The rose that peep'd through cottageThe mellow Autumn's kindly leaves: All glimmer'd, rustled, kindled round, By memory's magic pencil drawn ; The green leaves play'd upon the ground, The dew-drop sparkled on the lawn. And many an Eastern landscape glow'd, The palm tree and the long array, Of pilgrims toiling up the road, Of Arabs thundering on their prey. How blackly o'er thine inward eye, The solemn cedar branches clos'd, And crimson clouds roll'd through the sky, And angels in the shade repos'd. And though for thee the azure day In vain with golden splendour burn'd, In vain thine own voluptuous May, With all her pomp of bloom return'd. To wood and fount and sunset blind Yet felt thy quickening blood along, And through each swelling vein of mind, The Summer woke thee into song. The shade that weaker souls opprest, Thy voice of music seem'd to nurse, To fold its branches o'er thy breast, Thou nightingale of verse. What gardens from the distant deep, Columbus, through thy dangers bloom'd; What mighty forests, still as sleep, The dying form of day entomb'd. In the lone watches of the night, By thee the dripping oar was heard, And rivers flashed upon thy sight, By keel of gilded galleys stirr'd. Not poet's dream of heavenly arms TO SUMMER. How sweet is evening to the heart But brighter, dearer, sweeter still, Unto the student's heavy eyes; Thy feet, upon the misty hill First glisten, with a fond surprise. Through the long gloom of winter drear, In parlour-twilight sadly sitting, He pin'd to see thee shining here, Thy colours o'er his garden flitting. And if perchance in antique page, Sweet thyme, or olive branch he found, Or cull'd a flower of elder age, That blossom'd on Arcadian ground. Or if at midnight-hour he heard From moonlight boughs the silver-tune Of green Colonos' dearest bird— He thought of England's leafy June. No shadow of inspir'd sage Upon these daisied fields may rest, Of old Olympus, in array Oh! could we have thee ever by, And not a sorrow in thine ear. That round our joyous dwelling grew, Beneath the tempter's feet might fall, While home each guardian angel flew. Thy glorious wings may fade away, Thy birds, O Summer, may depart, So peace and hope, by night and day, For ever warble in our heart. TO DYER (THe poet). Thy rustic melody of peace, No fiery strains thy lips rehearse, No stormy scenes thy pencil suit ; Or paint each hue on nature's face, The whiten'd cottage-leaf embower'd, With childhood singing at the door. The linnet's nest, the ivied cell, The shadowy path of trees in June, The white sheep shining like a shield, The full orb'd silver harvest-moon, Lighting the farmer late a' field. Such gentle images as these, Before the enamour'd reader pass, And all that cheer'd thine eye he sees, Of water, flower, bird, or grass.* Letters to the Right Hon. C. W. Wynn, on the encroachments of the Courts of Law. By Sir J. C. Haughton.-An able pamphlet, the purport of which is to establish the real position in which Parliament and the Courts of Law stand to each other. Religion and Crime, or the destruction of the People, and their remedies. By S. M. Morgan.-We recommend this pamphlet to the earnest notice of all who are interested (and who is not) in the state in which the masses of population in our country are existing, and who are looking forward in anxiety and doubt as to what must be the result. Not only the spirit of Christianity, but the common feelings of humanity, nay, even the desire of self preservation, and the love of the country in which they live, and regard for its ve. nerable institutions, and its government, all these are stimulants to excite the mind to the consideration of the most important subject connected with our temporal interests, that can be submitted to it. How far Mr. Morgan's remedies may be practicable or sufficient, we cannot say, but they arise from enlightened views and benevolent feelings. The Poems of Vincent Bourne, Latin and English, with his Life. By Rev. J. Mitford. This edition of a very elegant composer of Latin verses, is printed with the publisher's usual taste, and is in all respects by far the best that has been published. The editor has collated all *All men, and poets in particular, have their weaknesses. Mr. Wilmot's is seen, in frequenting pastry-cooks' shops, for the purpose of swallowing (not digesting) buns, and other such butyraceous aliment; as Mr. T. Hook's is said by the Quarterly Reviewer, to be inhaling potions of water flavour'd with juniper berries, in Bow Street Coffee House; well, it is an innocent recreation. ̓Απόλαυε του ζωμου, ῥόφει. See Antiphanis Fragm. ap. Athen. iv. the editions, and given their various readings; he has also mentioned where the separate poems first appeared, and he has traced many of the additional ones that were printed as Bourne's in the quarto of 1770 to other authors. He has also given for the first time a life of the author, which contains some account of him; for the previous ones consisted of scarcely more than a few dates. It is much to be lamented that the contemporaries and scholars of this ingenious poet and most amiable man permitted his memory to pass away, without the preservation of any circumstances of his life, or records of his mind. He possessed a vein of poetry quite his own; delicate humour, and a most admirable power of transforming the genius of one language into another, which may form an excellent study for translators. We only further add, that the editor has given all Cowper's translations from Bourne, and one of Mr. C. Lamb's as a specimen. The Early History of Free Masonry in England; by J. O. Halliwell, Esq.Mr. Halliwell has given a very curious poem, which he says is not later than the latter part of the fourteenth century, preserved in the British Musenm (Bib. Reg. 17 A. 1. ff. 32), and which he says is the earliest document yet brought to light, connected with the progress of freemasonry in Great Britain. It was worthy of revival, both for its age, and the singularity of its subject. The London Almanack, Official Register, and County Calendar, for England and Wales, for the year 1841.-We beg gratefully to welcome this very useful addition to our books of reference, the amount of the contents of which is really surprising. Besides all the usual tables of an Almanack, it comprises in one volume a brief Peerage and Baronetage, the various contents of a Court Calendar, the Army and Navy Lists, the whole Beneficed Clergy of the country, and all the Magistrates of every county; with various valuable statistical tables. We have long been sensible of many defects in the ordinary Red Book, such as the deficiency of dates in the army list, and in the flagofficers of the navy, and the dates of the appointments of Colonels to regiments, besides the omission of many lists which the progress of the times requires. On this account "Oliver and Boyd's New Edinburgh Almanac" has of late years been particularly acceptable, and we now rejoice to have a book for England on a similarly comprehensive plan. FINE ARTS. PROPOSAL FOR A BRITISH ASSOCIA TION FOR THE FINE ARTS. Experience shows the advantages which have resulted from the establishment of the British Association for the Promotion of Science," not chiefly to science per se, although these have been great and manifold, but to the people generally; attention has been awakened in the minds of thousands to subjects before unthought of; a spirit of inquiry has been induced : and whole towns inoculated with an admiration of knowledge, and a determina tion to pursue it, to the exclusion of demoralizing sources of excitement, until then indulged in. A suggestion has been published, made by George Godwin, jun. esq. F.R.S. of Pelham Crescent, Brompton, to form a similar Association for the encouragement of Art, which, like this, should meet annually at a different town in England, Ireland, or Scotland, and at which meeting Painting, Poetry, Sculpture, Architecture, &c. &c. in all their varieties, and with all their ramifications, should form the subjects for the consideration of the different sections. A large and important exhibition of works of art might be collected, and an Art-Union arranged so as to secure the sale of a certain number of them, and thus to ensure the assistance of the most eminent artists, by rendering the society, directly as well as indirectly, advantageous to them. small subscription (say of one pound) would constitute a member of the association for the year, the aggregate of which, after deducting the expenses necessarily incurred, would probably enable the committee (which should be partly local, partly general) to offer prizes for competition in the higher branches of the various arts, and vote sums for the encouragement of any desirable object in connexion therewith; such, for example, as for the prosecution of experiments in the preparation of colours, the manufacture of stained-glass, or for the purchase of particular pictures worthy of national regard. A During the meeting the various local collections would be thrown open to inspection; conversazioni would be held; and other means adopted to bring men into contact with each other on one common ground. One of the first points to be achieved by the united sections would be, to obtain an able and correct report of the progress of Art in England, Ireland, and Scotland for the last fifty years-a task to be fulfilled satisfactorily only by the joint co-operation of men in all parts of the country. This report would afterGENT. MAG. VOL. XV. wards be continued from year to year, under its various heads, and could not fail to prove a work of the highest interest and value. PANORAMA OF ACRE. Mr. Burford has replaced Macao by St. Jean d'Acre. This Panorama exhibits that historical city and fortress under bombardment by the British fleet; and at that eventful moment, when the gigantic explosion within the citadel seconded the perpetual discharges of the floating batteries without. The old town would, in itself, be picturesque, and the array of "winged assailants" majestic, did not the excitement of the conflict give life and motion to the scene. Parts of the picture are admirably painted; especially the veil of smoke which hangs about the shattered towers and bulwarks, and the clouds bursting from the men-of-war. There is much spirit in the figures; but we fear the party of Egyptians in the foreground are not sufficiently numerous to make much progress with the dismounted cannon. ROYAL IRISH ART-UNION. By the Report of this Society just published, it appears, that during the past year (the first of its existence) 12351. were collected from above one thousand subscribers. An admirable exhibition was afforded to the public; thirty works of art of merit were purchased, at prices varying from ninety guineas to two pounds, amounting in the entire to 4401. These were distributed by lot among the members at a public meeting, held in the Theatre of the Royal Dublin Society, on the 8th of July 1840, and an equivalent sum was reserved for the purpose of engraving the beautiful and national picture of the Blind Girl at the Holy Well, a scene in the West of Ireland, by W. F. Burton, esq. R.H.A. then first produced. This engraving is in active progress in the hands of H. T. Ryall, esq. and will shortly be ready for distribution. The Subscription is one pound per share; and persons desirous to become subscribers, are to address the Honorary Secretary, Stewart Blacher, esq. 20, Gardeners'-place, Dublin. Petersburgh; and the sublimity of the conception and pure style of the execution make it worthy of the Imperial Museum. MILAN. Marchesi has finished the pendant for his famous statue of "Flora ;" the subject is "Zephyrus." The success of the artist is complete. There is in it the same correctness of design, ideal beauty in the forms, and elegance in the details, as in the "Flora." Both are for the Prince Belgiojoso. BOLOGNA. A great sensation has pervaded the artistic world, by the resurrec. tion of a number of works by Guercino, which have been long lost to the world, being painted on the walls of the Chiarelli Palace, in the small town of Cento, of which Guercino was a native. Malvasia, in his well-known work "Felsina Pittrice," gives an account of those pictures, which represent a series of tableaux from the "Eneid," and from the "Jerusalem Delivered" of Tasso. Besides these are many pictures of hunting scenes, dead game, and animals; among the latter, a very old horse, so true to nature, that Carlo Cignani copied it. 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