We must therefore assign the flowing of the "less impetuous stream," to 1802; in order to leave room for the intervening "years," in which it ceased to flow, till it was audible again in the spring of 1804, "last primrose-time.

The extent in which Dryden reformed our poetry, is most readily proved by an appeal to the ear; and Dr. Johnson has forcibly stated, that "he knew how to choose the flowing and the sonorous words; to vary the pauses and adjust the accents; to diversify the cadence, and yet preserve the smoothness of the metre."

Still her eyes come deeply glowing Through the leafy lattices; And the rustle of the trees, 'Neath the west wind softly blowing, Only emulates the flowing Of her love-toned melodies.

" "This frights me not, O Father; for meseems He is unworthy who should turn aside For any mocking voice of man or maid; Then tell me quick the way, that I may on; Mine eyes look only forward, and mine ears Hear only the far flowing of the spring.

Only yonder magnificent pine-tree,that pitch-pine, nobler when seen in perfection than white-pine, or Norwegian, or Norfolk Islander,that pitch-pine, herself a grove, una nemus, holds her unchanging beauty throughout the year, like her half-brother, the ocean, whose voice she shares; and only marks the flowing of her annual tide of life by the new verdure that yearly submerges all trace of last year's ebb.

With sufficient amplitude to conceal a look of primness that often arises from symmetry, we observe a certain negligent flowing of its leafy robes that adds to its dignity a grace which is apparent to all.

I tore my shirt from my naked body, and endeavoured, with some success, to make of it a bandage to staunch the flowing of the blood.