THE ROU É.

Were you, ye fair, but cautious whom ye trust,
So many of your sex would not in vain,
Of broken vows and faithless men complain.

Rowe.

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Porcelliau club

How many of the genuine feelings of human nature have been repressed and spoiled by the coldness of those outward forms which constitute so great a proportion of our educa. tion!

We enter into the world with buoyant feelings, fresh and " thick-coming fancies,” enthusiastic anticipation-with hearts and hands open to the impression and impulses of love, friendship, and generosity, and with a multitude of senses and passions, all promising pleasure in their pursuit and their gratification.

We feel the genuine tears of sympathy spring into our eyes at a tale of distress; and while

The world to our unpractised hearts

A flattering prospect shows;
Our fancy forms a thousand schemes
Of gay delights and golden dreams,
And undisturb'd repose :

we find our young pulses bounding with delight at the sight of beauty, and experience a thousand sensations which impel us to an intimate intercourse of hearts with our fellow-creatures ; and the first thing we are taught in life, is to unlearn