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breathe all the freshness and sparkling vivacity 

 of early youth are redolent of sunshine, and 

 fragrance, and vernal melody. Long may he 

 live to delight the readers of MAGA with the 

 outpourings of his joyous spirit, transporting them 

 in fancy to the wild solitudes of his native hills; 

 where the cares and vexations of the busy 

 world are all forgotten, and the heart holdeth 

 commune with the Great Invisible, purified 

 from aught that is gross and unworthy by the 

 blessed influence of natural piety, which teacheth 

 man to know himself for what he is, a worm 

 crawling upon the face of the earth, a grain of 

 dust liable to be swept away*by the slightest 

 breath ; yet, withal, gifted and endowed with 

 powers and faculties, which if rightly employed, 

 will place him but < a little lower than the 

 angels ;" where 



" The inner spirit keepeth holiday 

 Like vernal ground to Sabbath sunshine left." 



WORDSWORTH. 



And we, reflecting on the wondrous attributes 

 wherewith the beneficent Creator hath invested 



