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And thou, upon thy mother's breast,

No longer lean adown,

But take the Glory for the Rest,

And rule the land that loves thee best.
She heard and wept-

She wept to wear a crown!

They deck'd her courtly halls: They rein'd her hundred steeds; They shouted at her palace gate, "A noble Queen succeeds!"

Her name has stirr'd the mountain's sleep, Her praise has fill'd the town,

And mourners God had stricken deep, Look'd hearkening up, and did not weep. Alone she wept,

Who wept to wear a crown!

She saw no purples shine,

For tears had dimm'd her eyes;

She only knew her childhood's flowers
Were happier pageantries!

And while her heralds play'd their part,
Those million shouts to drown-

"God save the Queen" from hill to mart, She heard through all her beating heart, And turn'd and wept

She wept to wear a crown!

God save thee, weeping Queen!
Thou shalt be well beloved!
The tyrant's sceptre cannot move
As those pure tears have moved!
The nature in thine eyes we see
That tyrants cannot own-
The love that guardeth liberties!
Strange blessing on the nation lies,
Whose sovereign wept-
Yea, wept to wear a crown!

God bless thee! weeping Queen!
With blessing more divine!

And fill with happier love than earth's
That tender heart of thine!

That when the thrones of earth shall be

As low as graves brought down

A pierced hand may give to thee

The crown which angels shout to see!

Thou wilt not weep

To wear that heavenly crown!

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THE SLEEP.

Of all the thoughts of God that are
Borne inward unto souls afar,

Along the Psalmist's music deep-
Now tell me if that any is,
For gift or grace surpassing this-
"He giveth His beloved sleep."

What would we give to our beloved?
The hero's heart, to be unmoved-

The poet's star-tuned harp, to sweep-
The senate's shout to patriot vows-
The monarch's crown to light the brows?—
"He giveth His beloved sleep."

What do we give to our beloved?
A little faith, all undisproved-
A little dust to overweep-
And bitter memories to make

The whole earth blasted for our sake!
"He giveth His beloved sleep."

"Sleep soft, beloved!" we sometimes say, But have no tune to charm away

Sad dreams that through the eyelids creep: But never doleful dream again

Shall break the happy slumber, when
"He giveth His beloved sleep."

O earth, so full of dreary noises!
O men, with wailing in your voices!
O delved gold, the wailers' heap!
O strife, O curse, that o'er it fall!
God makes a silence through you all,
And "giveth His beloved sleep."

His dew-drops mutely on the hill;
His cloud above it saileth still,

Though on its slope men toil and reap.
More softly than the dew is shed,

Or cloud is floated overhead,

"He giveth His beloved sleep."

Ha! men may wonder while they scan
A living, thinking, feeling man,

In such a rest his heart to keep;
But angels say—and through the word
I ween their blessed smile is heard-
"He giveth His beloved sleep!"
For me, my heart, that erst did go,
Most like a tired child at a show,

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That sees through tears the juggler's leapWould now its wearied vision close, Would childlike on His love repose,

Who "giveth His beloved sleep!"

And friends!-dear friends!-when it shall be
That this low breath has gone from me,
And round my bier ye come to weep-
Let me, most loving of you all,
Say, not a tear must o'er her fall-
"He giveth His beloved sleep!"

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The plague of gold strikes far and near-
And deep and strong it enters:
This purple chimar which we wear
Makes madder than the centaur's.

Our thoughts grow blank, our words grow strange;
We cheer the pale gold-diggers-

Each soul is worth so much on 'Change,

And marked, like sheep, with figures.
Be pitiful, O God!

The curse of gold upon the land,

The lack of bread enforces

The rail-cars snort from strand to strand,
Like more of Death's white horses!
The rich preach "rights" and future days,
And hear no angel scoffing;

The poor die mute-with starving gaze
On corn-ships in the offing.

Be pitiful, O God!

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RICHARD WHATELY, 1787

WHETHER We look at the intrinsic merits of his writings, or to the wide influence they have exerted upon that class of minds that are in their turn to influence the world, no writer of the present century stands higher than RICHARD WHATELY, D. D., Archbishop of Dublin. As a writer, his distinctive characteristics are, a thorough knowledge of his subject, perfect candor in stating all its difficulties, great clearness of style, and a remarkable free. dom from all narrow and sectarian views. While he is, of course, most attached to his own branch of the Christian church, he can see and appreciate the good in all other denominations; and is not one of those who deem it necessary to destroy the foundation of others, before he can begin to build up his own.1

Of the numerous works of Dr. Whately, the "Elements of Logic" and "Elements of Rhetoric" have had the most extensive circulation. His "Kingdom of Christ Delineated, in two Essays," is an able and lucid argument on the Nature of Christ's Kingdom, and on the Constitution, Powers, and Ministry of the Christian Church, and is written in a most catholic spirit. In his "Thoughts on the Sabbath," he takes the true scriptural ground of the proper observance of the "Lord's Day," showing that "the Sabbath was made for man,' ," and removes the obligation for observing it, "from the foundation of sand, on which it is ordinarily placed, to fix it upon a rock."

Of the general character of his works, a writer in the "Edinburgh Review"2 thus speaks: "Though this lucid and eloquent writer may, for obvious reasons, be most widely known by his 'Logic' and 'Rhetoric,' the

1 The following is, I believe, a correct list of his works: "Elements of Logic," which has reached nine editions in England, been often republished here, and introduced as a text-book into some of our first colleges; "Elements of Rhetoric," of which the seventh edition has been published in England, and which has also had a very extensive circulation here; "Introductory Lectures on Political Economy," third edition; "Historic Doubts relative to Napoleon Bonaparte," ninth edition; "Easy Lessons on Reasoning," fifth edition; "Easy Lessons on Money Matters," tenth edition; "The Kingdom of Christ Delineated," fourth edition; "Essays on some of the Peculiarities of the Christian Religion," sixth edition; "Essays on some of the Difficulties in the Writings of the Apostle Paul," sixth edition; "Essays on the Errors of Romanism," third edition; "Essays on some of the Dangers to Christian Faith which may arise from the Teaching or the Conduct of its Professors," second edition; The Use and Abuse of Party-Feeling in Matters of Religion,' third edition; "Thoughts on Church Government;" "A View of the Scripture Revelations concerning a Future State, laid before his Parishioners, by a Country Pastor," fifth edition; "Thoughts on the Sabbath," "Introductory Lessons on Christian Evidences," together with numerous "Charges," "Sermons," &c., on various points of Christian duty.

"Edinburgh Review," September, 1849.

* I obtained it of his publisher, John W. Parker, West Strand, London.

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