My Uncle will swathe his gouty limbs, And tell of his oils and blubbers; My Aunt, Miss Dobbs, will play longer hymns, And rather longer rubbers; My Cousin in Parliament will prove How utterly ruin'd trade is-- My Brother at Eton will fall in love With half a hundred ladies; My Patron will sate his pride from plate. And his thirst from Bordeaux vine-- His nose was red in Twenty-eight,-- 'Twill be redder in Twenty-nine! And oh! I shall find, how, day by day. All thoughts and things look older-- How the laugh of Pleasure grows less gay, And the heart of Friendship colder; But still I shall be what I have been, Sworn foe to Lady Reason, And seldom troubled with the spleen, And fond of talking treason; I shall buckle my skait, and leap my gate, And throw, and write, my line-- And the woman I worshipped in Twenty-eight, I shall worship in Twenty-nine! _New Monthly Magazine._ * * * * * MORAL EFFECT OF ROME UPON THE TRAVELLER. Those only who have lived in Rome can duly estimate the potent and lasting impression produced upon the mind of a thinking man, by a residence in this capital of the ancient world. The daily contemplation of so many classical and noble objects elevates and purifies the soul, and has a powerful tendency to allay the inconsiderate fervours and impetuosities of youth, to mature, and consolidate the character. I am already so altered, and, I have the vanity to think, so improved a man since my arrival here, that there are times when I almost doubt my own identity, and imagine that, by some preternatural agency, I have been born over again, and have had new blood and new vitality infused into my frame. The gratifications of a residence in Rome are inexhaustible. At every turn I discover some new evidence of the power and magnificence of her ancient inhabitants, and vivid sensations of delight and awe rapidly succeed each other. This venerable metropolis is the tomb and monument, not of princes, but of nations; it illustrates the progressive stages of human society, and all other cities appear modern and unfinished in comparison.