584 The Praises of Tobacco. [JUNE, 



most reasonable proposal, he did not wish to depopulate the world. He 

 had a scheme of his own, which ho had no doubt they would assent to: if 

 they would not, he would compel them. [Here let it thunder in the 

 poem]. He then produces a tobacco-box out of his pocket, and calling to 

 Hebe, desires her to bring pipes, and, lighting one himself, fills heaven's 

 high arch with its fragrant fumes. He then sends Mercury to distribute 

 the fragrant plant all over the world. And let the poem close with hymns 

 of thanksgiving to Jove, from all the inhabitants, for his inestimable gift. 



O. 



LOVE S FIRST LESSON. 



[From the French.] 



COLIN, though scarcely turned fifteen, 



Has fallen in love with Rose ; 

 And Rose, though younger still, has been 



Robbed of her heart's repose : 

 Two such young lovers ne'er were seen 



As Colin and as Rose. 



Strange fires, which Colin cannot smother, 



Within his bosom move ; 

 Rose looks on Colin as a brother, 



Or something far above : 

 Colin and Rose love one another, 



But dare not say they love. 



Unconsciously, lone still retreats 



They seek at evening's close ; 

 And Colin's heart within him beats, 



And so does her's in Rose : 

 He hears not when his pet-lamb bleats, 



Nor she her own dove knows. 



With timorous step he ventures nigh, 



And then sighs tenderly ; 

 And, listening to his heart-drawn sigh, 



More deeply still sighs she : 

 " What ails you, Colin ?" is her cry ; 



" What ails you, Rose ?" asks he. 



'* Rose, my poor heart of feelings new 



And wond'rous still doth drink ;" 

 " And in mine, Colin, strange thoughts, too, 



Float to the very brink :" 

 " Colin, I think that I love you;" 



" Rose, I love you, I think." 



Then did they on each other turn 



Eyes beaming like a star; 

 And, by their dewy light, discern 



Their hearts' long-hidden scar : 

 Of all the lessons Love must learn, 



The first's the sweetest far ! H. N. 



