And ever may their viewless shield
Protect and guard thy head;

"Till thou within a purer sphere,

Shalt soar with those who watch'd thee here.

PARAPHRASE ON CLEOPATRA'S ADVICE TO MARK ANTHONY WHEN ANGLING.

"FIX not thine eyes upon that shallow brook, "Nor lure the silly fishes to thy hook, "Let cities, thrones, and empires be thine aim, "And like a Roman get thyself a name."

Fix not thy hopes upon an airy dream,

Nor lose thy short line in this troubled stream ;
But seek the nobler prize to virtue given,
And like a Christian fix thine eye on Heaven.

IMPROVEMENT OF SCIPIO'S BOAST.

"I HAVE no soldier that would count his life "Too dear should I require it at his hand; "He the rough surge would brave-the battle's strife,

"Or from the high rock leap at my command."

This was the boast of Scipio-Christian-hear!
Thou hast a chieftain of more equal laws,
Count not thine ease, or thine existence dear,
If thou may'st win at last His great applause.

THE REPLY OF THE PHILOSOPHER ·

ANAXARCHUS.

IN ancient times a tyrant's wrath decreed,

The hated wise man by his arts to bleed.

He, while the murd'rous blows with rage were

dealt,

Spake thus serene as if no pain he felt,

"Ye bruise the shell, the wither'd husk ye break, Ye sink the boat, but me ye cannot shake."

Oh! fear not them whose hand may pierce the heart,

And cannot harm the never-dying part:

But fear ye Him who rends the clay-built cell, And dooms the spirit to the pains of hell.

ANTISTHENES.

THE REPLY OF THE PHILOSOPHER ANTISTHENES TO THE ENQUIRY WHAT HE HAD GAINED BY HIS LEARNING.

"IT makes me happy in my lone retreat, "And with my heart it gives me converse sweet; "And why should he be much inclin❜d to roam, "Who finds a better banquet still at home?”

And those may say, who by their Saviour blest, Bear heavenly science planted in their breast,

"This in my slumber guards my helpless head,
And when I wake it cheers me on my bed,
And when I walk it rises for my guest,
And when I speak it answers in my breast,
It soothes my sorrows, guides me when I roam,
And when I die it gently leads me home."

APPLICATION OF THE ROMAN PRECEPT,

"Take heed-Cato sees you."

THE Roman teachers said-" Beware of sin,
Injustice to thy friend, or guilt within,
See that ye break not our most just decrees;
Take heed to what ye do, for Cato sees."

And Oh! were they who bow'd to flesh and blood, More wise than we who serve the living God? Forgetful Christian! learn like them to fear, Not because Cato sees, but God is near.

THE SECLUSION OF BASIL.

THE good man mourn'd that sin pursu'd him

still,

That while he lov'd the good he chose the ill;
A kindling anger at his follies burn'd,

And sadly from the world his steps he turn'd;
The pathless desert, brown and barren, sought,
And gave himself to prayer and holy thought.
But still he wept and sigh'd-"I fled from sin,
And sinful man, and lo! it lurks within!
I from the world and all its snares did part,
But ah! the tempter lingers in my heart.”

THE FIRST MORNING OF MAY.

MAY! I hail thy first-born morning,
Every charm its brow adorning,
Zephyrs sporting, music waking,
Streams their icy fetters breaking,