Oh! cruel fate! | 7 wilt thou | never re | place me | 7 In a mansion of peace, | 7 where no perils can | chase me? || Never a gain shall my brothers em | brace me, || 7 They died to defend me, | 7 or | live to de | plore. ||| Where is my cabin | door, | fast by the wild | wood? || Sisters and sire, | 7 did ye | weep for its | fall? ||| Where is the mother that | looked on my childhood? ||| 1 And where is the | bosom | friend, | dearer than | all?||| Ah! | 7 my sad | soul, | long a | bandoned by | pleasure, Why did it doat on a fast-fading | treasure? ||| Tears, like the | rain-drops, | 7 may | fall without | measure, 1 1 But rapture and beauty | 7 they cannot re | call. ||| Yet 7 all its fond | 7 recollections suppressing || One dying wish | 1 my lone | bosom shall | draw. ||| Erin! 1 an exile | 7 be | queaths thee his | blessing || Land of my forefathers! || Erin go | bragh! || Buried and cold, | 7 when my heart | stills her | motion, || Green be thy fields | sweetest | isle of the ocean | 1 And thy harp-striking | bards | sing a | loud with devotion Erin | 1 ma | vournin! | Erin | go | bragh. ||| EXERCISE VI. LUCY.- WORDSWORTH. Three years 1 she | grew, | 7 in | sun and show er, Then | nature | said, | 7a | lovelier | flower[ 1 On earth 7 was never | sown: This child I to my self | 7 will | take;|| | She shall be mine, || and I will | make | 7 A lady | 7 of my | own. ||| ́7 My | self | will to my 1 Both | law and darling || be, | impulse: || 7 and with | me | 1 The girl 7 in | rock | 7 and | plain,| 7 In earth and heaven, | 7 in | glade and bower, { • Shall | feel | 7 an | over | seeing | power | 7 To |kindle| 7 and re | strain. ||| 1 She shall be sportive | 7 as the | fawn | 7 That wild with glee | 1 a | cross the | lawn | 1 Or up the mountain || springs; || 7 And | hers | 1 shall 7 And hers 7 the 1 Of mute in sensate | things. || | calm | 7 The | floating | clouds | 7 their | state shall | lend 7 To | her; ||7 for | her | 7 the willow | bend;|| Nor shall she fail to | see, | Even in the motions 7 of the Grace 7 that shall | mould | 7 the 1 By silent sympathy. ||| storm | maiden's | form, } 1 7 The stars of | midnight | 7 shall be | dear | 7 To | her; || and she shall | lean her ear | 7 In many a secret | place, | 1 Where rivulets | dance their | wayward | round;|| 7 And | beauty, || boru of | murmuring | sound, | 1 Shall pass into her | face. ||| 1 And | vital | feelings of de | light | 1 Shall rear her | form | 1 to stately | height; || 7 Her virgin bosom | swell; || Such thoughts 7 to | Lucy | 7 I will | give, | 7 While she and | I7 to gether | live | Here in this | happy | dell. ' | || Thus | Nature | spake. ||1 The | work | 1 was | done. I 1 How soon 7 my Lucy's | race |1 was | run. me | quiet | scene; 7 And never more will be. ||| HI EXERCISE VII. PAPER.-A CONVERSATIONAL PLEASANTRY. DR. FRANKLIN. Some wit of old, || such | wits of old there | were, 1 Whose hints | 7 showed | meaning, | 7 whose allusions | care, || 1 By one | brave | stroke | 7 to | mark all | human | kind, Called clear | blank | paper every | infant| mind; || Where still, 7 as opening | sense | 7 her dictates | wrote, | Fair Virtue put a seal; 7 or | Vice, | 7 a blot. ||| 7 The | thought was happy, pertinent, and true! || 1 Me | thinks a genius | 1 might the plan pur sue. | || I, 7 (can you | pardon my pre | sumption?) || I No wit, 1 no genius, yet for once, | 7 will try. Various the paper, | various | wants pro | duce;|| 7 The wants of fashion | elegance | 7 and | use. ||¦ Men 7 are as various; | 7 and if right I scan, Each sort of paper || represents | some man. Pray | note the fop; || half | powder | 7 and half lace! || Nice as a place. bandbox | 7 were | his | dwelling [ He's the gilt paper, | 7 which a part you | store, | 7 And | lock from | vulgar | hands | 7 in the scru | toire. I 7 Mechanics, servants, | farmers, | 7 and so forth | 1 Are copy paper, | 7 of in | ferior | worth; | Less | prized, || more | useful; | 7 for your desk decreed; || Free to all pens, | 7 and | prompt at every need. | || 7 The wretch | 7 whom | avarice || bids to | pinch. and spare, || | | Starve, cheat | 7 and | pilfer, | 7 to en | rich an | heir, 7 Is coarse | brown | paper; || such as | pedlars | choose 7 To wrap up wares | 7 which | better | men | 7 will use. | | | Take | next 7 the miser's ❘ contrast; || 7 who | de | stroys | Health, fame and fortune | 7 in a | round of | joys.||| 1 Will any paper | match | him? || Yes, | 7 through | out; | | He's a true sinking paper, || past | all'| doubt. ||| 1 The retail poli | tician's | anxious | thought | Deems this side | always | right, | 7 and | that | stark naught: 7 He foams with | censure; | 7 with ap | plause he | raves; | | | 7 A dupe to knaves; || rumors, | | 7 and a | tool to | He'll want no | type | 7 his weakness to pro claim, | 1 While such a thing as fools-cap | 7 has a | name. | | | 1 The | hasty high; gentleman, | 1 whose | blood runs | 1 Who | picks a | quarrel | 7 if you | step a| wry; | 1 Who can't a jest, | 7 a | hint, | 7 or | look en | dure! | |