The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 366, April 18, 1829

LOVE

Love reigns the lord of every mortal heart;He wounds the beggar, wounds the king,And is the fairest, falsest thing,That e'er excited joy, or bade a bosom smart.Light as the wind, rough as the wave,He's both a tyrant and a slave;A fire that freezes, and a frost that's hot,A bitter sweet, a luscious sour,Wretched is he who knows his pow'r,But far more wretched still is he who knows it not.

TRUTH, A FABLE

At the gates of Sorbonne, Truth one day showed her face. The syndic met her. "What," said he, "do you want?" "Alas! hospitality." "Your name?" "My name is Truth." "Flee," said he, in anger, "flee, or I seek vengeance on your profaneness." "You chase me away," answered Truth; "but I live in hope to have my turn, being the spoiled child of Time, and gaining every thing by the means of my father."

The initial letters of the Latin names of the kings of Bonaparte's family form the Latin word Nihil, (nothing;) and this used to be called the genealogical acrostic:

L udovicus.I osephus.H ieronymus.I oachim.N apoleo.

T.B.

THE SUBTERFUGE

"I vow, my dear Strephon," said Chloe one day,While Damon lay hid in the bower,"Yon sun that now gazes shall see a kiss givenTo no one but thee from this hour."Now Strephon is gone—and with mournful eyePoor Damon upbraided the fair."Hush! blockhead," said Chloe, "the sun's now on high,But d'ye think it will always be there?"

Lately published, with a Frontispiece, and thirty other Engravings, price 5s.

THE ARCANA OF SCIENCE, AND ANNUAL REGISTER OF THE USEFUL ARTS, FOR 1829

"This is a valuable register of the progress of science and arts during the past year. Engravings and a low price qualify it for extensive utility."—Literary Gazette, March 21.

"An agreeable and useful little volume."—Athenæum, Feb. 18.

1

The eight principal public schools of the kingdom are considered to be those of Winchester; Westminster; Eton; Harrow; the Charter House; Merchant Tailor's; St. Paul's; and Rugby.

2

We have often seen an etching of this exhibition.

3

It must be recollected that wild fowl in consequence of their living on animal diet, give more readily a putrid disposition to the fluids.

4

Colonel Macirone also sent out above two thousand men, who were employed in the capture of Porto Bello and Rio de la Hacha. This caused a very favourable diversion for Bolivar in Venezuela, as it distracted the attention of the royalists, and but for the pusillanimous conduct of Macgregor, who commanded the expedition, might have proved of lasting advantage.

5

Apropos, three are twenty-three pictures by this gentleman in the gallery.

6

These lines will form a beautiful pendant to the picturesque Engraving of WARWICK CASTLE, in No. 357 of the MIRROR—as well as to the very interesting antiquarian description by our esteemed correspondent L.L.