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Show LINES TO A SKELETON. About lift) )cars ago the London Morning Morn-ing Chronicle published a nein entitled Lines to a bkcleton," which excited much attention Kver) effort, even to the offering offer-ing of a rewud of W guineas, was vainly mado to discover the author ' All that ever transpired was that the poem In a fnlr clerk s hand was tound near n skeleton skel-eton of remurknhle burnt, of form and color In the museum of Ihe llnvnl College of Surgeons I Inioln s Inn. London and that tlw- curator of the museum had sent to Mr Terr), editor nnd i roprlctor of tho Morning Chronicle ) llthold this ruin, twas a rkull, Onto of ethcrlal spirit full This nnrrrtw cell was life's retreat, Tills spate was Ihniglils m)Sterlous seat What beauteous visions lillnl this spot Whnt dreams of pleasures long forgot, Nor hope nor love nor Joy, nor fear, Have left one traco ot record here Ilenenth this moul lerlnc ennnpj Once shown Ihe brltlit and busy e)C, Hut start not at the dismal v old-It old-It soclil love that eje empln)cd If with no lawhss tiro it gleamed, Hut through the dews of kindness beamed That f)e s',all be forever bright AN ben stars und suns aro sunk In night Within this hollow csvirn hung The read) swift and tuneful tongue If falsehools hone) It disdained, And when It could not praise was chained, If bold In virtues cuuso It spoke, ")et gentle loncord nevtr broke, 'J his silent tongue shall plead for theo hen Tlnio unveils eternll), Su) ' did these linkers delve the mine? or with Us envied rubles shlntT To hew the rock or wear the gem Can littto now avail to them, Hut If the page of truth the) sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought TheKO hands a richer meed shall claim T haii all that wait on wealth or fame Avails It, whether bare or shod. These fit the paths of dm, trod? If from the bnwirs of ease the) fled fn seek aftllitlon x humble shed, If grandeur s guilty bribe they spurned And home to virtues cot icturncd I hose feet with antcl wings shall vie, And inn 1 th. ,il u of the sk) |