"My Mother, sweet Mother, then bid him come in,
I wis 'tis the youth that my bosom shall win;
The heart of the Maiden resisteth no more,
For lo, 'tis the Minstrel that stands at the door.

"He bringeth a treasure more lustrous than gold,
He beareth the weapon for triumphs untold;
The ore of his thought, and the sword of his song,
More rich than the rich, and more strong than the strong."

CHARADE.

A.

We have furl'd our sails, we have moor'd our bark, Beneath St. Elmo's fortress dark;

Ave Maria! thy guardian hand

Has brought us safe to Valetta's strand!
Ocean has lifted his waves in vain,

Tho' those howling blasts and that rolling main
Our labouring prow might scarcely stem;

So now our first step on shore we turn,

Where the censer smokes and the altar lights burn In the church of St. John of Jerusalem.

Where in their marble panoply

The grim old red-cross warriors lie, We'll thank our Ladie for her aid,In the long drawn aisle

Of the Gothic pile

This day our first shall be duly said.

Spread we the onward sail again,

And seek we Syria's sun-burnt strand; Farewell for a while to the christian strain,

For the Moslem rules in Holy Land.

Yet my second hath witness'd full oft the might
Of christian men for God and the Right,-
She hath heard her ancient turrets ring
With the shout of the Lion-hearted king,
And the rolling tide of the victor Gaul
Broke harmless against her time-worn wall.
On, on to the south, by the wave-worn coast,
And the track of the Corsican's broken host,
To where upon the desert lone,

Skull upon skull and bone upon bone,
The dreary scene of my shameful whole
Still justly fires th' indignant soul.
Scene of warrior's broken vow,
Slaughter of a rendered foe,
Not Marengo famed in story
Nor Austerlitz of brighter glory
May avail to wipe the shame
Of Jaffa from the soldier's fame.

He leans upon his staff, bowed down with bitter grief and pain,
And calls, till o'er that narrow sea the island rings again:
"Robber, from yonder dungeon-rock restore to me my child!
Her harp and song, so sweet, the weary days of age beguiled.
But rudely thou didst bear her off while dancing on the strand;
It bows my aged head, it leaves on thee shame's lasting brand."
Forth from his rocky cavern then the tall wild Robber sprang;
He swung his giant sword around, and on his shield it rang.
Thou hast full many warders stout, why did they let her go?
So many warriors serve thee, none for her will strike a blow ?"
Yet moved no warrior from the ranks, nor uttered one a tone;
The blind King turned himself around:-"Am I then all
alone?"

Then grasped the father's hand the youngest son with pressure

warm:

"O let me in the combat prove the strength that nerves my arm!"

"O Son, the foeman's giant strength what valour can withstand? And yet, right noble pith bespeaks the pressure of thy hand.

Bring then the trusty blade, the theme of many a Scald's high praise;

And should'st thou fall, in yonder flood may end my weary days!"

And hark! the boat rides o'er the sea, with rushing, foaming

sound.

The blind King stands with listening ear, and all are still around;

Till sounds of clashing sword and shield come from the other shore,

And battle-cries, and shouts of rage, and Echo's hollow roar. The old man calls in fearful joy, "Say, what may now be seen? My sword, I know its warlike tone, it rings so clear and keen." "The Robber falls! a bloody grave his meet reward shall be. Hail, best of champions, valiant Prince! hail, spirit bold and free!"

And all is still; the King now stands with listening, anxious

ear.

"What comes so fast across the sea? the rush of oars I hear." Thy gallant son, with sword and shield, rows swiftly o'er the water,

And with him, in her sun-bright hair, Gunilda comes, thy daughter."

From the high cliff the blind old man shouts "Welcome" o'er the wave.

"Bliss in my age I now shall find, and honour in my grave. My son, beside me lay the sword with tone so clear and strong! And thou, Gunilda, rescued one, sing thou my funeral song."

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INDEX.

A.

Carpenter and the Magic Statue, 413.
Caspian Sea, Change in the Level of, 382.
Castle of Godefroi de Bouillon, 336.
Charade, 416.

Childhood, 32.

Child's Lament, A, 208.

Chivalry in England, Rise and Decline of,
150, 183.

Christmas, Lines written at, 48.
Chronicle of St. Alban's, 172, 190.
Churchyard, The, 336.

Clothes Moth, The, 210.

Coffee, Nutriment in, 382.

Coloured Glass and Enamel, 17.
Coronation Stone, The, 258.
Cottage Home, The, 50.
Count Gero of Montfort, 80.

Country Sketches, 236, 254, 267, 311, 363,
398.

Court, my First Visit to, 344.

Court of Star Chamber, The, 297, 327.
Cunningham's (Allan) Poems, 110.

D.

Damascus, Journey to, 299.
Dangers of the Arctic Seas, 41.
Davy's Volcanic Theory, 381.
Deaf Girl, The, 304.

Decorations of New Houses of Parliament,
383.

Description of an Old Garden, 159.

Diary of a Journey from Alexandria to
Suez, 22, 39.

Diary of a Wiltshire Curate, passages from
the, 4, 19, 37, 52.

Discovery of the Steam Engine, 74.
Dispute of the Bedouins, 320.

Distance of the Earth from fixed Stars,
382.

Domestic Life, Sketch of, 315, 332, 342.
Don't be afraid, 91, 121.

Doom of our World, 382.
Drama in the Middle Ages, 242, 279.
Dresden, Account of Flood at, 98, 114.
Dumb Girl, The, 368.

F.

False Merchant, The, 14.

Far, far away, 192.

Father Eustace, 199.

Feet of the Chinese Women, 112.
Festival of All Saints' Day, 87.

Finland, an Adventure in the Gulf of, 296.
First Visit to Court, 344.

Flood at Dresden, Account of Great, 98,
114.

Footsteps before the Flood, 382.
Forbes's Travels in Lycia, 61, 77.
Fortune Hunter, The, 33.

Fortune's Wanderings in China, 141.
Frank Fairlegh, 104, 117, 134, 146, 164,
180, 196, 228, 244, 260, 276, 293, 824,
357, 401.

Frederick Halm, 380.

Fury, Loss of Her Majesty's Ship, 41.

Gigantic Bird Nests, 381.

Glass Manufacture, 148, 170, 188.
Godefroi de Bouillon, Castle of, 338.
Goodwin Sands, The, 136.

Grave of Isaac Walton, 236.
Grave, The, 400.

Great Events from Little Causes, 130.
Great King's Daughter, The, 109.
Great Mystery of Salisbury Plain, 216.
Grecian Burial, A, 319.

Guizot, Life and Writings of Madame, 153,
168, 185.

Guizot, Moral Reflections, 300, 310.
Gun-cotton, Analysis of, 380.

H.

Halm, Memoir of Frederick, 880.

Hampden, Autumn Morning at, 311.

Hannah Lawrence, 71.

Harem, Interior of a, 351.

Harper, The, 145.

Hastings, Battle of, 354.

Hearing, on Sound and the Sense of, 89.
Heart of Montrose, The, 215.

Henri de Nemours, or, Fraternal Affection,
286.

Hertingfordbury, Village of, 267.

Hever, Summer's Morning at, 254.
Hop Gathering, 306.

House where Shakspeare was born, 302.

I.

Icebergs, Approach of, 383.
Incident at Sea, The, 287.

Insects, the Temperature of, 312.
Interior of a Harem, 351.

Iron, Manufacture of, 29, 34, 54.
Isle, The Inaccessible, 237.

Italian Peasant Girl in Prison, 81.

J.

Journal of a Diary from Alexandria to
Suez, 22, 39.

K.

Kenilworth Castle, 391.
Kenyon, Anecdote of Lord, 16.

L.

Lancashire, Sketch of Men and Manners
in, 404.

Last Days of Eton Montem, 233.
Last Years of the Saxon King, 377.
Lawrence, Hannah, a Tale, 71.
Lay of the Sword, The, 304.

Leeches in Scinde, Mode of Breeding, 208.
Liege and Verviers, Rambles in, 140.

Life and Writings of Mad. Guizot, 153, 168,
185.

Life, A Parable of, 410.

Life, A Sketch from, 128.
Light, on the Theory of, 317.

Light, Velocity of, 382.

Lines addressed to an English Lady, 160.

Lines written at Christmas, 48.

Little Printer, The, 393.

M.

Maiden Aunt, The, 308, 338, 373, 387, 406.
Maiden's Choice, The, 416.

Malines, Rambles in, 206.

Malmesbury Abbey Church, Remains of,

321.

Man, Insignificance of, 383.

Manufacture of Glass, The, 148, 170, 188.
Manufacture of Iron, The, 29, 34, 54.
Married Life, Lays of, 384.
Mary, Queen of Scots, 63.
Meaning of Undine, The, 290.
Memoir of John Walter, 306.

Merchant, The False, 14.
Mistaken Vocation, A. 96.

Mode of Breeding Leeches in Scinde, 208.
Montrose, The Heart of, 215.

Moral Reflections, by M. Guizot, 300, 310.
Mountain Scenery, 64.

Music, Superiority of Vocal over Instru-
mental, 7.

Mysteries of Vegetable Life, 178.

The Blind King, 416.

The Brothers' Adventure, 368.

The Churchyard, 336.

The Cottage Home, 50.

The Deaf Girl, 304.

The Dumb Girl, 368.

The Exiles, 319.

The Grave, 400.

The Harper, 145.
The Last Hope, 399.

The Lay of the Sword, 304.
The Maiden's Choice, 415.
The Old Clerk's Vanity, 256.
The Patriarch, 128.

The Return of the Sennerin, 16.
The Sanctuary, 112.

The Summer is Over, 288.

The Vision of St. John's Eve, 176.
The Wistful Heart, 352.

The Yellow Leaf, 160.
Time and the Maiden, 144.

To, on reading some of her former
letters, 256.

True Walter, 32.

Potato, Introduction of into Paris, 365.
Prairies, on the Nature of, 70.
Prediction of the Weather, 382.

Public Writer, The, or the Effects of
Gambling, 202, 218.

Punishments, Equality of, 410.

Readings in History, 258, 297, 327.

Reading the Will, 33.

Readers, Address to our, 409.

Remains of Malmesbury Abbey Church,

320.

Return of the Sennerin, The, 16.
REVIEWS:--

Allan Cunningham's Poems, 110.
Castlereagh's (Lord) Journey to Da-

mascus, 299.

Father Eustace, 199.

Fortune's

China," 141.

Simpson's Voyage round the World,

263, 281.

Spratt and Forbes's "Lycia."61, 77.
Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian

Sea, 143.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua. Memoir of, 12.
Rise and Decline of Chivalry in England,

150, 183.

Royal Academy, Exhibition of, 106.
Rustic Nurse, The, 386.

Sailors' Pranks, 536.

S.

Salisbury Plain, Great Mystery of. 216.
Saxon King. Last Years of the, 377.
Schoolmaster, Painful Duties of the, 176.
Science, Curiosities of, 380.
Sea an Incident at, 287.

Sennerin, The Return of the, 16.

Serpents. The Fascinating Power of, 274.
Shakspeare, The House where he was Born,
302.

Siberia, Absence of Snow in, $81.
Sign Painter, The, 156.

Simpson's Voyage Round the World, 263,

281.

Sketches, Biographical, of Eminent Paint-

ers, 12, 47.

Sketches of the Traditions of Germany, 82,