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TO THE MOON. 



vantage — it is, at any rate, a presumption that it is the work of a 

 gentleman, -which will at once imply a cultivated state of mind. The 

 fag of an editor differs, perhaps, only in kind from that of a ' brewer's 

 dray-horse.' Tired and exhausted with an endless perusal of papers in 

 ■which he has little interest, you may easily imagine that the shortest, 

 neatest, and most legible paper will be sure to obtain the first reading, 

 and, unless it be bad indeed, a place in the next number. To these little 

 secondary matters, I think I may fairly ascribe any success which I have 

 had : and, as human nature is about the same now as when I laboured on 

 literary ground, and as editors' tables still groan under all manner of 

 writing, believe me, that the most promising in appearance will be sure 

 to command the editor's attention first. Bear this well in mind in all 

 future efforts, and I am greatly mistaken if you do not find your ac- 

 count in it." 



After my friend had left me, I began a paper which I was determined 

 should not exceed four pages. I wrote it out on ruled paper, and 

 inclosed it, when finished, in a handsome envelope. The " paper" — it 

 was a reminiscence — had, I know, some merit, but, I think, not superior 

 to some which I had unceremoniously returned on me — and it appeared 

 in the next number. I have since written much, and have had few 

 indeed refused ; which, I think, is owing as much to those little 

 elegancies of finish as to their intrinsic merit. To great geniuses, 

 perhaps, these trifles are unnecessary ; but few indeed, unless they are 

 Bacons, can altogether reject them. 



Anonymous. 



TO THE MOON. 



Art thou pale for weariness 



Of climbing heaven, and 



Looking down on earth ? 

 Wandering companionless 



Among the stars, that have 



A diflerent birth ? 

 And ever changing, like a 



Joyless eye. 

 That finds no object worth 



Its constancy ? M, 



