THERE'S WORK ENOUGH TO DO.
THE black-bird early leaves its rest,
To meet the smiling morn,
And gather fragments for its nest
From upland, wood, and lawn.
The busy bee, that wings its way
'Mid sweets of varied hue,
And every flower, would seem to say,
"There's work enough to do."

The cowslip and the spreading vine,
The daisy in the grass,
The snowdrop and the eglantine,

Preach sermons as we pass.
The ant, within its cavern deep,

Would bid us labor too,
And writes upon his tiny heap,
"There's work enough to do."

The planets, at their Maker's will,
Move onward in their cars,

For Nature's will is never still
Progressive as the stars!

The leaves that flutter in the air,
And Summer's breezes woo,

One solemn truth to man declare

“There's work enough to do."

REPLY OF GRATTAN TO CORRY.

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THE right honorable gentleman has called me peached traitor." I will not call him villain, because it would be unparliamentary, and he is a privy councilor. I will not call him fool, because he happens to be Chancellor of the Exchequer. But I say he is one who has abused the privilege of Parliament and freedom of debate to the uttering language, which, if spoken out of the house, I should only answer with a blow! I care not how high his situation, how low his character, how contemptible his speech; whether a privy councilor or a parasite, my answer would be a blow!

I have returned, not, as the right honorable member has said, to raise another storm; I have returned to discharge an honorable debt of gratitude to my country, that conferred a great reward for past services, which I am proud to say was not greater than my de-sert'; I have returned to protect that constitution of which I was the parent and the founder, from the assassination of such men as the honorable gentleman and his unworthy associates. They are corrupt; they are seditious; and, at this very moment, are in a conspiracy against their country!

I have returned to refute a libel, as false as it is malicious, given to the public under the appellation of a report of the committee of the Lords. Here I stand for impeachment or trial. I dare accusation. I defy the honorable gentleman.

I defy the government. I defy their whole phalanx. Let them come forth! I tell the ministers I shall neither give quarter nor take it.

THE LIFE-BOAT.

QUICK! man the life-boat! See yon bark,

That drives before the blast!

There's a rock ahead, the fog is dark,
And the storm comes thick and fast.
Can human power, in such an hour,
Avert the doom that 's o'er her?

Her main-mast is gone, but she still drives on
To the fatal reef before her.

The life-boat! Man the life-boat!

Quick! man the life-boat! hark! the gun

Booms through the vapory air;
And see! the signal-flags are on,
And speak the ship's despair.
That forked flash, that pealing crash,
Seemed from the wave to sweep her:
She's on the rock, with a terrible shock-
And the wail comes louder and deeper.
The life-boat! Man the life-boat!

Quick! man the life-boat! See

Gaze on their watery grave:
Already, some, a gallant few,

Are battling with the wave;

the crew

And one there stands, and wrings his hands,
As thoughts of home come o'er him;
For his wife and child, through the tempest wild,
He sees on the heights before him.

The life-boat! Man the life-boat!

Speed, speed the life-boat! Off she goes!

And, as they pulled the oar,

From shore and ship a cheer arose

That startled ship and shore. Life-saving ark! yon fated bark

Has human lives within her;

And dearer than gold is the wealth untold
Thou 'lt save if thou canst win her.
On, life-boat! Speed thee, life-boat!

Hurra! the life-boat dashes on,

Though darkly the reef may frown ; The rock is there the ship is gone Full twenty fathoms down.

But, cheered by hope, the seamen cope

With the billows single-handed:

They are all in the boat!

hurra! they're afloat!

And now they are safely landed,

By the life-boat! Cheer the life-boat!

THE MOONLIGHT MARCH.

I SEE them on their winding way:
About their ranks the moonbeams play;
Their lofty deeds and daring high
Blend with the notes of victory.

And waving arms, and banners bright,
Are glancing in the mellow light:

They're lost

and gone; the moon is past,

The wood's dark shade is o'er them cast;

And fainter, fainter, fainter still

The march is rising o'er the hill.

Again, again, the pealing drum,

The clashing horn-they come, they come!
Through rocky pass, o'er wooded steep,
In long and glittering files they sweep.
And nearer, nearer, yet more near,
Their softened chorus meets the ear.

Forth, forth, and meet them on their way!
The trampling hoofs brook no delay;
With thrilling fife, and pealing drum,

And clashing horn, they come, they come!

HEBER.

HAVE A PURPOSE.

If I were asked what attribute most commanded fortune, I should say "earnestness." The earnest man wins a way for himself, and earnestness and truth go together. Never affect to be other than you are either richer or wiser. Never be ashamed to say, "I do not know." Men will then believe you when you say, "I do know."

Never be ashamed to say, whether as applied to time or money, "I can not afford it "I can not afford to waste an

hour in the idleness to which you

invite me, I can not afford

the guinea you ask me to throw away." Once establish yourself and your mode of life as what they really are, and your foot is on solid ground, whether for the gradual step onward, or for the sudden spring over a precipice.

learn to say

"No" with

From theṣe maxims let me deduce another, "No" with decision; "Yes" with caution; decision whenever it resists temptation; "Yes" with caution whenever it implies a promise. A promise once given is a bond inviolable. A man is already of consequence in the world when it is known that we can implicitly rely upon him.