112 MARCH OF INTELLECT. 



Through the attenuated air, with tone 



Subdued into an echo of its strength, 



As though it feared the mountain's burning heart, 



Stirred with the summons, might again shoot life 



Through all its arteries of sleeping fire 



And shake the tempest from its quivering sides, 



Like a wild wave that dashes to the wind 



Its loosened spray. 



Yet soon the feverish wrath 

 Of the tempestuous conflict dies, and soon 

 The maddened elements exhaust their power 

 Drooping in languor. Through the gloomy scene 

 The noontide pours its animating life, 

 And, one by one, along the glowing air 

 The vapours sail or soften into tears 

 Over the blushing vineyards ; once again 

 Strike on the wandering eye the hills enrobed 

 With olive gardens the exhaustless woods 

 Of oak for ever green the valleys strown 

 With cities indistinct. The cloud-fed streams, 

 Descending from their mountain origins, 

 Like silver threads on velvet smoothness wrought, 

 And the blue ocean, stretching far away, 

 Beyond the visions grasp, in infinite domain. 



FRAHZ. 



MARCH OF INTELLECT. 



The following elegant specimen of English Composition sent 

 by a servant girl who had quitted her situation during the preva- 

 lence of the Cholera here, to her cousin, has been handed to us 

 for insertion, which we readily do, as it affords a tolerably fair 

 sample of the march of intellect : Dear Cosen ihave taken the 

 Opportunity of sending you these few line hopping to find you 

 in good helth as it leaves us at preasent ihave sent to you ti 

 up for my Cloth if you Please iam soory to give you that trubblr- 

 but Mother doent wish for me to Come down for the preasent 



and she if you pease to give it to Mr vvhensday evelinu 



please to put the litle box in the other ihave two banboxs j 

 to tie apront round round each of then there three bonnets }> 

 to [mi them in the banbox two umberhala a pair of patons two 

 docks please to tell Marry Ann to pick it all up and hvliilJ 



