FRAGMENT.

AND Ellinore hath raised her boy
From off the ground where he was playing;
She gently checks his noisy glee,

And as he bends beside her knee,

List to the words she's softly saying.

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My child, come kneel beside thy mother,
And though thou hast no father now,
Yet she will guide thee to another:
Then come, before Him learn to bow;
No earthly parent this I mean:

His love no break, no change can know;
He will not die, nor from us go;
From everlasting he hath been,
And ever must be so.

Yes, He will always be the same,
And God Almighty is his name ;
And dwelling in the heaven high,
Above yon starry canopy,

He rules the night and day;
And though he is so good and great,
He'll listen from his throne of state,

To all my boy can say.

And once, my child, for thee was given,
By God a sacrifice from heaven,

His own beloved Son;

To come upon our earth and die,
That thou, my best beloved and I,
And every living one,

Might dwell with him in heaven above-
That God of mercy and of love-
Yes, Jesus came, the Lamb of God,
To save thee from the avenging rod.
Behold Him crucified,-

And then they laid him in the grave;
But our Redeemer came to save;

And though He once hath died,

Yet Jesus Christ has risen again,
And now with God in heaven doth reign.
Then worship Him, my gentle child,
Before Him bow thy knee;

And He who once on Samuel smiled,
Will surely list to thee."

She paused—the lovely babe obeyed,
And as beside his mother fair

He knelt him down, his tresses played
A round his face, and with his hair
Her flowing hair entwined as she bent low,
To press warm kisses on his infant brow.

INSTRUCTIONS IN DRAWING.

DRAWING is a most interesting and amusing accomplishment; there is a calm and peacefulness in the employment, which soothes, and at the same time fully engages the attention; for in drawing, the imagination cannot be permitted to wander, or mistakes inevitably occur. Less brilliant and attractive in the circles of society than music, drawing is our more true and efficient friend; for the rapid evolutions of complicated harmony may be faultlessly executed, while the mind lost and absent is straying in a world of its own, building castles in the air, or retracing scenes long past of pleasure or of pain, more vividly recalled to memory by the very tones of harmony.

The human figure is the most important, as well as the most difficult subject in drawing. This study includes all the principles of the art, and when the eye is accustomed to follow, and the hand to copy faithfully the graceful forms which it presents, the other branches of this accomplishment are easily acquired.

The learner should commence by drawing straight and curved lines, upwards, downwards,

sideways, right and left, and in short in every direction, till ease and freedom of touch are acquired. It is also adviseable to draw every object very large, until quite perfected in the proper management of the pencil. Outlines of the different features may then be copied, after which the student may proceed to the entire head; drawing first a front view, then a profile, then a three-quarters, and so on.

The following is the easiest mode of keeping the regular proportions of a human head: but first it will be better to explain the meaning of a perpendicular line, a horizontal line, and an oval, all of which are most necessary in the study of drawing, and are terms of frequent use. The perpendicular line is one which crosses any object from top to bottom, and is perfectly straight. The horizontal is also quite straight, but divides the object in a contrary direction, that is from right to left. An oval is oblong, or shaped like an egg, that is, smaller at the two ends than in the middle. It may be made by drawing a perpendicular line of the proper length for the head and face, and an horizontal line across the centre of it, of the width intended for the face, and from each side of the horizontal line, draw a circular line till they meet at the perpendicular line. This being done, divide the oval into four equal parts:

1st, from the crown of the head to the top of the forehead.

2nd, from the top of the forehead to the eye. 3rd, from the eye to the bottom of the nose. 4th, from the bottom of the nose to the lower part of the chin.

At each of these regular distances, a line may be drawn, which will serve as a guide in sketching the features. The breadth of a full front face should occupy the space of five eyes. These rules cannot, of course, be followed in portrait painting, but in representing a well proportioned face they should be strictly ob