. The Saturday magazine . e,So lately bright with hope, is closed for ever;Struck by the blighting plague he sank,—but never Was one more fit to die. Oh, what a sudden blow!But yesterday he lived in health and now theyve hun-ied through their dreadful dutjj, And left me to my woe. Where are my friends all flown,Those friends who shared in all my hours of gladness;Comes there not one to diy the tears of sadness ? Not one :—I am alone. Father ! to thee I turn ;And though in sorrow, by the cold Avorld every dream of happiness now blighted. Not in despair I mourn ! For ther
. The Saturday magazine . e,So lately bright with hope, is closed for ever;Struck by the blighting plague he sank,—but never Was one more fit to die. Oh, what a sudden blow!But yesterday he lived in health and now theyve hun-ied through their dreadful dutjj, And left me to my woe. Where are my friends all flown,Those friends who shared in all my hours of gladness;Comes there not one to diy the tears of sadness ? Not one :—I am alone. Father ! to thee I turn ;And though in sorrow, by the cold Avorld every dream of happiness now blighted. Not in despair I mourn ! For there are realms aboveFar brighter realms, w^here grief shall have no dwelling;There will thy chosen rest, their voices swelling To praise thy endless love ! As is a moment, compared to the life of man, so is the hfeof man, compared with the continuance of tlie world ; andthe worlds continuance is but a moment, in respect ofeternity. Jersmy Taylor. 38—2 44 THE SATURDAY CAMEL AND THE DROMEDARY. [Febrttart 2,. The Camei, The Camel and the Dromedary are different speciesof the same genus; the one, the Camel, being fur-nished with two hunches, and the other possessinghut one. The species with two hunches is called theBactrian Camel, and is much larger, stouter, andshorter on its legs than the other. Its native country appears to be the warmer portion of Asia, where itis used, principally, as a beast of burden, and it is said,that some of these animals are siifficiently powerfulto carry as much as from ten to twelve hundredweight.
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