Who, when the bright stars stud the sky, The pale moon smileth from on high, Beholds them with admiring eye? The Poet. Who, when the snows of winter fall O’er earth, obedient at his call, Wondering, reveres the cause of all? The Poet. Who feels that love, which few e’er feel, Which bids him every thought reveal, To her――his own in woe or weal? The Poet. Who, when soft twilight’s sober grey Obscures the light of lessening day, To love’s pure feast hies swift away? The Poet. Who then in maiden’s raptured ear Pours the sweet sounds she loves to hear, Dispelling doubt, destroying fear? The Poet. Who pines not, toils not for the gold, In search of which the young grow old, To whom doth love true joys unfold? The Poet. Who dearest loves his brother man, Nor stains with hate life’s little span? Who glads the heart of all he can? The Poet. Who feels there is a God in Heaven, By whom all love, all life is given, Who oft the scoffer’s jest hath riven? The Poet. Who pauses, nor with hasty tread Stalks o’er the turf-hid, silent dead: Weeping, although no tear is shed? The Poet. Who, when his eye is glazed and dim, And life a dying ember’s gleam, Relies on, finds a friend in HIM? The Poet. He’s not, who, ’mid Time’s onward flow, Can’t mark, and learn, and wiser grow, He’s not, who lives not, dies not so A Poet. _Lays and Lyrics_, By C. RAE. BROWN, London. Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co., 1855. ――――:o:―――― KING CLICQUOT. Who rules the Kingdom, till of late Which was a leading German State, But he has made it second-rate? King Clicquot. When NICHOLAS the Turks attacked, Who joined the league against that act, Then out of his engagement backed? King Clicquot. Who feigned to hold with the Allies, But to co-operate denies, And, underhand, to thwart them tries? King Clicquot. Swayed by domestic feelings weak, His people’s good who does not seek, But plays the traitor and the sneak? King Clicquot. By private ties who only bound Breaks those of honour, like a hound, And yet his head continues crowned? King Clicquot. Who has a crafty project planned, Denmark and Holland to command, Meanwhile betraying Fatherland? King Clicquot.