lence he has hitherto been inimitable, or at least, in a great degree, unimitated. We allude to his power of awakening tenderness of feeling without exciting the passions. It is the charm of his effusions, and moreover the delicacy of the sentiment will always admit of quotations and allusions without scruple or restraint. This, to young ladies, who sometimes wish to ornament their speech by the mode of conveying their own opinion through the medium of the poet's words, is an advantage which they should by no means neglect. To converse well is a very important part of female education; and that course of reading which furnishes the best topics for conversation as well as the best materials for thought should be carefully pursued.

TO THE SEA.

GRANT me thy company thou solemn sea!
Earth speaks of man,-her trimly, trellic'd walks,
Her groves, her gardens, and her gorgeous domes,
All speak of man. Even the pure, lofty sky
With all its change of garniture,—its robe
Of morning purple, and its garb by day
Of blue and silver tissue, richly wrought,
Its mantle for the eve, of nameless dies,

Oft seems to me (may Heaven forgive the thought!)
Like some fair woman in her coquetry.

-But thou dost speak of God,-thou holy Sea!
Thou wonder-working, mortal-mocking One.
Alone upon thy shore I rove, and count
The crested billows in their ceaseless play;

And when dense darkness shrouds thy awful face,
I listen to thy voice, and bow me down
In all my nothingness to Him whose eye
Beholds thy congregated world of waves
But as a noteless dew-drop.

L. H. S.

THE MANUSCRIPT.-No. II.

PROVIDENTIAL, OR THE FIRST Wedding.

"Thou didst not leave them, mighty God!

"Thou wert with those that bore the truth of old

"Into the desert from the oppressor's rod,

"And made the caverns of the rock their fold,

"And met when stars met, by their beams to hold

"The free heart's communing with Thee,-and Thou
"Wert in the midst, felt, owned.".

"How did you say the young man was named ?" inquired Mr. Zechariah Long, gently touching the elbow of Governor Winthrop, and directing him by a glance of the eye to the object of his curiosity.

"His appellation is master Oliver Temple," replied the Governor.

"A kinsman of Sir John Temple of Devonshire?" pursued Zechariah Long, raising his forefinger to his nose.

"I do not know his family," returned the Governor. "The young man was introduced to me by the worthy Mr. Johnson, who said the youth had letters of recommendation from a pious friend of his, as one who wished to leave all for righteousness' sake. And truly, since he hath been on board, his conduct hath been very seemly.'

"I saw he showed the courage of a true soldier of the cross when we were preparing our ship to give battle to the Dunkirkers," observed Zechariah. "I never noticed him before or since except he had a book, before his face, or was otherwise leaning on the railing of the vessel as at this moment, and looking as if he was watching the clouds or counting the stars. But when the word was given that the Dunkirkers were at hand how he bestirred himself! I think he must have been a soldier, Governor. I marvel Mr. Johnson does not communicate to you who the young man is."

"It may be such course would not be prudent, Mr. Long," said Governor Winthrop calmly. The young man may have reasons for not wishing to have his family known. This is the time when a man's focs are often those of his own household; when great sacrifices must be made for conscience' sake. You know who hath said- he that loveth father or mother more than nie, is not worthy of me.''

"Ah! Governor, "--responded Mr. Zechariah Long, again raising his finger to his nose, you are a learned man -learned to expound the law spiritual as well as the law temporal-but there are signs of the times and signs of the heart which those who are like myself but as babes and to be fed with the milk of knowledge may nevertheless understand."

Though the countenance of Governor Winthrop was mild it had usually an expression of deep gravity that many mistook for sadness; but now, in spite of his apparent efforts a smile curled his lip and the spirit of mirth glistened in his eye, betraying that the infantile comparison of Mr. Zechariah Long was not, even to his accustomed ear, wholly divested of the ludicrous. Zechariah boasted that he was the tallest man in the company's service, being six feet four inches in height-and seldom was the point disputed as his upright and rigid air gave him the appearance of being even taller than he asserted. He was long-limbed, and large jointed, with a spare, sinewy frame that looked as if it would have required a ton of flesh before the sharp angles would have been rounded into any resemblance to the dimpled beauty of an infant's form. Then his face, it was long, lank, lean, and covered with a skin of the color and apparent toughness of parchment; his features were large, the nose in particular standing out with a curve as bold as Cæsar'sand his eyebrows thick, black and overhanging, beneath which his small gray eyes gleamed out with a brightness that gave animation, indeed somewhat of interest, to a face otherwise repelling.

The smile of Governor Winthrop seemed checked involuntarily as he met the glance of Zechariah Long's eye, and with a tone of more deference than even christian humility would seem to prescribe to one so much inferior in station he inquired what might be his opinion of the person in question.

"If you ask my opinion, Governor, I am bound to answer faithfully," responded Zechariah, drawing himself up to his greatest attitude, and speaking very slowly,-"I have observed the youth carefully ever since, as I told you, I noted his bold bearing when we prepared for the battle that by the goodness of God was not to prove unto our hurt, but the ratherto our joy, inasmuch as we found friends where

we expected enemies; but had it fell out otherwise, I am persuaded the young man would have been of great assistance, and therefore I would that he was truly as we are.'

"Wherefore would you cast suspicions on the stranger?" inquired the Governor, regarding Zechariah rather sternly. "I am not prone to evil speaking, Governor," replied the other in a tone so calm and assured that Mr. Winthrop actually felt rebuked. "I am not one who watches for matters of accusation; but I confess I have watched that young man, and this is my judgment, that his motives for joining us were not all dictated by duty or conscience."

"What then did induce him-or perhaps your vision does not extend so far," observed the Governor, rather dryly.

Zechariah's small, quick eye shone with the lustre of a certain triumph as he replied; "His passions, Governor, -his earthly passions have prompted him to go forth in search of a resting place, but verily, unless he does become more heavenly-minded, I fear he will be of little comfort to us, or enjoy little comfort himself." Zechariah then walked slowly away towards the steerage, and soon the deep peculiar twang of his voice was heard joining in a hymn which some of the passengers were singing. Governor Winthrop was left alone standing on the larboard side of the deck, nearly opposite the young man who had been the object of the colloquy; and who was, by the conclusion thereof, represented as obnoxious to those suspicions which are not the less forcible for being indefinite. The longer he pondered on the circumstances, that had hitherto come under his observation respecting the said Oliver Temple, the more mysterious they appeared. And yet the sagacious Governor could not believe that the young man would be found a deceiver. There is something in the countenance of an ingenuous youth that so ill accords with the subtlety of the crafty manager intent on stratagems or crimes, that the heart of a good man will be slow to tax such an one with enormous guilt. Folly may be predicated of the young, but vice seems too gross to be harbored in the soul so simple as to receive pleasure from the thought of a flower, or the sight of a bird. And Governor Winthrop had seen young Temple smile, and it was the only time he had seen him smile, while assisting the Lady Arabella in arranging

some flower pots containing specimens she was carefully transporting to the new world, but which had been nearly destroyed in the preparations made to give battle to the Dunkirkers. And he had heard him, too, remonstrating with a passenger who wished to shoot some of the birds that were continually flitting around the vessel.

"He showed a merciful spirit, and such shall obtain mercy," "thought the Governor. "And yet I wish I knew his history. The Lady Arabella can perchance inform me. She once observed that she thought I would like him, and that she thought he looked like me. He is not a wicked youth. Zechariah Long is a zealous saint, but he is sometimes prone to be suspicious-a fault for which he must be reprimanded. I will seek the Lady Arabella and endeavor to learn who Oliver Temple may be." Thus resolving he descended to the cabin appropriated to the ladies, purposely passing in his way thither near the place where Oliver was leaning on the railing of the deck, his gaze steadily fixed on the setting sun. There was a calmness on his countenance that seemed more like resignation than happiness; yet no one would have called him miserable; nor was he, though he had endured, in his short career, more real distresses than a novel writer would invent, unless his imagination were very prolific of horrors, to prove the fortitude of his hero.

The history of Oliver Temple was briefly this. He was the only son of a gentleman of ancient family, but small fortune. His father was a younger brother, and the title and a large estate were expected to descend to Oliver, as his uncle, a decrepit old bachelor, seemed as unlikely to seek for a partner as the man in the moon. So his nephew was bred with the expectation of becoming in due time Sir Oliver Temple. He was a gay youth, but nevertheless possessing a good deal of that decision of character which is imparted by a consciousness of integrity of purpose. He was also an excellent scholar, fond of poetry, and, as his father often boasted, an adept in history, particularly in what related to ecclesiastical polity. This mood of mind was no doubt fostered, if not engendered by the character of the times, as religious opinions were then, and had been for many years the grand lever by which the whole christian world was moved and agitated with a power that shook the foundations of civil society, and threatened to overturn or