World-worshiped Jenny! if this counterfeit Of woman be not only Art’s ideal; If when in ecstasy we gaze on it We know that all its loveliness is real— That in this face, by guileless rapture lit, We see the reflex of thy living features; And if thy voice this seraph-face befit, No marvel ’tis that over genial natures Thy power is felt as more than of the earth— A gift, among the myriads of God’s creatures, To prove how much may spring from human birth Of attributes, which faith or fancy blendeth With visions only of celestial worth! Not impiously then the warm heart bendeth In homage at the altar of thy fame, Where Virtue jealous of thy smile attendeth, To watch the burning of its vestal flame And share with Art the honors of thy name! * * * * * [Illustration: EDITOR OF GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE _Geo. R. Graham_ Engraved by W.G. Armstrong from a painting by T.B. Read] * * * * * GEORGE R. GRAHAM [WITH A PORTRAIT.] BY CHARLES J. PETERSON. When a man, left a friendless orphan in boyhood, overcomes every obstacle of fortune, and rises to wealth and station, we justly conclude that he is possessed of no common abilities. But when the same individual, beggared by unforeseen events, retains still the confidence of his fellow men, and finally conquers fate a second time, and resumes his lost position, we do not exaggerate if we call him an extraordinary man. Yet such, unless the partiality of friendship deceives us, is George R. Graham. The father of Mr. Graham was a gentleman of education and fortune, resident in Philadelphia, where he was known, about thirty years ago, as an enterprising shipping merchant. At one period he was a partner of the late Robert Fleming, then carrying on an active trade between Charleston and Ireland. Subsequently he entered largely into commerce on his own account, but disastrous times approaching, he shared in the general ruin, and ultimately, not only his fortune, but his life sunk under the blow. He left two children, of whom the eldest, the subject of our memoir, was born on the 18th of January, 1813. The early death of the father materially affected the interests of the son. Mr. Graham had been designed for the bar, and all his studies were directed to that end; the preliminary arrangements had even been made for him in the office of the Hon. Charles Jared Ingersoll; but the reverses and death of the parent frustrated the scheme, and the young orphan, who had been born apparently to a life of comparative ease, was left penniless and almost friendless, to carve his way to distinction alone.