The Philadelphia Exhibition.

touching upon it , I feel that it Avould be , to say the . least , superfluous to do more . I cannot help , however , briefly bearing my testimony to the good effects produced by { he gift to Philadelphia of the British building in the Centennial grounds , one of

the happiest of the many happy thoughts emanating from our Commission , aud of which the credit is , I believe , specially due to one of the new members , our Consul , Mr . Kortright . Here again , too , Ave have had the advantage of being the first to set

an example to which other nations have felt hound to pay tribute—that of following it . " As Freemasons , we always rejoice in anything that tends to cement in bonds of loving amity and sympathy the United States of America and Great Britain .

Love's Utterance.

LOVE'S UTTERANCE .

Ora day a lover sought to gain , An answer to his love ; The maid was coy and he in vain To win her answer strove . Heyday how sad ! the maid Avas shy

And blushed ; but made him no reply . 'Tis true she also felt love ' s flame , Yet could not tell him so ; She dared not answer ' Yes" for shame , Nor dreamt of answering " No ;" So , groAving more and more confused

She sighed—her lips to speak refused . Now Cupid saw the trembling maid Beset by bashful fear ; So gently coming to her aid ,. He whispered in her ear ; When straightway beaming from her eye She looked what she dared not reply .

Poets' Corner.

POETS' CORNER .

Continued from page 317 . « E RE is a monument to Samuel Butler , we author of the celebrated " Hudibras , " matchless in the wealth and freshness of s Ant . The monument was erected by « aTT , bf the P ' in order > ** issaid > wat he who wanted all things when

alive might not Avarit a monument Avhen dead . " Under the monument we have just noticed there is another , which , we think , you will consider still more Avorthy of attention . This is the monument of Edmund Spenser , the author of the

muchtalked-of but little read " Faerie Queene . " This great man was styled the " prince of poets of his time , " and certainly the abundant beauties of his great work go to prove that his claim to such an honourable title was founded upon real merit . The poet was on terms of friendship with many of the most notable characters of the

brilliant times in which . he lived , yet we find that his noble connections and his Avonderful genius together were unable to secure him from some of the bitterest misfortunes a man can feel . The sweet singer , the ripe scholar , the Laureate of great Elizabeththe friend of Leicester . of Sir

, , Philip Sydney , and Sir Walter Raleigh , ended his days in poverty and brokenhearted . You may wonder how a person possessing such extraordinary talents should be allowed to live in obscurity , and to want the comforts that money can

buy . In our days a person so capable of entertaining and delighting the people would be honoured and enriched , but in those days things were not as they are now . But feAV of the people knew how to read and but feAV , even of the wealthy

and the noble , were sufficiently cultivated to appreciate the delicate beauties of such a masterpiece of poetical art . There was no great reading public counted by tens of millions , and so the poets had to depend for their reAvard upon the liberality of a

few . In our more fortunate days the public at large is the patron of literature . Every man and woman , every boy and girl who reads , patronizes the poet , the novelist , or the historian , and the Avriter who has the talent to please and to command the attention of this great reading public is sure of his reAvard , both in fame and fortune . Such an author is

independent of individual favour and individual bounty , for he appeals to all who speak and read the language in which he writes . The manner in which genius was rewarded in the days when its possessors were dependent upon the feAV who were learned enough to appreciate it , and