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NEWENGLAND FARMER, 



NOVEMBER 30, 1836. 



MiKE'S^.lL'ik^m f<\ 



HYMiN TO THE FLOWERS. 



BT HORACE SMITH. 



Day stars! that ope your eyes with morn to twinkle 



From rainbow galaxies of earth's creation, 

 And dew drops en her lovely altars sprinkle 

 As a lihation ! 



Ye matin worshippers ! who, bending lowly 



Before the uprisen sun, God's lidless eye. 

 Throw from your chalices a sweet and holy 

 Incense on high ! 



Ye brig-ht Mosaics ! that with storied beauty 



The fljor of nature's temple tesselate, 

 What numerous emblems of instructive duly 

 Your forms create ! 



'Neath cloistered boughs each floral bell that swingeth, 



And lolls its perfume on the passing air, 

 Makes Sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth 

 A call to prayer ! 



Not so the domes, where crumbling arch and column, 



Allest the feebleness of mortal man. 

 Bat to thai fane most catholic and solemn 

 Which God hath planned ! 



To that cathedral boundless as onr wonder, 



■VVhose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply, 

 Its choir the winds and waves, its organ thunder. 

 Its dome the sky 1 



There as in solitude and shade I wander, 



Through the lone aisles or stretched upDD.flie sod, 

 Aw»d by the silence reverently ponder 

 The ways of God ! 



Your voiceless lips, oh flowers, are living preacliers, 



Each cup a pulpit, and each leaf a book, 

 Supplyins to my fancy numerous teachers 

 From loneliest nook ! 



Floral apostles ! that in dewy splendor, 



" Weep without sin and blush without a cri.-ne," 

 Oh ! may I deeply learn and ne'er surrender 

 Your love sublime ! 



" JTiou wert not, Solomon, in all thy glory, 



Arrayed," the lilies cry, " in robes li'ice ours :" 

 How vain your grandeur ! oh, how transitory 

 Are human flowers ! 



In the sweet scented pictures, heavenly artist ! 



With which thou paintest nature's wide spread hall. 

 What a delightful lesson thou impartest 

 Of love to all! 



Not useless are ye, flowers ! though made for pleasure. 



Blooming o'er fields and wave by day and night 

 From every source your sanction bids me treasure 

 Harmless delight, 



Ephemeral sages ! what instructors hoary, 



For such a world of thought could furnish scope, 

 Each fading calyx a " memento mori" 

 Yet fount of hope ! 



Posthumous glories ! angel-like collection. 



Upraised from seed or bulb interred in earth. 

 Ye are to me a type of resurrection 

 And second birth. 



Were I, oh God, in churchless lands remaining. 



Far from all teachers and from all divines. 



My soul would find in fl iwers of thy ordaining, 



Priests, sermoTis, shrine ! 



Rules for using the Tongue. — The tongue 

 is '-ailed ill the bible an itnnily member. Our 

 experience accortls perfectly with this statement, 

 and our observations upon the tongues ot" others, I 

 have satisfied evil. We think the following rules, 

 if carefully followed, will be lound of great use in 

 taming that which has not yet been perfectly 

 tamed. 



1. Never use your tongue in speaking anything 

 but truth. The God of truth, who made the 

 tongue, did not intend it for any other use. It 

 will not work well in falsehood; it will run into 

 such inconsistencies as to detect itself. To use 

 t.his organ for publishing (alseliood, is as incongru- 

 ous as the use of the eyes for hearing, or the ears 

 for smelling. 



2. Do not use your tongue too much, Jt is a 

 kind of waste gate, to let off the thoughts as they 

 collect, and expand the mind ; but if the waste 

 gate is always open, the water will soon run shal- 

 low. Many people use their tongues too much. 

 Shut the gate and let the streams of thought flow 

 in, till the mind is full, and then you may let off 

 with some effect. 



3. Never let the streains of passion move the 

 tongue. Some people, when they are about to 

 put this member in motion, hoist the wrong gate 

 — they let out passion instead of reason. The 

 tongue then makes a great noise, disturbs the 

 quietude of their neighbors, exhausts the person's 

 strength, and does no good. The whirl-wind has 

 ceased, but what is the benefit? 



4. Look into the pond and see if there is water 

 enough to move the wheel to any purpose, before 

 you open the gate ; or plainly, think before you 

 spe.ik. 



5. Never put your tongue in motion while your 

 respondent has his in motion. The two streams 

 will meet, and the reaction will be eo great that 

 you will both bespatter yourselves. 



3. See that your tongue is hung true before 

 you use it. Some tongues, we have observed, 

 are so hung that they equivocate considerable. 

 Let such turn the screw of conscience until the 

 tongue move true. 



7. Expect that others will use their tongues for 

 what you do yours. Some claim the privilege of 

 reporting all the news, and charge others not to do 

 so. Your neighbors will not allow you to niouo- 

 polize this business. If you have anything to be 

 kept a secret, keep it yourself. — ffestfeld Her- 

 ald. 



NURSERT OF -WIIiLIAIU KENRICK. 



Noimntum Hill in NeictQn, 5^ milpn from Boston by the West- 

 em Aveyiue, and near the great Western Rait Road. 



This establishment, which now compris-es 25 acres, includes 

 the selections of the finest kinds of new Flemish Fears, and 

 of all other hardy fruits — selections from the first rate sources 

 and the finest varieties known, 



75,000 Morus Multicaulis, or true Chinese Mulberry Trees, 

 can now be supplied, wholesale or retail. 



Ornamcnlal trees, shrubs and roses. Also Herbaceous 

 flowering plants of the most beautiful varieties. 



Address by mail, post paid, to William Kenrick, New- 

 ton, Mass. Trees and plants when ordered, are carefully 

 selected, and labelled, and faithfully packed, and duly (br- 

 worded from Boston by land or sea. Transportation gratis 

 to the city. Catalogues will be sent to all who apply. 



Sept. 21. 8m 



GREKN HOUSE GLASS 



Of evcrv size and thickness, for sale by 



LORING & KUPFKR. No. 10 Merchants Row. 

 Boston, Sept. 7. 2mis. 



FOR SALE. 



One or more pair of Geese, a wild Gander and the large 

 black bill India goose — their progeny monstrous and beauti- 

 ful withall — ,glO the pair. ^ One or more pair of Peafowls, 

 three years old nearly — price gS. Some fancy doves- 

 Nuns S2.50, Tumblers'g2,50, Ringdoves JJ3, &c. Apply at 

 the New England Seed Store, Boston. 



Oct. 5. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



We occasijnally hear of a simpering, double 

 refined young lady boasting that she never labor- 

 ed, and could not for the life of her make a pud- 

 ding, as though ignorance of these matters was a 

 mark jof gentility and a 1 .'aning towards European 

 nobility. There can be no greater proof of silly 

 arrogance than such remarks, and for the especial 

 benefit of such, we wojld kindly inform them that 

 Madame de Genlis sup|;orted the family of the 

 Due de Orleans, (and among them the prtsnt 

 reigning Monarch of Franci-,) in London, by the 

 sale of her drawings ; one of the Duchesses of 

 the s.ime Court maintained herself and husband in 

 Bath, by teaching a music school, and the Queen 

 herself, kept her family by plaiting bonnets. The.se 

 examples we hope will have tlieir influence, where 

 examples of our own good countrywomen would 

 be spurned as vulgar, republican models. — Mech- 

 anic and Farmer. 



FEAR TREES. 



For sale at the garden of the subscriber. Dearborn street. 

 North Salem, a valuable collection of Dwarf and Standard 

 Pear Trees ; among ihem will be found some of the best old 

 and new varieties, and all warra.ited to be true to their names. 



Sept. 28. ' ROBERT MANNINIJ. 



aOOO APPIiE TREES. 



lor sale by th3 subscriber, at Fresh Pond, Cambridge 

 consisting mostly of Baldwins and Russetts, some Greenings, 

 Porter and River apples. They are as good a lot of apple 

 trees as can be found in the vicinily of Boston, six years from 

 (lie bud. The above will he sold cheap if applied for this 

 autumn. JONA,'^ WYETH. 



Cambridge, Nov. 2. 



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