Literary Intelligence [pp. 742-744]

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ler and Thomson it was the brightest season. To
the genuine poetical soul its silence and shadows,
its moaning breeze and countless stars, its mystery
and beautiful repose, brings a solemn happiness.
WVe may, indeed, then "keep assignation with our
wo;" but in such peaceful and lovely hours, how
often does anguish melt in tears and wild grief become sad musing! fHow often by some invisible
influence, do we grow reconciled and hopeful!
Hlow often do "stars look down as they were angel's eyes!" Many of the sentiments, and most of
the spirit of Young's Night Thoughts, is false to
the true inspiration and the holy effulgence of that
sacred season. To one of our own poets it has
spoken in a higher and more blessed strain. He
makes us feel that there are "Voices of the Night"
which cheer, elevate, and console:
O holy Night! from thee I learn to bear
What man has borne before!
Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care,
And they complain no more.
Then the forms of the departed
Enter at the open door;
The beloved, the true-hearted,
Come to visit me once more.
O, though oft depressed and lonely,
All my fears are laid aside,
If I but remember only
Such as these have lived and died.
The star of the unconquered will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still,
And calm, and self-possessed.
O fear not in a world like this,
And thou shalt know ere long,
Know, how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
From the New 14'orld.
GREENOUGH'S STATUE OF WASHINGTON.
BY HENRY T. TUCKERMAN.
[The figure is colossal and in a sitting posture. The left
hand rests upon a sheathed sword, the right is pointed upward. It is to be placed in the centre of the rotunda of the
Capitol.]
The quarry whence thy form majestic sprung,
Has peopled earth with grace,
Heroes and gods that elder bards have sung,
A bright and peerless race;
But from its sleeping veins, ne'er rose before,
A shape of loftier name,
Than his, who Glory's wreath with meekness wore,
The noblest son of Fame.
Sheathed is the sword that Passion never stained,
His gaze afound is cast,
As if the joys of Freedom, newly-gained,
Before his vision passed;
As if a nation's shout of love and pride
With music filled the air,
And his calm soul was lifted on the tide
Of deep and grateful prayer;
As if the crystal mirror of his life
To fancy sweetly came,
With scenes of patient toil and noble strife
Undimmed by doubt or shame;
As if the lofty purpose of his soul
Expression would betray The high resolve, Ambition to control,
And thrust her crown away!
Oh! it was well, in marble firm and white,
To carve our hero's form,
Whose angel guidance was our strength in fight,
Our star amid the storm!
Whose matchless truth has made his name divine,
And human freedom sure,
His country great, his tomb earth's dearest shrine,
While man and time endure!
And it is well to place his image there,
Beneath the dome he blest;
Let meaner spirits, who its councils share,
Revere that silent guest!
Let us go up with high and sacred love
To look on his pure brow,
And, as with solemn grace, he points above,
Renew the patriot's vow!
Boston, August 8, 1841.
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.
A DICTIONARY OF COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL NAVI GATION, by J. R. McCulloch, Esq. Edited by Henry
Vethake, L. L. D. Thomas Wardle: Philadelphia-1839.
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work to the young men of our stores and counting-houses.
They should have it near their desks, and an occasional reference to it will be more improving to them, than all the
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THE DEERSLAYER, OR THE FIRST WAR-PATH. A Tale
by the author of the Last of the Mohicans, etc. Lea &
Blanchard: Philadelphia-1841.
Like many others, Cooper has "written himselfout." This
isthe las tflicker ofthe expiring taper. Mr. Coopergets half
through with this Novel-the early history of old "Leather
Stocking"-and resolves to burn the M. S.;-and, mirabile
dicta-he receives from England an anonymous letterevidently "written by a lady," urging him to take up the
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