A fragrance from the cedars thickly set With pale blue berries. In these peaceful shades-- My thoughts go up the long dim path of years, O FREEDOM! thou art not, as poets dream, With which the Roman master crown'd his slave, With tokens of old wars; thy massive limbs Are strong and struggling. Power at thee has launch'd And his swart armourers, by a thousand fires, Have forged thy chain; yet, while he deems thee bound, Thy birth-right was not given by human hands: Thou shalt wax stronger with the lapse of years, Feebler, yet subtler. He shall weave his snares, But would'st thou rest A while from tumult and the frauds of men, LESSON CXVIII. Charade on the Name of the Poct Campbell.-W. M. PRAED. COME from my First, ay, come! The battle dawn is nigh: And the screaming trump and the thund'ring drum Are calling thee to die! Fight as thy father fought, Fall as thy father fell Thy task is taught, thy shroud is wrought: So forward! and farewell! Toll ye, my Second! toll! Fling high the flambeau's light, And sing the hymn of a parted soul, Beneath the silent night! The wreath upon his head, The cross upon his breast,- Let the prayer be said, and the tear be shed: take him to his rest! So Call ye my Whole, ay, call The lord of lute, and lay! And let him greet the sable pall With a noble song to-day : Go, call him by his name, No fitter hand may crave, To light the flame of a soldier's fame, LESSON CXIX. Confidence in God.-ADDISON. How are thy servants bless'd, O Lord! In foreign realms, and lands remote, Through burning climes I pass'd unhurt Thy mercy sweeten'd every soil, Think, O my soul! devoutly think, Confusion dwelt in every face, And fear in every heart, When waves on waves, and gulfs on gulfs. Yet then, from all my griefs, O Lord! While, in the confidence of prayer, For though in dreadful whirls we hung I knew thou wert not slow to hear, The storm was laid, the winds retired, The sea that roar'd at thy command, In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths, And praise thee for thy mercies past, My life-if thou preserve my life— And death-if death must be my doom- LESSON CXX. To One in Affliction.-J. MONTGOMERY. LIFT up thine eyes, afflicted soul! One sun is set-a thousand more Their rounds of glory run, Where science leads thee to explore In every star a sun. Thus when some long-loved comfort ends, And nature would despair, Faith to the heaven of heaven ascends, And meets ten thousand there; First faint and small, then clear and bright, And stars that seem but points of light, LESSON CXXI. Exhortation against Subjection to Foreign Influence.-GEO. WASHINGTON. AGAINST the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. But that jealousy, to be useful, must be impartial; else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defence against it. Excessive partiality for one foreign nation, and excessive dislike of another, cause those whom they actuate, to see danger only on one side; and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots, who may resist the intrigues of the favourite, are liable to become suspected and odious; while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests. The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities. Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people, |