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Bruce Herald, Volume VII, Issue 640, 13 October 1874, Page 2

Select Poetry. — v: * ")<• — EVENING HYMN. How sweet the fall of eve, "When in the glowing West, The sun hath sunk to rest, Yet shining footprints on the air doth leave j While thro* the deep'ning twilight, soft and low, The fragrant evening breezes come and go ! How beautiful, when light Hath fled, and leaf and stream Rest in a quiet dream Within the curtaining shadows of the Night ; While troops of stars look down with dewy rays, And flowers droop their eyes beneath their gaze. How silent is the air ; Who would not, at such shrine, To holier thoughts incline ? The ever-tranquil night was made for prayer. On the hush'd earth, from the o'erarching sky, Doth not a solemn benediction lie ? And when the hours of night Have slowly rolled away, And the victorious day Athwart the kindling air spread arrowy light, How gloriously, as in a second Birth, Awake to radiant life the heavens ard earth ! So, when life's eve shall fall Within my peaceful breast Oh may Thy presence rest, Soft as the hush of night, Father of all ! So, from the sleep of death, with quick 'ning ray, Wake me to radiant life, Thou God of Day ! Anna Blackwell. "THE BONNIE WEE WELL ON THE BREEST O' THE BRAE.' " The bonnie wee well on the breest o' the brae, Whaur the hare slips to drink in the gloamin* so grey, Whaur the wild muirland fowl dip their nebs an' tak wings, An' the lark weets his whistle, o'er the mountin' tae sing." — Hugh Macdonald. Macdonald ! Macdonald ! this " bonnie wee well " Ye've rendered immortal as weel as yoursel', An' aft upon thee an' thy rambles I think, a a here I sit doon for a rest an' a drink. They're many, the readers thy writin' hao got, An' many a pilgrim they bring to this spot, Tae bend at thy shrine, an' tae tak a draught frae " The bonnie wee well on the breest o* the brae/ 'Tis sweet 'amang tbe beauties o* nature tae stray, When ilk thing we see is in summer array, An' sweet 'tis tae read o' the verra something* When genius describes them an' poesy sings. An' oh, they are sweet on oor am native hills, . . The wild flowers, the birds, an' the ripphng rills ; They mind me o' Hughic, who sweetly sang tae , "The bonnie wee well on the breest o the brae." Awa', ye great bards, wha in fierce fiery sang Ha'e pour'd forth the glories o' red battle ■ clang. Gae visit the scenes whaur great conquests were won, And hearts' bluid frae thousands has soken'd the grun. Far dearer tae me is the poet wha's lays Sing peaceful delights 'mang the woods and the braes, Like blithe Hugh Macdonald wha sweetly sang tae "The bonnie wee well on the breest o the brae." __. Will. Paisley. THE LAST TOAST. On« more cup ere we rise from the board Where we sit in the daylight so dim, Let the last ruddy drops of the vintage be poured, And bumper each bowl to the brim ! We drank to our Queen and our Fatherland too, While corks lay undrawn on our shelves } But this is the last, and give each one hie due, Let the last toast be this— to " Ourselves." Then, here's the last toast of the night, For we've drain'd every flask on the shelves, Get up, then, and drink it with meaning and might, And let the toaßt be— to " Ourselvea." England's Queen— we are proud, are we not, Of the deeds that ennoble this name ? And we pray that the dastardly coward be shot That ever speaks light of her fame. But queens, at the best, are but seen from afarLittle more of this earth than the elves ; Their glory comes to us like light from ft star ; But we— we are facts to Ourselves. Then, here's the last, &c. Scotland's hills of the heather and thyme Are dear to the hearts of the true, And fondly we yearn in a far away clime To bring the lov'd peaks to our view ; But chiefly they're dear from the worth of their sous — From the prince to the peasant that delve. And do we k«ow tbat this quality runs In a trifling degree in— Ourselves ? Then, here's the last, &c Robt. Wanlook. Stbanobes paying a visit to Dunedin are often at a loss to know what is the best establi«hme_t to visit for the purchase of drapery and clothing , Herbert, Haynes, and Co. effer special advantages to the public tbat can be met with nowhere else in the city. They keep at all times the largest and best assorted stock of every class of goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers and warehousemen at home, which being bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled to offer goods of such sterling value as cannot be equalled by any ctherhouse in the trade. Every article in stock is marked at a fixed price for ready money, from which no abatement is ev«f saado, so that the most inexperienced buy their goods as the same prices as the best judges. Their terms are — _ e t cash, without discount or refaction ** any kind. A fuller description, of. their stock will befo_Bdinan wvertwement o»a»othw yage Of _Jl p*s«v.->-AnvK