To muse;--or, sweeter still, to dream
Day-dreams of love; while round ye rise
Distant, delicious harmonies;
Until ye languishing declare
An archer's life, indeed is fair!

M. L. B.

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THE NOVELIST

NO. CV.

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THE GHIBELLINES.

_A Fragment of a Tuscan Tale_.

BY MISS EMMA ROBERTS.

"His name's Gonzago.--The story is extant, and written in very
choice Italian."


Ten thousand lights burned throughout the Alberoni palace, and all the