l(Jg Recolleelions of Scenes arid Cities. ^August, 



money upon No. 36 — and the next moment the ball fell a second time 

 into that number, and L put into his pocket nearly nine thousand 



francs. 



" Let's go sup at Riche's," said he, putting my arm within his ; and 

 we did sup at Riche's, and there he gave me his gainings, of which, I 

 every week during his residence in Paris, gave him a hundred francs. 

 Upon what trifling circumstances hang the greatest events — even the 

 choice of life and death. If I had not felt depressed that evening, or if 

 I had gone to the opera, as I at one time intended, an excellent father 

 would certainly have lost an amiable son ; and society a usefid member : 

 for L now practices medicine with success in his native town. 



'Tis an easy matter to traverse France from north to south. 'Tis only 

 stepping into the steam-boat at Chalons, and so to Lyons ; and in another 

 day the Rhone carries one to Avignon, and almost in sight of the 

 Pyrenees. 



Gigantic barrier ! with thy deep ravines, and sunny slopes and val- 

 leys — the Edens of the world ; and rocks and snows, and huts, and sim- 

 ple people, and portraits of a pastoral life — how many and vivid are my 

 recollections ! But for the present, let them sleep. 



A WEEPING-WILLOW-ISM. 



My heart, that was moulded in mirth. 

 Hath been washed by the waters of eaith ; 

 And thus every curl of the stream 

 Hath ruined eome innocent dream. 



Some fancy, once fed by a ray 

 That melted like starlight away ; 

 Some joy, that depended unblest. 

 As it gazed on the graves of the rest. 



That heart, by the cold waters worn. 

 Though forsaken, is scarcely forlorn ; 

 Hope came, and departed as fleet. 

 But left there the print of lier feet. 



And is it a glance or a tone 

 Whose enchantment about me hath grown i 

 'Tis the light of thy heart, in the ej'e ; 

 And the voice of thy soul, like a sigh. 



For I looked on the world and its wiles. 

 And a multitude met me with smiles — 

 But I came unto thee, and have gained 

 The tears that have never been feigned. 



