17 NOVEMBER 1883, page 15

Magdalen College And The Physiological. Laboratory.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—A paragraph appeared in the Spectator of last Saturday on the Oxford Memorial concerning the University Physiological Laboratory. That......

Poetry.

POETS, AND POETS. I KNEW a poet,—one with eyes of laughter, A face like a sun-smile, eager as a boy, .Singing as the birds sing, trusting the Hereafter : I knew a poet, and his......

X.—thanksgiving Ode.

Enthroned upon a silver beam Of perfect light, Our lady reigns as doth beseem The Queen of Night! Whate'er thy pastime is, Dian or Artemis,— Whether as huntress fair and free,......

The Non-residential County Franchise.

(TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.'l SIR,—The non-residential county franchise has a value which the Spectator is not likely to depreciate as merely sentimental. It provides a......

Ix.—the Dream Of Pericles.

I am called, so thou would'st know, Dian of the silver bow ; And, while slumber seals thine eyne, Bid thee list the voice divine : Seek out mine Ephesian shrine ; And, before......

Lyrics Of Pericles.—iii.• Viii.—ode To Neptune.

Gon of the steed and the spear and the Ocean, Speed thou our barks o'er the wandering foam ; Steer us by reef, and by headland and island, Outward and onward, and inward and......