. The Maple-leaf, or Canadian annual : a literary souvenir for 1849. here, the holy words to say. That bind fond hearts and willing hands for ever and for aye; And the merry groomsman whispereth in the bridesmaids listening ear The half-in-earnest prophecy that maidens like to hear; And she gazeth down upon the ground, half pleased and half perplexd, And asketh of her fluttering heart, Will it be my turn next? The solemn bells are ringing out a mournful tone and slow,And bright eyes dim, and fond hearts ache to hear the note of woe;And slowly through the old church porch press in a mourning tr
. The Maple-leaf, or Canadian annual : a literary souvenir for 1849. here, the holy words to say. That bind fond hearts and willing hands for ever and for aye; And the merry groomsman whispereth in the bridesmaids listening ear The half-in-earnest prophecy that maidens like to hear; And she gazeth down upon the ground, half pleased and half perplexd, And asketh of her fluttering heart, Will it be my turn next? The solemn bells are ringing out a mournful tone and slow,And bright eyes dim, and fond hearts ache to hear the note of woe;And slowly through the old church porch press in a mourning train,Bearing the corpse to that long rest that none may break the white-robed priest is standing there, and the solemn words are said. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, above the clay-cold the weeping friends are silent all—such sorrow cannot speak—And there s one, whose eyes are tearless, tho the crushed heart fain would break-Aye, gaze upon the mournful scene, oh ! spirit worn and take the awful question home, Will it be my turn next ?. <?•- « ^:?(Biir»vwwar-« A STORY OF BETHLEHEM. It chanced on a Friday of the month of April, in the year of our Lord thirty-three,that an aged man was slowly ascending the hill, on the ridge of which the city ofBethlehem is situated. His worn, dust-soiled raiment indicated that he had been forsome time a wayfarer; and it was equally plain, from the fashion of his garb, that hehad journeyed from some far-distant land—most probably the country of appeared, however, tliat the scenery around him was by no means beheld for thefirst time. On the contrary, he surveyed the leading features of the landscape, withthe fond interest of one who had been familial- with them in by-gone years ; and thetears which began to course down his furrowed cheek, demonstrated tliat old eventsand early associations were fast being reproduced from the unfathomable store-houseof memory. In particular he looked with fond i
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