Mr. Vattermare [pp. 213-216]

As dreams that lead and lap our hearts in Heaven, them with surprise, no less by their value and
Prayer to the soul-dew, sleep, and dream-is given." variety, than as proofs of the talent and good
conduct which alone could have elicited them.
The words of that supplication went up beforecodtwhhalncudhvelitdtem
The words of that supplication went up before Indeed, the utmost ingenuity seems to have been
the mercy-seat, and ere its echoes had died away dislayed in discovering how to bear testimony
there, the liberated spirit of Argyle was among to the grandeur and magnificence of the plan,
ths rudteTrn. to the grandeur and magnificence of the plan,
those around the Throne.
and the disinterested labors of its inventor. Nor
M. F. D. have these testimonials been bestowed alone by
Boston, Mass. the great and noble of the earth-they, indeed,
have offered of their abundance-but the poor,
also, of their penury.
"Te pauper ambit solicita prece,
Ruris colonus, te domina oequoris."
THE ARTIST'S EVENING SONG.
The emperor of half the world sends his jew FROM THE GERMAN OF GOETHE. elled and costly offering; the working man, the
fruit of his self-denial and toil. The mitred Ro 0 that the wild creative might, man or Episcopal bishop unites with the rigid
That through my soul is flushing, Calvinist and the simple-minded Quaker in a
In one fair form could spring to light, common eulogy. The legislator lifts up his voice
Out of my fingers gushing! in the council chamber, and then, with the elo quent fervor of a disciplined and experienced
I only stammer in my zeal, mind, commits his thoughts to a more durable
And trembling yet essay thee;
Still Nature, thee, I know, 1 feel record, and there his offering lies, and by its side
St-ill Nature, thee, I know, I feel,
And thus must 1 portray thee. the more touching tribute of woman's admiration
for disinterested and laborious effort. Here is
Reflected l, for many years, the direct business-like letter of the merchant,
My soul unclosed its powers, and the more aspiring brief-like testimonial of
As when in barren wastes, appears the lawyer. Youth writes with a heart overflow A well-spring decked with flowers.
A well-spring decked with flowers. ng with enthusiasm at a scheme which realizes
more than his excited imagination had ever con Nature, I yearn thine own to be, ceived; the ordinary expressions of congratula Thee, true and lovely feeling,
Thee, true and lovely feeling, tion and panegyric are all too formal and cold
A joyous fountain still to me,
Through thousand channels st ealing. for his burning zeal; in his eyes, instead of the
Through thousand channels stealing laborious pioneer in a new, but rich and promis And now my art, my soul's high prize, ing department of philanthropic enterprise, Mr.
Light on my mind is pouring, Vattemare appears exalted above the failings of
And soon these flutt'ring thoughts shall rise, humanity, a benificent visitor from a purer re Through boundless ages soaring. gion, a star like that which shone upon the shep C. C. L. herds of old, when the voices of innumerable
Staunton, Va. angels chanted in the mid-heaven: "Peace on
earth, good will to men." With such feelings, is
it wonderful that difficulties vanish, and melt
away like the dew? He considers the prize of
victory as already won-he sees the productions
of science and art already scattered over alil
M R,. V A T T E M A R E. lands, and man united into one great brother hood —and his heart glows with gratitude and ad miration, as he pours forth his feelings in a eulo " Aut agitur in scenis, aut acta refertur.-Non tamen intus * * * * t
' z~~~~~~~y which shrinks from the cool criticism of exmpeDigna geri promes in scenam': multaque tolles,.ience and reality.
JEx ocuis;* quaff mox narretfacundia priesens."
E Aci qu monrrt daBooks have been presented by hundreds, and
Her. Ar. Poet.
rings, medals, crosses, portraits. Tributes there
are, voluntary and well earned tributes of admi The numerous testimonials which Mr. Vatte- ration and sympathy, which Mr. Vattemare has
mare has received from the most eminent per- received from the first poets of the day, as well
sonages of the age, must have struck those who as from many an unknown, though not uninhave had the good fortune to see even a tithe of spired follower of the Muse. Artists of all na
77te Artist's Evening Song.-Mr. Vattemare.
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