the failing heart of virtue on earth: he venerated Religion, and gave in his firm decision for the cause of God: he knew that the world was passing away, and he lived at once for time and for eternity.""

CHERRY CANARY.

LINES PRESENTED WITH A CANARY BIRD.

BY A. L. SNELLING.

COME to thee, dear lady,

To breathe my humble strain, To cheer thy hours of happiness, And soothe thy hours of pain. To chase the cloud of sadness,

Should it gather o'er thy brow, And recall the smile of gladness, Which sweetly decks it now.

When the earth is clothed with beauty,
And the heavens are all serene,
Then shall gush my richest melody,
In concert with the scene;

And when wintry winds are howling,
And all without is gloom-
My song shall tell of summer
Within thy pleasant room.

What though the power of language
To me may be denied,

I shall know thy voice, sweet lady,
From all the world beside.

For thy care and fond endearments,
I shall ever grateful prove;
And remain a willing prisoner,
While sheltered by thy love.

CHERRY CANARY.

ANSWER TO

"CHERRY CANARY."

O WELCOME, Welcome, pretty bird,
With thy joyous carolling ;
Gladly will thy song be heard,
Bird of the golden wing.

I know thou leav'st a pleasant home
And gentle mistress too,

To stranger tones and hands to come,
And scenes to thee all new:

But place is nothing, pretty bird,

If love be present there,
If kindly words are only heard,

And smiles the faces wear;

To loving hearts and tender tones,

Pretty Cherry, thou hast come,

Where music, flowers, and prattling ones, Will make a happy home.

NATIVE GENIUS

VS.

SELF-PROGRESS.

BY ELIHU BURRITT.*

CAN conceive of nothing more deleterious to a general intellectual cultivation than the unchristian belief in the existence and influence of native genius. For myself I would as soon believe that Jupiter and all his subordinate gods and goddesses still held their lascivious empire in Olympus, as believe in the existence of that mysterious, well-educated, amiable little hobgoblin, known in these modern times by the title of genius. The tenacity with which the world still clings to some of the favorite chimeras of mythology has retarded the development of the intel

* From an unpublished lecture.