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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827* edition. Excerpt: ...BARTON. " Noble the mountain-stream, Bursting in grandeur from its vantage-ground; Glory is in its gleam Of brightness;--thunder in its deafening sound! " Mark, how its foamy spray, Tinged by the sunbeams with reflected dyes, Mimics the bow of day, Arching in majesty the vaulted skies;--" Thence, in a summer-shower, Steeping the rocks around: --oh! tell me where Could majesty and power Be cloth'd in forms more beautifully fair? " Yet lovelier, in my view, The streamlet, flowing silently serene; Traced by the brighter hue, And livelier growth it gives;--itself unseen! " It flows through flowery meads, Gladdening the herds which on its margin browse j Its quiet beauty feeds The alders that o'ershade it with their boughs. " Gently it murmurs by The village church-yard: --its low, plaintive tone, A dirge-like melody For worth and beauty modest as its own. " More gaily now it sweeps By the small school-house, in the sunshine bright; And o'er the pebbles leaps, Like happy hearts by holiday made light. " May not its course express, In characters which they who run may read, The charm of gentleness, Were but its still small voice allow'd to plead? " What are the trophies gain'd By power, alone, with all its noise and strife, To'that meek wreath, unstain'd, Won by the charities that gladden life? " Niagara's streams might fail, And human happiness be undisturb'd: But Egypt would turn pale, Were her still Nile's o'erflowing bounty curb'd! " EDUCATION.--BY JOHN BOWRING. " A Child is born.--Now take the germ and make it A bud of moral beauty. Let the dews Of knowledge, and the light of virtue, wake it /ii richest fragrance and in purest hues; When passion's gust and sorrow's tempest shake it, The shelter of affection ne'er refuse, For soon the...