Clontarf may bloom, and gloomy Howth Behold the white sail passing by, But never shall the spring-time growth Or stately bark delight their eye. Clontarf may live, a magic name, To call up recollections dear-- But never shall great Brian’s fame Delight the sleeper’s heedless ear. They fell, ere reason’s dawn arose-- They, sinless, felt affliction’s rod; Oh, who can tell their wordless woes Before they reached the throne of God? What being o’er the cradle leans, Where innocence in anguish lies; Writhing in its untold pains-- That feels not awful thoughts arise! ’Tis dreadful eloquence to all Whose hearts are not of marble stone-- Such eloquence as could not fall E’en from the tongue of Massillon. Their ills are o’er--a father’s cares-- A mother’s throes--a mother’s fears-- A wily world with all its snares, Shall ne’er begloom their joyless years. They sleep in Merrion by the bay, From passions, care, and sorrow free; No voices from the public way Shall break their deep tranquillity. T. TESTIMONIALS. Every one who has had any thing to do with the filling up of appointments for which there has been any competition, must have been struck--taking the testimonials of candidates as criteria to judge by--with the immense amount of talent and integrity that is in the market, and available often for the merest trifle in the shape of annual salary. In truth, judging by such documents as those just alluded to, one would think that it is the able and deserving alone that are exposed to the necessity of seeking for employment. At any rate, it is certain that all who do apply for vacant situations are without exception persons of surpassing ability and incorruptible integrity--flowers of the flock, pinks of talent, and paragons of virtue. How such exemplary persons come to be out of employment, we cannot tell; but there they are. The number of testimonials which one of these worthies will produce when he has once made a dead set at an appointment, is no less remarkable than the warmth of the strain in which they are written. Heaven knows where they get them all! but the number is sometimes really amazing, a hatful, for instance, being a very ordinary quantity. We once saw a candidate for an appointment followed by a porter who carried his testimonials, and a pretty smart load for the man they seemed to be. The weight, we may add, of this gentleman’s recommendations, as well it might carried the day.