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- Loxe for Mother.
Nofher is a holy name. Phis 'is an cf-
fection that.

1--we 1Of q MOtner.
Rother is a holy name. This is an cf
fection that.
rOutlives many storm THAT has effaeed
a thousand, other themes less deeply TRACED
Indecd L have always attributed, to the po.
etic character, warm and generous sympa.
thy; and it is most pleasing 10 dwell upon
the many instances in which ithas been evin.
ced-a feeling in which we can all synipa,
hIize and form an attachment to the poet
himself far superior to the acquisition OF
mere literary fame. Pope's love for his
mother is thus alluded to by johnson =
She died at the age Of ninety-threc, but,
not unlamented. The filial piety of Pope
was then, in the highest degree, amiable
and exemplary. His parents, had the lap
pinsss of living till lie was. at the summit Of
peetical reputation, till he was at ease in
his fortune anI without rival in his fame.
and found no .diminution- of his respect and
tenderness. Whatever was his pride, TO
them he,was obedient; and whatever his IT.
rtabitity, 70 themhe was gentle. Life has
among its soothing and quiet comforts, few
things better to give than such SON.
"Why drew Marscilles goodsbisllop purcr I,
breath,
When nature sickencd, aud each gale Was
Gsdeathi |se w
Orwhy SO long in life, if long can he, :,
Lent Heaven a-parentto the poor and me ~
And who can forget Cowpcr's lines on his
moether's5picture ?-or the, .brothery afiyc-
t'on'ofFhomson, Lamb and Wordsworth.
but conceive scarcelvanyihing more beat
t'ini than the dedication ofE. Lytion Bull
wcr, IN one Of his earliersgorks,g: Which, ,as
II may tebe familiar 10 all thc readers of
The ti Home journal, Iwill here transcribc =
my DEAR MoTnER,-In inscribinc with
your beloved and honored name this COL
lection, ofn'y works, could wish that the
ffuits'ofmy manhood we're worthy ofthc
tender and anxious pains bestowed upon my
education hsSeuth. LEFT Yet young, and
w'thno ordinary accomplishments and gifts,
the sole gnadiap Of your sons, to whom YOU
devoted the best:years of!your usetul and
spelisss life,;;Sand any success .fee nav be
thelr-iat to attain in tile .atLsstllreevv have
severaliy schosen,' weabl have itssF principal
sweetness lin the thought thatsuch success
wastthe reward efone whose hands,;;
every struggle, and whese Heart sympathi-
zed in every care. rs
from your sgraceful and accomplished
taste,l early learned that affection for
Literature which has exercised so large an
influence over t'iepursu;ts ofmy life; and
youSwere my'drst guide--wsere NV earliest
cf,t'e. , DO sea reu'embef the summer days,
wh'ch. seemB mcso short when you re-,
peated to me those old ballads witl. which
Percy revived the decsyinnlg. spirit of. our
national 'F muse, or the smooth couplcts of
Rope, ,"orstllose. gentle and polished verses,
with the composition of which YOU. had h..
gulled yodr-owa earlier leisuree 1t was
those efsy Lessons, far more than the harsh,
efrhdl'nents learaed subsequently, in schools,
that taught me TO admire and to initiate !:
and,int them I recognise the germ Of tile
fiowers, LoEeyer fpsrishsbIe they be, that l
nowablnd up and lay upon shrine tallow-
ed;oy thousand memories Of uunspcaksble
affection; Happy, while I borrowed from
yonrtaste, eouldI have found it not more
diffsSult IL ;,,n,:.s.S ~