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    iyettactiem : but ^ pass them all by to coSne ^ ttfi ^ Mt lioflk ^ % Hii 6 ^*> wfch ^ in prose-or verse ,- fakit or fiction , is at-W ^^ hfc most bltssed' and delicious Idea that the triind of man can indulge . «* . fl [ # ^^ B flofipdefl the depths of yon - Aqd , counted the s ^ jotds that under it be ^? Hast thou measured the height of heaven . ¦ :, > : above ? . . ; , .. .:.... ¦ . . . . ,-.- ., Then inayest thou mete out a mother ' s love .

    Hast thou talked with the blessed of leading on < TO the throne of God some wandering son ? Hast thou witnessed the angels' bright employ ? < Then raayest thou speak of a mother ' s

    joy . Evening ; and raorn , hast thou watched the bee Go forth on her errands of industry ? The bee for herself hath gathered and , toiled , But the mother ' s cares are all for her child . . in . . .. .. . . .. . i . i ¦

    Hast thou . gone with the travellerThought afar , From pole to pole , and from star to star ? Thou hastr- ^ -but on . ocean , earth , or sea , The heart of a mother has gone with tliee .

    There is not a grand , inspiring thought , There is not" a truth by wisdom taught , There is not a feeling pure and high , That may not be read in a mother ' s eye . And ever since earth began , that look Has been to tne wise an open book , To win them back from the lore ; they priize , To the holier love that edifies .

    There are teachings on earth , and sky , and air , .,,,. The Heavens the glory of God declare ; put louder jihan ^ yoice beneath , above , He is heard to speak through a mo-,, ther ' sjove . " .,. Emily Taylor .

    Is it quite as true , as Hprace and all critics from his day to par awa would have us believe , that poetiy ^ good for nothing , unless J $ ibea ^ nrs ^ rajfce , ? : W > cowld not tKid ^ take to Bay for the lines we have quoted , that they have aMf peculiar originality o * concentration j we see * fofo £ ^ f ) itte It ^ tmftgr wMt W& ? nlus , and we have no reason to prophesy that they will be immortal - but they

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    breathe the true spirit of feeling and poetry ^ and as * long as they are read , and haman nature renialns what it is , they must give pleasure . The same may be said of a little song in the Juvenile Keepsake , beginning "In this changing worlds where oujr best joys flee . '' Thie line is a poor line , and the

    versification throughout is ( if we may be allowed the expression ) unable to carry the sense ; but in spite of its faults , who can help loving it ? if it were only for " the smile of old , " which is worth pages of verbiage . We ask pardon of Miss Aikin , and the authoress ( whoever she may be ) of the Munster Festivals , and of our old friend Mrs . Holland , &c , &c , but we cannot admire

    the prose in Mr . Roscoe ' s collection as much as the verse . It may , nevertheless , be acceptable to the " juvenile public , " for whose benefit it was intended , and to their good graces we commit it , ( with all the charades and other devices , ) wishing them " a merry Christmas , " which Mr . Roscoe , we think , has omitted , though he has furnished them , at the end of his preface , with an infallible receipt for obtaining " a happy New Year . "

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    Art . IV . —A Sermon on those Rules of Christian Charity , by which our Opinions of other Sects should be formed , preached before the Mayor and Corporation , in the Cathedral Church of Bristol , on Wednesday , Nov . 5 , 1828 . By the Rev . Sydney Smith , Prebendary of Bristol . London : Ridgway , 1828 . Pp . 24 .

    The Rev . Sydney Smith is a curious compound . He is a Churchnian , a Wit , and a Liberal ; and moreover he is a man of sound common sense , strong and iclear . His constitution is , as they say

    of the British constitution , a system of checks . And we may also say of it , tsrtth at least aa much truth as they say of that , that it works well . Witness the candid / manly , and well-timed Sermon now before us . It bears marks of

    all the characters we have mentioned ; a 0 indeed do his avowed productions generally . In his anonymous writings , he does perhaps sink the ecclesiastic occasionally . Usually , however , his Chu ^ chmanship restrains his wit fro m running riot ; and his Liberalism keeps toe Chrachmattship well in check ; and his mrim 6 n Sense moaifleVand anial ^ triateH , ahd manges thebvall ; fiitting l \ kfc a Steady coachman on ^ is box , with » W ^ in hanS , preveiitiyf MberaliBm froiii bolting off to the extreme ri ^ ht ;

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1828, page 850, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2567/page/50/