point of the horizon; and on the confines of the antarctic circle, the southern half of its orb, at noon, just emerges above the horizon, and leaves those regions to be illuminated by the bright scintillations of the stars in Argo Navis, Lupus, Crux, Columba, and their splendid companions which circle the southern pole, occasionally diversified with the corruscations of the Aurora Australis.

The following beautiful poem will not require an apology for its insertion in this place.

THE HYMN OF MEMMON'S LYRE.

BY J. A. WADE, AUTHOR OF "SONGS OF THE FLOWERS," ETC. Fountain of living light to all,

Of melody to me,

Soon as thy morning lustre fall
Is sparkling in the Eastland hall,
My song begins to thee!

Sun! thou great glory of the sky!
Full as thine ears may ring
With the loud orbal minstrelsy,
Oh! list to the sweet melody,
That here for thee I sing!

It is Earth's music, but it thrills
For nothing earthly,-Sun!
Thou'rt scarcely on the orient hills,
But gentle song my fancy fills-
Alas! that e'er 'tis done.

I am all thine-the perfumed sighs
Of morning, mountain heath,
Seek not more fondly the soft skies
That warm them, than my melodies
Send unto thee their breath!

Oh! it is sweet to hear them wake
And rouse each sleepy string;
At first, low murmuring tones they make,
But bolder, deeper thrills they take-
At thy full rise they sing !

There are some tears upon my wires,
They are not the night dews;
They are a melancholy lyre's,
Jealous of those revolving fires
That hymn the spheral muse.

Sun! do they love thee well as I?
When thou art down the west,

They gaily sparkle o'er the sky,
Not when thy glorious face is nigh
Are they in beauty drest!

How different here!-when thou art gone,
Cold tears and sighs are mine;

With thy last look my joy is done-
With thy first smile my song's begun,
Its theme and music thine!

The night wind oft with tender sigh
Breathes on my heedless strings;
But not a single melody

Forgets its faithfulness to thee,

Not one soft answer sings!

Sometimes with jealous rage he sweeps
Across my dreaming breast,
But, hopeless lover! fondness keeps
Her truth enshrined there, and weeps
And leaves him all unblest!

My Sun-god! love!-my hope! my dream! Why dost thou let the Moon

Flaunt through thy path in golden beam?

Why does she there so proudly seem

Usurping thy bright noon?

From my fond thoughts I often start,

And think her light is thine;
How melancholy to the heart,
From a sweet fantasy to part,

And dreams for truth resign.

Oh! that I had the power to climb
O'er the high clouds to thee-

To have thy love through all sweet time—
Not sing the one cold morning chime,
But endless melody!

To bring soft shadows round thy soul
With music's spell at even,

When thou had'st reach'd thy western goal,
And thou wert weary of thy roll
O'er the wide arch of heaven!

But no! 'tis vain Aurora's child,
With his cold senseless grasp,
Inslaves me in this ruin'd wild,

A weeping thing that should have smiled
In thy more gentle clasp !

Farewell!-thou passest quickly on

To give dark regions light,
Their rosy smiles have just begun-
Farewell! my Morning Hymn is done-
Come to me Tears and Night.

LUNAR PHENOMENA.

Phases of the Moon.

First Quarter, 5th day at 59 min. after 2 afternoon.

Conjunctions of the Moon with the Planets and Stars.

June 5th, with Saturn ........at 4 morning.

y in Libra

9 evening.

PHENOMENA PLANETARUM.

Mercury at his greatest elongation on the 1st as a morning star, angle of elongation 24° 19′. Greatest south latitude on the 5th. Ascending node on the 24th. In conjunction with Venus at 5 in the morning of the 26th, difference in declination 21'. Perihelion on the 29th.

Venus in conjunction with 2 w in Taurus on the 7th, difference of latitude 2. Ascending node on the 27th. In conjunction with H in Gemini on the 28th, difference of latitude 13'.

Phases of Venus.

The proportions of the light and dark phases of Venus are as follow:

June 1st.-Illuminated disc 11.5786

Mars attains his greatest south latitude on the 7th. In perihelion on the 30th.

The Asteroids.

Hrs. Min.

Vesta, 1st day. Right Ascension, 9 23 N. Declin. 21° 2′

Hrs. Min,

Juno, 1st day. Right Ascension, 10 20 N. Declin. 11° 0′

Jupiter in quadrature at 15 minutes after 2 of the

afternoon of the 18th.

Eclipses of the Satellites of Jupiter.

First satellite,

IMMERSIONS.

14th day, at 1 min. 13 sec. after 2 morning

Second satellite, 20th ......30.......... 1...................... 2

FORM OF SATURN'S RING.

June 9th.-Semi-transverse axis

Semi-conjugate axis

40".28

3.94

Uranus, on the 1st day, two degrees and a half west of three small stars (42, 44, and 45) in the tail of Capricornus.

Sphere of the Fixed Stars.

Positions of the principal constellations on the 1st day at 11 in the evening.

On the Meridian. Lupus close to the southern horizon, Libra, Serpens, Corona Borealis, Boötes, Draco near the zenith, Ursa Minor, Tarandus, Custos Messium, Camelopardalis, and Perseus on the verge of the northern horizon. Hercules and Ophiuchus are between