And, Benedick, love on, I will requite thee; And Benedick, on his part, is equally sincere in his repentance with equal reason, after he has heard the grey-beard, Leonato, and his friend, Monsieur Love," discourse of the desperate state of his supposed enamorata. The beauty of all this arises from the characters of the persons so entrapped. Benedick is a professed and staunch enemy to marriage, and gives very plausible reasons for the faith that is in him. And as to Beatrice, she persecutes him all day with her jests; she not only turns him, but all other things, into jest, and is proof against every thing serious. These were happy materials for Shakspeare to work on, and he has made a happy use of them. Perhaps that middle point of comedy was never more nicely hit in which the ludicrous blends with the tender, and our follies, turning round against themselves in support of our affections, retain nothing but their humanity. THE CHILD'S DIRGE. BY REGINALD AUGUSTINE. The lovely child is dead! And all his innocent thoughts, like rose-leaves, scatter'd; Professor Wilson. Oh, deeply shall the wail arise from streams, and flowers, and bees, And the birds, whose sunny winglets gleam like gems amid the trees; The Child, within whose smile was love, from our calm home is gone, And the scenes, that to his mirth replied, are desolate and lone. Where sleepeth now the melody his lips oft lov'd to swell, Entrancing as the syren tone of music's sweetest shell ? The eyes, the clear and dove-like eyes, that beam'd with holy bliss, And the soft cheeks that dimpled up to meet their mother's kiss. He was a phantom of the woods! as wandering angels fair, When clouds seem like resplendent isles amid the chrystal air; A meet companion for the thrush, a form with life and tone, But the scenes, that to his mirth replied, are desolate and lone. The woods, in Summer's lucid glow as fervently rejoice, And the scenes we often trac'd with thee are desolate and lone. Thou wert a type of man, sweet child, ere passions, most in tense, Wean'd from his proud unshrinking heart the dreams of inno cence ! Thou wert a flower as bright as in earth's wilderness can be, When, in yon heaven, our spirits shall triumphantly unite! WHY I WEEP? Ask me not, Rosa, why I weep, For love like mine, my heart must keep In purest sanctity. Nor ask me why I look so sad, When once I seem'd so gay? 'Tis true, indeed, I once was glad, The lily and the rose will fade, Love such as mine can never sleep, I would not seek to wound thy breast, But thou alone canst make me blest, J. W. BLEADEN. ALLITERATION ARTFULLY APPLIED. AN AMOROUS ARTIFICE. Adored and Angelic Amelia,-Accept An Ardent And Artless Amorist's Affections; Alleviate An Anguished Admirer's Alarms, And Answer An Amorous Applicant's Avowed Ardor. Ah! Amelia! All Appears An Awful Aspect-Ambition, Avarice, And Arrogance, Alas! Are Attractive Allurements, And Abase An Ardent Attachment. Appease an Aching And Affectionate Adorer's Alarms, And Anon Ac knowledge Affianced Alfred's Alliance As Agreeable And Acceptable. Anxiously Awaiting An Affectionate And Affirmative Answer, Accept An Ardent Admirer's Aching Adieu. ALFRED. SOLUTIONS TO MY LAST CONUNDRUMS. 35. Because it is half stuff. 36. His coachman. 37. The road. 38. Snuff the candle. 39. Because it is built by a Wren. 40. Because there's no Jews (juice) like it. BILLY BLACK. THE LADIES' TOILET. FASHIONS REPResented in the Engravings. WALKING DRESS.A round dress of sage-leaf-green levantine, with a very broad hem round the border, trimmed next the shoe with a row of fine white lace, set on straight: the body fastens behind, is made quite plain, fitting tight to the shape; and over it is worn a double pelerine collar of embroidered muslin, edged with lace of a Vandyke pattern: the sleeves are en gigot, terminating by a cuff, and lace ruffles next the hand. The bonnet is the same color as the pelisse, and is trimmed with pink-striped gauze ribbon. A reticule of blue satin, and a parasol of white sarcenet, with a sage-leaf-green fringe, complete this costume. BALL-DRESS. Over a white satin slip, a dress of apricotcolored crêpe Aerophane; two flounces, scallopped at the edges, ornament the border, the scallops finished by three rows of dark purple or apricot-colored satin, in bias-rouleau binding, and the upper flounce surmounted by three narrow dark purple or apricot-colored satin rouleaux: the sleeves short, and very full, with cleft mancherons: the body is made plain, and over it are Iberian bracers of apricot-colored satin, with a belt of the same, encircling the waist, finished by a rosette behind, with very short ends. The hair arranged in light curls next the face, and bows of hair on the summit of the head, ornamented by a wreath of large full-blown Provence roses. CURSORY REMARKS ON THE LAST NEW FASHIONS. Every public spectacle, particularly the different exhibitions of paintings in the morning, with the early concert, and the Italian Opera, and music meetings in the evening, are crowded with fashionables: the streets are thronged with splendid carriages belonging to the nobility and wealthy gentry, and both the west and the east ends of our unrivalled metropolis present a magnificent scene to the eye of taste and observation. Pelisses of gros de Naples, in colors light and delicate, but not glaring, seem much in favor for out-door costume, as are shawls of the most flexible Cachemire, and scarfs of spring colored light silks, beautifully variegated. Muslin pelerine tippets, also, very large, forming almost a little mantelet, are much in favor, and increase in requisition as the Summer weather advances; they are either embroidered exquisitely in feather-stitch, or trimmed round with a very fine broad lace. The bonnets, of a material worn last summer, in imitation of Leghorn, have again appeared this spring; their shape is becoming, short at the ears; and while some tie closely down with the strings, others fasten by a mentonniere of blond, and the ribbon is in a very long loop; the trimming, however, both of these bonnets or of the real Leghorn, is truly simple and well appropriated to the morning walk: a white bonnet of watered gros de Naples, elegantly ornamented with scrolls, and bows of the same, edged with blond, is a prevalent head-covering at the morning lounges and public walks. White crape bonnets are often seen in carriages; these are trimmed with bows on the crown, of white and colored crape; the loops of these bows are enormous. The hat, called the Lavinia, or gleaner's hat, is again in request; they require a pretty and youthful face, as, from their size, they must be placed very backward; the few which have been seen are of fine straw, or white chip. A very pretty bonnet of blue gros des Indes, trimmed with the same, and the ornaments bound with canary-yellow satin, has been much admired; as is one of lavender, variegated by etherial blue satin rouleaux, in the same shape and the same style of trimming; it is not unlike in shape to the French bonnet-hat, so much in favor last The frightful stiffening at the top of the present enormouslywide sleeves is now, we are pleased to say, entirely lain aside by every female who has the least pretentions to good taste; those sleeves, called a la Mameluke, now fall down from the shoulders in all their amplitude; and such is our reconcilement to fashion, that, on a fine figure, we think they do not appear ungraceful. Chintzes are much worn; they are in various patterns; and it is impossible to speak decidedly on which is most preferred, either plaided, striped, or flowered, though we may individually prefer the latter, because the colors and designs are so extremely rich and beautiful; yet we find, from our observations, that the plaids seem to be regarded as most genteel: to speak the real truth, costly as these dresses L. 29. 1. I |