6 MARCH 1880, page 14

Poetry.

AN OLD BOAT. I PASSED a boat to-day on the shore, That will be launched on the sea no more. Worn and battered,—the straight keel bent, The side, like a ruined rampart, rent ;......

Art.

THE PALACE OF ART. " I built my soul a lordly pleasure-house, Wherein at ease for aye to dwell ; I said, '0 Soul, make merry and carouse, Dear Soul, for all is well !' " I......