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 HON»BLE B. FLINT, M. C. L. 
 
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 It U with feelings of the liighcst regard that I take 
 tlic liberty of dedicating the following Poem on "The Beauties of 
 Bellevilk" to you; inaepiuch that you have been one of its cl:ii*;f 
 ornaments and active instrumcntB in raising it to that resijectable 
 {toaition it now holds in this Province. Your indomitable zeal, 
 brilliant talente, and great wealth, have ever been conducive to ite 
 highest and best interests. Hoping that the bright example your 
 honor will have left to its inhabitants will be emulated through 
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 THE BEAUTIES (IF BELLEYELE, 
 
 Transferred from the shtule of affection ancllove, v.-Muf, 
 1 wamier where instinct dictates me to '^oy^',\n;^inx%\\ivv\ 
 Having drank of its goblet, in a City, whose towers ,,rj' 
 Had claims on the Poet's higli wrought mental powers, 
 Demanding that homage, that genins to art ^-.vt lm^ i 
 Should render, in viewing her wonders apart. ,)i,iv- iixiT 
 Thy shadow, kind City remains on the soul, .-^jj-- v/i! 
 With many dear object it there may enroll ;;; v-ty,;t, |,i-^i, 
 I left thee, and waved thee a happy adieu, ^ <i^r} iJocT 
 To print my proud footsteps in Belleville anow.f^ify ,jtf] 
 Sweet Ville, I hail thee with heart of no guile, .\/;^.\ |,jj/. 
 I ask but to court thy fair beauties awhile. {<,'Th,r.<j"t! A 
 And should, pcradventure, some theme round_ thy shcre 
 Perchance touch the lyre, or move its strings o'er, ,i ^,,5/, 
 My heart, the great store-house of music and love, u^vbA 
 Would hid them in power and melody move, ■s\u\) i lO 
 And stamp immortality on my pioud song, ...^j , [' 
 
 Which all thy wild beauty would aid to prolong. ,; .,Jt 
 Sweet Ville, thou art but a youth in thy pride, frfj 
 
 Just leaving thy boyhood round this sweet silver tide ;' ' 
 The laurels of battle adorn not thy brow, 
 No glories enwreath it with amarinths HQWj -'r ' l£ fi-A 
 No ancient pedestals do rear on high, * > >; -xtr;ir.,i 
 Their head proudly pillowing its front in the sky; • ' -a*}-' 
 No castles that wear the deep stamp of proud time tx.L 
 Arc here, claiming a place in my rhyme, Ltr sm! ..«n;ftJF 
 Thou hast shaken the shaggy old dress thou did'st wear, 
 Which the wolves of thy forest did aid oft to tear ; .j-'m; t,» 
 Unbearing that beauty which nature bestrew, /h j...o.;/ 
 And clouds of the heaven bend to kiss with their dew ; . 
 
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 And art in her chasest ideas doth raise 
 
 Her iii!oniimeivt8>h^rp, aloft to thy prais^,. 
 
 Thy l^e bud thy musses «ipandiiig In streoi^ 
 
 Will raise in their ^ant pjopoftiona at length, 
 
 That beauty imprinted upon thy mild face. 
 
 Alluring thousands to court thy deep grace. 
 
 A few fleeting years have fled on before, 
 
 Since Indians did ramble around thy green shore ; 
 
 Frail man in his rudest f<mn rambletl thy wood, 
 
 T}ien thirsting to bathe bis fierce spear in blood ; 
 
 The bones of whom linger in monnds to declare 
 
 The desperate terrora of heathenish war. 
 
 The white man ennobled bv science and art, 
 
 Has raised on their ashes those bright scenes apart. 
 
 And glory in bi4nging to honoy and power. 
 
 Their land of adoption to bliss every hoar. 
 
 Tlie Author of Nature long favored thy shore, 
 
 And lavished upon thee her plenteous store. 
 
 A beautiful sheet of pure wat^ she gavey 
 
 AVhero all its proud surges BO plentifully lave. 
 
 And beauty is printed in lines of thy face, 
 
 Adorned by art's power, in loveliet*t grace. 
 
 Old Quintets proud bosom doth heave up in pridey 
 
 To bear on her surface, aiid move with the tide 
 
 The beautiful vessels that furrow her cheek, 
 
 Otl wafted by breezes so gentle and meek ; 
 
 These strengthen thy commerce and add to thy bliss, .^ 
 
 What more cun'st thou covet in a world such as this ? T 
 
 And Moira's mild liiver comes singing along, 4^^**- 
 
 Eugaging the spirit with her gentle song, a\ ^iio|5«|t, «*>i 
 
 She longs in the distant to fall on the breast, !>KyE*if (islT 
 
 And pillow her laborintg billows for rest ; ^iir c^yii^tt^v 
 
 Burying her murmurs on Quinte'tt deep wave, ^ i^iiail ai iv 
 
 Where all her |»x>ud surges cease ever to lave^ t^^ifxf >j*)if l' 
 
 O beautiful Ville, how blissful thy seat, mh d$m\*^} 
 
 Above these sweet waters that dance at thy feet, 'i^idiijflt 
 
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 And wet by the de"w>e tliAt'^do blcW tllj- ^CCTi trees, 
 That wave in rich beauty adoWiing thy broWyfotfr/nftrl y.-iT 
 And learned io obedience to wild winds to bo^. :;f>rTffrt 7P 
 How wondrous these bnildibgs tliat fall on my «ye, orT* 
 That raise their proud summitR aloft in the sky jii.^.o </{ 
 How few are the years since it wad <i wood, i-. 
 Oft stained by the Indians in life's purple blood. 
 The dust of thy fathers have scarcely grown oold, 
 Who fell thy proud forests mid sufferings untold ; 
 Tlie brave pioneer had to breast the deep Snow, ^mvi hnf. ' 
 Tliatfeil in deep layers long years ago. ' "m .-^wrndTy ttuyr. 
 The names of thy Meyers and Taylor are here, thui\ -^ifl 
 Around them isnt wine associations so d<jar; 6*f' «v«)rft MT ;'rK 
 Yea, Meachera, and Leavins, and Simpson, are gone, ; f- A 
 And left their friend Petrie to struggle alone,- ^hsi^h nycd'i 
 The dust of thy Harris, and Melntosli Ixjo, oihi '/ -r^f-ti bj\f 
 Do sleep by thy River, with memories true. ^r. hul 
 
 Tliese giant minds labored around thy green shore, j^ fffA 
 Their axes will sound on thy timber no more; .iff q>,<'jf\ 
 They left happy homes for their sons to enjoy, t'f^r, ?, '/,\f 
 Who reap of their labor, none dare thom annoy; '• /j' li ^i-' 
 Tliey fought with the lion and conquered the bear. ^h'lVi^K 
 (Like David in Israel) that threat them to tear. •»- ,, /?< I'l 
 K«st, rest, peaceful ashes ; how sweet such a sleep, .'? >« 
 Wliere love's gentle dew-drops bend o'er you to weep. ,? ' 
 The sound of the rifle may break o'er your giave, .•mi;'<* 
 Wliere beautiful flowers o'er your ashes may wave; /IT' 
 The axe of the woodman may sound through the grove, ; 
 Where intrepid sitiews once eager did rove; fft r^<-. j;t<j'..v ] 
 But sleep ye, unheeding its clamor and roar, r/f,rj r.A'r 
 Its sounds fails disturb you, your labors are o'er, -a,? • f-i / 
 The voice of the angel alone bids you rise ?, . f^ 7^(7 
 
 To meet your Redeemer in bliss 'bove the skies, -n^h'tuj'l 
 
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 riiy beaufJefl, fiweet Belleville, were conrted before, Imd'V 
 By minds of rich Inwtre, tpIio loved tliy bright Bliore \ ' "'■ 
 Those souls early labored to raise thy rioli name 
 To dignity, honor, to wealth, and to fame. ■ ^ 
 Nor least was that spirit, whose name in my song -r"»"f 
 Will grace it while claiming chaRtc woixls from my tongue ; 
 B, FJint, thy dear name %rill fall sweet on the mind 
 Of hundreds who know its nifections bo kind. It ll'Ji OjffW 
 And know that heroic and resolntis soul, ■[ 'itstA f^flT 
 
 From whence miglity purposes ever did roll, ttr ff'/f T.-rirT!' 
 Tliy faith in the ]>lan8 of thy own mighty mind fiflit »iiT 
 Has led thee to daring bright deeds of all kind, r i)aim'\A 
 And under the blessing of heaven's bright throne, ""^ 4^it 
 TJiose deeds were successful through years now gone, i'A- 
 And now while the blows on the almond doth grow, t'T 
 And scatter their silver threads o'er thee below, ^Iw ¥1 
 
 And time stamping deej^er her fnrrows of power, v- '-*^9ifT 
 Deep lining thy countenance here every liour ; y-i' 'thi\!f 
 Thy soul's able power hath still bright resolve "^ "^'M ij^iti: 
 Where thoughts of thy youth bo oft did revolve, b^^^J '^(^^^ 
 Beside the deep interest in thy country's good, ■mf^mTt! 
 Thou seekest the honor, and glory of (-rod. itf o^til) 
 
 Let those mighty walls that do tower on high, (| ,7tvrf , *-»K 
 Raising their bi east works aloft to the sky, 5 «j'§'/bf otiifW 
 Declare thy affection and love to that cause, s >/ir 
 
 Wlioso most ]>recion8 treasure are God's sacretl laws. toiV^ 
 Wlkcn Death, King of Ten*or, thaW l>ow low thy head, 0.' 
 It rests on the pillow of earth's dusty bedy' i:^''. ^ :'^ 
 Tiie clods of the valley enclosing it o'er, ' "^ ■'■'', f'»?>i^^ *"'^' 
 And thou seen nmong them iti Belleville noiiicrd/>^i"''''i ^5« 
 Thv memorv will ble.?!?, arid fall like the dew >>k>" 'idl' 
 Upon our deep heart-strings to touch them hilew. Ji^SfiifT yT 
 A tear of affection from Belleville will fall, 
 Where slumber the ashes of Flint's relics all, 
 Bedewing the flowers so gay that may wave, 
 In their gentle beauty then, over thy grave. 
 
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 THE HON. LEWIS WALLBiUDGE.. /u^lfwri 
 Yea, KcUcville may e'w proudly hoMt of a son, xWi^ ouT 
 Wlio honors her precincts by victories won. i 
 She iiccd not solicit from Europe's great lights 
 \:\ agent to raise her to glory bo bright, 
 Hut goninsoa nurtured upon her own breast, 
 May raise her to glory and honor the best.' 
 Hia being is woven in one with thine own ; .'JbcijJo m»i)T 
 Yea, by deep affection and interest onegnioii oi &ft o«Jiri tT 
 He's made of the elements that have made thee, >nhq tiiiir 
 Hi:* heart is entwined witli thy high destiny. 79 iiluoil''i 
 It aooii learned to love thco, in yonth'a gentle liour» >w oii'V 
 And rose with thy greatness to knowledge and power.' ni 
 Thy atmosphere fann'd him in .life's iearlydawn, .w. ,. \iiJ 
 Ho bathed in thy waters, and roamed in thy lawn, . r.oiiV/ 
 II (^ rose by industry, his high mcntul powers, , 4 ,>jrf ?iiiT 
 Ti) dignity, knowledge, from life's early hour*, -aiima?. iu 
 H« grew with the increase by effort and wortli, i u^iifn <>* 
 AtkI early sent shadows of true greatness forth, nhf/ nmvi 
 TIjo.eye of the country may now turn in pride ^hov/ Hi 
 To hia home on the shores by Quinte's sweet tide, d iliV/ 
 WJioro Wallbridge was nurtured on Canada soil, vii ih'd 
 And raised to high honor by talent and toil, ro jxmfjVii[d(i 
 ];- it true that all nations partake in their mind -lloU. vkIjI 
 The attributes round them in, scenes of all kind? Ij'cilW 
 I><) the mountains of Cyinru inspire their soul uuM lofl 
 With wildest conceptions they fail to control ilj>nni9xll nO 
 Did tlie hills of old Scotia contribute the more, liwrfd tsMi 
 D«ie|>, deep, inspiration to Byron's great power ? OfiOiiW 
 Did tliey blaze on the soul of the noble young bard,x!d>'ia*i 
 baptizing with fire a heart getting har<l? . ..Ut oio'V 
 
 Did hirf spirit partake its proportions so grand, ' ^ * ii'H 
 And move him to sing of its hills througli the land? pj^l 
 Thus Canada's various great emblems of power i^ ntiifT 
 May ent*r thy genius aud move it this hour, ojjjsilaoiiw if 
 ^ Tlius, thus, may all cities on Canada's shore v/oaU/io fnti 
 E'«r labor to raise her own talent to power..iJ ooiiofajic hi?i: 
 
The bard may be Tftlaeddid k««ing from afar T 
 The glory i^d lustre of Canada's star ? ''i .^'^i 
 
 Why not when he prints his n)i1d feet round the home ^ 
 Of Wallbridge in Belleville when he chanced to come ? 
 
 THE HON. ROBERT READ. -"^^ i| 
 
 Thou Btand'Bt an example of industry and power, 
 To raise ti& to honor through life's changing hour. *.<.. ^:.^ ; 
 The principle in us that makes man excel, \m'h.^S 
 
 Should ever be lauded to aid us do well. -• /i^^'tf 'ill 
 
 The weight of thy character often doth fall tacti "<'«'».U 
 In deeds of rare kindness to thy neighbors all. •" ^'^•^•'J ^''"4 
 Tliy wealth is devoted to aid the distressed, '•*' T 
 
 WhoBO lips thy pure actions of kindness have blessed, li 
 TI»e heart of the country do harmonize well 4 
 
 In sending thy popular name to the poll — »t^'f^*^. *• ^ 
 To raise thee to stations of honor and power, ti ■« v"m J»H 
 From whence thou'lt defend them in each tryinf^ hour. /• 
 The workman who labors with hands for liis bread «<^^^ 
 Will bless thy remembrance when death bows thy head 
 But live thou to bless them through long, distant years, •**' 
 
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 Dispersing oppression and chasing their fears. 
 May Belleville be proud of her adopted son 
 Who'll aid e^er to bring her to wealth and renown ; 
 Nor blame the poor poet for swelling his song 
 On themes that are known to the old and the young. 
 His binish may be dipped in the light of some soul 
 Whose powers may mould our destinies all. *' .''•'*'4' 
 Perchance he'll give life to those scenes that do fade, 
 'Fore the eye of jrour spirits yea bloomless and dead, ^'{^^^'f 
 But touched by the magic wand from his own soul, ^' >^1 
 Deep shadows of life may creep over them all. ?#*'"«» t' ^- 
 Then gaze on the beautips of !l^lleville and see ft^?**' ^ t<J* I' 
 Has he shadowed its glories with true poetry ; it^in*^ vi;M 
 And call now the oold world to list to his song, Atnl^ ."m^'X 
 And cadence that fi^l in mild grace trom his tongue. "^'^^ 
 
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 Tlie noble and bright youthful Bpirit shouU dv^oif '1]^'" '^ 
 Awhile on the lyre to list to its spell. '^^^J, 
 
 My heart can well sympathise with the deep fire "^".**'\*' ^ 
 That bums in his bosom and touches my lyre. Sl^'Mf^^w 
 There dwells the ambition for honor and fame, \ 
 There live vast desires to gain a proud name ; ' '*"' 
 And there dNvell the motives that'll raise him to power,' .,\ 
 And to brightest glory in life's future hour; •'■'< '^i""?^ ' .J, 
 And there dwells tlie knowledge within his bright mind» . 
 To cause him to bless us with truths of all kind. •;*^:^' '""^ 
 The blossoms of youth do yet hang round his brow. 
 And grace from his lips may cause hundreds to bow, 
 To own the bright powers that break in hi« soul, 
 With passionate eloquence that from it may roll. 
 May he gain those high honors his soul doth dcsii^ 
 
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 Tliat nations may li^t to the sound of his lyre, . , ;^**^**- 
 And own him, like others on Canada's soil, '^**i^^'*^ **'^^- 
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 The Gospel of Jesus was welcomed by thee, ''"^i"^^*^' V^^ 
 Thou loved'st its precepts and deep purity. • '^^« ^^^*'^^ 
 Its Iveralds were hailed on thy bright shores to bless <'»'f>^' 
 Thy mind with its peace and its pure righteousness, •' 'i^*'' 
 "Wliich shed mildest lustre all over thy heart, »f^* ^^ 
 
 To purity all its vast passions apart. -*' dn{>jn.'»{{|«U- mA 
 Thy wealth was devoted to raise up on high \»^J*»*^ .nt jI'I 
 Pure altars to worship the God of the sky. ^i^mm-:tt»^M*\- '-^ 
 How mild are thy Sabbaths, in contrast with lands '^^/^^ 
 Who feel not the power of Heaven's high commands. * ^ 
 
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 i>nt tlicm drinto*8t of pleasures tliat flow througli tlio blood, 
 Which ever do ^* gladden the city of G<:»d." 
 Proud talenta from lands far away arc combinpd 
 To nourish tliy spirit and Btrengtheii thy, mind, 
 Imbuing thy soul M'ith salvation^ strong power 
 To face the dread terrors of doatVs fatal hour.,f 
 Yea, minds that were cast in various moulds are 
 Adorning thy churc-hes God's truth to declfcre,. . - . _^. 
 To guide to that city of glory and light .-r|^.,4,S;ii;,.r ..^ ; .,/ 
 Tj)oao hearts that kind Heaven succeeds to make right, , , 
 Tjic Church that first dandled the bard on her knee, 
 And fed him with manna gratuitously, 
 And watched him in childhood, on England's green shore, 
 Doth here unfold him the Qospel's deep store. .^ 
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 Wljoise heart was e'er radiant of seraphic flaracr— '- 
 I'h oil, Wesley, whose labors of spiritual power ,. •.!,,. , , rn' 
 Artt felt in the nations of earth to this hour — - r, * 
 
 TiioTi reseuest doctrines from darkncps and death, ,,/*./»• 
 Unfolding how sinners are pardoned by faith. 
 And here thy children, fraught with deepest grac«. 
 Do follow tl^c footsteps which thou didst retrace. 
 
 
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 ■N.>t thou like the beautiful rose of tho vale, 
 (r) }iuml)le proportion oft bowed by the gide. > 
 'J by noble l)roAV towers aloft like the oak, > :'f 
 
 Weil able to In'ave the proud thunderstorm's stroke. ' i 
 Thou seemest a '-'Jaunting," whose mind had a clause, < ( 
 Kor tiie wide dimensions of MethcKlist Laws. , (T 
 
 Witli that Evangelical vein in his soul, * "r.n i>>>fi- t^^ndl^ 
 And eloquent only when mighty tih>nghts roll. '• ■■^'rma .-T 
 Those truths of thy fathers entwine round thy iiearty/ , , '(' 
 No power can bid them from thither depart. , fcfi-ift! o'lsj'C 
 And ILuj., whose rich classical mind is imbinxl. v/uU 
 With the grace of the Gospel which Heaven bedewed, V/ 
 
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 Wliile streams of pure mental and moral truths flow»— fW^ 
 They feel their souls going in one with his own, : M 
 
 T.) view God's effulgence that breaks from His throne,-'-' 
 Go on till thy soul like a Snmmcriield flies. 
 To bask in the glory and bliss of the skies. 
 Then, then, may thy spirit in raptures there fall, 
 To crown thy Kedeemer through grace " Lord of all." 
 That Church's dimensions that towers on high, 
 Attempting to stay the proud clouds of the sky, ->n".7:> "'i ' 
 rjnn find in the Province no mightier wall ^o'-ii) -r^'ni-ir fh Ji 
 VTliore Methodist eloquence ever will falh . ' tnM;jV)f^s >!I; 
 May Kose's deep knowledge of the Gospel truth '»(!<> t(^ ' 
 J'reak f »rth like the lightning on the heart of the youth. 
 And bow them in penitence before their jn&t God, 
 VS^'ho'il grant them remission of sins through <' the blood. "^ 
 And live may the sons of the Wesleys e'ermore, 
 I'roin Kngland's green island to earth distant shore, ^i ; •'" 
 
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 Tiie graceful lips of the Reverend Mr. Grovks, 
 ('an ])Our chaste language and deep thoughts that move ; 
 Correct his diction, and his thoughts concise, " > ^ ' 
 jIIc phews tlie beauty of the pcnrl of price, > n". - 
 Unfoldf^ the glory of the gospel grace, :: ^n ^;fj'l>.'r 
 As it dotlj shine from his Redeemer's face, in iuirrti't ',i. 
 St:i!nj)ed by the power of those bright veteran minds, 
 'i'hat braved Columbia's most infuriate winds,. 
 To bju'cad the knowledge of their Savior's name, 
 Tliroughout the earth with more than mortal fame, 
 lie's here alike, their son, by gospel light 
 IShcdding its lustre, and its glory bright: ■ ' -u Vi^n-cj *>",. 
 To ]K)int the poor sinner to that pnrplo fount, ^ Mnrii t>.r ' 
 That's oi)'ed for sin on Calvary's sacred mount. ■ ' li "" 
 May those aged veteran's holiness and power > < !"^ " / ■ 
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 May Beulah's light break on their heart ro pure, 
 Aftd hearen's own bliss be theirs each to secure. 
 
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 Onr graceful aged motl.er, tlie church, has a son -j' • wt a 
 Reflecting deep lustre upon her renown, i't ' f!i m i- 
 His eloquent language doth move the deep heart •' 
 Of Belleville who judges his powers apart, w* ;/ m '>-! .'cf 
 And deem him thus wortjiv to raise new church walls •■ 
 Where all his bright powers of eloquence falls, v^u * ivA 
 How graceful the old church aloft on the hill, < li •' 
 
 Which Belleville's inhabitants do each Sabbath fill, , i 
 And list to the eloquence from his deep soul si', : ■ 
 
 Wlien floods of its power do constantly fall. 
 Enriching the spirit with knowledge and truth, 
 Ilefrcshihg the aged and guiding the youtli. 
 The rever'd gray hairs of the Reveren'd Greib,!; ,• (i-. ' 
 Do linger among us in reverence here ; ' • ♦ ^ ' i:-. f : 
 Though tottering on the deep brink of the grave, 1 ; 
 Wliere soon the gay flowers may over him wave. 
 He served them through distant long years afar, ,' ' .; 
 And faithful did always God's pure word declare, 'f 
 Soon, soon, he will hear the welcome " well done. 
 Come up, my dear servant, and sit on a throne," 
 And reap the reward of thy toil evermore, 
 Where all this world's labors and sorrows are o'er. 
 There gaze on those woimds that were purple with blood. 
 To bring us poor rebels to glory and God ; 
 And there evermore, in the light of His throne < ; 
 
 Thou'lt cast the deep lustre that hangs round thy own, ' 
 And crown him with all the vast millions that fall, ,' 
 And shout '*he is worthy of the crowns of you all," . 
 
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 Old Scotia may boast of proud sons on thiB soil '*'^ ^** 
 Who labor to eqtial her deep mental toil, ^^ vjiui mK> uuil' 
 McLaren, thy name would be hailed on that shore - '- 
 Tlirough which tliy dear parents in youth traversed o'er, 
 They'd read in thine image those features of power 
 Betray'd in her history in eadi distant hour. 
 1 know of these faithful deep preaching of truth, 
 J know her deep students and illustrious youth, 
 I hung on their eloquence that captured my soul '' • 
 While waves of seraphic truth on it did roll, *'' ' '* 
 And felt my young genius then early allied ' ' '"'=[ ^' 
 With minds of such power long tested and tried, ''■ ' 
 And now in thy presence I feel a kin mind '^ • ■'^'»^' ■' 
 Break light on my spirit of seraphic kind, teii^ i[y! ^-^ -j? * 
 Yea, blessed are the people that feed on the fruit '■''''• 
 Of thy meditations with mind so acute. • ^'^-^'^ •' ''- 
 So chaste is thy language, and noble thy thought. 
 Of spirituality always is fraught, • .- :* 
 
 Long live throwing lustre around the bright ieause V 
 Of Jesus who governed thy heart with his laws ' • ' 
 And guide the poor sinner for peace to the blood 
 That well'd in compassion from the heurt of his God. 
 
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 To chain his neat audience in the sweet Sabbath hour, 
 His portly exterior bears in it a mind j ;)•{; .i;. 
 
 Fraught with deepest knowledge and truth of all kind. 
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 Kow shedding its light as the bright evening, star, i, ;/ 
 He rightly divineth the word of God's truth i^ ,:;* i'-i 
 To fill the deep wants of both aged and youth. '; ^i'; 
 He guides them in danger to the rock from the storm, ., j 
 Where all their deep fears will cease to alarm. ^^, ' 
 
 May he and his people yet land on that shore 1- /* 
 Where storms and temptations will resell them no more. 
 
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 And as tlie chnrch militant ncedii every grade 
 Of talent aiod power none equal are made, * r -;. u. 
 
 But one may be strong in deep morals aud.gra<(^^„! oii'Y^ 
 Anotlier by genius that beams iu his face. /.J K 
 
 Dear Chimv^ thy power proeeedB from tby heart, ■(yu\V 
 From there thy gret^ energies ever do start, r^j^>,>., ^yv^n^T 
 'Tis the seat where mild graoes abundantly flow Ji'v^/tvij! 
 To imitate Jesus thy Saviour below ; t etmni 'lo v.uj!--* i 
 There zeal in her fervent devotion doth dwell, [ /,onA ! 
 K'ei" Wiirning the sinner whose path loads to hell. ,ry|j j 
 Thou standest between him and its awful flame ,. .,' ;?',V 
 To point him for mercy in Jesu's dear name, j,, i|,,t ] j-.A 
 Thou lovest to gather tiie lambs of his fold k{ >,:}<»; lir'-V/ 
 To hide them forever satVdn his stronghold, 
 And sheep that have stray 'd from the fold thou hast brought 
 iJack home on thy shoulder as a good shepherd ought, 
 They'll bless thee when heaven's bright stars cease to shine, 
 Wlien they'll stand by thy side 'fore the white throne divijue, 
 And shine as the stars in the crown on thy brow. ;.; 'h ; 
 Thougli often enamored by poverty now, a'.^;> /^i 1,1.,.; 
 That bliss, deiu* Climie, be ever thine own, ; // ^.i-.i r« ) 
 When called by the Saviour to faqe his bright throne 
 
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 The Church of old Rome has here found her a place 
 Here towers her spires in beauty and grace, 
 And would were its morals as beautiful too ; ' • ' 
 The bard would be faithful and praise them as true. 
 But feai'ing a quarrel, I pledge her my song " 
 Will not of unkindness attempt do her wrong. •"'-* *'•• 
 SheliFsher own traits of high excellency, ?>« Wj, 
 
 That claim from some pencils a rich eulogy ; -' ^'-^ -'■' ' ^ 
 But as we do ditfor, we calmly agree i^-^mJiyi ;;sj;l • m 
 To light our own battles and gain victory. -H^^* Ih^'-^-'-^ *^ 
 The bard would be silent and limit his pen, i-^V^ '-^^ V['f 
 Until he has reason to sway it figain. 
 
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 FlFfY YSABS AST TTIVEELAST MINI8TEB IN THE WBSLEYAK BODY 
 - - * IN THIS COUiS'rRY. . 
 
 My heart is not dead to the tender andtm^ w o* tnod •I 
 For the holy aod pure afifeota.it anew, "■• * ^*^?^ ' f.'tttr>^ 
 As I gaze on inild features, all furrowed with care, n I nL 
 Who followed God's servant his truth to declare, i ^iti^T 
 And bore his vast sorrows on her deep heart of love, • ' I' 
 Till he winged his bright pinion to seraphs above, n ^.'d; i 
 Through long fifty years of labor and toil ; I'u. • / ^ ' • 
 He preach'd the pure gospel on Canada soil, i^'ir^'v.. »'f / 
 His heart of compassion led hLnx.to proclaim (i .«»: ' r 
 To poor blind Indians the Saviour's dear name. \ (£\> .■■'-■.■. i 
 That heart of deep grace bore him up under all <s^-H^<l J,.-/- 
 The dangers and trials incident to his call, ./-.un >.t •;! /• 
 His labors are ended, no more will he tell : vu; j . ' 
 
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 No more will his beautitul language of lovo 
 
 Direct the soul doubting, to glories above, i ..-i . • > 
 
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 1 ask a'o a Poet, deep, passionately l s .^i >; '. ■ . 
 If granted, I'll honor thy name evermore, 'i*>,i ;•!'.;:.:.' 
 And throw deeper lustre around thy bright shore : 
 
 I ask for the bones and the dust of dear Cask, ra. . : . 
 From Alnwick church yard, to thy lovely place. 
 They are there, with no marble stone over his head, ( 
 There liefch God's servant, yet speaking, though dead. 
 He roamed thy sweet suburbs when thou were a cliiid, 
 He offered thee Jesus in language so mild, 
 His widow has thrown her late years for rest > j.'u^ .: 
 In confidence freely on thy loving breast. > -, ,. j, 
 
 O then let them both sleep in peace in one grave, ' jli 
 Where Quintc's proud waters so beautiful lave;-»i *.'5ia 
 And rise in the Judgment from 'noath the same stone. 
 To meet their Kcdeomcr uoon his white throne. ui-; *> 
 
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 Tlio Brother dear of that immortal man, 
 (The friend of Franklin, who the world would span, i 
 And break a passage through the northern pole, 
 With desperate powers from out his noble soul,) 
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 Who's learn'd, too true, the sacred news of late, i jj v. 
 Ah, furious winds how cruel was that blast, k>^ '» > ! , 
 That hush'd not then, when Franklin breathed his last. 
 The breathless angels gazed upon his brow, A ;jh.».; i>/! 
 Stop'd in their flight to drop a tear so low. itfr^Miiv/ •.;!,.; 
 litit ye too proud, would bow the pride of man, ; jj. :, 
 Nor deign'd in mildness, his dying brow to fan. : r : 
 No, no, he in fury pass'd the hero by, ^n„t., - r;,; • ; 
 Took on your wing his last deathly sigh, ' Miiid 'u o< ; i 
 And bore it on, to lands to us unknown, ; :■. 
 
 Adhere nature's birds of foreign wings have flown. » ,<>' 
 C>, hush my muse ! or else my song of fire 
 May thaw the iceberg, falling from my lyre, j 
 Where all the bones of Franklin and his men, ,. 
 Mhv meet the vision and engage thy pen, . ; -;', 
 Tliy muse be tempted to chant on that wave, .In 
 Tliat gcivQ to Franklin a cold icy grave. v. ' > 
 rorgettiiig Belleville, and her glories too, ; i " i , j 
 To whom thou pledgcst songs of beauty true, 
 lii^ mournful Widow pressed thy beautious soil, i- 
 True to the instincts of her heart of toil. 
 And kiss the friends, of those who're ever dear ■ 
 To her fond heart, that perished with him there. ,; 
 I love her virtues, and the bard would dwell 
 In happy strains and of their wonders tell, ' ! 
 Till lieartsgrow warm beneath his thought of fire, 
 That chanced to fall from his proud native lyre, i 
 Belleville, forgive this wandering of my song, t ^ji 
 It may not to thee strictly here belong ; r r r; ;« ? 
 But my heart is f-elieved of its deep debt of pain 
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 It cannot yet boast of that great giant power _ , .,;* « 
 Displayed throughout Europe that heavenward Aotii tower,*' , 
 
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 But yet it bids fair in itn bright days of youth 
 To gnjw into ]M>wer by knowledge and truth. ^ 
 
 Its neat purple buihiing that 'stands by its side, 
 AuyjnientH its deep iieautv, and graces its pride, , 
 1 liere nimds ot rare power do eagerly seize 
 Tiie germs of what knowledge and learning they please, 
 They feed on the manna that makes the souls grow, 
 They thirst for the deep streams that murmur below, '>'i'< 
 Their mind gathers power their labor to love •m.'tiltilui«>"i { 
 While they soar on the pinions ot knowledge abovej'^^" '<tri 
 Support it, O Belleville, and it w^ill adorn " ^ii^'Hi' ffxjt /mU 
 The youtli and the manhood of thy sons yet unborn^r-irm ^-tl 
 And send them to honor th}-^ history tiar," ' -■' v^ '*? ^rum* c,/. 
 As they'll pour out their lustre like some btirning stiar. ', wH 
 The Press flings three papers to give theln the newainb o T 
 Or knowledge of politics that they may choose, j iiiX-« ii->: 
 The lofty Intelltg^encee sends its sheets forth,' 'i^^*^ x:"' -^ s>i^ 
 Each current with articles of moral worth ; 
 And true to the country that gives it its life 
 No feelings <lish)yal, 110 passions of strife.. '•'•^ ^" 
 
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 Let labors unknown of thy pow^ers ever tell, -'^ Li-uuu'i\'uw. 
 In the work that thy mind Ims accomplished so wefl ; ^ * ^^ 
 Of thy power in issuing, tour j^ears ago, '"'^ 'rn\uinr u). ; ^ 
 A book that the countv at large should all know.'''" *"-'"' '^ 
 There labor and toil of deep valuiB are seeri^'' *5 -n^i^n rn ., 
 With maps to shew all the tine world they live in 
 May the county be forward to honor thy pen 
 For another such volume will soon come again. 
 
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 The country dotli syinpatbiise with ft, »far/. '''-'' - '^ 
 And httilii the deep raylighti* that fall from thia star. 
 
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 And thou Indkpendkmt, in mind and in heart, 
 
 Oan'st gaze on the powers tiiat labor apart, 
 
 And smile on the contests, thy judgment thine own, 
 
 Thine Editor loyal to the old British throne, 
 
 Who roamed round her shadow, in youth^s gentle hour, 
 
 And now in her Province displaying thy power. 
 
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 The birds of Xhy forests may fold their bright wing, 
 The nightingale music may cease here to sing, 
 The skylark that whistles above the proud storm , 
 May fall 'neath its power in beautiful form, . ) « » :; 
 Its music that charmed us may hush its sweet song. 
 No more may its melody be heard to prolong ;,,,((-| 
 But yet 16 one songster left thee to adorn, , - j, .. 
 To chirp in the evening and sing in the morn ;;,;(• 
 She skirts the wild forests there often to swell 
 Her song where the nightingale warbled so well, 
 And out of her spirit flows music and love. 
 She knows the Canadian's deep heart how to move. 
 She knows of the passions that bum in its breast, 
 Can sway them to peace and can lull them to rest, 
 And early awake them by the sound of her song, 
 Enchanting their spirit as she doth prolong. , _/ 
 
 We'll hail the nch product of thy lustrous mind, ^ 
 From whence flow emotions t>f infinite kind, , , 
 To bend our powers, as the rush 'fore the storm, ,,, ■ 
 To strengthen the spirit and keep its life warm. 
 Long live to adorn the dear land of thy youth, 
 And that of adoption, with thy ripest truth. 
 May human life's forms take their stamp from thy soul, 
 And tell us what meaneth its deep shadows all. 
 Thy mind must be inelhiw with the fruit on its bough. 
 Each cause to thee known. Haste, haste, tell us how, 
 
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 That ^e may be taught the <\eep lessons of life, 
 
 And leani to survive yst tluH dark world of atrife, 
 
 And governed by righteousness, equity, truth, 
 
 Mav we bloom in rich beauty in theBe bright days of youth, 
 
 And follow thy spirit at last to the Throne 
 
 Where thousands of earth's brightest spirits have gone, 
 
 There smiling at tempests that broke on their soul, 
 
 Deep wave of bright glory now over them roll. 
 
 May that blessed portion, dear Spirit, be thine, 
 
 And ours when we fall 'fore its lustre divine. 
 
 
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 The proud sword of Briton cause thousands to dread 
 
 And bow 'fore its lustre in terror as dead. 
 
 The loftiest Monarch has homaged its power, 
 
 It forced him to own it in the dread battle hour. 
 
 The cave in St. Helen has long closed the foe 
 
 That fain would eclipse its effulgence below. 
 
 Let that little Island where proud billows roar, 
 
 Tell nations of Briton's great valor and power. 
 
 It bowed tliere, the mightiest Monarch that slew 
 
 The nations around, with the sword that he drew. 
 
 And why was he conquered ? Let Britain's great heart 
 
 Of valor and power, each answtM- apart. 
 
 Deep love to their country inspired tlieir soul, 
 
 Though thunders in battle may over them roll, 
 
 They smile at their terrors, and front the proud foe 
 
 To death or to victory, in valor they go. 
 
 Thus Belleville, not least in that deep loyal power, , 
 
 Do welcome their foeinen, or death's fatal hour, 
 
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 To keep tliat ficli tnntre imiiifilrrM roiiiid tlio tlii'onflj.v itul'i; 
 That loyahy h» her ean do it hlone. v r,.a/ 
 
 HoreV LeWsciHite' Bph'it, hnhned with that power ^s-^ hf^" 
 IJ). "Which his Anecwtry toj/lory did tower ; M<i jwm.iK h 
 
 And C/olonel ('ainhpelt, Ahose tino diBcipUiie '' "o'N'Mn / 
 Would keivp them tlirongh tire, eaeli striet in their line. 
 Six Companies linjrer around thit» }»riglit sliore, iitnW.n.. th. 
 Each waiting the ttitee that mar thee linger o'er, '^mr ^ ,mM 
 Brave, brave vohinteerw, c»]h»nld danger appear^-''*' l«ih •«!/, 
 Your rifles would reach from the front to the rear, ^lut. lu /' 
 And proud would the Town of younji: Belleville then <>wn 
 Her (M)untrv protected hv your renown. , , 
 
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 The muse fondly lingers around this green shore, 
 And is loathe now to silence its harp-strings all o'er. 
 But prudence dictates her no longer to sing, 
 Then, hush my fond hffMfJlf^^t {pHfer string. 
 I ask those bright starfTthn: vmhi ni tlBe sky 
 To deepfn, tj^eir.lufc^trc as ijicv pasi this scene by. 
 And ye, irtighty winds, through the forests that roar, 
 Let silence become yon as you pass Belleville ijliore. 
 Sweet breezes of summer, bring health on ytnir^ale, "/' .'"/^ 
 To flushen the cheek that long sickness makes J)^le. .,' 
 
 Proud Nature, I ask in obedience to God, i \ . 
 
 O shower thy mercies on tins land abroad. • , , -i { 
 The beauty ot holiness stamp every heart,. ^ , : j!. « 
 
 Is the last prayer the poet sends up as he^Il part, :\ V'^. 
 In hope in its lustre himself to yet rise, . - . 
 
 . To meiBt his liedeemer in bliss bove the skies. , , 
 
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