_Inedited Lyric by Felicia Hemans_ (Vol. viii., p. 629.)--A surviving relative of the authoress in question begs to answer to the correspondent of "N. & Q." who has produced this lyric from an imperfect MS. original, that the piece has not remained inedited, but is to be found in the several complete editions of Mrs. Hemans's works published by Blackwood. The playful signature of the letter alluded to, as well as the subject of the lyric, it may be added, was suggested by some conversation respecting the fanciful creatures of {651} fairy-land, with whose ideal queen the authoress affected sportively to identify herself, and hence signed the little poem, produced rather as a _jeu d'esprit_ than anything else, "Mab." In its subsequently corrected form, as admitted in the editions of her works, it is here subjoined: _Water Lilies: A Fairy Song._ "Come away, Elves! while the dew is sweet, Come to the dingles where fairies meet; Know that the lilies have spread their bells O'er all the pools in our forest dells; Stilly and lightly their vases rest On the quivering sleep of the water's breast, Catching the sunshine through the leaves that throw To their scented bosoms an emerald glow; And a star from the depths of each pearly cup, A golden star, unto heav'n looks up, As if seeking its kindred where bright they lie, Set in the blue of the summer sky. Come away, under arching boughs we'll float, Making those urns each a fairy boat; We'll row them with reeds o'er the fountains free, And a tall flag-leaf shall our streamer be. And we'll send out wild music so sweet and low, It shall seem from the bright flower's heart to flow; As if 'twere a breeze with a flute's low sigh, Or water-drops train'd into melody, Come away! for the midsummer sun grows strong, And the life of the lily may not be long." ANON. _Derivation of Britain_ (Vol. viii., p. 344.).--Since my last reference to this matter (Vol. viii., p. 445.) I find that the derivation of the name of _Britain_ from _Barat-anach_ or _Brat-anach_, a land of tin, originated in conjecture with Bochart, an oriental scholar and French protestant divine in the first half of the seventeenth century. It certainly is a very remarkable circumstance that the conjecture of a Frenchman as to the origin of the name of _Britain_ should have been so curiously confirmed, as has been shown by DR. HINCKS, through an Assyrian medium. G. W. Stansted, Montfichet. _Derivation of the Word Celt_ (Vol. viii., p. 271.).--If C. R. M. has access to a copy of the Latin Vulgate, he will find the word which our translators have rendered "an iron pen," in the book of Job, chap. xix. v. 24., there translated _Celte_. Not having the book in my possession, I will not pretend to give the verse as a quotation.[2] T. B. B. H. [Footnote 2: 24. Stylo ferreo, et plumbi laminâ, vel _celte_ sculpantur in silice?]