forming; railroads, canals, and locomotive-engines springing up on every side; when idlers suddenly become men of business, and dash into the game of commerce as the gambler would into the hazards of the faro-table; when he beholds the streets glittering with new equipages, palaces conjured up by the magic of speculation; tradesmen flushed with sudden success, and vying with each other in ostentatious expense; in a word, when he hears the whole community joining in the theme of "unexampled prosperity,” let him look upon the whole as a "weather-breeder," and prepare for the impending storm. THE PATIENT STORK. LORD THURLOW. MELANCHOLY bird, the long, long Thou standest by the margin of the pool, Unthrifty, to submit to moral rule, And, taught by God, dost thy Though these be good, true wisdom to impart : fear and sorrow For any one, All the fight fought, all the short jour- And, lying down at night for a last sleeping, Say in that ear Which hearkens ever: Lord, within Thy keeping How should I fear? And when to-morrow brings Thee nearer still Do Thou Thy will." |