, His clasping hand,
Und ach! sein Kuss. And ah! his kiss.

Meine Ruh' ist hin, My peace is gone;
Mein Herz ist schwer, My heart is sore;
Ich finde sie nimmer I find it never
Und nimmermehr. And nevermore.

Mein Busen draengt My bosom swells
Sich nach ihm hin; Toward him when near
Ach! duerft' ich fassen Ah! might I fold
Und halten ihn! And hold him there!

Und kuessen ihn And could I kiss him
So wie ich wollt', While I may,
An seinen Kuessen Upon his kiss
Vergehen sollt'! I'd die away!

THE CONTINENTAL MONTHLY.

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The Continental Monthly has passed its experimental ordeal, and stands
firmly established in popular regard. It was started at a period when
any new literary enterprise was deemed almost foolhardy, but the
publisher believed that the time had arrived for just such a Magazine.
Fearlessly advocating the doctrine of ultimate and gradual Emancipation,
for the sake of the UNION and the WHITE MAN, it has found favor in
quarters where censure was expected, and patronage where opposition only
was looked for. While holding firmly to its _own opinions_, it has
opened its pages to POLITICAL WRITERS _of widely different views_, and
has made a feature of employing the literary labors of the _younger_
race of American writers. How much has been gained by thus giving,
practically, the fullest freedom to the expression of opinion, and by
the infusion of fresh blood into literature, has been felt from month to
month in its constantly increasing circulation.

The most eminent of our Statesmen have furnished THE CONTINENTAL many of
its political articles, and the result is, it has not given labored
essays fit only for a place in ponderous encyclopedias, but fresh,
vigorous, and practical contributions on men and things as they exist.

It will be our effort to go on in the path we have entered, and as a
guarantee of the future, we may point to the array of live and brilliant
talent which has brought so many encomiums on our Magazine. The able
political articles which have given it so much reputation will be
continued in each issue, together with the new Novel by Richard B.
Kimball, the eminent author of the 'Under-Currents of Wall-Street,' 'St,
Leger,' etc., entitled,

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