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thus gained, how greatly morality has suffered the clearly-sighted will 

 easily surmise. All sorts of roguery and deception have been played off 

 by mock proselytes, for the sake of the loaves and fishes : and the number 

 of relapsed Papists bear a fearful proportion to the number of those who 

 have permanently embraced the reformation. To expect that things should 

 be otherwise, is to be ignorant of the human heart ; it is to expect the 

 results of wisdom from the combinations of folly; it is to sow tares, and 

 look for a harvest of wheat. When Catholic emancipation shall have 

 been obtained, the two religions will come fairly into contact, and the best 

 will eventually triumph. That this change will be in favour of Protestant- 

 ism, we firmly believe ; and this is not among the least of the motives which 

 influence our feelings in advocating the cause. The matter is well worth 

 the consideration of Protestants on both sides the Channel. T. 



TO 



THE heavens are blue, and earth is springing 

 With flow'rets bright and gay ; 



And tuneful little birds are singing 

 The sunny hours away. 



'Tis gladness all around above ; 



But nought can charm me now : 

 For thou art sorrowful, my love 



A cloud is on thy brow. 



Oh ! quickly let this gloom be past ; 



'Twas never, never meant 

 Features like thine should be o'ercast 



With shades of discontent. 



For thou art like the morning star-r- 



So radiant and so bright ! 

 I follow in thy train afar, 



Rejoicing in thy light. 



Thou art my sun! and I do borrow 



My very life from thee : 

 Now, if thy beams be quench'd in sorrow, 



How dark my soul must be! 



Oh! give me then one sunny smile! 



So shall that blessed ray 

 The sorrows of my heart beguile, 



And dry my tears away. 



LYRA. 



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