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 The fallowing Parody on Lord Byron's well-known lines " Weep daughter of a Royal line," was written on his lordship's unfortunate domestic misfortunes, and addressed to his infant daughter:

Weep, daughter of a noble line, A sire's disgrace, his fame's decay;

Ah ! happy if each tear of thine Could wash a father's fault away.

Weep—for thy tears are virtue's tears, Shed for a parent's wanton wiles,

And be each drop in future years, Repaid thee by a mother's smiles.

THE COMEDY OF LIFE.

The world is the stage; men are the actors; the events of life form the piece; fortune distributes the parts; religion governs the performance; philosophers are the spectators; the opulent occupy the boxes; the powerful the amphitheatre; and the pit is for the unfortunate; the disappointed snuff the candles; folly composes the music; and time draws the curtain.

Thou knowest that when we fight to save our country, we fight the cause of heaven; the man who falls, falls hallowed, falls a victim to the Gods for them, and to their altars. Mason.