1822. | 
And, ’midst thy hamlet shades, the embosom’d 
spire " : 
Catch from deep-kindling heavens their earliest fire. 
Thee, too, that hour shall bless, the balmy close 
OF Labour’s day, the herald of repose, 
Which gathers hearts in peace; while social Mirth 
Basks in the blaze of each free village hearth ; 
While peasant songs are on the joyous gales, 
And omit England’s voice floats up from all her 
vales. 
Yet are there sweeter sounds; and thou shalt hear 
Such as to Heaven’s immortal host are dear, 
Oh! if there still be melody on earth, 
Worthy the sacred bowers where man had birth, 
When angel steps their paths rejoicing trod, 
And the air trembled with the breath of God; 
It lives in those sweet accents, to the sky, 
Borne from the lips of stainless infancy, 
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When holy strains, from Jife’s pure fount wltich 
sprung, 
Breath’d with deep rev’rence, falter on its tongue. 
And such shall be thy music! when the cells 
Where Guilt, the child of hopeless Mis’ry, dwells, 
(And to wild strength by desperation wrought, 
In silence broods o’er many a fearful thought, ) 
Resound to Pity’s voice; and childhood thence,— 
Ere the cold blight hath reach’d its innocence, 
Ere that soft rose-bloom of the soul be fled, 
Which Vice but breathes on, and its hues are dead— 
Shall at the call press forward, to be made 
A glorious oftering, meet for Him who said, 
«« Mercy, not sacrifice!” And when, of old, 
Clouds of rich incense from his altars roll’d, 
Dispers’d the smoke of perfumes, and laid bare 
The heart’s deep folds, to rend its homage there. 
NOVELTIES OF FOREIGN LITERATURE. 
— 
VERY useful and interesting 
botanical work, by J.C. Leucus, 
has been published at Nuremberg. It 
is entitled, ‘‘ Anleitung Zum Anbau 
Auslandischer Pflanzen,” (Directions 
for the Cultivation of Exotic Plants,) 
with a Supplement, explaining the me- 
thod of preserving them from the bad 
effects of the climate, and on the 
easiest mode of increasing its heat. 
After giving their classification, mode 
of culture, &c. in the first chapter, the 
author considers the peculiar differ- 
ences between the German and the 
more southern climates, their soil and 
atmosphere, as affecting the growth 
and fermation of the plants: to which 
he adds remarks on the possibility of 
their naturalization in northern lati- 
tudes. Three supplements follow :— 
Ist. Respecting means to facilitate 
their growth with us. 2d. On the fo- 
reign origin of many plants, now com- 
monly grown here. 3d. Observations 
on hot-houses, and on the manner in 
which several are now heated by 
steam. It isaltogether deserving the 
notice of scientific and _ botanical 
students. 
The first part of “Transactions of 
the Practical Medical Society of St. 
Petersburgh, established in 1819, for 
the purpose of communicating to the 
whole body the various facts and re- 
sults obtained by each member’s per- 
sonal experience in the course of his 
practice. The present volume embraces 
many valuable and interesting papers 
on peculiar cases, with the modes of 
treatment in some of the must danger- 
ous diseases, by the first professors 
and physicians; such as Bluhm, Mil- 
hausen, Wolff, Harder, and Miller.— 
Other societies are, in the same man- 
ner, springing up in St. Petersburgh, 
and different parts of the Russian do- 
minions, which will in a short time 
create a rapid diffusion of knowledge, 
the parent of liberty, to which we cor- 
dially wish success. 
A work, entitled “Spain and the 
Revolution,’ published at Leipsic, 
contains many striking facts and ob- 
servations relative to that great event. 
It is divided into five parts, compre- 
hending the theory of revolutions in 
general:—On the situation of Spain, 
from the period of 1761 to 1818; on 
the influence of the new doctrines, 
leading to the revolution at Aranjuez ; 
on the French invasion; the Junta of 
Seville ; the Cortez; on the return of 
the King, his rejection of the Consti- 
tution, and the fate of the liberals and 
the serviles, &. The mere circula- 
tion of these facts, independant of any 
arguments, cannot fail to do good, 
and produce some sensation even in 
Germany. 
Professor AmBROzIO LeEvVATI, of 
Milan, has lately produced a work in 
five volumes, entitled “the Travels 
of Francesco Petrarca, in France, 
Germany, and Italy.” It is in part 
taken from historical facts and real 
incidents in the poet’s life, and in 
part embellished with fictitious narra- 
tives. So far, we do not think the 
author has shown his taste and judg- 
ment; as fine and abundant materials 
were to be found without the least 
need to have recourse to imaginary 
adventures, and mingling truth with 
fable. However delightful such a 
subject, and however amusing and in- 
teresting it may thus be rendered, the 
author should have previously reflect- 
ed, what a desideratum a good and 
faithful life of Petrarch, is, even yet, 
among the Italians, and how much 
more honour he might have acquired 
had he, in preference to the present, 
undertaken and accomplished it. 
A publication has appeared at 
Mentz, 
