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heaven to perdition, to what I am, to what I am ! Is it, then, ingra- 

 titude to pour upon it the anathema of my vengeance? this, then, do 

 I pour upon it, " Earth, be accursed ! \vherever mankind are met 

 in societies upon your bosom, wherever traces of human fellowship 

 are seen, wherever laws for the maintenance of social order, the 

 protection of social rights exist, Earth ! be thou the abode of war, 

 rapine, and desolation, the prey of every curse, the victim of all 

 anarchy, the theatre of bitter and bloody distraction! The ills with 

 which thou hast encompassed me, be thou encompassed ! Rage 

 rave go mad with the hotness of your calamities. Sink into the 

 pity into which thou hast plunged me ! Sink, perish till thou shalt 

 be no more." 



To be continued. 



COME THOU TO ME! 



(&n rtgtnal 33alla*.) 

 Written by Mrs. Cornwell Baron Wilson. 



COME THOU TO ME ! for the sun is setting 



And the pale stars peep from their azure screen ; 



Light dews the rose's leaves are wetting 



And pearly drops on the grass are seen ; 



Night's veil is falling o'er land and sea 



COME THOU TO ME ! COME THOU TO ME ! 



COME THOU TO ME ! Daylight is fading 



And the young birds have folded their weary wings, 



The vapours of twilight the mountains are shading, 



And silver mists rise from the cool fountains' springs; 



Night's robe is closing o'er land and sea 



COME THOU TO ME! COME THOU TO ME! 



COME THOU TO ME! for the bees are reposing, 



That have hum'd mid the thyme-bark the long sunny day ;- 



The butterfly's wings, on the rose-leaf are closing 



The ants from their hillock are up and away ! 



Night's veil is falling o'er land and sea, 



COME THOU TO ME ! COME THOU TO ME! 



COME THOU TO ME ! the ring dove is mourning 

 Like the sigh of some lover, (amid the pine trees,) 

 Who waits with impatience the dear-one's returning, 

 And murmurs his grief to the stars and the breeze ; 

 Night's curtains close, o'er land and sea 

 COME THOU TO ME ! COME THOU TO MF ! 



