twelve hundred square miles in this coal-field, it would supply England
with fuel for two thousand years, after all our English coal-mines are
worked out.

It is true, that a considerable part of the coal in South Wales is of an
inferior quality, and is not at present burned for domestic use; but in
proportion as coal becomes scarce, improved methods of burning it will
assuredly be discovered, to prevent any sulphureous fumes from entering
apartments, and also to economize the consumption of fuel in all our
manufacturing processes.

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SONG.

(_For the Mirror._)

Thou hast not seen the tear-drops fill
The eyes which worship thee;
The deepest curse, the darkest ill,
Hovers above--around me--still
There are no tears for me!

Thou canst not know, why I should kneel
For tears to heaven--in vain;
The thousand changeless pangs we feel,--
The precious drops, perchance, might heal,--
They will not start again!

Thou canst not know what hopes will spring