O, wondrous Power! O, giant Strength! how fearful to behold, Outstretched on yon o'erhanging crag, thy mad waves downward rolled: To look adown the cavernous abyss that yawns beneath-- To see the feathery spray flash forth in many a glittering wreath! Voluminous and ceaseless still, forever swift descend The waters in their headlong course, then turning, heavenward wend: Now, disenthralled, their essence hath its spirit-shape resumed; Bright, bodiless and pure, its fright to yon empyrean plumed! _The Falls, 1842._ CLAUDE HALCRO. TO MARY. I wonder if the magic spells That in the days of yore Bewitched so oft poor harmless folks (Unlucky wights!) are o'er? I can't believe it, for I've felt The witchery of thy smile; I've felt thy magic arts, and yet I've loved thee all the while. Is it the gleam of snowy teeth, Or wave of silken tress, That brings me to thy side, to gaze Upon thy loveliness? It cannot be, for I have seen Full many a maid as fair; I've seen as ruby lips before, I've seen as glossy hair. Some dark enchantress has bequeathed To thee her magic art, And thou hast bound me with thy spell, And stolen all my heart. HORACE. LITERARY NOTICES. CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE, AND THE LITERARY CHARACTER ILLUSTRATED. By I. C. D'ISRAELI, Esq., D. C. L., F. S. A. With Curiosities of American Literature. By RUFUS W. GRISWOLD. Complete in one volume. New-York: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, Broadway.