The spring was past, the summer gone; Still vacant stood the Scottish throne: But scarce had autumn's mellow hand Waved her rich banner o'er the land, When rang the shouts, from tower to tree, That Scotland's Queen was on the sea. Swift spread the news o'er down and dale, Swift as the lively autumn gale; Away, away, it echoed still, O'er many a moor and Highland hill, And for Dunedin "hied away; Each harp was strung in woodland bower, After a youth by woes o'ercast, Kneeled on the pier with modest grace, Her comely form and graceful 3mien Who would not stand? who would not die? Around with golden laurels hung; Which through the broomwood blossoms flew, Whene'er it heaved her bosom's screen, When Mary turned her wondering eyes And Presbyter with look severe. There rode the lords of France and Spain, Of England, Flanders, and "Lorraine, While serried thousands round them stood, From shore of 16Leith to Holyrood. Though Mary's heart was light as air, To see a gathered nation by, Though frequent shouts the "welkin broke, She must support a rocking throne; No; 'twas the notes of Scottish song, As she drew near the Abbey stile, Pour forth its notes of "runic fire; But scarcely caught the ravished Queen But man is like the inconstant moon: Thy time, dear Lady, 's a passing shower; Thy beauty is but a fading flower; Watch thy young bosom and maiden eye, For the shower must fall, and the floweret die." JAMES HOGG. 1 factious broils, the dissensions of political and religious parties. lea, meadow or pasture-land. northern main, the Atlantic Ocean, hied, went. 7 5 12 10 bounding the north of Scotland. lay, song. Dunedin, Edwin's Hill, the Gaelic or Highland name for Edinburgh, which means Edwin's town. Holyrood, the royal palace of the ancient Scottish sovereigns. mien, look; air; carriage. driven from her home; she was sent to France to be safe from the English, who wished to marry her to their young King Edward VI. a parent, etc. In 1560, Mary lost her mother and her husband, who was king of France. She thus ceased to be queen of France. "amble, the movement of a horse when he first lifts the two feet on one side and then those on the other side of his body. Presbyter, one who belongs to the form of worship prevailing in Scotland. and having no bishops. 13 Flanders, now Belgium and Holland. "Lorraine, now a province of Germany. 15 serried, pressed or crowded closely together. 16 Leith, the port of Edinburgh, situated on the Frith of Forth. "welkin, the vault of the sky and the clouds. 18 Caledonia, the ancient Roman name of Scotland. 19 Red Lion, an emblem of Scotland. 20 bland, soft, soothing. 21 runic, belonging to the ancient races of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Scotland, and other parts of northern Europe. COWPER'S TAME HARES. ap-pel'-la-tive ha-bit'-u-at-ed symp'-toms sig-nif-i-cant-ly mis-in-ter' pret ir-re-sis'-ti-ble IN the year 1774, being much indisposed both in mind and body, incapable of 'diverting myself either with company or books, and yet in a condition that made some diversion necessary, I was glad of anything that would engage my attention, without fatiguing it. The children. of a neighbour of mine had a 2leveret given them for a plaything; it was at that time about three months old. Understanding better how to tease the poor creature than to feed it, and soon becoming weary of their charge, they readily consented that their father, who saw it pining and growing leaner every day, should offer it to my acceptance. I was willing enough to take the prisoner under my protection, perceiving that, in the management of such an |