STANZAS FOR MUSIC. BY CHEVIOT TICHBURN, ESQ. WHEN the morning awakes in the valley, And the dew in the sun-beam is bright, Then, forth, with light foot, let him sally Whose heart-like his footstep-is light! But he whose worn spirit is failing, Whose heart but exists as a tomb,— Will roam when the mists are prevailing, In the cloud-woven veil of the gloom! For the gloom to his spirit is meeter, To the shade of his fortunes more true;And the scent of night's flowerets is sweeter, -Like the last faded hopes that he knew! FOUR UNPUBLISHED POEMS. BY THE LATE JAMES THOMSON, Author of " The Seasons." 1. In Murdoch's Life of Thomson, mention is made of his being frequently a visitor of Sir WILLIAM BENNET, of Grubbat. The following Lines were written when Thomson was about 14 years of age. A POETICAL EPISTLE, ΤΟ SIR WILLIAM BENNET, OF GRUBBAT, BARONET. My trembling muse your honour does address ! The muse folds up her wings and-dying-justice owns! 2. HYMN TO GOD'S POWER. HAIL, power divine! who, by thy command, Made the broad sea and solid land Made the high mountain and firm rock, The rolling planets thou mad'st move, By thy effective will, And the revolving globes above Their destined course fulfil! His mighty power, ye thunders! praise, Ye seas! in your eternal war, His sacred praise proclaim; While the inactive sluggish shore Re-echoes to the same! Ye howling winds! howl out his praise, While through the air, the earth, and seas, O, you high harmonious spheres! To him your circling course that steers, Ungrateful mortals! catch the sound, 3. UPON MAY. AMONG the changing months, May stands confest 4. THE MORNING IN THE COUNTRY. WHEN from the opening chambers of the east, |