Sonnets and love-songs, and Irene; a memoir . hip prepared to sail,A friendly breeze sprang up to aid its course;And when they proved the maidenregardless of their messmates wi^nt to bear her off by force. 168 SONNETS AND LOVE SONGS. They sought the chosen arbor,and there upon the swardThe chieftain and his trembling charge were foundHis arms were round about her —a loved—a loving guard—But one alas that soon must shield the ground. For as the sailors seized her,his fair—his Spirit bride,The chieftain drew a weapon in her aid ;But overpowered by numbersthey stabbed him till he died,De
Sonnets and love-songs, and Irene; a memoir . hip prepared to sail,A friendly breeze sprang up to aid its course;And when they proved the maidenregardless of their messmates wi^nt to bear her off by force. 168 SONNETS AND LOVE SONGS. They sought the chosen arbor,and there upon the swardThe chieftain and his trembling charge were foundHis arms were round about her —a loved—a loving guard—But one alas that soon must shield the ground. For as the sailors seized her,his fair—his Spirit bride,The chieftain drew a weapon in her aid ;But overpowered by numbersthey stabbed him till he died,Despite the frantic pleadings of the maid. And now all hope was over,her guardian had been slain ;And slain while fighting manfully for her;How could she ever leave him,with those who were her bane,As well as bane of him no more to stir ? She could not nor she would not,so grasping quick as thought,The dagger that had taen her lovers life :She plunged it in her bosom,and fell where he had fought:In death to be his true and loving SONNETS AND LOVE SONGS. 16D THE STRANGE MUSICIAN. A Story of Mount Royal. ADVERTISEMENT. Whoever has visited Mount Royal, the beautiful heightfrom which the surrounding city of Montreal takes itsname, will hardly wonder at its being the resort of fairiesand genii. I have traveled for eleven years and have seenmany of the cities of both the old and new world yet in allmy wanderings 1 have only seen one city—Edinburgh—thatmight pretend to so great a natural attraction within itsbounds. This fact is indeed so obvious that the timeapproaches when not to have seen Mount Royal will argue aman untraveled. I need not teU Canadians that **sugar wood is the nameusually applied to a grove of sugar mrples by the farmerswho tap the trees. Maples in their artistically shapedleaves, thick, bushy foliage, and ever-changing colors, areperhaps of all trees the most ornamentaL The sun from out a Summer sky Sent forth its sultry heat;Soft fleecy clouds cr
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