Never more at trump to waken- From that bough so sorely shaken 7. In a moment, in a twinkling, He was gathered to his rest, 8. Onward still the squadrons thunder, 9. Here a noble charger stiffens, 10. And the sleepers-ah! the sleepers 11. Of that charge at Balaklava- Shall record it for all time. LESSON CXLVI. THE LESSON TAUGHT BY THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. Trochaic Measure.-ARCHBISHOP TRENCH. [The charge of the Light Brigade was evidently a blunder-a reckless, and, in a military point of view, a useless waste of life; but the following reflections are designed to show that "the offering was not in vain," and that an exalted moral lesson is taught by this noble example of unquestioning obedience to duty.] 1. MANY a deed of faithful daring may obtain no record here, Wrought where none could see or note it, save the one Almighty seer. 2. Many a deed a while remembered, out of memory needs must fall, Covered, as the years roll onward, by oblivion's creeping pall: 3. But there are which never, never to oblivion can give room, Till in flame earth's records perish―till the thunder-peal of doom: 4. And of these, through all the ages married to immortal fame, One is linked, and linked forever, Balaklava, with thy name. 5. O our brothers that are sleeping, weary with your great day's strife On that black Crimean headland, noble prodigals of life 6. Eyes which ne'er beheld you living, these have dearly mourned you dead, All your squandered wealth of valor, all the lavish blood ye shed. 7. In our eyes the tears are springing, but we bid them back again; 9. Not for naught; to more than warriors armed as you for mortal fray, 11. This ye taught: and this your lesson, solemnly, in blood ye sealed ; Heroes, martyrs, are the harvest Balaklava's heights shall yield. OUR DUTY. POSSESSIONS vanish, and opinions change, WHEN it was rumored that the old Duke of Wellington was about to marry the young and rich heiress, Miss Angelina Burdett Coutts, some wag wrote the following: "The duke must in his second childhood be, II. AN ANAGRAM. The following very happy anagram was written by William Oldys himself, the well-known bibliographer, and found among his manuscripts after his death: "In word and WILL I AM a friend to you, And one friend OLD IS worth a hundred new." III. JOHNSON'S STYLE. Dr. Johnson is noted for the high-sounding words which he used, and the pompous style of all his writings. Goldsmith remarked to him one day, "Doctor, if you were to write a fable about little fishes, you would make them all talk like whales." IV. LORD BROUGHAM. Lord Brougham was noted for the satirical, waspish manner with which he treated his opponents in debate. Sydney Smith, on seeing his carriage go past, having on the panel the letter B, surrounded by a coronet, remarked to a friend, "There goes a carriage with a B outside, and a wasp within." V. BLUE INK. You ask me, Edward, what I think VI. MASCULINE AND FEMININE. In England, rivers are all males- Finds them ma'amselles or dames. Yes, there the softer sex presides, VII. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. As late the Trades' Unions, by way of a show, VIII. A SUBLIME PUN. The following anecdote, although a pun upon words, is sublime in thought and language: A gentleman had been engaged in a duel: the ball of his antagonist struck his watch, and remained there. The watch was afterward exhibited, with the ball remaining in it, in a company where Judge Parsons was present. It was remarked by several that it was a valuable watch. "Yes," said Parsons," very excellent; it has kept Time from Eternity." LESSON CXLVIII. MORAL AND RELIGIOUS. I. GOD'S LOVE TO US.-GRIFFIN. Declarative: Repetition. THERE's not a flower that decks the vale, God's love to us, and love undying! II. HE LIVES LONG WHO LIVES WELL.-RANDOLPH. Wouldst thou live long? The only means are these, Strive to live well; tread in the upright ways, But he that outlives Nestor, and appears To have passed the date of gray Methuselah's years, I say he only was-he did not LIVE. "Now" is the syllable ever ticking from the clock of time. "Now" is the watchword of the wise. "Now" is on the banner of the prudent. Let us keep this little word always in our mind; and whenever any thing presents itself to us in the shape of work, whether mental or physical, let us do it with all our might, remembering that "Now" is the only time for us. It is, indeed, a sorry way to get through the |