I MAY long for the quiet of the lonely brake,
And the hedgerows white with May;
For the beauty that grows on the dimpled lake
When kissed by the dying day.

I may yearn for the music that haunts the woodsLeafy, and grand, and old;

For the thunder that roars in the mountain floods, And the fields with their sheaves of gold.

I may sigh for a sight of the gentle flowers,
And the butterfly's tinted wing,

For the glorious vision in twilight hours
Of love at the wayside spring.

LONGINGS.

But the sounds, oh! the sounds I am doomed to hear
Are the sounds of the busy street;
And the sights that my spirit is racked to bear
Are the footprints of naked feet.

And my heart it grows heavy from hour to hour
With looking on man's distress;

With looking and longing, and never the power
To lighten or make it less.

O breezy mountains, O glowing skies,

O meadows and rippling streams,

Though ye come not to gladden my waking eyes,
I have ye all in my dreams.

Christmas Pastimes.

CHARADES.

I.

My first and my second are one and the same,
Which most men, without hesitation, would name
As stubborn stupidity's type.

My third a most mischievous thing is indeed,
Whence ills of all sorts and all kinds do proceed;
While my whole, if his bloodthirsty schemes should succeed,
For the foul perpetration is ripe

Of a deed which, wherever the tale shall be heard,
Will be thought of with horror; men to it referred
As the worst and most terrible form of my third.

II.

When Hodge, returning o'er the leas
(His plough he's just forsaken),
Hies cheerful home to take at ease
His beans and well-fed bacon,

My homely first is there displayed,
Where for awhile we'll leave it;
Till Hodge, refreshed, now lends his aid
Where business must receive it;

The stable seeks, the horses tends-
His wonted occupation,

Till eve, when to the green he wends
For village recreation.

For Hodge, at rustic sports and jars,
Among the first is reckoned;

When Sue appears he'll "bless his stars,"
Because he sees my second.

Which will, if with my first combined,
A name revered discover,

In whom, ye fair, ye often find
The real friend and lover.

III.

My walls were raised when troopers bold
O'er moor and moss marauded;

I was in the lawless days of old,
When deeds of force were lauded.

My second then was called my first,
Renowned in border fame;
Though if the title were reversed,
"Twere now a worthier name.

By dark and undermining deeds,
My present wealth was gained;
My chiefest commerce still proceeds
From forests old profaned.

IV.

She watched beside him while he slept,
His breath her white cheek fanned;

One prayer was busy at her heart,

My first within her hand.

For the silent eve was stealing on,

And ere the round moon rose,

He must mount, and ride for life or death

For his king's and his house's foes.

Too soon the twilight hurries on,

But by my second's aid

She sees the appointed hour is come

The parting must be made.

She laid her lips to his long lovelocks,
She hushed back tears and sighs;

"The hour is come, the night is dark--
My lord and love, arise."

He springs to his feet at her lightest touch,
He holds her to his heart;
"Sweetheart, good-bye; in better times
We'll meet, nor ever part."
Alas! for love in these woful days,
When next his face she saw,

It lay stark and white, beside my whole,
On the field of Marston Moor.

To babes and sucklings useful am I,
Since they could not do without me.
I may have no heart, yet a crest I wear,
And "have all things handsome about me."

Rossini, composer of music sweet,
In the midst of his well-earned fame,
Has deigned to bestow a thought on me,
And immortalised my name.

If you cannot guess me, your wits must be
Laid by on some dusty shelf;

If you cannot pronounce my easy name,
Well, then, you must be-MYSELF.

III.

When myself I cease to be,

More emphatic I become,

And, though none myself can see,

I am made myself at home, Where if any doeth wrong,

With the hand or with the tongue,

I am guilty, all agree;

Then again do I become,

As I used to be at home,

Ere myself I ceased to be.

IV.

HISTORICAL ENIGMA.-The initials of the following words, taken in order, will name one of the great heroes of Sout land:

1. The founder of an American colony.

2. A vast Spanish fleet, fitted out to attack England in the reign of Elizabeth.

3. An English archbishop, beheaded in the time of Charles! 4. A famous English martyr.

5. One of Cromwell's generals.

6. A battle gained by Napoleon Bonaparte over the Austria and Russians.

7. "The bulwark of English liberty."

8. A pretender in Henry VII.'s reign.

9. A celebrated Welsh Prince.

10. An outlaw, who stabbed the Saxon monarch, Edmund,

11. A great ecclesiastical reformer.

12.

commodore, who sailed round the world.

13. A battle in the rebellion of '45. 14. A corrupt adviser of Henry VII.

3. My 6, 5, 1, 2 is a river.

4. My 8, 2, 3, 1 is a bird.

5. My 1, 2, 4, 9, 6 is a fruit.

6. My 6, 3, 4, 2, is what every one possesses.

7. My 4, 5, 10, 8 is a plant.

8. My 7, 10, 3, 8 is an insect.

9. My 9, 5, 1, is a liquid.

10. My 6, 3, 7 is a young horse.

11. My 1, 5, 4, 2, is a calcareous earth. 12. And my 7, 1, 2, 6 is a valley.

Wit and Humour.

LONGFELLOW beautifully says that "Sunday is the golden clasp which binds together the volume of the week." "I NEVER was ruined but twice," said a wit; lost a lawsuit, and once when I gained one."

once when I

IF you visit a young woman, and you are won, and she is won, you will both be one.

WHEN may two persons be said to be half-witted? When they have an understanding between them.

"I'm glad this coffee don't owe me anything," said an accountant at his breakfast. "Why so?" inquired his wife. "Because I don't believe it would ever settle."

A GENTLEMAN late one evening met his servant. "Hallo! where are you going at this time of night? for no good, I'll warrant !" 'I was going for you, sir."

"WHY do you set your cup of coffee on the chair, Mr. Jones?" said a worthy landlady one morning at breakfast. "It is so very weak, ma'am, I thought I would let it rest."

"I LIVE in Julia's eyes," said an affected dandy in Colman's hearing. "I don't wonder at it," replied George, "since I observed she had a sty in them when I saw her last." PUFFING and blowing are often considered synonymous terms. You will discover a difference, however, if, instead of puffing a man up, you should blow him up.

A FRENCH general, well known in English circles, who had the misfortune to be bald-headed, said that he wished to make "Give a present to a lady, and to give her something rare. her a lock of your hair," said a friend.

JAMES II. remarked one day to his courtiers, "I never knew a modest man make his way at court." To this a gentleman replied, " Please your Majesty, whose fault is that?' The king was struck with the answer, and remained silent.

WHY don't you take off your hat?" said a pompous nobleman to a boy whom he met in a country road, struggling to get a calf along. "So I will, sir," replied the lad, "if your lordship will hold my calf."

A STUPID person one day, seeing a man of learning enjoying the pleasures of the table, said, "So, sir, philosophers, I see, can indulge in the greatest delicacies."." Why not?" rejoined the other. 'Do you think Providence intended all the good things for fools?"

WHEN George III. was once expressing his admiration of General Wolfe, some one observed that the general was mad. Oh! he is mad, is he?" said the king, in his short, quick manner; then I wish he would bite some other of my generals."

A GALLANT gentleman of the old school, in a crowded waiting-room at a railway station the other day, gave his seat to a lady, who failed to make the proper acknowledgment. Standing awhile, he stooped over as if to listen, and said to her, "What did you say, madam?" Nothing, sir," was the reply of the startled lady. "Oh!" said he, "excuse me; I thought you said 'Thank you.''

AT an examination of the Windsor infant school, a little boy was asked to explain his idea of "bearing false witness against your neighbour." After hesitating, he said it, was "telling tales," on which the examiner said, "That's not exactly an answer. What do you say?" addressing a little girl. She immediately replied, "It was when nobody did nothing, and somebody went and told of it." "Quite right," said the examiner, amidst irrepressible roars of laughter, in which he could not help joining.

"Have

THE elder Matthews one day arrived at a forlorn country inn, and addressing a lugubrious waiter, inquired if he could have a chicken and asparagus. The mysterious serving man shook his head. "Can I have a duck then?" "No, sir," "Not one, sir." "Then as you you any mutton chops?" have no eatables, bring me something to drink. Have you any spirits?" "Sir," replied the man, with a profound sigh, are out of spirits." "Then, in wonder's name, what have you got in the house?" "An execution, sir."

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