A NEW PLATONIC DIALOGUE.

(Besides its general satire, the following jet' & esprit, by a writer of mark, very elevevly points the moral of mental submission. We know not that we ever saw the aryls- menials ad absurdum much better exemplified than in the closing stanza.) 1. "Good gentleman in velvet, no doubt 'tis kind of you

To give my children tracts so neatly stitched in blue; But as, poor things, they have not a stitch upon themselves, They'd care more for your wardrobe than for your bookcase-shelves."

2. "Poor man in rags, blaspheme not; for all we suffer, surely, Is less than we deserve, and should be borne demurely. But 'tie, I own, our duty to help our neighbour's plight; And so there's sixpence for you, a sinner's worthless mite."

3. "Good gentleman in velvet, 't will buy a loaf of bread, The first we've had these two days, and now we're almost dead. Here, Mary, crawl and fetch it, for your mother is too ill: And I'll look to Bill and Tommy, and keep the baby still."

4. "Poor man in rags, believe me, there's the Poorhouse free to you, That handsome house and grounds, and all so large and new: There's a Doctor there, and Chaplain, and Guardians meeting weekly; And when last 1 saw the inmates, they were shining all quite sleekly."

5. "Good gentleman in velvet, 'tis a life too fine for me To live like a great man and no wife nor child to see. I've heard that there's a place so grand no tongue can tell, All silver, gold, and jewels—the place that they call Hell."

6. "Poor man in rags, your notions are as scanty, torn, and thin, As the clothes upon your body ; but it's all the fruit of sin. You should go to church on Sunday and hear our worthy pastor— An estimable man, very lit to be your master."

7. "Good gentleman in velvet, I once did go to church; But the man who built it somehow had left mein the lurch : I found no seat, but stood, the ceremonies viewing, And wondered what the people who look'd so snug were doing."

8. "Poor man in rags, and heard you no profitable truth, To light your soul's dark places and make the broken smooth? What said the worthy Rector, so learned and so kind, With whom and his good lady on Friday last we dined ? "

9. "He simpeed out long stories of Noah and his ark, And of Jonah who was swallowed by some shovel-batted shark ; And by all his talk of deluges, he made it clear as mud, That he was safe within the boat, and I was in the flood."

10. "Poor man in rags, I fear that you want the gospel pearl; The Doctor is a Dean and the cousin of an Earl : And heard you then no word that, spoken in due season, At once was Christian doctrine and gentlemanly reason?"

11. "Good gentleman in velvet, all who left hi, church behind, The church of him the Doctor, were spiritually blind : But the Catholics were worse, for they bad an inquisition, And called him a Dissenter, him who held Dissent perdition."

12. "Poor man in rags, what truth to wisdom can be clearer ? The voice of Heaven is sounding, and only wants a hearer. But truth must be believed, and not question'd without shame ; And 'tis thinking for yourself that incurs your Maker's blame."

13. "Good gentleman in velvet, to learn a little more,

And to pass away my time, for the hunger pinched me sore, I went to hear a lecture last night on the Corn-laws;

And though I own it puzzled me, I join'd in the applause."

14. "Poor man in rags, what listen to such lying tongues as those— Those enemies of property and of the world's repose ! Your common sense alone should have told you they were wrong; And you should have confuted them, in face of all the throng."

15. "Good gentleman in velvet, l'm ignorant and rough, And dared not answer Parson Whale, although he talked such stuff: And when they spoke of Corn-laws, and put the Squire to shame, 1 feared that thinking for myself would earn my Maker's blame."