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The Nymphs' Lament For The Titans.
THE NYMPHS' LAMENT FOR THE TITANS .
Might of the earth-horn , AAliere art thou fallen ? Craft of the noblest , AVhy hast thou failed ?—Fallen the earth-born Titans when all nature Moaned in tho new supremacy of Zeus !
And a disdainful Ate-vengeance Floated about his balls , On to the amber tables Of the Elysians , Above the cloud-rack ' . But they sat and shuddered ;
Yet she came not 'Mid the ' soft-bosomed meadows AATiere fche heroes Repose eternally ! First-horn of Cronos ,
Thou may'st deck thy Heavens In rainbows 1 Bid the scented Asphodel Eeign a Avan summer , where no winter enters—But give us Earth , Earth , real , plenteous , Imperfect , dying , bounteous , Ever renewed 1
Far from the tyrannous all-consuming glory of haughty Zeus The God-absorbing God , Essential and predominant . Oive us Earth 1—Love 1 Love tho' a mortal one , and hand in hand
We Avill tread pleasant pastures , and out-myriad The stars with tender vows 1 And syllable most fervent oaths Fraught with our deepest energy and life—That may not last one moon out ? And our hot kisses
Shall be as revelations Of something which perfection cannot give , Earth-savouring , earth-imperfect ; Yet to us Worth all the sameness of a stale Olympus , Nothing is eternal but sensation . Zeus connofc touch it , elder , more original ,
Than his new generation . Look deep into mine eyes ; Avert thou a God , I could not love thee more , my mortal lover . Be ivith me always ! I ask no more ; he with me , 'tis enough . We are bufc motes in destiny , Atoms of one transcendent Avhole ,
Unoriginated ! and our joys Are to our natures Avoof and iveb 1 Endless undistinguishable threadings In an interminable Maze of being . And in the soul of each There rests a law , Dark yet untransgressible .
That winds us on the distaff of necessity , Or hinds us in the whirl-dance of our destiny : — While to our thirsty beings , Fainting , despondent , Love's imperial chalice , The deep grace-cup of forever , Freshens unfailing . Existence ends , When love is sped , Annihilation waits us . '
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COUET . —Tho Gazelle of Tuesday contains a notification that Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that her son-in-law , the Prince of Hesse , shall henceforth addressed as " His Royal Highness . " The Prince and Princess have proceeded to the continent . The Gazette also contains a touching proof of Her Majesty ' s kindness and sympathy in the appointment of the Hon . Mrs . Robert Bruce , widow of the late governor to the Prince of AA ales , to he extra bed-chamber woman to Her
Majesty . It may also he well to remind persons intending to go abroad , that the " certificates of presentation" devised to meet the inconvenience of no levees or drawing rooms being held this summer , will not be issued after tht 23 rd insfc .
IAIPEEIAI , PAELIAAIENT . —In the House ot Lords on Thursday , July 3 rd , the Highways Bill ivas considered at great length in Committee , and a number of amendments ivere introduced . Lord Borner's amended bill for the suppression of night poaching was read a second time , and ordered to be referred to a select committee . The principal clause of this measure ein- ' powers the police between the hours of sunset and eight in the morning , to search all persons suspected of being iu unlaivful
possession of game or engines for the destruction of game , and to seize any vehicle used for the conveyance ofthe suspected poachers' spoil or instruments . Several other bills were advanced a stage , and their Lordships adjourned . On Friday , ihe desirableness ot opening up a convenient route between Canada and British Columbia formed the subject of a conversation , in the course of which the Duke of Newcastle stated thafc he had no doubt the two colonies Avould willingly contribute towards
the construction of a road , which would connect our Pacific with onr Atlantic possessions . This work , it is estimated , would cost about £ 100 , 000 . On Monday , an interesting debate took place on the Italian question . The Marquis of Normandy inveighed against the alleged tyranny of the authorities iu Southern Italy , asserting that at this moment the Neapolitan prisons ivere tenanted by no fewer than 16 , 000 political offenders who were " suffering every kind of misery and wretchedness . " He also called attention to the case of Mr . Bishop , Avho ivas arrested some fcime ago , on a charge of conveying treasonable correspondence between Naples and Rome , and who has not yet
been brought to trial . Lord . Russell said he had received no information from Italy respecting the extensive arrests referred to by Lord Normanby , and expressed his confidence that the noble Marquis would find some difficulty in persuading the people of this country that the rule of Victor Emmanuel at all resembled the detestable regime Avhich it had supplanted . The most favourable accounts had reached him of the improvements which had taken lace in Southern
p Italy under the new order of things ; and as regarded the case of Mr . Bishop , that gentleman Avould be at once brought to trial . In reply to a question from Lord Brougham , the noble Earl stated that although Russia had not yet acknoAA-ledged the kingdom of Italy , the government of St . Petersburgh had commenced negotiations w-ith a view of doing so , on certain assurances being given by Italy . Prussia had taken a similar
course . Lord Ellenborough hoped the Government would , in future , leave the Italians to manage their own affairs , Avhile Lord Harrowby eloquently defended the infant State . Lord Berner's Game Law Bill passed through Committee , with several amendments , one of which extended the operation of the measure to Scotland . A proposal was made to extend it
to Ireland also , bufc this amendment Avas withdrawn , after the House was cleared for a division . -On Tuesday several measures were advanced a stage , including the hill to enable Her Majesty to carry out the recent treaty with the United States for the suppression of the slave trade—which was read a second time . Lord Derby having referred to the importance of concluding a similar treaty with France , Lord Russell stated that tho French government had declined to enter into a treaty ;
bufc he believed—so he is rather obscurely reported to have said in the telegraphic summary of the conversation—that they would offer no obstacle to the exercise of its provisions . The HOUSE OP COAIAIONS , on Thursday , July 3 , held a morning sitting , which was devoted to the Parochial Assessments Bill . Mr . Knight aetempted fco throw tlia bill out on the motion for its committal ; but , on a division , the Government obtained a majority , and tho consideration of the clauses was proceeded with . Afc the evening sitting , Mr . AVhite gave notice of his intention to move a resolution , declaring it to bo the duty of the Government to instruct onv officers in China to abstain
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The Nymphs' Lament For The Titans.
THE NYMPHS' LAMENT FOR THE TITANS .
Might of the earth-horn , AAliere art thou fallen ? Craft of the noblest , AVhy hast thou failed ?—Fallen the earth-born Titans when all nature Moaned in tho new supremacy of Zeus !
And a disdainful Ate-vengeance Floated about his balls , On to the amber tables Of the Elysians , Above the cloud-rack ' . But they sat and shuddered ;
Yet she came not 'Mid the ' soft-bosomed meadows AATiere fche heroes Repose eternally ! First-horn of Cronos ,
Thou may'st deck thy Heavens In rainbows 1 Bid the scented Asphodel Eeign a Avan summer , where no winter enters—But give us Earth , Earth , real , plenteous , Imperfect , dying , bounteous , Ever renewed 1
Far from the tyrannous all-consuming glory of haughty Zeus The God-absorbing God , Essential and predominant . Oive us Earth 1—Love 1 Love tho' a mortal one , and hand in hand
We Avill tread pleasant pastures , and out-myriad The stars with tender vows 1 And syllable most fervent oaths Fraught with our deepest energy and life—That may not last one moon out ? And our hot kisses
Shall be as revelations Of something which perfection cannot give , Earth-savouring , earth-imperfect ; Yet to us Worth all the sameness of a stale Olympus , Nothing is eternal but sensation . Zeus connofc touch it , elder , more original ,
Than his new generation . Look deep into mine eyes ; Avert thou a God , I could not love thee more , my mortal lover . Be ivith me always ! I ask no more ; he with me , 'tis enough . We are bufc motes in destiny , Atoms of one transcendent Avhole ,
Unoriginated ! and our joys Are to our natures Avoof and iveb 1 Endless undistinguishable threadings In an interminable Maze of being . And in the soul of each There rests a law , Dark yet untransgressible .
That winds us on the distaff of necessity , Or hinds us in the whirl-dance of our destiny : — While to our thirsty beings , Fainting , despondent , Love's imperial chalice , The deep grace-cup of forever , Freshens unfailing . Existence ends , When love is sped , Annihilation waits us . '
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COUET . —Tho Gazelle of Tuesday contains a notification that Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that her son-in-law , the Prince of Hesse , shall henceforth addressed as " His Royal Highness . " The Prince and Princess have proceeded to the continent . The Gazette also contains a touching proof of Her Majesty ' s kindness and sympathy in the appointment of the Hon . Mrs . Robert Bruce , widow of the late governor to the Prince of AA ales , to he extra bed-chamber woman to Her
Majesty . It may also he well to remind persons intending to go abroad , that the " certificates of presentation" devised to meet the inconvenience of no levees or drawing rooms being held this summer , will not be issued after tht 23 rd insfc .
IAIPEEIAI , PAELIAAIENT . —In the House ot Lords on Thursday , July 3 rd , the Highways Bill ivas considered at great length in Committee , and a number of amendments ivere introduced . Lord Borner's amended bill for the suppression of night poaching was read a second time , and ordered to be referred to a select committee . The principal clause of this measure ein- ' powers the police between the hours of sunset and eight in the morning , to search all persons suspected of being iu unlaivful
possession of game or engines for the destruction of game , and to seize any vehicle used for the conveyance ofthe suspected poachers' spoil or instruments . Several other bills were advanced a stage , and their Lordships adjourned . On Friday , ihe desirableness ot opening up a convenient route between Canada and British Columbia formed the subject of a conversation , in the course of which the Duke of Newcastle stated thafc he had no doubt the two colonies Avould willingly contribute towards
the construction of a road , which would connect our Pacific with onr Atlantic possessions . This work , it is estimated , would cost about £ 100 , 000 . On Monday , an interesting debate took place on the Italian question . The Marquis of Normandy inveighed against the alleged tyranny of the authorities iu Southern Italy , asserting that at this moment the Neapolitan prisons ivere tenanted by no fewer than 16 , 000 political offenders who were " suffering every kind of misery and wretchedness . " He also called attention to the case of Mr . Bishop , Avho ivas arrested some fcime ago , on a charge of conveying treasonable correspondence between Naples and Rome , and who has not yet
been brought to trial . Lord . Russell said he had received no information from Italy respecting the extensive arrests referred to by Lord Normanby , and expressed his confidence that the noble Marquis would find some difficulty in persuading the people of this country that the rule of Victor Emmanuel at all resembled the detestable regime Avhich it had supplanted . The most favourable accounts had reached him of the improvements which had taken lace in Southern
p Italy under the new order of things ; and as regarded the case of Mr . Bishop , that gentleman Avould be at once brought to trial . In reply to a question from Lord Brougham , the noble Earl stated that although Russia had not yet acknoAA-ledged the kingdom of Italy , the government of St . Petersburgh had commenced negotiations w-ith a view of doing so , on certain assurances being given by Italy . Prussia had taken a similar
course . Lord Ellenborough hoped the Government would , in future , leave the Italians to manage their own affairs , Avhile Lord Harrowby eloquently defended the infant State . Lord Berner's Game Law Bill passed through Committee , with several amendments , one of which extended the operation of the measure to Scotland . A proposal was made to extend it
to Ireland also , bufc this amendment Avas withdrawn , after the House was cleared for a division . -On Tuesday several measures were advanced a stage , including the hill to enable Her Majesty to carry out the recent treaty with the United States for the suppression of the slave trade—which was read a second time . Lord Derby having referred to the importance of concluding a similar treaty with France , Lord Russell stated that tho French government had declined to enter into a treaty ;
bufc he believed—so he is rather obscurely reported to have said in the telegraphic summary of the conversation—that they would offer no obstacle to the exercise of its provisions . The HOUSE OP COAIAIONS , on Thursday , July 3 , held a morning sitting , which was devoted to the Parochial Assessments Bill . Mr . Knight aetempted fco throw tlia bill out on the motion for its committal ; but , on a division , the Government obtained a majority , and tho consideration of the clauses was proceeded with . Afc the evening sitting , Mr . AVhite gave notice of his intention to move a resolution , declaring it to bo the duty of the Government to instruct onv officers in China to abstain