 toon . Daughter of beauty ! beware of envy . Envy drove angels from heaven ; envy obscured the beautiful moon , benign mistress of the night . The creating' word issued from

    the counsel of the Almighty . " Let two lights shine in the firmament ; as sovereigns of tHe earth , as arbitrators of rolling time . " He said , and it \\ zls so . The sun arose , the first light . He

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page 253, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/25/