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. To run Evirox or rue Acsayy Everine Jovanan:
Dear Sir--In re-publishing the subjeined lines, you will ob-
lige one of your subscribers, and furnish a rare repast to the lov- |
ers of poetrys Et is from the Kuickervocker of 1841—montb for- |
getien—and from the pen of Wm. Pi Palmer:—
LiGgur,
. From the quickened womb of the primal gloom,
The suo rolled back and bar .
Till E wove him a vest for his Ethiop breast,
Of the threads of my goldea bair—
And when the broad ea of the firmament
Arose on its airy ¢
I pencilled the hue of the maichless blue
Aad spangled it round with stare.
I pointed the flowers in Eden’ bowers,
Aad their leaves of liviog gr
And mine were the dyes i ia the sinless eyes
Of Eden's virgin qe
And when the fiend vbarte on va her trustful heart ©
{Lad fastened his mortal spell,
In the slivery sphere of the first born tear,
To the wembling earth I fell.
. When the woes that burst o'er a world accurst,
‘Their work of wrath bad epreai
And ihe Ark’s owa few, the tried and true,
Came forth among the dea
With the wondrous gleams of my braided beams,
I bade their terrorscease—
AsI wrote onthe roll of the storm's dark scroll,
God's covenant of peace.
I waken the flowers in the dew spangled towers,
And the birds in their chambers of green,
And mountaia and plain glow with beauty again,
As they bask in my matinal sheen--.
Nay the flower of the waste by my love
the rose inthe garden sf kings—
At the chrysalis bier of the worm I appear,
ud lo! the batterfly’s wings.
y embraced,
. The desolate morn like a mourner forlora,
Conceals all the pride of her charms, fer
‘Till [ bid the bright bours chase the night from bis bow-
‘ And lead he young day to her arms-—
+ * Aad when the gny rover seeks Eve for bis lover,
Ad sinks to her balmy repose, :
I wrap their soft rest by the zephyr fanned weat,
fa curtains of amber aod rose.
Equal favor I show to the high and the low,
Ou the just and vojust I descend, [tea
: E'en the bliad whose vain spheres roll in darkness and
Feel my smile the best smile of a friend—
O if such the glad worth of my presence to earth,
Though fitfal and fleeting the while,
That joy must rest on the home of the blest,
_. Ever bright with the Deity’s smile.
MOUNT MELLERAY ABBEY, COUNTY
WATERFORD.
“The following sketch of this celebrated insthution wit be in-
feresting, we trusi, 10 our numerous readers. It is prefaced
with a tort accowat of the beausital and attractive eceaery of
the Blackwater :—
co Carroguin, Oct. 21, 1813.
{ lefi Cork this morning, at eight o’clock, by the Youghal
eoach, and reached Youghal just as Sir Richard Nuxgrave’s
sieewer, the Star, had the sieam up, and was. ia readivesa to
wer un its course to Cappoquin. The steamer was not crowd-
ylhere were very many on board, among whom was Sir
Fecheed Musgrave, who showed great attention to such of the
passengers as were strangers lo the enchanting scenery of the
Blackweter, by indicating the names of the several residences
which. tud the chequered banks of that charming river, and
giving every otber ioteresting information which it was in his
power to convey. Ordnance sutvey maps of the river were on
boasd, aod were ‘mo ueeful in showing the couree of the river,
the neture of the ivland couatry bordering ite banks, end the
quality, ad perbaps the quantity of ground contained in each
pork and demesne, by which we passed, One of the residences
more particularly atiraclive was that of Mr. Smith, of Baltin-
trea, brother to the Princess of Copua, a piace which cannot |
ne surpaseed in vatiety and beauty, preseniing every possible
feature catculated to delight wood | water, hill, dale, parks
theonged with deer, the ruins of anal .&e. , Strancaliy Cas- |
tla is also a noble boilding i in the eee atyle, pot at ail sv
gigantic io proporiion as that of Lord d Kingsion's ‘a, at Mitchels-"!
town, of so Jetge ag that of Lord Lisi Shenbally, but’
worthy of the dwelling of a aobleman;, whilst the grounds about
it are admirably laid out, and quite in keeping with the castle
ineelf,. Dromana, the residence of Lord Sivart De Decies,
claims atiection, not only for the associations connected with the
struggle of 1826, in which the then Henry Villiers Stuart was
the successful candidate, oa the Catboli¢ interest, over -Lord
George Beresford, ox on Abe ald Orange ascendancy interest, and
YORK, SATU
‘ Truth ts powerful and will prevail.
DAY,
[x which was the result of one of the most memorable elections on
record——but for its singularly beautiful demesne, which is justly
| considered one of the pst. attractive and varied in the suurh of
| Ireland. Smith, in his history of Waterford, says that the Earl
of Grandison obtained a large premium fiom the Lrish parlia-
ment for planting and improving Dromana, and that the trees
which he put dowa amounted to several thousands. Smith also
describes Dromana: house as built upon the summit of a precipi-
tous rock overhanging the river—and having rather a terrible
effect—the description i is correct as to the situation of the house,
but the effect is removed, or rather rendered particularly picture
esque, from the fact that the ‘rack oa which it is perched is
thickly studded with trees, and gives to the house quite an in-
teresting appearance. Toureen, the residence of Sir Richard
Morgravesis an antiquated building, in the Elizabethian style—
large and commodions, with demesne, and in every respect
beautiful... The views of the Knockmealdown aod Commeragh
mountains, as they break upon you at the turn of the river near
Villierstowo, are grand in the exireme. Tbe Knockmealdown
mountains, with one or two exceptions, are the highest in Ire-
jaod ; aod as they are seen for the first time from this poiat, in
all their majesty, and clothed in all the * enchamment" which
“distance lendsto the view,” the effect is exceedingly fine, and
such as to suggest the almost une impossibility of discovering
scenery, forsv much, in any par world, equal io that of
the Blackwater. e tenery on the river a ho exteeinely
attractive, and almost peculiar in itself. It is much to be de-
plored that no guide to the Blackwater has been published. [
understand that the desideratum is about to be supplied, and it
isto be hoped that it will make is appearance before tbe next
season. Smith's History of Waterford is the only book in which
any account is given that m et be considered a guide—but the
length of time—a century—which has intervened since that his-
tory was written, and the many mutations and improvements
which have been made since then, as well aa the circumstance
that Smith’s bistory i is nearly out of print, reader it almost use-
less for present purposes. We are inundated with accounts of
DECEMBER 9, 1843.
re the rear,
{ Omice, No. 70 Bazora
ir .
NO. 4 49.
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perform. ., Several cheerful and well-dressed litle boys were:
blythely tripping bome from the Abbey-school, with satchelson
their shoulders, and as merry and gs bright-faced as if they were
the sons of Irish kings. - They freely answered every question
respecting their studies, and even ia that apparently wild and ~
inhospitable region, they exhibited a quickness of perception aod *
an ease of gracetulzess of manner, which are not always met.
with in the crowded 1 city. inchildren of the sameclass. The. .
nearer you approach the Abbey the more apparent becomes the
symptoms of improvement. The land, in fact, eppeara to be a.
hich loam, covered with a fine luxuriant grass, where the mea-
dow has been cut; with good crops of rye, where the ecythe has
vot been applied; and with an abundance of potatoe-blossoms, »
where the potatoes have not been dug. —_ It is wonderful what
has been effected since 1832, when the Very Rev. Dr. Ryan,-
now the mitred Abbot of Melleray, with bis thea few followers, ;
afier having been expelled from France, took up his abode on =
this cheerless mountain. We are told that the island of Maha,
was a barren rock, until soil had been conveyed to, and placed °
upon it, from the neighboring shores of Tvaly. That,Meileray
was a barren spot, there is pot the most distant doubt, because *
the speaking evidence of the fact are abundanily extant; but
that 1t has been changed is also equally doubiless—and that this:
changes owing to the labor, theindefaiigable labor of the monks, -
is conclusively certain. It should be observed, however, thatthe !
cold nature of the soil ie not always friendly to the culture of |
crops—'bat wheat dues not thrive here—that cats do not yield a
fair returo for the expense incurred in sowing them, and that po- -
tatoes are oot always of that dry, mealy, ou: ritive quality which ~
makes them acceptable as human food. be soil is paturally ‘
cold and damp; but Breat thiogs have been done in the teeth of ..
every obstacle. An example bas been set which it were well «
if the governrnent followed, and instead of draughting off the,
bone and sinew of the populatioa by the unprosactive process of
emigration, if it expended money and gave emplo: ‘ou in re=
claiming the wastes of Ireland, inalensbl benefit would be .
achieved, and a grateful return would be givea. For this, how- ,
Killurney, some of which are sorry affairs enough—but the
Blackwater bas never bad a literary painter—it shall have one,
we are told; and perhaps it would be o0 harm to include those
many places of interest in the interior, but not far distant from
it, of the counties of Waterford, Cork, ond ‘Tipperary, which
just now are only known to the * natives,” or a few siray irav-
ellers. The lakes of the county Waierford are well worthy of
a visit, as are also the mountains. The caves of Mitchelsiown
are also interesting to the admirer of nature's wonders; and,
though unlike Avernus in descent, the difficulty being irksome,
one is amply repaid for his toil the moment he feasis his eyes
on the coruscations of stalagmiveéfand stalactites which sparkle
in the light of numeraus candles below, and which pre-ent every
imaginable form to the fancy of the visitor. It is an interesting
fact in the statistics of this locality that, though the Star hav
been but five or six months, if so lung, on the Blackwater, it bas
created a great demaud for jaunting-cars and gingles in Coppo-
quin. . Heretofore it was almost an impossibility to procure a
mode of conveyance from this to any of the neighbouring placee,
but now there are no leas than twelve or fourteen gingtes, and it
ta almost certain that the number will be doubled in the ensuing
season. It is also gratifying to observe that the impedimenis
which presented themselves toihe navigation of the Blackwaier
are being daily removed—tbat is, so far asa arrow, Bel elfish pre-
judice has been enlisted against ihe truly patriotic exercions of
Sir Richard Musgrave. The Biackwater was navigable to
Fermoy and Mallow ‘upwards of a buadred years ago; but that
pulicy which, afer destroying the commerce of the-couatry,
jeactificed usefulness to pleasure, dammed up the current of this
eaviitl river with bumerous salmon loops and weirs, and fish-
ing ‘places, which at this day only serve ihe private ‘purposes
or tastes of a few monopolista, whilst they greatly interfere with,
the navigation.” Public opinion is setting in an irresistible cur-
rent against this system, and with such a leader as Sir Richard
Musgrave there can be no doubt of success, The inhabitants
slong the banks are interesied—ihe inhabitants of Youghal,
Cappoquin, Lismore, Tallow, Mallow, &e,, are very deeply
concerned in the matter, and it ie useless what monopolisis say,
they should bestir ..bemselves, and not lose sight of the attain-
ment of an obvious advantage. Having arrived here, I fost no
lime in proceeding to
TRE ABBEY, :
which, by the new road, is situated about three Irish mites from
the town, but to which there is, from the pedestrian, a ‘ebort
cut,” by Belmont, the residence of Sir Richard Keene, lord of
the soil, and through which the old road wended its way over
a pretty high bill, The day was besuiiful, and tbe first glimpse
of the Abbey, siiuated at the, base of the lofty, noble range of |
jthe Kaockmealdown mountaiis, coueasted very etrikingly and
j agreeably with the desolate aepect of, the surrounding country.
The grounds immediately about the Abbey, indicated. even Bt
a distance, the careful band of assiduous indusiry. © Whilst all
around them'was black, rocky, barren, and appareatly irrecinim-
‘able, the lands on which the monks had expended. and wereex-
pending their incessant toil fooked Rreen and biight, and fertile,
and bore comparisoa to strongly than the oasia of
Ammon—as mentioned by Quintus ‘Carte 4 in his Third Boo’
and in its gladsome beauty gave the strongest rebuke to “hove
who ignorantly and stupidly rail at * monkish idleness” —litile
“Appreciating the ever-wokeful energy by which the humble io-
mate of the cellis characterised i in every duty aia to bim to
ever, we mest, we suppose, wait till the establishment of the leg- =
isiative independence of our country, which will not be as dis-
tant'es many among usimagine. I arrived atthe Abbey about
haif-past three o'clock. he avenues to it were occupied by ©
poor men, women and children, who were feasting on the boun-
ty of the mooks, aad who instantly showed to what uses the
charity of monasteries was converted in by-gone times, when
and scarcely any destitution,. These poor people seemed to
wayfarera, and prayed hearty blessings on their benefactors for;
the kind attention which they received. ‘as met, as all visi-.
tors are, at the dour which leads, by a barrow parlor, by two of |,
the brethrea dressed in the dark brown habit of the Cisterion or-.,
der, with black Ieathern girdle and cow! of the same wateriat as ,
the habit. There was nothing of that sombre melencholy about -
them, which moudlio sentamentalists are so fond of attributing ,
to monks, and which form the text of so many nonsensical dia-
tribes with wench the oldea and moderns novels are stuffed ad .
nauseam. were gay, and ‘ad ¢ ev dently seen the world-— |
of each of them could with truth ai:
” Qui mores hominum rmultorsea videt et urbes.
,
were at once at home with them. There are several of the io-
mates with whom I have beea long acqbainted.. My vensrable
friend the Abbot, I reqretied 10 bear, weeaeoitt that I could not °
see hiro—my much revered friend the Prior, bowever inwantly *
came to me and showed me through the Abbey. .. ‘Thoug' gh be
has not been beyvad the Abbey grounds for the last four years,
he looks as well, and enjoys a6 full a Bow. of spirits, as ifbe bad » .
been miogling all the timeia, »
~ Tho festive halls of gay delight.” .
It fs iwpossible to express the satisfaction and Pieavare Texperienced |
with visit. Some years have elapsed a:
Revd] De. Abraham, Bishop of Vater rd and Lism
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venerable and aniversally Tecected dioces. ek Right Tera De ‘
‘oran, and to the Very 5 -»the zealaus and exem~ _
plary pastor of Lismore, is the eredit chiefly due of having this cousty
‘ichard Keane, doabtles
ing of praise for the bospitable facilities which he afford
it was oot,
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sotisfactory to those interested. ‘To the gene!
farmers and peasantry of the neighbourhood is
warmth of theit reception of the desolate mo:
a since, it would not ouly be didicult, but itmay beaddedy impossible
the monks t 0. proceed with and
time were freely given;
of the Abbey. My good friend the Prior accompanied
mot Opportane time, It more than realized | at batt had heard of ia
‘there was no poor-law and less of menticarey, than al present,
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They hod the easy, graceful menners of gentlemen, and you a
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oo, to slate that fo fe late Right -