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They near'd; each vessel burden'd with its group
Of savage warriors at the shielded poop;
Tall fire-eyed men, like the Athlete we
Feed for the Arena's sportive butchery:

And still they swarm'd, and anchor'd, and outpour'd
On wailing shores that devastating Horde!
And a red haze swept o'er the groaning hills,
And every sound and sight, whose horror thrills
Perception, seem'd, by Hell's own black decision,
Roll'd on my soul in one chaotic vision!

Jove! what a blinding scroll was there unfurl'd,
The last wild throes of my own Roman World!
The ravaged Province-slaughter'd people-Fanes
Blazing and tumbling on the famish'd plains;

Even Rome, the god-built, belted round with war

And lo! the worse than Gauls burst through her every bar!
And, 'mid the Plague's rank steam, mad Famine's roar,
And woman ravish'd and man's rushing gore,

The savage feasted in our palace halls

Aye, by the jasper founts, whose lulling falls
Bless my Velitrian villa with their rain,*
Beneath its shadows of luxuriant plane

Grim Scythia styed and quaff'd each priceless cup
The Scipios' suppliant children proffer'd up!-
It was too much—a whirling in my brain—
A snapping of each hot distended vein-
And then oblivion-and that hour of fear
Was o'er-and thou, dull prophet, thou art here!
Aye, I remember all-while I have spoken,
Back on my sense reality has broken.

I have but dream'd-and yonder guarded shades
Shroud in 'mid Rome those glittering colonnades:
And I am safe-have called thee, crafty Greek,
To read the purport of my vision-speak!"

XIII.

Slowly that bow'd and listening sage arose,
And, though a century's consecrating snows
Had whiten'd o'er his head, he stood as tall
In the rich shadows of that sinful hall,
And with as dauntless look, as he who read
The words Jehovah the Avenger traced
Before Belshazzar, in the hour the Mede
Burst in red valour on that godless feast.

XIV.

"Caïus!" thus calmly spoke the prescience-gifted,
In accents solemn as sepulchral breeze

Through some lone cypress, while his hands uplifted
Seem'd to attest immortal witnesses:-

"Caïus! my words are few; but, though the gloom
Enwraps me of inexorable doom;

Though to my searching eye thy stern intent,
Fang'd with all tortures tyrants can invent,
Is not unknown, as I have yet conceal'd

No truth thy wilful race would see reveal'd;

The Imperial Villa at Velitræ was his favourite retreat. It was celebrated for its gigantic plane-trees; one of which was capable of containing in its branches a large table, with the Emperor, attendants, &c.-PLINY.

So do I now unshrinkingly to thee

Pronounce my last and parting prophecy :-

SIN STALKS THE LEP'ROUS EARTH FROM SHORE TO SHORE,
HER BUBBLING CHALICE WILL CONTAIN NO MORE ;

THE SHUDDERING GODS YIELD their derided power

To THE GREAT ANGEL OF THE COMING HOUR ;

SOME ONE ALMIGHTY, THAT FROM COUNTLESS ELD
HIS FACE IN CLOUDLESS DARKNESS HAS WITHHELD ;

HIS WRATH SHALL SWEEP THE NATIONS, AND THE SEA

BE THE STERN SERVANT OF THAT MINISTRY!*

IN BLOOD SHALL SINK EACH CAESAR'S BLOOD-STAIN'D FORM-

YE SOW'D THE WHIRLWIND-GO REAP THE STORM!

* The first serious irruption of the barbarians took place by sea. They descended
the Ister to the Euxine, and pouring through the Hellespont, inundated the coasts of
Greece, Africa, and Italy.

INDEX TO VOL. XLV.

Adolphus, John, Esq., his memoir of John
Bannister, comedian, reviewed, 392.
Eschylus, his Eumenides, translated by Mr
Chapman, 695.

Afghanistan, India, and Persia, 93.-
Alcove, Christopher, in his, 538.
Alderley, the Iron Gate, a legend of, 271.
Ancient Scottish Music, the Skene MS.,
an account of, 1.

Angelo, Michael, remarks on the peculiari-
ties of thought and style in his picture of
the last judgment, 267.
Assassins and Bull Fights, 656.
Australia, Major Mitchell's, expeditions into
that country, reviewed, 113.
Aytoun, William E., his translation into
English Trochaics, of the twenty-second
book of the Iliad, 634.

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Christopher in his Alcove, 538,
Client, my first, 733.

Consciousness, Introduction to the Phi-
losophy of, Part VI., Chap. I., 201—
Chap. II., 205-Part VII., The Con-
clusion, Chap. I., 419-Chap. II., 424
-Chap. III., 426.

Corn-law question, dilemmas in regard to it
stated, 170.

Cornwall, Barry, his edition of Ben Jonson,
reviewed, 146.

Dauney, Mr, his edition of the Skene MS.
of Ancient Scottish Music, reviewed, 3.
Desultory dottings down upon Dogs, 475.
Dii Minorum Gentium, No. I., Carew and
Herrick, 782.

Dilemmas on the corn-law question, 170.
Dogs, desultory dottings down upon, 475.
Domett, Alfred, his poem from Lake Wal-
lenstadt in Switzerland, entitled Kate, 301.

Education, religious and secular, 275.
Egypt the Trojan horse-Homer, 366.
Elections, France and her, 431.
English language, the, 455.

Family, Prospectus of a history of our,
669.

Farewell to England, by Louis de Chemi-
nant, 586.

France and her elections, 431-the defeat of
Louis Philippe would be the defeat of the
French monarchy, ib.-
-a rapid review of
the events of the last nine years taken,
ib. fickleness is the characteristic, and no
reliance can be placed in French assur-

ances and conduct, 436-What are the
reasons of this fickleness? First, moral,
487-second, political, 438-the French
have always prepared themselves most for
revolution when most prosperous, ib.-
their situation now is precisely similar to
that in 1830, 439-the coalition now
formed is against monarchy, proved—first,
by the address of the 221 deputies in
1830, 440-by the alteration, made in
1830, of the charter of 1814, 441-by
the restraints imposed on royalty at, and
since 1830, 442-by the complaints made
by the coalition against Louis-Philippe in
1839, 443-of his wishing to form a part
of the European family of sovereigns, ib.--
of maintaining peace, ib.-of wishing to
establish an absolute monarchy, 443—of
wishing to perpetuate a line of policy fatal_
to the liberties of the country, 445-the
coalition have adopted the same cant phrases
as the English Radicals in regard to elec-
toral reform, 477-the elections of 1839
the most momentous that ever occurred in
France, 452-its evil consequences de-
scribed, 453-all parties seemed to have
combined for the purpose of attacking
Louis Philippe, and, through him, the
throne, 454.

Gardiner, William, his work of Music and
Friends, or Pleasant Recollections of a
dilettanti, reviewed, 480.
German, the life of a speculative, 837
Gods, hymns to the, No. I. To Neptune,
819-No. II. to Apollo, 820—No. III.
to Venus, 822-No. IV. to Diana, 824
-No. V. to Mercury, 825-No. VI. to
Bacchus, 826.

Goethe and the Germans, a discourse on
them, 247.

Hallowed Ground, a poem by George
Paulin, parish schoolmaster of Newlands,
Part I., 595- Part II. 598.
Herrick's poetry, characterised, 791.
Homer-Egypt-the Trojan horse, 366.
flouse on the Hills, the, a tale in verse,
654.

Hymns to the Gods. No I. To Neptune,
819-No. II. to Apollo, 820-No. III.
to Venus, 822-No. IV. to Diana, 824
No. V. to Mercury, 825-No. VI. to
Bacchus, 826.

Iliad, the twenty-second book of it translated
into English Trochaics, by William E.
Aytoun, 634.

India, Persia, and Afghanistan, 93.
Ireland under the Triple Alliance-the po-
pular party, the Roman Catholic priests,
and the Queen's Ministers, 212 — the
agrarian calendar of crimes furnished by
this alliance is, 1st, Enforcement, &c.,
of the rights of property, 214-landlords,

ib.-agents, 218-bailiffs, 219-tenants,
220-Unpopular exercise of elective fran-
chise, 222-evidence, ib.-jury, obnox-
ious verdict, 223-Protestantism, 224-
refusal to enter secret societies, 227-
2d, proofs of agrarian crimes continued,
Baron Richard's charge, 341-elective
franchise, 345-evidence in court of law,
ib.-obligations of a juror, 346-the
crime of Protestantism, or, conversion
from Rome, 347-the landlord crime, 348
-elective franchise, ib.-evidence, ib.-
jury, 359- Protestantism, 350-Rib-
bonism, 352.

Iron gate, the, a legend of Alderley, 271.
Italy as it was, 62.

Kate, a poem, from Lake Wallenstadt in
Switzerland, 301.

Lamartine, Alphonse de, his life and literary
character, characterised, 76.
Legend of the Lido, the, 755.
Legendary Lore, by Archæus, No. V., The
Onyx Ring. Part III., Chap. I. 17-
Chap. II., 20-Chap. III., 23-Chap.
IV., 26-Chap. V., 27-Chap. VI., 30
Chap. VII., 35- Chap. VIII., 36—
Chap. IX., 38- Chap. X., 40-Chap.
XI., 43-Chap. XII., 46.
Lido, the Legend of the, 755.

Manchester, a week at, 481.

Mathews, the comedian, his memoirs by Mrs
Mathews, reviewed, 229.

Mérimée on oil painting, reviewed, 747.
Mildmay, A. Murray, his letter to Chris-

topher North, Esq., on Scotch nationality,
643.

Milne's, R. M., on the Goddess Venus in
the middle ages, 613.

Mitchell, Major, his second and third ex-
pedition into the interior of Eastern
Australia, reviewed, 113,

Moral songs and poems, on the earlier
English, 303.

Morals and manners,

190.

reflections on them,

Music and friends, or Pleasant recollections
of a Dilettanti, by William Gardiner, re-
viewed, 480.

My after-dinner adventures with Peter
Schlemihl, 467.
My first client, 733.

Nationality, on Scotch, in a letter to Chris-

topher North, Esq., 643.

Notes of a traveller-leaving London, 682
-Dover, the reveillé, 683-Dover, the
detenu, 685-concerning parrots, and
our parrot, ib.-cheap French dinners,
687-wet weather in Paris, 689—a
dog-day in a diligence, 691-souvenirs of
Baden, 693.

Old Roger, a poem, 106.

Our pocket-companions, 130-descriptive
poetry, No. I. Dyer's poems, 573-
Chambers,

Oyster-Eater, some account of himself by
the Irish, 47, 177, 358, 463, 618,
761.

Painting, oil, Mérimée on, 747.

Paulin, George, parish.schoolmaster, New-
lands, his poem of Hallowed Ground, 598.
Persia, Afghanistan, and India, the reason-
ings on the attempt of Russia to gain our
Indian territories, as being Quixotic, some
years ago, are now inapplicable, 93-
the position and influence of Russia now,
on the borders of Europe and Asia, have
been vastly increased within these few
years, ib. the geographical obstacles to
the march of Russian troops to India
examined, and proved to be not insur-
mountable, 95-the siege of Herat un-
dertaken by the Persians through Rus-
sian influence, 96-its avowed object the
reunion of Khorassan to Persia, 97-a
historical sketch of the fall of the dynasty
of the Afghans, who occupy the mountain
country between Persia and India, given,
98-the re-establishment of that dynasty
the object of the movement of our troops
in India, 99-but it is questionable whe-
ther the same object of defending our Indian
frontiers, may not have been attained
by an alliance with Dost Mahommed of
Cabul, ib.-the difficulty of reviving a
a fallen dynasty, shown, 100-difficulties
pointed out in dealing with the claim of
Kamran, 101-our advance into Cabul
will also place us in a new position with
the Seiks of the Punjab, 102-whatever
may be the fate of the Punjab, the shock
of war will fall on its soil rather than on
our Indian possessions, 103-this deter-
mination has been wisely acted on, for in
case of a foreign armed power advancing
beyond the Indus, many tribes would, it
is feared, join them against us, as for
instance the warlike tribes of the Raj-
pootana, 104-in short, the first footing
of a foreign power in India, would be
the signal for a general rising and arming
for plunder, ib.-on the success of the
Cabul expedition will depend the main-
tenance of peace on the frontier of Nepaul,
105-Lord Auckland not equal to his
critical situation, ib.

Peru as it is; a residence in Lima, &c., by
Archibald Smith, M.D., reviewed, 287.
Photography, engraving, and Burnet's
cartoons, 382.

Picture Gallery, the, No. VI. 319, the
week of pleasure, a tale, Chap. 1. 321-
Chap. II. 325-Chap. III. 327-Chap.
IV. 331-Chap. V. 333-Chap. VI.
338--No. VII. 688, Castle-building, or
the modern Alnaschar, 590.

Pike, Albert, of Arkansas, his hymns to the
gods, 819.

Poems and moral songs, on the earlier Eng-
lish, 303.

Poetical description, what is it? 529.
Poetry, our Descriptive, No. I., Dyer's
poems, 673.

Political events, the late, the momentous
importance of them to the character of
all parties in the state, 715-the facts
in connexion with them truly stated, ib.
-extract given of Sir Robert Peel's
letter to the Queen, in which he traces
the steps of his negotiations to form a
new ministry, 717-as admitted by the
Melbourne ministry, their relinquish-
ment of power was occasioned by the
withdrawal of confidence from them in
House of Commons; and their resump-
tion of it was in consequence of the
changes contemplated in the ladies of the
household, 718-the clamours and un-
truths of the Liberal press, condemned,
719-extract of Sir Robert Peel's speech
in the House, given, wherein the diffi-
culties attending his government, whilst
the nearest connexions of the late minis-
try were retained in the household, are
fully and satisfactorily explained, ib.—
the reflections which these events gave
rise to are, that no deviation from that
respect and devotion due to the sovereign
was attempted by the Conservatives on
this trying occasion, 722-the conduct
of Sir Robert Peel considered and vindi-
cated, ib.-the grave allegation brought
against him of the desire to remove
all the ladies of the household, contra-
dicted by Sir Robert Peel's own decla-
ration, 725-by the probabilities of the
case, ib.-by the whole conduct of the
parties, ib.-and by the letter of the
Queen, who only refers to the ladies of
the bedchamber, ib.-the conduct of the
Melbourne cabinet in this business se-
verely condemned; because, after de-
claring themselves defunct, and making
way for a new ministry, they threw in-
surmountable obstacles in the way, by
advising her Majesty to make unreason-
able demands, in regard to the house-
hold, 726-because, while they retired
themselves, their wives and daughters were
to retain their places as channels of in-
trigue, ib.-because they have endea-
voured to fasten upon Sir Robert Peel
the charge of usurpation, 727-the pro-
ceedings of their inferior colleagues, in
this particular, exposed and condemned,
ib.-because they left office in conse-
quence of the withdrawal of the confidence
of the House of Commons, and resumed
it when no change towards them in that
respect could have taken place, 728-
the position of the ministry is now despi-

cable and ludicrous, ib.-there is no doubt
of the ultimate triumph of Conservative
principles, ib.-speech of the Duke of
Wellington in the Lords, on the subject,
quoted, 729.

Prospectus of a history of our family, 669.
Punch, reflections on him, 190.

Raphael, on his genius, 809.

Reflections on Punch, morals, and manners,
190.

Religious and Secular education, 275.
Kosenthal, Emily von, how she was spirited
away, Chap. I. 490-Chap. II. 492-
Chap. III. 494-Chap. IV. 496.

Schlemihl, Peter, my after-dinner adven-
tures with him, 467.

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Secular and religious education, intention of
the government condemned, to introduce
secular education detached from religious
instruction, 275-the display of bene-
volence for the promotion of education,
to be rejoiced at, ib.-the conservatives
perceive that the cry for secular education
alone is to put a dangerous weapon into
the hands of the destructives, ib.-the
Liberal party are not insensible to the
danger, but are unwilling to admit it
in its full extent, 276-intellectual pur.
suits, no antidote to the mass of the
people against political and sensual degra-
dation, ib.-the only power capable of
contending against sin is religion, ib.-
the examples of despotic states no rule
by which this country can be guided, ib.
-from the earliest times, the influence of
education has been unable to present
national degradation, ib.-France given
as an example, 277 Scotland always
held up as an example of an educated
people, ib.-but there crimes of the deep-
est dye have rapidly increased of late
years, ib.-Moreau's tables quoted to
show that a great amount of offenders
are found amongst those who can both
read and write, than those who can do
neither, 278 Toqueville's representa-
tion of American crime are to the same
effect, 279-this does not arise from any
deficiency of intellect amongst the lower
classes, 280-but mere knowledge is per-
nicious without a corresponding formation
of character, ib. - hence the erroneous
theory of those who hold that secular edu-
cation would raise the taste of the lower
orders, 281-the kind of books generally
found in the libraries of the working
orders, given to prove the fallacy of the
theory, 282-the truth is, we have fallen
on a superficial generation, ib.-in a
political point of view, the spread of this
secular knowledge is attended with the
greatest danger, 283-it is no use arguing
that the danger apprehended arises not

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from education but from imperfect educa-
tion, because working people have not
time to attain a perfect system of educa-
tion, 284-it is a fact that most of the
prostitutes of Paris come from the best
educated northern provinces, ib.-that
education based on religion should produce
a better result than without it, is evident,
285-it is also evident that secular liberty
is more enticing than the restraints of re-
ligion, 286-the union of both would be
a blessed consummation, ib.
Skene MS., the, an account of, 1.
Sketcher, sonnets by the, 651.
Smith, Dr Achibald, his residence in Lima,
&c., Peru as it is, reviewed, 287.
Some account of himself, by the Irish Oyster

Eater. Fasciculus the first, 47-Fasci-
culus the second, 52- Fasciculus the
third, 58-Fasciculus the fourth, 177-
Fasciculus the fifth, 182-Fasciculus the
sixth, 186-Fasciculus the seventh, 358
-Fasciculus the eighth, 360-Fasciculus
the ninth, 463-Fasciculus the tenth,
471-Fasciculus the eleventh, 618-Fas-
ciculus the twelfth, 628-Fasciculus the
thirteenth, 761-Fasciculus the four-
teenth, 771-Fasciculus the fifteenth and
last, 776.

Song, translation of a cantilena, 537.
Sonnets, by Washington Browne, of New

York. 300-a sonnet, 617-sonnets by
the Sketcher, 651.

Talbot, H. Fox, his letter to the Literary

Gazette, with reference to the new disco-
very of photography, quoted, 385.
Taylor, W. B. S., his translation from the
French of Mérimée on oil-painting, re-
viewed, 747.

Traveller, notes of
a, 682.
Trojan horse-Homer-Egypt, 366.

Venus, the goddess, in the middle ages, by
R. M. Milnes, 603.

Vision of Caligula, by B. Simmons, 849.

Week of pleasure, the, 321-one at Man-
chester, 481.

What is poetical description? 529.
Whig decline and degradation, 795-re-

markable coincidences between the affairs
of France from 1789 to 1793, and those
of Britain from 1832, the passing of the
Reform Bill, to 1839, pointed out, ib.
the enthusiastic feelings in regard to the
Reform Bill at its passing, described, 796
-where are all those transports now? ib.
-among the innumerable evils which
that bill has brought upon the empire,
that of exciting unreasonable and extra-
vagant expectations of its benefits, is per-
haps the greatest, 797-this excitement
was maintained entirely by " enormous
lying," ib.-the Whigs have been caught

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