We select the Englishman's Magazine for praise among the periodicals
which have made their appearance this month. We are pleased with the spirit which animates its youthful bones ; and venture to pronounce, that though it may not attain success, it will deserve it. The air of this Magazine is youthful, but it has also the generous qualities of youth : it is bold, frank, patriotic, and imaginative. The poetry is good, for it has both fancy and feeling: witness the "Song for Poland," by Mr. KENNEDY.
"0 that I were this autumn night
Beneath old Warsaw's wall- 'Gainst ruthless might to share the fight At Freedom's sacred call 1 If by the spears the despot rears, In Poland's ranks I fell, The remnant of my wasted years Were wisely spent and well.
"Thou would'st not blame, dear aged sire,
The purpose of my prayer—
Thou didst inspire the genial fire
Which in this breast I bear—
Thou badest me be, for liberty, Quick, generous, and bold, And gayest the battle-brand to me Thy fathers wore of old.
" Could'st thou, my English girl, upbraid If, passing from thy side, For once I strayed, and fondly made The Polish land my bride ?— 0 not the less, thy loveliness Would smile on my return,
Though that wronged land my steps should bless
When she had ceased to mourn.
"The tyrant's gold may weapons buy, And slaves may work his will— The spirit high of victory Nerves free-born bosoms still I To share the fight, 'gainst ruthless might, At Freedom's sacred call, 0 would I were, this autumn night, Beneath old Warsaw's wall!"
TheEnglishman possesses an invaluable contributor in CHARLES LAME, the venerable ELIA of the London Magazine. He has renewed his youth : his sketch of DAwE, the late Academician, in his "Peter's Net," is exquisite : it is of kin to SMITH'S full-length of NomasErrs.
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