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In our next quotation we have taken the liberty of omitting the opening and concluding stanzas, as being perhaps a little too balladish for the subject.

V.

And Dreamland folk do love their dead,
For every mound I saw,

Had flowers, and wreaths, and garlands such
As painters love to draw!

I asked what seeds made such fair buds,
And-scarce I trust my ears,

The Dreamland folk averred such things
Do only grow from-tears.

VI.

And while I hung the graves around,
I heard the organ pour:

I was the only Christian man
Without that sacred door!

A week-day morn-but church was full;
And full the chanting choir,
For Dreamland music is for God,
And not for man and-hire.

VII.

I saw the Dreamland minister
In snowy vestments pray;
He seemed to think 'twas natural

That prayer should ope the day:
And Dreamland folk responded loud
To blessings in God's name,

And in the praises of the Lord,

They had no sense of shame!

VIII.

And Dreamland folk, they kneel them down Right on the stony floor;

I saw they were uncivilized,

Nor knew how we adore:

And yet I taught them not, I own,
Our native curve refined,

For well I knew the picturesque
Scarce suits the savage mind.

IX.

And Dreamland folk do lowly bow
To own that Christ is God:
And I confess I taught them not
The fashionable nod:

And Dreamland folk sing Gloria
At every anthem's close,

But have not learned its value yet
To stir them from a doze.

X.

I saw a Dreamland babe baptized
With all the church to see,

And strange as 'twas-the blessed sight,

"Twas beautiful to me!

For many a voice cried loud Amen,

When o'er its streaming brow

The pearly cross was charactered,
To seal its Christian vow.

XI.

I learned that Dreamland children all,
As bowing sponsors swear,

To bishop's hands are duly brought,
To eucharist and prayer:

And Dreamland maids wear snow-white veils
At confirmation hour:

For such-an old apostle wrote,

Should clothe their heads, with power.

XII.

The Dreamland folk they wed in church;
They deem the Lord is there,
And, as of old, in Galilee,

May bless a bridal pair:

And strange enough, the simple ones,
They see in wedded love,

Sweet emblems of their mother church,
And Christ her Lord above.

XIII.

I saw a Dreamland funeral

Come up the shadow'd way:

The Dreamland priest was surplice-clad,
To meet the sad array.

And when his little flock drew nigh,
To give the dust their dead,

His voice went soothingly before,
As if a shepherd led.

XIV.

In earth they laid the Dreamland man;
And then a chant was given,

So sweet, that I could well believe
I heard a voice from heaven:
And singing children o'er the grave
Like cherub chanters stood,
Pouring their angel lullabies,

To make its slumber good.

XV.

The Dreamland folk count seasons four,

All woven into one!

'Tis Advent, Lent, or Easter-time,

Or Trinity begun:

The first is green as emerolde,

The next of cyprus-hue,

The third is glorious all as gold,

The fourth is sapphire-blue.

XVI.

The Dreamland folk are simple ones!
Who knows but these are they,

Described in ancient chronicle
As children of the day!

They seemed no denizens of earth,

But more-a pilgrim-band,

With no abiding city here,

Who seek a better land.

After these very copious extracts we shall content ourselves with the following specimen of the "Sacred Melodies," apparently by the same author.

CHRISTIAN WARFARE.

Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand.-Eph. vi. 13.

Oh! speed thee, Christian, on thy way,
And to thy armor cling:
With girded loins the call obey
That grace and mercy bring.
There is a battle to be fought-
An uphill race to run-

A crown of glory to be sought-
A vict'ry to be won.

The shield of faith will blunt the dart
That Satan's hand may throw;

His arrow cannot reach thy heart,
If Christ control the bow.

The glowing lamp of prayer will light
Thee on thy anxious road;

'T will keep the goal of heaven in sight;
And guide thee to thy God.

Oh! faint not, Christian, for thy sighs
Are heard before his throne;

The race must come before the prize-
The cross before the crown.

ARTICLE II.

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SOCIETY.

INTRODUCTORY NOTE.

THE interesting work whose title stands at the head of the following article has been reprinted in this country, in a neat edition of two volumes, from the press of D. Appleton & Co., which we have had occasion to notice in another place.* Its subjects are miscellaneous and attractive, and its discussions generally satisfactory. We doubt not it will be acceptable to American as it has been to English readers. Several reviews of it have appeared in British periodicals, all, on the whole, commendatory, but dwelling on different parts of the work, according to the taste of each reviewer. The following is at once the most eccentric, talented and original of these reviews. It is, however, less a review than an independent discussion. The writer follows the fashion of those pro-. fessed reviewers who leave their authors nearly untouched, for the purpose of indulging in new trains of thought, suggested, it may be, but not

* American Biblical Repository, July, 1841.