104 LIKES. 



Money is the grand thing which secures you universal respect. 

 Shew people that you have money, and they'll shew you kindness ; 

 give it to the unpolished, and he will bring into play the whole of 

 his etiquette. Yet pounds, shillings, and pence are too often taken 

 as the standard of the man, because it is universally admired from 

 the man of ledgers to the school-boy, who is early initiated into the 

 mysteries of *' £, s. rf." 



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ON A PORTRAIT " THE SHADE OF SADNESS." 



Oh ! lovely maiden ! why upon thy brow 



Hath pass'd a shade of sadness ? Thou art young : 



Thy cheek is in its bloom — thine eye is bright— 



And thy sweet lips are form'd for dimpled smiles. 



The chill of age — the piercing cares of earth — 



Have not swept o'er thee with their deadly blast. 



Then why this sadness ? Need I ask again ? 



That mournful look reveals the secret tale. 



Thine heart hath loved ; and now the first dark doubt 



Of him whose vows were whisper'd in thine ear. 



Soft as the breezes of the flowery spring. 



Hath siezed upon thee, and within thy breast 



Works like a poison. Be that bitter doubt 



A vain imagining — a baseless thought ! 



Or soon thy beauty will consume away. 



Like sunset hues beneath the veil of night ; 



And thy warm heart — affection's living fount — 



Will gush with streams of agony. Oh, love ! 



The winter's tempest cannot blight like thee. 



For spring repairs its ravages. No spring 



Revives affection's flowers within the breast. 



When cold deseition, with its icy frost. 



Hath wither'd all their sunny loveliness. 



