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But see,

Said Time, "I have seen my children all,
From the eldest, down to thee;

I have seen flowers bloom at the gentle call
Of one, by another's breath to fall;
And the bridal robe and the mourning pall
Are neither new to me.

"The youngest one of all art thou,
And a jolly boy thou art;

But thy eldest brother's stormy brow
Is thine, and his robe of frost and snow;
I would call you twins, if it were not so
That you're numbered so far apart."

December laughed, and his white locks shook,
As he rushed to his brother's side;
The stern-one little sport could brook,
But him by the hand he kindly took,
And his chilly face wore a kinder look,
As December hoarsely cried-

"We are much alike, so our father said,
And faith, I believe 'tis true,
For the self-same covering decks our bed;
So here on your breast I'll lean my head,
And we will be brothers, linked and wed
In bonds of friendship true."

And so his frigid form he flung
On his brother's icy breast,

And a wild and fitful song he sung,
That far away through the forest rung,
Till echoes from hill and valley sprung

Ere he sunk to quiet rest.

the evening is long past, and the hours are hurrying us on to midnight. There go the chimes from the bell-tower; it is time that we retire; yet one chant more ere we go. We meet not again till Christmas, with its merrymaking, shall have come and gone, and this old Year shall have died in the arms of his young heir. We will sing him out, even as we sang him into life:

A CHANT FOR THE END OF THE YEAR.

ALL day long the snow is drifting, drifting o'er the champaign white;
All the night the broad December moonlight makes the silence bright:
It is winter! it is winter! Harken to the hailstorm's flight.

Ay, the holy Christmastide with its vivid joy is fled:
And another year of struggle, almost numbered with the dead,
Bids us pause amid the turmoil while a saintly song is said.

Tamely now the merle and mavis flutter in the hedges near;
From the cottage thatch the snow drips with many an icy tear :
It is winter! it is winter! heralding the new-born year.

Wearily the lusty teams smoke against the frosty hill;

Ice has caught the brook's low ripple, curving in its wayward will;
Ice has seized the very vapour, garlanding the casements chill,

Mighty One! we bow before Thee, praising Thee for winter's chain-
Asking that a summer warmth in our hearts may ever reign,
Warmth to cheer the poor and toil-worn guider of the heavy wain.

Thou hast given, O Creator! Thou again mayest take away!
Let us not forget our stewardship, but go forward, day by day,
Cheering those who are Thy children on their sorrow-laden way.

For the power of earth is passing, like the morning's glittering rime,
And the swiftest of Thine angels guides the chariot of time
Onward to the end of all things, onward to the holy clime.

"Onward to the end of all things!" yes, that is the irresistible decree of fatethe fiat of the Creator upon his whole creation. Move onward we must. Let us then do so submissively, carefully, cheerfully. Making the pathway smooth. by our patience, pleasant by our cheeriness, and easy by our charity. Bearing one another's burthens, with a ready hand to help him who stumbles, and a kind one to dry the tears of him who weeps. And so now must we, in obedience to the great command, pass away for the present. Yet ere we go, give us our guerdon and if we have cheered an hour of sadness at a season when none should be sad, if we have made your eye lighten with pleasure, or your lips smile at our sallies, then are we rewarded with the only meed that true minstrel ever coveted. Fare ye well, then, one and all, and till next we meet we give you a piece of good advice for winter weather

"Heap on fresh fuel, make a blazing fire,

Bring out the cup of kindness, spread the board,
And gladden winter with your cheerfulness."

Fare ye well, once again, we say, gentle masters and mistresses all. Pledge us now, ere we cross the threshold, in one toast, and in a full cup of the best and brightest

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INDEX TO VOL. XXXVIII.

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ALLO, the, described, 249.
Animal Magnetism, 383.
Annie Ramsay, a Ballad, 494.
Anthony, Joseph, jun., Buds and Leaves,
reviewed, 35.

Authors, Actors, and Amateurs, 407.

Balfe, Michael W., our Portrait Gallery,
No. LXIV., 66.
Beldam, Joseph, Recollections of Scenes
and Institutions in Italy and the East,
reviewed, 436.

Bennett, W. C., Poems, reviewed, 31.
Breen, Henry H., The Diamond Rock
and other Poems, reviewed, 19.
Browne, Frank, University Prize Poems,
reviewed, 36.

Bush, Mrs. Forbes, Memoirs of the
Queens of France, reviewed, 472.

Calderon's Constant Prince analysed,
with specimens, by D. F. M'Carthy,
-Spanish Stage, No. IV. 325.
Campbell, Calder, Sonnets by the Sad
Wave, 130.

Census, the Irish, Historic Notes on,
552.

Chalmers, Rev. Dr., Life by Hanna,
reviewed, 672.

Chambers, Robert, Ancient Sea Mar-
gins, 639; Tracings of the North of
Europe, reviewed, 639.

Chatterton, a Story of the Year 1770;

Part I. Bristol, I, 178; Interleaf on
the Character and Writings of Chat-
terton, 11; Part II. London, 420.
Children, the, of Nature, a' Poem, re-
viewed, 33.

Christmas with our own Poets, by Jo-
nathan Freke Slingsby, 737.
Christmas, Rev. H., the Shores and
Islands of the Mediterranean, includ-
ing a Visit to the Seven Churches of
Asia, reviewed, 436.
Church of Rome, the, in her Relations
with secular Governments, 369.
Cooke, Henry, Recollections of a Tour
in the Ionian Islands, Greece, and
Constantinople, reviewed, 436.
Correspondence respecting the Relations
existing between Foreign Govern-

ments and the Court of Rome, pre-
sented to the House of Commons, &c.,
reviewed, 369.

Day, the, after the Storm, 107.

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Floating Island, the, a Legend of Loch
Dochart, 356.

Forrester, Thomas, Everard Tunstall,
a Tale of the Kaffir Wars, reviewed,
572.
Forysth, William, the Roses, a Song for
the Philosophical, 133; the Feast of
Tabernacles, 134.

Freeman, Edward A., and Cox, Rev.
George W., Poems, Legendary and
Historical, reviewed, 29.

Fruits and Flowers, a Symposium in
Summer, 127.

Fullom, S. W., the Daughter of Night,
a Story of the present Time, reviewed,
576.

Geology, the present State of, 639.
George, Anita, Memoirs of the Queens
of Spain, edited by Miss Julia Pardoe,
Vols. I. and II., reviewed, 472.
Glasgow in 1851, 628.
Graefenberg, Account of a Visit to,
283.

Great Exhibition, our, of Novels for
1851, 567.

Green, Mary Anne Everett, Lives of
the Princesses of England, from the
Norman Conquest, Vols. I. and II.,
reviewed, 472.

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Legend, a, of the East Neuk of Fife, 586.
Legg, James Henry, the Ocean Mo-
narch; a poetic narrative, with an ori-
ginal account, in prose, of the loss of
this ill-fated vessel, reviewed, 34.
Legislation on the Promissory Principle
a weak Defence against Papal Ag-
gression, 719.

London during the Summer of 1851, 612.
Lyell, Sir C., Elements of Geology, re-
viewed, 639.

Lyre and Sword, the; or, the Works of
Körner, 452.

Maberly, Mrs., the Lady and the Priest;
an historical Romance, reviewed, 568.
Macarthys, the last of the, 367.
M'Carthy, Denis Florence, Ballads,
Poems, and Lyrics, original and trans-
lated, reviewed, 708.

Scenes and Stories
from the Spanish Stage, No. IV., Cal-
deron's Constant Prince, 325; The
Lianhan Shee, 416.

Macdowell, Patrick, R. A.-Our Por-
trait Gallery, No. LXV., 602.
Madam Dorrington of the Dene, the
Story of a Life, reviewed, 580.
Manager, Leaves from the Portfolio of
a. A Peep behind the Scenes during
the Rehearsal of a Pantomime, 39; the
Box Office, 45; Writers against the
Stage, 272; Authors, Actors, and
Amateurs, 407.

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Maurice Tiernay, the Soldier of For-
tune, Chap. XXXVIII., a Royalist
"de la Vieille Roche," 95; Chap.
XXXIX., A Sorrowful Parting, 101;
Chap. XL., The Chateau of Etten-
heim, 206; Chap. XLI., An "Ordi-
nary Acquaintance, 212;
XLII., the Count de Maurepas,"
alias ,219; Chap. XLIII., A Fo-
rest Ride, 306; Chap. XLIV., An
Episode of '94, 316; Chap. XLV.,
The Cabinet of a Chef-de-Police, 322;
Chap. XLVI., a Glance at the "Pre-

Chap.

fecture de Police," 465; Chap. XLVII.,
The Village of Schwarz-ach, 468;
Chap. XLVIII., a Village Syndicus,
534; Chap. XLIX.; A Lucky Meet-
ing, 540; Chap. L., The March on
Vienna, 543; Chap. LI., Schönbrunn,
in 1809, 658; Chap. LII., Komorn
Forty Years ago, 663; Chap. LIII.,
A Loss and a Gain, 666; Maurice Tier-
nay's Last Word and Confession, 670.
Mesmerism.-Animal Magnetism, 383;
Divination, Witchcraft, and Mesmer-
ism, 687.

Miller, Hugh, Footprints of the Creator,
reviewed, 639.

Monteagle, Lord, a Letter to his Grace
the Lord Archbishop of Dublin, on the
subject of the Ecclesiastical Titles
Act, and the Charge addressed to the
Clergy of Dublin in 1851, reviewed,
719.
Moschus, translation from, 140.
Mulla, the, described, 233.

Napier, Joseph, M.P., England or Rome,
which shall govern Ireland? a Reply
to a Letter of Lord Monteagle, re-
viewed, 734.

Orphan Girl, the, 141.

O'Sullivan, the late Rev. Samuel, D.D.,
504.

Our Portrait Gallery, No. LXIV.,
Michael W. Balfe, 66; No. LXV.
Patrick Macdowell, Esq., R.A., 602.
Parson's, the, Two Visits, 298.
Poetry.-July, 128; A Toxophilite Pic-

ture, 129; Sonnets by the Sad Wave,
130; A Storm at Sea, 131; To an
Ebbing River, 132; The Roses, a
Song for the Philosophical, by Wil-
liam Forsyth, 133; The Feast of
Tabernacles, 134; The Sally from
Salerno, by G. H. Supple, 137; Sir
Rainulf's Henchman, 138; Transla-
tion from an Idyl of Moschus, by
Academicus, 140; The Wish, or the
Fall of the Star, 140; The Orphan
Girl, 141; Song-" Give me not thy
Sighs at Parting," 353; Bruar Un-
visited, 363; The Queen's Well, 364;
Here's a Health to the Queen, God
bless her! 366; The Last of the
Macarthys, 367; Lines for an Album,
by James Edmeston, 415; The Lian-
han Shee, by D. F. M'Carthy, 416;
Annie Ramsay, 494; Edwyn the
Yerle, ane Auntient Ballade, 498;
A Good Spec., a Dramatic Sketch,
by B. B. Feltus, 597; On a Girl who
has fallen asleep over a Volume of
Spenser's Faery Queen, 611; Christ-
mas Rhymes, 739; The Three Angel-
Hymns:-1, The Creation,-2, The
Nativity, -3, The Consummation,
740; Christmas Hymn, 741; Sonnet,
741; Christmas Carol, 742; Praise of

Hoary Winter, 743; Sonnet, 744; No-
vember, 744; Brennus, or the Plant-
ing of the Vine in France, 745; The
Last Poet, 746; Ada, 747; The Irish
Emigrant's Mother, 748; The Snow
Storm, 750; Father Time and his
Children, 751; A Chant for the End
of the Year, 755.

Reports from the Select Committee ap-
pointed to report the Nature and
Substance of the Laws and Ordi-
nances existing in Foreign States,
respecting the Regulation of their
Roman Catholic Subjects, &c., re-
viewed, 369.

Reviews. Breen, Henry H., The Dia-
mond Rock, and other Poems, 19;
The last Canto of Harold's Pilgrim-
age, from the French of Lamartine,
rendered into English by the Author
of the Poetry of the Earth, &c., 24;
Lelio, a Vision of Reality, Hervor,
and other Poems, by Patrick Scott,
26; Poems, Legendary and Historical,
by Edward A. Freeman and the Rev.
George W. Cox, 29; Poems, by W.
C. Bennett, 31; The Children of Na-
ture, a Poem, 33; The Ocean Mo-
narch, a Poetic Narrative, with an
Original Account, in Prose, of the
Loss of this ill-fated Vessel, by James
Henry Legg, 34; Buds and Leaves,
by Joseph Anthony, Jun., 35; Imagi-
nation, an Original Poem, by Spero,
35; University Prize Poems, by Frank
Browne, 36; Frontenac, a Poem, by
Alfred B. Street, 37; Memoirs of
William Wordsworth, Poet Laureate,
D.C.L., by Christopher Wordsworth,
D.D., 77; The Saxon in Ireland, or
the Rambles of an Englishman in
Search of a Settlement in the West
of Ireland, 113; The English Settler's
Guide through Irish Difficulties, or a
Handbook for Ireland, with reference
to present and future Prospects, 118;
Irish Industry, Women's Work, and
Women's Worth, by John Edgar, D.D.,
118; The British Officer, his Position,
Duties, Emoluments, and Privileges,
&c., by J. H. Stocqueler, 144; The
History of Pendennis, his Fortunes
and Misfortunes, his Friends and his
greatest Enemy, by William Make-
peace Thackeray, 193; The Stones
of Venice, Vol. I., The Foundations,
by John Ruskin, 253; Reports from
the Select Committee appointed to
report the Nature and Substance of
the Laws and Ordinances existing in
Foreign States, respecting the Regu-
lation of their Roman Catholic Sub-
jects in Ecclesiastical Matters, &c.,
369; Correspondence respecting the
Relations existing between Foreign
Governments and the Court of Rome,
presented to the House of Commons,

&c., 369; The Shores and Islands of
the Mediterranean, including a Visit
to the Seven Churches of Asia, by the
Rev. H. Christmas, 436; Recollec-
tions of Scenes and Institutions in
Italy and the East, by Joseph Beldam,
Esq., 436; Recollections of a Tour in
the Ionian Islands, Greece, and Con-
stantinople, by Henry Cooke, 436;
A Selection from the Poems and Dra-
matic Works of Theodor Körner,
453; Lives of the Princesses of Eng-
land, from the Norman Conquest, by
M. A. Everett Green, Vols. L., II., 472;
Memoirs of the Queens of Spain, by
Anita George, edited by Miss Julia
Pardoe, Vols. I. and II., 472; Me-
moirs of the Queens of France, by
Mrs. Forbes Bush, 472; The Lady
and the Priest, an Historical Ro-
mance, by Mrs. Maberly, 568; Eve-
rard Tunstall, A Tale of the Kaffir
Wars, by Thomas Forrester, 572;
The Daughter of Night, a Story of
the Present Time, by S. W. Fullom,
572; Madam Dorrington of the Dene,
the Story of a Life, 580; Castle De-
loraine, or, the Ruined Peer, by Maria
Priscilla Smith, 583; The Tutor's
Ward, 584; The Geological Obser-
ver, by Sir Henry T. De la Beche,
639; Elements of Geology, by Sir C.
Lyell, 639; Ancient Sea Margins, by
Robert Chambers, 639; Tracings of
the North of Europe, by Robert
Chambers, 639; Footprints of the
Creator, by Hugh Miller, 639; Han-
na's Life of Dr. Chalmers, 672; Bal-
lads, Poems, and Lyrics, Original
and Translated, by Denis Florence
M'Carthy, 708; Protective Measures
in behalf of the Established Church
considered, in a Charge to the Clergy
of the Diocese of Dublin, Glendalagh,
and Kildare, August, 1851, by Richard
Whately, D.D., Archbishop of Dub-
lin, 719; A Letter to his Grace the
Lord Archbishop of Dublin, on the
subject of the Ecclesiastical Titles
Act, and the Charge addressed to the
Clergy of Dublin, in 1851, by Lord
Monteagle, 719; England or Rome,
which shall govern Ireland? a Reply
to a Letter of Lord Monteagle, by
Joseph Napier, M.P., 734.
Ruskin, John, The Stones of Venice,
Vol. I., The Foundations, reviewed,
253.

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