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"Oh, many are the beauteous isles,  Unknown to human eye, That, sleeping 'mid the ocean smiles,     In happy silence lie! The ship may pass them in the night, Nor sailors know what a lovely sight     Is resting on the main." The Isle of Palms.

" not tell me so! I cannot send my children from me; they are the only links between me and the past, and the only ties that bind me to the future. Care and skill"—but here Mr. Selwyn's voice became inaudible. Dr. Irvine, the physician to whom he was speaking, gave him no answer, but put back a large curtain that interrupted the view of the lawn, which stretched away from the colonnade that extended round the house. The sun was scarcely risen, and the fresh air of the morning stirred the bright branches of the many blooming and