n then,
Like that proud Roman exile, musing o'er
The dust of fallen Carthage, I shall stand,
Myself a solemn wreck, calm and unmoved
Among the ruins of the works of God.
And my last look shall be a look of triumph
O'er the fallen pillars of the deep and sky;
The wreck of nature by my deeds prepared--
Deeds--which o'erpay the power of Destiny.

_Blackwood's Magazine._

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THE GATHERER.

"A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles."

SHAKSPEARE.

ON A PICTURE OF HERO AND LEANDER.

_By T. Hood_.

Why, Lover, why
Such a water-rover?
Would she love thee more
For coming _half seas over_?

Why, Lady, why
So in love with dipping?
Must a lad of _Greece_
Come all over _dripping_?

Why, Cupid, why
Make the passage brighter?
Were not any boat
Better than a _lighter_?

Why, Maiden, why
So intrusive standing?
Must thou be on the stair,
When he's on the _landing_?

_The Gem._

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On a tombstone in the churchyard of Christchurch, Hants, is the
following curious inscription, which I copied on the spot. Perhaps some
of your numerous readers can explain the same:--

WE WERE NOT SLAYNE BVT RAYSD
RAYSD NOT TO LIFE
BVT TO BE BVRIED TWICE
BY MEN OF STRIFE

WHAT REST COVLD'TH LIVING HAVE
WHEN DEAD HAD NONE
AGREE AMONGST YOV
HERE WE TEN ARE ONE
HEN: ROGERS DIED APRILL 17, 1641.
I R.

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EPICURISM.

Thomas a Becket gave five pounds, equivalent to seventy-five pounds of
the present money, for a dish of eels.

HALBERT H.

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A famous scholar of the last century, when a boy, was exceedingly fond
of the Greek language, and after he had been a short time at school, had
acquired so much of the sound of the language, that when at home at
dinner one day his father said, "Shall you not be glad, Harry, when you
can tell me the names of every dish on the table in Greek?" "Yes," said
he; "but I think I know what it must be." "Do you?" said the father;
"what do you know about Greek?"--"Nothing," said the boy; "but I think I
can guess from the sound of it what it would be." "Well, say then," said
the father. He quickly replied, "Shouldromoton, alphagous, pasti-
venizon." It appears the dinner consisted of a shoulder of mutton, half
a goose, and