And sweetest the golden autumn day
In silence and sunshine glides away.

Yet fair as thou art, thou shunnest to glide,
Beautiful stream, by the village side,
But windest away from haunts of men,
To quiet valley and shaded glen ;

And forest, and meadow, and slope of hill,
Around thee, are lonely, lovely, and still.
Lonely save when, by thy rippling tides,
From thicket to thicket the angler glides;
Or the simpler* comes, with basket and book,
For herbs of power on thy banks to look ;
Or, haply, some idle dreamer, like me,
To wander, and muse, and gaze on thee.
Still save the chirp of birds that feed
On the river cherry and seedy reed,
And thy own wild music gushing out
With mellow murmur or fairy shout,
From dawn to the blush of another day,
Like traveller singing along his way.

That fairy music I never hear,

Nor gaze on those waters so green and clear,
And mark them winding away from sight,
Darkened with shade or flashing with light,
While o'er them the vine to its thicket clings,
And the zephyr stoops to freshen his wings,
But I wish that fate had left me free
To wander these quiet haunts with thee,
Till the eating cares of earth should depart,
And the peace of the scene pass into my heart;
And I envy thy stream, as it glides along
Through its beautiful banks in a trance of song.

*Simpler, one who gathers herbs and plants which have healing properties in sickness.

IX. RULES FOR SUCCESS IN BUSINESS.

FAMILY MAGAZINE.

Select the kind of business that suits your natural inclination and temperament. Some men are naturally mechanics; others have a strong aversion to any thing like machinery, because they cannot comprehend it. Some men have a speculative turn; others are purely practical. Some prefer an active, others a sedentary, employment. All should select, if possible, those occupations that suit them best.

Let your pledged word ever be sacred. Never promise to do a thing without performing it with the most rigid exactness. Nothing is more valuable to a man than the reputation of being always faithful to his engagements. A strict adherence to this rule creates for a man of business a host of faithful friends who are ever ready to stand by him in trying times, and help him through difficulties in which the loose and careless find neither sympathy nor aid.

Whatever you do, do with all your might. necessary, early and late, in season and out

Work at it, if of season, not

leaving a stone unturned, and never defering for a single hour that which can just as well be done now. The old proverb is full of truth and meaning: "Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well." Many a man acquires a fortune by doing his business thoroughly, while his neighbor remains poor for life because he only half does his business. Ambition, energy, industry, and perseverance are indispensable requisites for success in business.

Sobriety. Use no intoxicating liquors of any kind. As no man can succeed in business unless he has a brain to enable him to lay his plans, and reason to guide him in their execution, so, no matter how bountifully a man may be blessed with intelligence, if his brain be heated, and his judgment warped, by intoxicating drinks, it is impossible for him to carry on business successfully. How many opportunities have passed away

never to return, while a man was sipping a "social glass" with a friend! How many a foolish bargain has been made under the influence of the wine cup! How many important chances have been put off until to-morrow, and then forever, because indulgence has thrown the system into a state of lassitude, and paralyzed the energies so essential to success in business. The use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage is as much an infatuation as is the smoking of opium by the Chinese; and the former is as destructive to the prosperity of the man of business as the latter.

Let hope predominate, but be not too visionary. Many persons are always kept poor because they are too visionary. Every project looks to them like certain success, and therefore they keep changing from one business to another, always in a hurry, always under strong excitement. The plan of "counting the chickens before they are hatched" is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age.

Do not scatter your powers. Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully until you succeed, or until you conclude to abandon it. A constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is centred on one object, his mind will continually be suggesting improvements of value, which would escape him if his thoughts were occupied by a dozen different subjects at once. Many a fortune has slipped through men's fingers by engaging in too many occupations at the same time.

Cultivate good manners. We do not mean artificial manners, or a hollow, insincere address, which has the form of politeness, but not the substance. We mean by good manners that conduct and bearing which is the result of principle, and is founded upon respect for the rights of others. A truly well-mannered man is he who is courteous to the poor as well as the rich, to the humble as well as the powerful, the plain as well as the beautiful. The man who will cringe to a wealthy capitalist is likely to be a tyrant to his own dependants; for selfishness is

the mainspring of his conduct in both cases. True politeness rests upon self-control and self-sacrifice. There are many departments of business in which a man's temper is sorely tried by the unreasonable caprices and thoughtless exactions of his customers; but his spirit must be proof against such trials, if he would be successful in his calling. Especially is it the duty of every man to treat with courtesy and kindness all those who serve him and are dependent upon him. Many a sensi-tive spirit is deeply wounded by a harsh word or an imperious tone; and many devoted and life-long attachments are formed by thoughtful and considerate kindness in little things.

X.-TO THE WEATHERCOCK ON OUR STEEPLE.

A. G. GREENE.

[Mr. Greene is a lawyer by profession, who has written several pleasing and popular pieces of poetry. He is now (1856) a resident of Providence, Rhode Island.]

THE dawn has come, the morn is up,

Another day begun,

And there thy poised and gilded spear

Is flashing in the sun;
Upon that steep and lofty tower

Where thou thy watch hast kept,

A true and faithful sentinel,

While all around thee slept.

For years, upon thee there has poured

The summer's noonday heat,

And through the long, dark, starless night,

The winter storms have beat; *

But yet thy duty has been done,

By day and night the same.

*This word should be beaten, to be grammatically correct; but such changes are permitted in poetry for the sake of the rhyme.

Still thou hast met and faced the storm, Whichever way it came.

No chilling blast in wrath has swept

Along the distant heaven,

But thou hast watched its onward course,
And instant warning given;

And when midsummer's sultry beams
Oppress all living things,

Thou dost foretell each breeze that comes
With health upon its wings.

How oft I've seen, at early dawn,
Or twilight's quiet hour,

The swallows, in their joyous glee,

Come darting round thy tower, As if with thee to hail the sun, And catch his earliest light, And offer ye the morn's salute, Or bid ye both good night.

And when around thee, or above,
No breath of air has stirred,

Thou seem'st to watch the circling flight

Of each free, happy bird,

Till, after twittering round thy head

In many a mazy track,

The whole delighted company

Have settled on thy back.

Then if, perchance, amidst their mirth,
A gentle breeze has sprung,
And prompt to mark its first approach,
Thy eager form hath swung,

I've thought I almost heard thee say,
As far aloft they flew,

"Now all away: here ends our play,

For I have work to do."