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nymph-. Mini requested I!if hull >r of a short eon \er.xati mi " itli him. *• I :tm ‘■■mu to leave you. (oiptain I) illymjil*'." Mini l.nlv .lane. I .nil well arqu tinted with your cliaraitc r. mul I know flint you will ilo wl.atevei I a-k i f you, if it Ini reasonable ami proper Threap! uu h in ml. Mini was null'll alleeleil ; sin- pro.11•• 11 i i :i calm loin* : *' I know lint I am soon to do' ; my tiiin- n nnarly come—'ml I miii prop a ml for flu- event It is imh'i'il haul t . leave my infant rlulilren, hut I nin-1 not lepinn at tint will of heaven; ill truth, til it Moony i. past. In that trunk my woun'ii will fun! mv sliroml. ami it is my reipiest that you luiry me in tin- ileep, am! not attempt to convey my hcnlv to l'’n^lainl It woulil, perhaps, seem to mam . that I no'ylil to prefer to rest to the sepulchre of mv ancestors than to choose mv jravr in the ocean The deep will ope up its i|e nl ; the in'.ean lias no terrors I .r me. I make this request, nut to show any hardihood or iiulid'erenee ; hut I think such an example, if it Inis its proper influence, iniolit i;iKc »»s »mr <h 111 ti iirfitii udiih'ii n t\<* io ;t voyage. Tin- chance of finding a grave in the »!•■*■{» ocean, often makes up no mii.til part of their indescribable terror at emliarkingon a voy- 1 rair>* la tlie eye of philosophy it can make no - dilh'renre where the lii'snhiiiun of nature is cf fe.eted; in th- view- ol religion it is of less con sequence. The heliever sons ilowii to the chain hers of death in the glorious hopes of a resin- l lection to life eternal. I entreat you to suffer tones, the faithful frieml of my little children, to lie with them after he reaches iunglaml, as | long as lie wishes to stay with them. I have i recommended him to rnv family, and provided 1 for him in my will.” t.'apt. Dalrymple was quite overcome, and stammered out his hopes that she would get well soon ; hut promised, if she should not, to do all she required. She r:tM on turn n muivfuilv snnlo, but :»^r:nn said all li 'pi's of life wrri' over with her. Several times alter this she came on deck to gaze upon tiie lieu veils, am] to watch the mot ions of those ho llies ol light which are full of inspiration to a i nine) made up soon to wain lor among them, ami leave all things beneath the sun. Kor several evenings as she retinol, she e iresseil her chil dren as i! it were her last opportunity The chap- \ lain nmv visited her to learn lesions of uisilom ami resignaiion. and began to feel a ih light in disc ui-siug upon tie- heliever’s hopes, lie was j with her often, and the i.i-t time he lingered i longer than at anv previous visit She was re- ; counting to him a dream which w is so distinct ly fixed on Iter mind, that it seemed hi, ■ realitv Site said, that it did not simtu a dn am ; it emiid not he a dream ; and yet it could he nothing hut a dream. It was ol heaven, anil the joys of th-* tdessed. and * hi* songs at angels, The stars Were umho h o f-i t. and oi.-rhead was the gh> i v of h r \] i her and 'n rS iviopr. The wot Id she had I ft u isf.It also. far. vefy t' r. helow her, and all the hu-y tilings w. re as insects on the wing, efoss'tog each other I »r a moment, ami then sinking don n to the ,lust \.. . I,,. „ ,.n( „„ her eountenanee s,-,-m,-d (a shine, as it were, W i'h the g!o ies of a transfiguration She paus ed fir lire.ith—anil the pause was eternal._ The chaplain listened with p -infill anxietv \o sound was uttered—her pure spirit had passed aw IV The smile was still < n h r h;.s. ami nio»i! ha u iimri i1 loveliness sf ii 1 in every attire The d deistef iirow . the pencilled eve lash, and all die eha'ill' the p -inter .-v.-r gai e, ... m,| reach tin* hear en nf her face, as she appeared at 'hit moment As the fact of her death was made ku wvn on hoard the ship, there was one general hurst of grief, and all night 'nothing could be heard but the 1110:1ns of the ship's crew, so Hindi wus she loved by ;i!l of them, ami the souml of the carpenter's hammer, as he ilroi e a nail into horcollio, u Inch niaile. the interi a I more solemn and imprcs-ive. At the ;mns down of the next day's sun ail tiling were prepared for the (mieral ceremonies. V strong hox, or ra tln-r an oak sarcophagus, was made m such a maimer as to contain the hodv, with several lar"e cannon halls to sink it into the sea, with its narrow house 1 lie armourer had pre piled a silver plate, with the name and no,- ()f the deceased; for the sailors, w ho are naturally superstitious, thought that she, a saint in heaven, kmw what they were doinn. or at any rate, it eased their hearts a little to look at this rich plate themselves. AiI hands were called to at tend the bun d service | ]|i- Kpiscopalinn form is impressive when read with feeling and devo 't m. .>iin."- ami lli ■ two children wcie sobbing I>v the Mile of tin* chaplain. anil when tlie scr vice w as ended. Captain Dairy tuple grave a sign to tin- boatswain to launch tin- collin. whid) was resting on an inclined pi.mo mailo of plank, into the sea—lint not a man could stretch forth Ins li'tnil for tho purpose—all -hru k from the deed I hoy could not throw a woman into the sea_ Plie captain saw the agonies of an affectionate superstition struggling in their breasts, and he would not hi- cruel to these good follows, in any wav ; and he moved forward and slid the rotlin to the side ol the ship ; and as it plunged into the water, one cry of bitterness and distress arose Irom the bottom of every breast. The ship s band had struck up a dirge which moaned over the waters as the eotlin disappeared. The chaplain fainted and was carried to the state room, and d ines stood looking into the water, uitli both boys biding their heads in his jacket, and impairing if mother would never come hack again to see them, while he was attempting in (lie midst of sobs and sighs to soothe them by saying that the sea was no worse for a grave than tin'* land. So passed away the mortal re mains of one of the most accomplished, and lovely, and virtuous of women. lie who made Ins bed in the gra\i‘, and slumbered among the dead, can give the charms of Paradise to briny waves and ocean cells—andean turn the iron mace of the monster death to a sceptre of ever lasting hope. THE epicurean:. The Tale bv Moour, the poet, entitled Tiif. En dup i\, is commended in the I.ovd'jji Literary Gn zct!r, for being in respect to exquisite insight into human n.ihifgjt—to poetical thought and imagery in respect to grace, refinement, intellect, pathos, and sublimity, above the “ Loves of the Angels ” or any other of that author’s best works Though it Ire written in prose, the editor calls it a poem and a masterly poem. An account of the fable is thus given: U iphron, the chief of the Epicurean philosophy at Athens, heroines satiated with pleasure and hit- I man indulgence, to which he has given himself up. ! lie hecou.es discontented witti present enjoy rnents, ! at the idea of their sublunary nature—and longs for I an immortality of never-ending, stdl beginning do- i light. A strange vision in the delicious gardens of Epi curus fills the soul of Alciphron with this irresisti- i hie desire, and in search of the mysterious secret ' by which life may be prolonged, and the round of | toys be made eternal, he departs for the land of an- i cient wonders, Kgy pt, and speedily readies liie so Icniti city of Memphis. “ I announced,” tie says, “ to mv associates of the garden the intention which I had formed, to pay a Vi5lt 10 land of py ramids. To none of them did I dare to confess the vague visionary impulse that actuated me. Knowledge was the object that 1 al leged, while pleasure was that for which they gave me credit. The interests of the school, it was ap ptehended, would suller by my absence; and there wei e some tenderer ties which had still more to fear from separation. Hut for the former inconvenience a temporary remedy was provided; while the lat ter a skilful distribution of vows and sighs alleviat ed. living furnished w ith recommendatory letters to all parts of Kgynt, in the summer of the vear ~'jl, A. I). I set sail for Alexandria. To one, who extracted such sweets from every moment on land, a sea voyage, however smooth and favourable, ap peared the least agreeable mode of losing time that could be devised Often did my imagination, in passing some isle of those seas, people it with fair forms and kind hearts, to whom most willingly, if I might, would 1 have paused to pay homage. But the wind blew direct towards the land of myslei v; and, still more, I heard a voice within me whisper ing for ever ‘ On.’” At Memphis, (of which there is a noble picture) the Athenian youth, during a festival of worship of the .Moon,' sees in an extraordinary situation, and falls in love with, a priestess of Isis. The tale then proceeds:—Alctphron penetrates into a pyramid, " here he discovers Alethe, the object of his ardent inquiry. She is in a chapel, bending over a lifeless figure entombed in chrystul, w hence she raises a sil ver cross, and “ bringing it close to her lips, she kissed it w ith a religiutisfcrvourt then, turning her eyes mournfully upwards, held them fixed with an iio ;tired earnestness, as if, at that moment, in direct communion with Heaven, they saw neither roof, nor any other earthly barrier betw een the m and the skies ’’—She vanishes—and Alciphron re-enters the pyramid, when he fails into the toils of the magical priesthood of the country , from w hich Alethe final !y disenthrals him. Their escape is like all the rest ot the pyramidal scenery, of a very extraordina ry character; but at last they emerged into day — The timidity and terror of the beauteous priestess, wtit’ii, instead of one whom she had pictured to herself to be a venerable sage, she discovered that the companion of her flight was a young and noble l.rccian, is delicately painted However, they con tinue on their way; leave lake Maris, and ascend the Nile for Sais, whither Aletlie traces her way, agreeably to the dying request of her mother—the form enshrined in the chrystal tomb. It appears that Theora, the mother of Aletlie, had been in se cret a Christian, into which pure faith she had initi ated her daughter i Ins was the cause of her em bracing the offered chance of ( scape from the un hallowed precincts of Kgyptian pagan superstition; and she now seeks a holy Anchorite, near Arsinoo, for succour and protection. On her way, however, with Alciphron, she en counters the danger of falling under the dominion of an earthly nower, strong enough to contest the palm of victory even against heavenward enthusi asm. “ As they sail where the superb dotus, which