The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-27 00:00:00

THE CHURCH Oh' OUR FATHERS.

Ey THE AUTHOR 13 1, 41 ItE ISLES ARE ♦WAKE."
half-screened by its treat, in the Sabbath's calm smile,
'The Church of our FathersLt-hOw rutekly it stands!
0 viilagers, gaze on the old hallowed pile—
It was dear to their hearts, it was raised by their hands.
Who loveit not the-place:where they•worshipppeed their God ?
Who loves not the ground-where their, ashes repose ?
Dear even-the daisy that blooms on the sod,
For dear is the dist out of .which it arose!
Then say, shall the Temple our forefathers built,
Which the stormsof long ages have battered in vain,
Abandoned by us from supineness or guilt,
'0 say, shall it fall by the rash or profane_?
Islo2 perish the impious hand that would take
One shred from its altar, one stone from its towers!
The pure blood of Martyrs bath flowed for its sake,
And its fall—if it fall—shall be reddened with ours.

THE LYRE.

f FROM BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE FOR FEBRUARY.]
'Mid flickering sun and shade,
A lure was idly laid,
Wfiere the air with the waters play'd,
But not for their sake would the Spirit awake
That therein his bed had made.
Youth, in the morning ray, •
Glistening caraethat way,
And gaily had'" Good day,"
Aird staid not to fling across the string
His fingers, but walk'd away.
Pleasure, with careless eye,
And with a jocund cry,
Came tripping, and pass'd it by.
But the Spirit Was mired nor by voice nor word,
And the low wind-did but sigh.
Then came-stately Pride,
Up with a lordly stride-
- Tookthe look'd aside—
' Struck full and fast—and away he pass'd—
And the;spiritless discord died.
. ,
Then mad-Ainbition came,
And.swore all sound was tame--
But the 'streperous trump of Fame;
And turu'd from the string as a worthless thing,
That might his honour shame.
• • ' Now, in the quiet eve,
* ' Love came there to grieve,
That Hope should e'er deceive:
'And the Spirit awoke at his gentle stroke,
And cried:="Believe, believe."
Then sweetest notes upfle*,
• All thingsgreener grew,
.As under Heaven's own dew--
, 4,nd the waters along they floVed with song, •
And music around them threw.
•Stretch'd On'holy ground,
'By loved Sepulchral Mound—
Friendship heafd the sound;
A rufroge inifirt light of the starry night,
And a iwirKrilt4?lage found.
• Love, from his grassy seat,
. Awed, her rose to greet,
• . And checking-11:s hand discreet,
More softly play'-d--and his lyre he laid,
Down at her silvery feet.
Sine then the.snirif that sltpt
. Within, bath, Wakeful kept: .
Soothing the hearts that wept—
Ag Friendihipiatid, Love, lilts spirits abote,
Have hallcred the chords they swept. '

• 1•70BILITY OF GLASS-BLOWERS IN FRANCE.—In consequence
of aticiefit And inveterate- prejudices, all the mertiberi of the
French nobility w,ho entered .into trade, were depiived•of their
station, and denied by their peers; two classes of industry were,
however, exempt- ?rom this proseription—the forges and the
glass-works; Na ;nobleman derogated who became either a
hlass blower or a, lilacksmith, which is the cause that in old
ooks with 'engravings-on the kit of glassLmakiiig, the glass-
blowers are represented blowing their bottles with swords by
their sides. ',l hisprivilege, now effaced from the French code,
has, nevertheless, been kept alive by eustoin. The glass-blow-
ers only teach their craft to their 'own children, or to those of
other glasi-blowers. Their families form alliances only amongst
themselves, and the secret of their calling is, confined to their
own lineage, and handed down from father to son. A short
time since Ni..Dorlodot, the proprietor of a glasswork at Auzin,
was desirous onhis own private authority, and on account of
the *ants of his establishment, to create a glass-blower of one
who was not of care blood; but, on hearing of his intention, the
whole tribe of glass-blowers rebelled against his decree, and
'declared that they wouldnot permit the entrance of an intruder.
m,Dorlodot:was resolved to maintain his original determine-
i° and, ,a general disturbance ensued. At present the affair
tisunn'cler discussion, and it is thought that terms of accommoda-
tion will be agreed on; but the honour of the glass-blowers will
come out of the conflict pure and untarnisheo.
The centre part of the Ducal Palace at Brunswick, the build-
ing of which prbeeeds rapidly, is now completed up to the roof,
and part of it will be ready for the duke by autumn. When
the two wings' are erected this will be one of the largest and
handsomest palaces. in Germany. Dlike William, who is a
great lover of the chase, has lately received a present'of 'forty-
hOundS froth the King of England.
We hear that two revere of the Michigan Indians have been
taken very ill at their lodgings in the Waterloo-road, whence
they were reialbved to an• hospital on Saturday.. • It is not ea-
peeled that. tither can survive. Igo doubt the change of food,
and probably
the use of spirituous liquors, have so altored their
constitutional
habits as to bring aboat,a fatal derangement.—
San.
THE WORST.—OncO.Op a time it'happened thans•pnor wight
married a shrew, who led hire- a piteous life; she fell ill, the
doctor was called in, and the anxious affectionate husband in-
quired of him how his dear spouse was. Galen shook his head,
and told him to prepare for the worst. "What!" said he, "is
iiy 453 get over it
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