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N E W K IN G L A IN D FAR M E R . 



.JULY 9, 1834. 



M I S C T, M,ANY, 



From the Ptaii. 

 TO THE SUN. 



BY MISS A. C. LYNCH, OF HARTFORD. 



Thou glorious lamp of Space '. Thou that dost flood 

 The void of heaven with brightness ! in thy glow 

 Unnumbered worlds, age after ago, have trod 

 In their appointed pa'hs, and yet thy flow 

 Ofluslrc halh not ebbed.— Before thy brow 

 The stars still veil themselves — thy burning glance 

 Is all unquencued, undininied, unchanged e'en now 

 As when the linger of Omnipotence 



Pointed to thee thy throne amid the vast expanse. 

 Yes, all unchanged. — As on that mora when rang 

 The shouts of joy as Perth thy ra_\s were spread, 

 While all the morning stars together sang. 

 So thou art now ! The morning stars have fled, 

 The towering hill \\ ith age has bowed us he.nl. 

 The sea has changed its home with the dry land, 

 The earth has gathered in her countless dead 

 Again and yet again — but thou dost stand 



Exhauslless and unmoved, upheld by God's own hand ! 

 Thy beams rest not alone where monarchs dwell, — 

 They linger round the cottage of the poor, 

 And pierce the gratings of the captive's cell — 

 And when thou lookest on the lowliest flower 

 That lifts its head to thee but for an hour, 

 Thy glances just as mildly, gently burn 

 As when thou gazest on the loftiest tower, 

 Or ou the countless worlds that round thee turn. 



Oh ! what a lesson here might human frailty learn. 

 Thou lookest upon the earth, and in thy rays 

 She brings Iter increase forth. Thine early light 

 Unfolds the bud. and thy intenser gaze 

 The blushing summer flower. Thou takes! thy flight 

 And o'er the earth then walks the starry night. 

 Thou guides! the waters of the unquiet main 

 Whose billows foam and tremble in their might — 

 For o'er the winds of heaven thou boldest thy reign 



From the soft (lower-kissed breeze to the wild hurricane. 

 When I behold thy bright, alchemic glance 

 A flood of gold-light o'er the landscape throw, 

 Or every cloud that decks the blue expanse 

 Beneath thy gaze with deepening blushes glow, 

 Or when I see thee tint the heavenly bow, 

 Or with thy gaze the ice-bound waters melt 

 As spring returns before thy burning brow, 

 I wonder not that Persia's children knelt 



And deemed thou wast the Heaven wherein the Eternal dwelt 

 Thou isle of brightness mill an azure seal 

 As oft 1 gaze on thee at closing day. 

 I feel my spirit fluttering to be free, — 

 To cast its bonds of ignorance away, 

 And learn thy mysteries — and then I say 

 Pea.ce my sad thoughts I but yet a little time 

 And your frail prison will hare changed to clay 

 And ye shall stand before the throne of Him 



To whose veiled brow of light this glorious lamp is dim! 



FIRE. 



Accordi.ng to Pliny, fire for a long time was 

 unknown to some of the ancient Egyptians ; ami 

 when Euxodus, the celebrated astronomer, showed 

 it to them, they were absolutely in raptures. 



The Persians, Phoenicians, Greeks, and several 

 other nations, acknowledged their ancestors were 

 once without the use of fire ; the Chinese confessed 

 the same of their progenitors. Pomponius .'Mela, 

 Plutarch, and other ancient authors, speak of na- 

 tions, who, at the time they wrote, knew not the use 

 of fire, or had hut just burnt it. Facts of the same 

 kind are also attested of several modern nations. 



The inhabitants of the IMarian islands, which were 

 discovered in 1521, had no idea of fire. Never was 

 astonishment greater than theirs, when they saw it 



on the descent of Magheilan on one of their islands. 

 At first they believed it to be some kind of animal 

 that fixed itself to and fed upon wood. The in- 

 habitants of the Philippine and Canary Islands 

 were formerly equally ignorant. Africa presents, 

 even in pnr days, some nations in this deplorable 

 state. — Park's Chemical Essays. 



ANTIQUITIES OP SOUTH AMERICA. 



The following article appears in a late number 

 of the Monthly Review. 



A German merchant residing at Valparaiso in 

 Chili, who is a great amateur of antiquarian re- 

 search, some time ago engaged an intelligent Dane 

 named Keoons, to explore some of the wild re- 

 gions of < 'hili, which probably had never before 

 been visited by European travellers. This man is 

 said to base made the most interesting discoveries. 

 Among the Andes of Chiton he has found an ex- 

 tensive plain, over which were scattered the ruins 

 of a considerable city. As the Indians of Chili 

 have always been nomades, ami as the incas never 

 succeeded in establishing their power in that 

 country, it may be concluded that the city above 

 mentioned was built and inhabited by a civilized 

 people, who have subsequently entirely disap- 

 peared. It is alleged that in other parts of South 

 America there have also been discovered traces of 

 high civilization, no remains of which are observ- 

 able among the Indians who now inhabit those 

 countries. 



SAGACITY OP ELEPHANTS. 



Elephants in peace and war know their duty ; 

 and are more obedient to the word of command 

 than many rational beings. It is said they can 

 travel on an emergency, two hundred miles in forty- 

 eight hours, but will hold on for a mouth at the 

 rate of 40 or 50 miles a day with cheerfulness and 

 alacrity. I performed my long journey upon an 

 elephant given by Ragobah to Col. Keating; nothing 

 could exceed the sagacity, docility and affection of 

 this noble quadruped ; if I stopped to enjoy a pros- 

 pect, he remained immovable until my sketch was 

 finished : if I wished for ripe mangoes, growing out 

 of the common reach, he selected the most fruitful 

 branch, and breaking it off with his trunk, offered 

 it to the driver, for the company in the houdah, ac- 

 cepting of any part given to himself with a respect- 

 ful salaam by raising his trunk three times above his 

 bond, in the manner of the oriental obeisance, and 

 often did he express his thanks by a murmuring 

 noise.' When a bough obstructed the houdah, he 

 twisted his trunk around it, and though of consid- 

 erable magnitude, broke it off with ease, and often 

 gathered a leafy branch, either to keep off the flies, 

 or as a fan to agitate around him, by waving it with 

 his trunk. He generally paid a visit to the tent 

 door during breakfast, to procure sugar candy or 

 fruit, and to be cheered by the encomiums and ca- 

 resses be so deservedly met with ; no spaniel could 

 be more innocently playful, or fonder of those who' 

 noticed him, than this docile animal, who, on par- 

 ticular occasions appeared conscious of his exalta- 

 tion above the brute creation. — Forbes. 



PRIVATE LIFE IN A PUBLIC HOUSE. 



A persos from the country, who had been some 

 months landlord of an Alnwick public house, was 

 complaining to his friends of the dulness of trade, 

 and said, if he could make up his mind to lead a 

 retired private life he would certainly keep a pub- 

 lic house at Alnwick. — Newcastle Press. 



FOR THE CURIOUS GRAMMARIAN. 



There is some ingenuity in the grammatical play 

 upon the word that in the following lines which 

 we copy from the Calskill Recorder, though they 

 do not appear to be original in that paper. One 

 would hardly believe it possible, without seeing an 

 example, that any word in the English language 

 was so variable in its signification, that it might be 

 used seven times in succession without any inter- 

 vening word, and yet preserve sense ami gram- 

 matical correctness. The last line but one contains 

 ibe word that seven times, which may be parsetl 

 as follows : — ■ 



The first is a conjunction ; 2d is a demonstrative 

 adjective pronoun agreeing with the 3.1 ; the 3d is 

 a noun, the nominative to is in the following line; 

 the lib is a demonstrative adjective pronoun agree- 

 ing with the 5th, the 5th is a noun in apposition 

 with the 3d ; the 6th is a relative pronoun referring 

 to the 5th for its antecedent and governed by 6c- 

 gan ; and the 7th is a noun ami governs began. — 

 Portland Argus. 



CltAJIMiTlCAL TAUTOLOGY. 



I'll prove the word that I have made my theme 



Is that that may be doubled without hi. one ; 



And that that that thus trebled I may use, 



And that that that that critics may abuse 



May be correct. Further the Dons to bother — 



Five thats may closely follow" one another ! 



For be it known that we may safely write 



Or say. that that that that thai man writ was right; 



Nay, e'en tiiat that that that that that followed 



Through six repeats the grammar's rule has hallowed ; 



And that that that (that that that that b.i * 



Repeated seven times is right! — f) ■ :<x Li who can. 



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