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For friendship then were union, broken once ; 

 Again united, never more to break ; 



Our loved were home, and home 



Our loved for aye ! 



But Fate, who governs all things, thee controuls ; 

 Witii thee our hopes ; in these our pleasures, loves, 



Of little stay or long ; 



And home, which centres all. 



Yet in thy flight, or o'er th' Atlantic wave 

 The trackless keel bears one congenial soul, 



Oh ! sigh, " Forget me not," 



That echo may respond — 



But home ne'er mention : this will rise as thou 

 Thy vernal visit pay'st, where Arctic hills 



Their icy heads decline. 



Or snowless plains invite : 



For there at ev'ning's close the lowing herds, 

 The bleating flocks, the laden humming bee, 



And rustling leaf will sing 



In thrilling accents — Home ! 



Sweet solace this, and sole, to severed friend ; 

 Then, gentle Zephyr sigh " Forget me not," 



Till pure affection's spring 



Nor fate nor sea divides. 



J. R. B. 



ON THE FORMATION OF HAIR, FEATHERS, 

 AND HORNS. 



FROM A LECTURE, DELIVERED IN THE ATHENAEUM OF THE PLYMOUTH IN- 

 STITUTION, BY W. WYATT, ESQ. 



Every one is familiarly acquainted with the gen- 

 eral appearance of hair : its peculiar structure and 

 mode of growth have, however, seldom received the 

 attention they deserve. Hairs differ remarkably not 

 only in their structure, but also in their situation. 

 Almost all Mammalia possess hairs more or less 

 numerous, not excepting even whales. They are 

 found also on different parts of the body in Birds, 



