fanning his temples with an amorous flame, presses his cheek, and sings.

He listens in ecstasy; and fancying it is the voice of his lost love he hears, beseeches for a repetition of the thrilling words.

Then he sees Bertha's Image before him, and addresses her in passionate bursts of love.

She,bending over his head,answers him, that she is not to be his bride, but that he

Against my cheek,-to me these words addressed.

Fear not mortal! I am ever

By thy side where'er thou art;
Whilst thou lov'st me, I will never
Tear myself from thee apart.

Thou shalt rest thy head when weary,
In my bosom soft as snow;
Where thy wayfare groweth dreary
I will cause sweet flowers to grow.

In my arms I will entwine thee,
On thy lips sweet kisses rain;
Lilies could not gentler bind thee-
Breathing music thro thy brain.

Cast thy doubts like weeds away;
Thou art not on earth alone;
Night is followed by the day,

And one heart is all thine own.

I listened soul entranced, like one who hears
The voice of his beloved in his ears:

"O blessed voice!" I said, "that com'st to me
"Like heavenly music on a lonely sea,

"Breathe forth those precious words again, that I
"May know they are indeed, reality."

And then the voice repeated o'er and o'er
The burden of the song it sang before,
And I, deluded by the Tempter's art,
Saw Bertha's image into being start;
And that sweet voice like music in its tone,
I answered thus, and thought it was her own:

"Sweet Bertha, then that song is thine!
"And wilt thou pledge thy heart for mine?
"When late I met thee on the way
"To Vespers in the evening grey,
"I felt thy beauty vanquish me,
"And all my love returned for thee.
'I watched thee in the chapel dim,

"And heard thee join the sacred hymn;
"And O, I yearned! but thought it never,
"To clasp the heart that's mine for ever."

Then she replied, whilst bending o'er my head,

Alas! dear love! I may not share thy bed;

"For I am but a poor, and lowly maid

"Born like the forest flowers to droop and fade,

"And die unseen within the forest shade."
I answered madly "No! Thou shalt become
"The mistress, dear one, of my heart and home;
"Nor wealth nor honors, shall I ever prize
"If thou withdraw from me thy tender eyes;
"If thou refuse my love, Oh! I shall die,
"Crushed and heart broken in my agony."

"The words," she whispered, "thou dost say,
"Are sweeter than the sound of rills;
"Yet they whirl my sense away,
"And mad delight my bosom thrills.”
"Come then," I answered, "closer to me,
"That I may feel the madness thrö thee;
"Joy, oh joy! there is no bliss

"Can ever equal this and this-
"Heaven lies in a maiden's kiss."

And whilst from her rich lips, I drew the breath
Of life and love; a chill as if of death,
Shot thrö my being, darkening all my sense;
And then I heard the Tempter call me hence;
And mocking sounds of laughter filled the air,
In hellish triumph at my wild despair.
"Awake!" he cried, "Ho! sleeper! wake and see,
"What other Beauties are reserved for thee."
I answered, all my soul to her inclining;
"Away! false fiend! my spirit's out of tune;
"O where is she I felt but now entwining
"Around my bosom, like a rose in June ?”

"Twas but a dainty vision of thy brain;

And thou must sleep and dream," he said, "again."

With that I heard the same sweet lute-like voice,

Which made my heart at first with love rejoice,
Singing this conjuration strange and wild,
Which like a magic spell my soul beguiled.

Stars from out your heavenly quire!
Winds from your olden caves;
Sun with locks of golden fire;
Melodies of ocean waves!

Birds, and moon, and planets seven!

Flowers and trees, and grass, and all
That dwell in earth and air and heaven,
Come to my call!

And as she ended, rushing like the wings
Of angel armies in their gatherings,

He is amazed at the godlike intelligences that surround him, ready to obey his word; and fancies he has before caught glimpses of them thro the old Primal shapes of Nature.

She offers him a cup, which is to be his Lethe draught of past miseries, and to inspire him henceforth with the love of all fair and beautiful things.

The spirits watch him with their dazzling eyes; And he accepts the draught, if the spirit of beauty will present the cup to him in her own natural form, which she does; and he, overpowered by the apparition of such wild, wondrous loveliness, worships her according to the sensuous ritual, vowing to bind himself to her for ever.

Thus the great temptation, towards which all the rest were subordinate, is successful; and the Tempter carries off his stray soul to distant scenes, where he wearies of pleasure & the power that mere knowlege gives him: & breaking from his bondage, flies to the wilderness, where the Tempter pursues him with dire sights and sounds.

A host of mighty spirits stood around

The voice that called them on the sunny ground.
Then unto me that lute-like voice did sing:

Mortal! thus to thee I bring
A vision of the o'ershadowing.
All these shapes that do abide
Thröout the universes wide,
Shall thy speaking servants be,
If thou'lt give thy heart to me.

"And who art thou," I asked, "this seems
“Like my many waking dreams;

"The old Primal shapes are here,

Say, art thou their ministere ?"

"I'm thine," she said, "if thou art mine.
"Drink then this cup of ruddy wine!
"It is the mingled juice and blood

"Of all things bright, and fair, and good."
And as she spoke, I saw a shadowy hand,
Hold forth a goblet 'mid that spirit band,
Who watched me with their strange and dazzling eyes,
As if their life were hung on my replies.

I answered "If thou'lt offer me the cup
"In thy own natural form, I'll drink it up."
And in a moment, bursting into light,

She stood revealed before my ravished sight,
And, carried in an ecstasy away,

I to the vision these rapt words did say:

r Ah wonder of wild wonders! Thou in whom
"The essence of all beauty is in bloom;
"Within whose deep unfathomable eyes

"Lie love and heaven, with their great mysteries;
"Whose glorious form, so pure and chaste and fair
'Doth scarcely press the bosom of the air;
"Whose brow is as the sunbow, and whose cheek
"Is flushed like lilies, when the roses speak

“To them of love; whose breast is living snow
"Where violet streams make clover blossoms grow;
"Whose joints are set in jewels, richer far
"Than flashing rubies and bright diamonds are,

And I awoke amid the stars to see

The Tempter shake his hollow sides with glee,
Beholding my amazement and alarm

As I looked forth from the dissolving charm.

"Tell me," he said, "wilt serve the wond'rous woman
"Whom I just now before thine eyes did summon ?"
I, drunken with her beauty, answered 'yea,'
And suddenly was borne to distant scenes away.

PAPAL AND PROTESTANT FRAUDS.

Sir Charles Lyell says:—“It is well known by those who have of late years frequented the literary circles of Rome, that the learned Cardinal Mai was prevented, in 1838, from publishing his edition of the Codex Vaticanus, because he could not obtain leave from the late Pope (Gregory XVI.) to omit the interpolated passages, and had satisfied himself that they were wanting in all the most ancient MSS. at Rome and Paris. The Pontiff refused, because he was bound by the decrees of the Council of Trent and of a Church pretending to infallibility, which had solemnly sanctioned the Vulgate; and the Cardinal had too much good faith to give the authority of his name to what he regarded as a forgery."—(A Second Visit to the U. S. of N. America, vol. i. 223.) The consequence is, that the only Greek edition of the New Testament ever printed at Rome, remains unpublished. One of the interpolated passages even abandoned by Cardinal Mai still retains its place in most Protestant Bibles :-we mean the celebrated verse of the 'Three Heavenly Witnesses,' in the Epistle of John.

THE WATER CURE.

The Domestic Practice of Hydropathy: with fifteen engraved illustrations. By EDWARD JOHNSON, M.D.' London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1849. Pp. 582.

T is now cleven years since we first directed public attention to a series of letters publisht in a Metropolitan Magazine, as furnishing a beautiful instance of the manner in which the talents of their author could popularize a scientific subject. Those letters have been frequently republished, and very widely known, under the title of 'Life, Health, and Disease.' They were followed by other works of a similar character and tendency-and by one of a peculiar kind-Philosophic Nuts-evincing great powers of mental and verbal analysis.

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These earlier essays gradually prepared the author for the worthy accomplishment of the work before us, in which we find a happy combination of the matured results of thought and experience. Edward Johnson, the mental philosopher and logician, unites here with Dr. Johnson, the practical physician and popular writer, in producing a work on Domestic Medicine truly adapted to the million— a work which, while it ably sustains the reputation its author had already achieved, cannot fail to do much towards establishing sounder notions of medical treatment, and in overturning the chartered quackery which every where prevails. The first virtue of style marks this work, as indeed all that comes from the pen of Dr. Johnson-perspicuity and unmistakableness. It is, moreover, as

lively and pointed as ever.

The title discloses the general nature of its contents, which, however, may be briefly particularized:-It contains, first, a very minutely detailed description of the various hydropathic processes, and directions as to the proper manner of performing them; with an enumeration of the several kinds of baths in usetheir comparative powers, their individual effects, their temperature, the manner and times of taking them; observations regarding diet, clothing, sleep, and exercise generally, with necessary cautions concerning all these subjects. Secondly, it contains general observations on the hydropathic treatment; its mode of action on the living system; with remarks on the nature of general and local disease. Thirdly, it contains a detailed description of the symptoms by which each disease is recognized, with its appropriate treatment; and particular directions as to diet, exercise, clothing, etc. It is only necessary to add a few words as to the objects for which the book has been written.

One object has been to bring the benefits of Hydropathy, as much as possible, within reach of the poor.

There is another large class of persons, to whom the advantages of the water treatment have been hitherto a dead letter, on account of their inability to leave their homes and business. I am constantly receiving letters from persons thus situated,' says Dr. Johnson, 'requesting me to conduct them thro the treatment