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while he trusted to have accomplished his design undis- covered.

It is needless, perhaps, to mention that the result of the elopement was gratifying to all the parties concerned, as it united Dona Constanza to her “ Velasco,” as well as to her guardian's “Don Emanuel;” and she had never reason to repent the hasty step, which, to appear. ance, was forced upon her.

THE FADED FLOWER. 2 EDWIN EDDISON,

A cutep wopt o'er a grave? Ite father’s corpse lay there; His beauteous form wan bont In ead and silent prayer. ‘A cypresa gently waved Its leaves o'er ite bow'd head: He did not hear their sound; Ha thoughts were with the dead,

On that loved spot each morn, - Breathing his soul in prayer, He pleaded Heaven's high King

To join his paront there.

‘Hix suppliant prayer was heard; He faded fast away:

Alan! s0 sweet a flower Had bloom'd but to decay.

Another cypress weeps Above that hallow'd bed;

And son with father sleeps Amidst the lonely dead!

MEMORY.

BY MRS. G. NORMAN,

‘Tae day will come when Memory lingers Sadly o'er her swoctest dream,

Weaving for aye, with fairy fingers, Semblance of joys that once have been}

And in our age we fain would see

In that vain decam, reality.

Whito waiting for that sober time, ‘With pleasure’s tempting path before us,

Gaily pass on, aor fear the ille Fast-flecting ‘Time may scatter o'er us;

But lay up Memory's joyous store

‘To glad Uie heart when young no more.

Tunssoxvrton.—In malters of great concer, and which must be done, there is no surer argument of a weak mind than iresoluttion ; to be undetermined where

the case is so plain, and the necessity so urgent.

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THE EASTERN PRINCESS.

BY MRS. AXWR yond,

Tx Princess Zelona was the most beautiful of her sex. Sho was gay as 8 bird, agile as the antelope, and tender as the dove. Her voice was like that of the bulbut, and her oyes were brighter than the stars that light the throne of the angel Amiram. She was the only daughter of a prince, who found s pleasure in gratifying her highest wishes. Her harem was ccle- brated throughout alf the east. The most beautiful gitls sang to her, incense of the costliest kind perfumed her room, the finest mustins of Decean wrapped her delicate form, and every luxury which weelth could purchase or whim suggest was collected sround her. Yet she was not happy. Amid all this magnificence she pined away, so that the lustre of her eye duily grew more dita, and the rose on her cheek faded, The Princess Zelona was to be mattied to # prince whom she hated, when ber heart wos given to another. Her destined lord was an old Rajah of immense possessions, and though her father gratified her wishes in every other respect, on this point he was inexorable, and therefore her sadness. Deeming that her dejection would soon pass away when the was a bride, the parent paid little attention to her grief, but hastened the preparations for her nuptials.

Sho sat in her bower one day, surrounded by her slaves, who each tried in turn but useleasly to assuage her sadness, In vain they sang and played to her, in vain the sound of @ coal fountain plashed on her ear, in vain they trove to entertain her with tales of love and romanee, in vain she gazed out over the bright lake that stretched beneath her apartment, and in vain she sought consolation in that neverfailing resource, hor agate- mounted hookah, she found no relief for her dejection ; 80, at length, dismissing all her attendants but one, who had been with her from childhood, she threw herself back on her cushion, and bid the other sing her an old song which they had known years before when both were young, and she was happy.

“Ah!” sighed the princess, “ how ofien have I heard Hyder sing that song in the green mountains where we were brought up together. Alas! that my father har taken mo thence and brought me here to all this state and grandeur, which E despise since I cannot share it with Hyder.”

“And why not fly from this heteful union?” timidly interposed her companion, “I have heard of such things froma the story-tellers whom we used to bear, before your father had wou this mighty kingdom, and when he was only a poor prince among the hills, such as Hyder is now.” :

« Fly!” said the princess, in astonishment, “oh! my

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