"Forego thy dreams of lettered ease, The rights of man are more than these." He set his face against the blast, Beyond the dust and smoke he saw The New Jerusalem of peace. The first to smite, the first to spare; For there was nothing base or small Forgiving all things personal, He hated only wrong to man. The old traditions of his State, The memories of her great and good, Took from his life a fresher date, And in himself embodied stood. If than Rome's tribunes statelier * A fragment of any brittle substance. Proud was he? If his presence kept None failed, at least, to reach his ear, He cherished, void of selfish ends, His state-craft was the Golden Rule; All heard his challenge, "Is it just?" Long shall the good State's annals tell, The lifted sword above her shield With jealous care shall guard his fame; The pine-tree on her ancient field To all the winds shall speak his name. O State, so passing rich before, Who now shall doubt thy highest claim? The world that counts thy jewels o'er Shall longest pause at Sumner's name. A L.-JUNE. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. ND what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; An instinct within it that reaches and towers To be some happy creature's palace : The little bird sits at his door in the sun, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings; Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away Into every bare inlet and creek and bay. No matter how barren the past may have been, The breeze comes whispering in our ear That maize has sprouted, that streams are flowing, That the robin is plastering his house hard by; Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how; 'Tis as easy now for the heart to be true Who knows whither the clouds have fled ? LI.- EULOGY ON O'CONNELL. W. H. SEWARD. WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD was born in Florida, New York, May 16, 1801; was graduated at Union College in 1819, and admitted to the bar in 1822. He died at Auburn, New York, October 10, 1872. Without neglecting his professional duties, he early engaged in politics, and in 1838 was chosen governor of New York by the Whigs, and was re-elected in 1846. In February, 1849, he was chosen to the Senate of the United States, and continued a member of that body till the election of President Lincoln, when he became a member of his Cabinet as Secretary of State. During his career in the Senate he was remarkable for the ability and consistency with which he maintained the policy and principles of the antislavery party, but he by no means confined his attention to this subject, but spoke upon a variety of questions connected with the commercial and industrial relations of the country. He was a man of patient and persevering industry, and his speeches, which were always carefully prepared, are honorably distinguished for their decorum of tone and their great literary merit. His writings have been published in four octavo volumes, with a biographical memoir and historical notes. The following extracts are from a eulogy delivered before the Irish citizens of New York, upon the life and character of Daniel O'Connell, the distinguished champion of the liberties of Ireland. This was one of his most powerful efforts, full of eloquent allusions, historic references, and touches of tender pathos and sorrow. T HERE is sad news from Genoa. An aged and weary pilgrim, who can travel no farther, passes beneath the gate of one of her ancient palaces, saying, with pious resignation, as he enters its silent chambers, "Well, it is God's will that I shall never see Rome. I am disappointed, but I am ready to die." The "superb," though fading queen of the Mediterranean holds anxious watch through ten long days over that majestic stranger's wasting frame. And now death is there, the Liberator of Ireland has sunk to rest in the cradle of Columbus. Coincidence beautiful and most sublime! It was the very day set apart by the elder daughter of the Church for prayer and sacrifice throughout the world for the children of the sacred island, perishing by famine and pestilence in their houses and in their native fields, and |