In the _Beauties of England and Wales_, it is stated that 23 acres of land belong to the church; and the great increase of buildings renders these of considerable value; though it is not known to whom the church is indebted for this possession. * * * * * ELEGY. FROM THE GERMAN. (_For the Mirror._) Through oak-woods green, A silver sheen, Sweet moon, from thee Afforded me A tranquil joy, Me, _then_, a happy boy. Still makes thy light My window bright, But can no more Lost peace restore: My brow is shaded, My cheek with weeping faded. Thy beams, O moon, Will glitter soon, As softly clear, Upon my bier: For soon, earth must Conceal in youth my dust. C.H. * * * * * CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLES. (_For the Mirror._) These remains of ancient art are destined to be removed to Europe.[7] The palace of Cleopatra was built upon the walls facing the port of Alexandria, Egypt, having a gallery on the outside, supported by several fine columns. Towards the eastern part of the palace are two obelisks, vulgarly called _Cleopatra's Needles_. They are of Thebaic stone, and covered with hieroglyphics; one is overturned, broken, and lying under the sand; the other is on its pedestal. These two obelisks, each of them of a single stone, are about sixty feet high, by seven feet square at the base. The Egyptian priests called these obelisks the sun's fingers, because they served as stiles or gnomons to mark the hours on the ground. In the first ages of the world they were made use of to transmit to posterity the principal precepts of philosophy, which were engraven on them in hieroglyphics. "Between the statues, _Obelisks_ were placed: And the learned walls with _hieroglyphics_ grac'd. _Pope._ In after ages they were used to immortalize the actions of heroes, and the memory of persons beloved. [7] One is stated to be on its way to England; our parliament has voted 10,000_l_ to defray the expense. The other needle is destined for France. The first obelisk we know of was that raised by Rameses, King of Egypt, in the time of the Trojan war. Augustus erected an obelisk at Rome, in the Campus Martius, which served to mark the hours on an horizontal dial, drawn on the pavement. This obelisk was brought from Egypt, and was said to have been formed by Sesostris, near a thousand years before Christ. It was used by Manlius for the same purpose for which it was originally destined, namely, to measure the height of the sun. P.T.W. * * * * * THE DYING MAIDEN'S PARDON TO HER FAITHLESS LOVER. FROM THE FRENCH. (_For the Mirror._) If death's keen anguish thou would'st charm Ere speeds his fatal dart, Come, place thine hand--while yet 'tis warm, Upon my breaking heart.