, 1863-05-23
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tables ofliterary caterers-its contemporaries.
and there is one poem in 1t, which it would
be good to sing like grace, both before and
after tho meat. It Is called s'Vio1et Plant,
ings," and IT is wonde1ous what an odor
there is in 1t, nnd how 1t enhances the solid
muttons on the table.
Such piece Of marvellous melody has not
found its way into these pages for a loEg time.
1t sings and smells of violeta, and what God
must have thought about when he made rio
cts, and every line is full Of music, tenderness,
pathos, and the passion Of Immortal lore, sor-
rowing, believing, hoping, over q great and
brave heart, queuched in its mortalities, and
lying dumb in its far off grave on the shores
of Italy:
Wake, violets, wake!
Open your blue eyes wide!
W.tch faithfully his lonely pillow here;
Let no rude football break
Your slender etcms, nor crush your leaYcs aside;
See that no harm comes ucar
The dust TO me 80 dear
vioets, hear!
The clouds hang low and heavy with warm rain,-
And when come ayain,
Lo, with your b osEoms lis losetl grarc shall be
Blue ss the marvellous sea
LarIng the borders Of his Italy!
"Spring at the Capital" isanother beauti-
tul poem, in which the calm and beauty Of
nature arc finely contr1stcd with the carnage
and the roar Of battle:
OH, csocuscs with raiu-wet cyes,
Oh, tcudsr.1ippcd ancmoncs,
What do You know of agonics, OF death,
and blQUa-WOu victories?
For nature does not recognize
This strife that scu1s the earth and skies,
No war dreams yex the Winter sleep, Of
clover heads and daisy eyes.
She holds her own way the eame,
Though navfcs sink, or cities 1amc:
a Enow drop is a snow drop still,
despite the nations JOY or shame.
When blood her grassy altar vets,
Size sends the plying violcts,
To heal tile outrage with their bloom,
and cover it with soft regrets.
If We mistake not, these be good posies, and
we wish we could say the same Of 4 metrical
piece called 'Light and Dark - but it has no
Inspiration i'll it, is Us hard and savage us I'M
hewn granite, and reads as if it lad been writ
ten after supper Of roast pork-than which,
Charles Lamb Notwithstanding, there is no.
thing in the category Of tic shau1bles more
pcstilent to good moods, ami the creations OF
the fancy.
The uumbvr opens with an cxcellcat, conf
mon sense article On +" Weak Lungs, and how
to make them stropg;" which is sure 10 find
many alpreciative reals:s in 4 country where
there ari, SO many weak lungs. The writer
con,bats with energy and ability the old,
ard even now popular notion, that persons
afflicted with tlis disease, which is the begin
mig Of consumption, should be shut up
in closc rooms, take little or no exercise,
except in warm suuuy days, AID sleep o'uishts
in Il room closely barriradcd against what is
called the "viiill, damp night ;ir.''
lie proclain,s all these things rubbish-fos-
tcrcrs Of the disease, and by no means helpers
Of it; advises and insiste upon good eating
and drinking, plenty Of exercise in all
Notwithstanding care, only, that the patient
is. well clad-and sleeping not only with the
windows open, but even on pine branches, in
tents and iii the open air. lie points to the
little birds; how they tuck their heads under
their wings, going tastcfully to rest" as
Carlyle says, on tile boughs Of tho trees, yet
| waking ut sunrise, go healthy aud we'll that
they can't help singing song to God in the
thaukfulncss of their full, religions hearts
And lie Claims that a birds lungs are as deli
cate rs q 1ady's, and yet no physician, to his
or our knowledge, WAS ever called in to attend
any case Of ayia1y plthisis in the hospitals o1
En f,l- 41,rf
ton is not local disease, but a disease Of thc
| system, showing itself in the lungs, and makes
somc striking Illustrations of his theory
which he says is no. hing but fact as demon
stfah!c as the existence of New York o.
| Boston.
He concludes his interesting and useful, a.
well rs instructive dis1uisition, By giving u
a series Of diagrams designed to show how
| and by what kiud Of gymnastic exercises, on
nay strengthen thc walls and muscles of tn
chest, and make ample room for the free pla,
Of the lungs.
sPaul Blcckcr'' is continued in this nun
Der md promises well, so far; but, what vii
prove mos attractive to New England peopl,
and more, Or less SO, to Americans generally
is the capital historic paper entitled 9Th
Hancock House and its Founder" Wckno,
the old house we'll, European In It's Elshiur
and venerable in its appearance; and ofte
have we fingered over it, and the memorie
connected with it, whilst doing our constit,
ton walk on The pride Of although nc
exactly in the sense Of trampliag on it--th
Boston Common! The reader will find ncrc
full account Of the House and the Builder
the House, aud viii get much entertainment
: and instructions also, it may be, out Of IL
sixteen pages devoted to 1t.
The other articles are "1Thy Thomas II:
discharged" "Wet Weather Work. sto1
called t'The Member for Foxden," very ii
mirable music piece called "Cami!les' Co
: cent? more, and luckily the Last, "Horro
Of San Domingo aud geological paper {
; t'Alountains and their Origin" well enou9
done by Master Agassiz.
We hope that all who lore genuine Ame1
!: can literature in the West, will support I'll
i Magazine.