6'6 POETRY. THE ALTAR-PIECE OF 



pugnacious heroes would now and then make a tilt at 

 him, either from ignorance of his powers or too great a 

 confidence in their own, these however usually retired 

 in complete discomfiture. THEOBALD. 



Barmtaple. 



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WITH A MINIATURE TO MY MOTHER 



If the touch of the pencil can ever so shade 



The form of the face and the cheek's vivid <lk>, 

 That the soul's deeper workings may then- be ]><> art rayed. 

 As quickening the features and kindling the 



Then this should discover such cares as they prove 

 Who from country and kindred are tempted to stray, 



Who desert the dear presence of all that they 1< 



For the gay dreams where hope has enticed them away. 



How oft from the cliffs of some far distant orean, 



-low the horizon heaves up the white <;\\\. 

 Will they gaze in impatience of fondest (.-motion 

 And check the; delay of the swift winded 



And think on the past and their own native hind 



And the scenes and the homes they have left far away, 



They will look for some tidings from kinsman and friend, 

 From the Isle of the North from the Queen of the Sea. 



But England farewell ! I'll forget thee, no never 

 Till this term of being till gratitude ends, 



May fortune's first favors attend thee for ever 



Thou nurse of my childhood, thou home of my friends. 



j.c;. H. 



Swan River, 1830. 



THE ALTAR-PIECE OF SAINT ANDREWS 



CHAPEL, REPRESENTING THE 



CRUCIFIXION : 



PAINTED BY MR. BALL ; 16 FT. HIGH, BY 12. FT. 



Or all the subjects that can be treated by a painter, 

 the Crucifixion is unquestionably the most sublime 

 the most impressive on the feelings of the beholder. 

 The subjects of Pagan mythology sink into insignifi- 



