HiMtnv.i. ' '' ■ 
 
 Ti) 10. \V. 
 
 Hi.sf.orif, lighl.s aihwart Miy Ihdvv uni cust ; 
 
 And while I llii,.!. of thci!, froiii uijxliL's i-ro- 
 f«)un<l 
 
 Hi-iKlit forms, sLan-y c.rovvn'd, coiiKM-rovvdin:.? 
 round, 
 'IHlcir luciil ouMinc^s t,'lt'„iiiiiiiK Uiro' (lie past. 
 Tvviis wifli Buch cy(!S the aori-^rvj-sa of Nile, 
 
 Ambition clianiu'l to real, in Cu'sar's heart. 
 
 And if Scotch Mary, phiyiiiK foil lust part. 
 SuhduiMl men's rcarioii, 'twas with siicli a smile. 
 8cc that thy beaiity ha no fatal dow«r, 
 
 Nor dull the luiart, nor deaden the swift 
 mind- 
 Beauty,— not certain for a single hour,- 
 
 The daz/.iing bird of youth no eord can hind; 
 To-day Ids luring lithe ent hantnuMits shower 
 Divinity ; to-uiorrow he's far down the mocking 
 
 wind. Ni 
 
 N. F. Davin. 
 
 Ottawa, Man-h IS",].