I saw thee in thy beauty! with one hand among her curlsThe other with no gentle grasp had seized a string of pearls ; She felt the pretty trespass, and she chid thee, though she smiled,

And I knew not which was lovelier, the mother or the child!

I see thee in thy beauty! for there thou seem'st to lie
In slumber resting peacefully: but, oh! the change of eye-
That still serenity of brow-those lips that breathe no more,
Proclaim thee but a mockery fair of what thou wert of yore.

I see thee in thy beauty! with thy waving hair at rest,
And thy busy little fingers folded lightly on thy breast;
But thy merry dance is over, and thy little race is run,
And the mirror that reflected two can now give back but
one !

I see thee in thy beauty! as I saw thee in that day ;

But the mirth that gladdened then thy home fled with thy life

away.

I see thee lying motionless upon the accustomed floor;
But my heart hath blinded both mine eyes, and I can see no
more!
MRS A. WATTS.

whose speed is

to this creature, which is found

in the sandy plains that abound in those
instant the
perceives itself aimed at, it
the mountains, while the horseman
the swiftness possible, and

The

to

it with all

to cut off its re

its

treat. The chase then continues along the plain, while the ostrich makes use of both legs and wings to motion. A horse of the first speed is to outrun it ; so that the poor animal is then obliged to have to art to elude the hunter, by frequently turning. At length, finding all hopeless, it

its head

wherever it can, and tamely suffers the horse, in a trial of this kind,

is not readily tired, his in high reputation.

The horses of the

to be taken. If

great speed, and

is fixed, and he is held

form the principal

many of their tribes, who use them in their expeditions for plunder. heavy

and are seldom

They are so tractable and familiar that the fields to the call of their

in the chase

of

They never carry
on long journeys.
they will
The Arab, his

from

tent with the

them, suffer

the children to rest on their bodies and necks, and seem

afraid even to move lest they should

them. They

never beat or correct their

kindness, and even affection. the compassion and attachment

to one of these animals will be interesting to every :-The whole property of this Arab

a very beautiful mare. at Said

her to the

Arab, length

of

to

This animal the French consul to purchase, with the intention of sending of France, Louis Fourteenth. The by want, hesitated a time; but at on condition of receiving a considerable of money, which he named. The consul France for permission to close the obtained it, sent the information to the so poor as to possess only a few rags to rived with his magnificent courser. appeared to be greatly

Looking first at the gold, and then at his
ed a deep
and exclaimed, "To
ing to surrender thee? To Europeans!
close; who beat thee; who will
Return with

,

who will tie

thee miserable!

, my beauty, jewel, and rejoice the

of my children!" As he pronounced the last he sprung upon her

EVERY grain of sand appears round when examined with the naked eye; but by the aid of a microscope we can

discover that each differs from the others in figure and size. One is perfectly spherical, another square, a third conical; but the greatest number are of an irregular figure. A species of diminutive animals, called mites, is found in cheese. To the naked eye they appear like specks; but the microscope proves that they are insects of a very singular figure. They have not only eyes, mouth, and legs, but also transparent bodies, provided with long hair-like bristles. In the vegetable kingdom, the mould which generally collects on damp bodies exhibits the resemblance of a thick forest of trees and plants. The branches, leaves, blossom, and fruit, may be clearly distinguished. The flowers have long, white, transparent stems: before they open they appear like small green buds, which become white when they are blown. As little as we should have expected to discover this in mould, so little should we have imagined that the dust which covers the wings of the butterfly is a collection of small feathers, had not the microscope convinced us that this is the case. But, reader, you have no occasion to extend your researches to remote objects. Go no farther than yourself. Observe the surface of your skin through a microscope; it resembles the scaly armour of a fish. It has been calculated that one single grain of sand can cover two hundred and fifty of these scales; that one scale covers five hundred pores; and that, consequently, a space equivalent to a grain of sand contains one hundred and twenty-five thousand pores.

Thus you see how great your Creator is, even in those things which prejudice has taught us to consider as trifles, and how innumerable are the creatures which he has distributed over the earth. We are already acquainted with more than thirty thousand different plants, and several thousand species of insects; but all these are nothing in comparison of the whole. Were the bottom of the sea and the beds of rivers uncovered to our view, how would our astonishment at the immense number of the creatures of God be increased! and this could not fail to appear to us the most wonderful of all, that God should have employed as much wisdom in the production of the smallest, as he has manifested in the greatest of his works. The Creator extends the same beneficent care to the worm

that creeps in the dust as to the whale which towers Strive, O reader, to imitate him in The meanest of created beings deserves

above the waves. this respect.

thy kindness.

STURM.

HAPPINESS OF INSECT LIFE.

It is well-known that the examination of flowers and plants of every description by the microscope, opens a new and interesting field of wonders to the naturalist. Sir John Hill has given the following curious account of what appeared on his examining a carnation:

near.

The principal flower in an elegant bouquet was a carnation its fragrance led me to enjoy it frequently and The sense of smelling was not the only one affected on these occasions. The ear also was constantly attacked by an extremely soft, but agreeable murmuring sound. It was easy to know that some animal within the covert must be the musician, and that the little noise must come from some little creature, suited to produce it. I instantly distended the lower part of the flower, and placing it in a full light, I could discover troops of little insects frisking, with wild jollity, among the narrow pedestals that supported its leaves, and the little threads that occupied its centre. What a fragrant world for their habitation! what a perfect security from all annoyance, in the dusky husk that surrounded the scene of action! Adapting a microscope to take in, at one view, the whole base of the flower, I gave myself an opportunity of contemplating what they were about, and this for many days together, without giving them the least disturbance. Thus, I could discover their economy, their passions, and their enjoyments. The microscope, on this occasion, had given what nature seemed to have denied to the objects of contemplation. The base of the flower extended itself under its influence to a vast plain; the slender stems of the leaves became trunks of so many stately cedars; the threads in the middle seemed columns of massy structure, supporting at the top their several ornaments; and the narrow spaces between were enlarged in walks, parterres, and terraces. On the polished bot

toms of these, brighter than Parian marble, walked in pairs, alone, or in larger companies, the winged inhabitants: these, from little dusky flies, for such only the naked eye would have shown them, were raised to glorious glittering animals, stained with living purple, and with a glossy gold, that would have made all the labours of the loom contemptible in the comparison.-I could at leisure, as they walked together, admire their elegant limbs, their velvet shoulders, and their silken wings; their backs vying with the empyrean in its blue; and their eyes, each formed of a thousand others, out-glittering the little planes on a brilliant, above description, and too great almost for admiration. I could observe them here singling out their favourite females; courting them with the music of their buzzing wings, with little songs, formed for their little organs, leading them from walk to walk among the perfumed shades, and pointing out to their taste the drop of liquid nectar, just bursting from some vein within the living trunk-Here were the perfumed groves, the more than mystic shades of the poet's fancy realized. Dick-Christian Philosopher.

THE SUNBEAM.

THOU art no lingerer in monarch's hall,
A joy thou art, and a wealth to all!

A bearer of hope unto land and sea:—
Sunbeam! what gift hath the world like thee?

Thou art walking the billows, and ocean smiles;
Thou hast touched with glory his thousand isles;
Thou hast lit up the ships and the feathery foam,
And gladdened the sailor, like words from home.

To the solemn depths of the forest-shades,
Thou art streaming on through their green arcades,
And the quivering leaves that have caught thy glow,
Like fire-flies glance to the pools below.

I looked on the mountains,- -a vapour lay
Folding their heights in its dark array;
Thou brakest forth, and the mist became
A crown and a mantle of living flame.