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 46 THE ORNAMENTAL ARTIST, & c.

SONG.

THERE was a bright and sunny time

When every hope was gay;

But the vision's gone, and each fairy dream Has floated far away!

There was a time when I believed She whom I lov'd was true:

I twined her roses-flowers she gave, But ah! her flowers were rue.

There was a time, when I was glad, And joined the festive scene; Now all is gone, and nought remains To trace where joy has been.

I am forgotten though her form In Fashion's hall still dwells: No one is there to name my name, And none my anguish tells.

She may seem happy-may seem gay, But who knows what she feels? Can hearts be read? -There is a grief No balsam ever heals.

What though I pass, as all things must, And join the silent dead; Her faithless heart no joy can know, Its peace, for e'er is fled.

TO THE WINDS.

GIVE me a voice like yours, ye winds, to woo The virgin flowers with Spring's unwritten song; Or moan o'er buried loveliness, as through The prison bars of night, ye sweep along:

Or where ye, in your vengeance, stoop to strew Earth with your wrecks, to mingle with the throng Of spirits who lift up their shout of joy, And glory in your license to destroy!

I envy you your freedom. I would trip Over the mountain swifter than the night.

I would go forth with every dawn, to sip Dews from their morning refuge, ere their flight. I would rest on the unconscious maiden's lip, And who should spurn the arrogated right; Or press the ringlets of the coyest fair,

Whose cheek would burn to know that I was there.

I envy you your fleetness. I would see Once more the world at old Wachuset's feet, As, in youth's first unwasted ecstacy,

I look'd in wonder, from your rocky seat, On all my native hills, broad, green, and free,

And I would break to waves the silvery sheet, Whose waters bore me, ere I learn'd the strife Which troubles all the waters of my life.

THE ORNAMENTAL ARTIST.

GLASS BASKETS.

Baskets in a variety of elegant forms, adapted both for use and ornament, may be constructed of glass, riband, & c. on the same principles as boxes. To describe, or even enumerate all the shapes in which glass baskets are made, would be needless, and encroach upon our limits: they admit of almost every combination of figure, and afford a good opportunity for the display of taste and elegance in their construction. We shall offer a few select patterns only, which may be copied with advantage; and various improvements may be made upon each of them, before any decidedly new combinations of form are attempted.

For the first shape which occurs to us, the following pieces of glass are to be procured:-A front and back, matching exactly with each other, as a, fig. 1; two ends, as b, the sides of which must be of the same length as the two lower sides of the back and front, represented in dotted lines ( Fig. 1, a; ) an oblong piece for the bottom, the sides of which must be equal to the lower edges of the front and back, and its ends equal to those of b; and two other oblong pieces for the covers, the sides of which must be of the same length as each of the upper edges of the front and back, a; and their ends equal to those of the side pieces, b. The front, back, sides, and bottom of the box are to be fastened together by means of narrow

riband, in the same manner as the different parts of glass boxes; a piece of stout wire, covered with silk, is then to be fixed by its ends from the upper point of the back to the upper part of the front; and to this wire the two covers, c, after being neatly bound with riband, are to be fastened by the upper corners of their binding, either with hinges of strong silk or fine tough wire. The handle may be made of pasteboard, strengthened with wire, covered with silk, and sewn by its ends to the upper points of the back and front. 2

The interior of the basket may be lined with puffed silk and wadding, or in any other manner that fancy may dictate; all the edges of the lower part of the basket, the covers, and the handle, should then be furnished with fringed riband, or fringed silk, tacked to the binding; and if the glass be plain, a fine medallion, encircled by a wreath of roses, & c. in wax, or rice paper, or a fine bouquet of flowers only, may be gummed to the centre of the front and back pieces ( Fig. 2. ) Transparent glass may also be used, and the interior parts decorated with paintings on velvet;. or the various pieces which compose the basket may be formed of painted, instead of transparent or plain ground glass. The edges and handle may also be ornamented in a variety of modes, and with various neat and elegant trimmings.