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MUSICAL AND LITERARY MISCELLANY.
THE WAEFU' HEART.
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Yet oh ! 'gin heav'n in mercy soon,
Would grant the boon I crave,
And tak' this life, now naething worth,
Sin' Jamie's in his grave.
And see, his gentle spirit comes
To show me on my way,
Surpris'd nae doubt 1 still am here,
Sair wond'ring at my stay.
" I come, I come ! my Jamie deaTi
And oh 1 wi' what gude will,
I follow whareso'er ye lead,
Ye canna lead to ill."
She said, and soon a deadly pale
Her faded cheek possess'd,
Her waefu' heart forgot to beat|t<
Her sorrows sunk to rest.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN.
(Continued from -page 214.)
Of the utter selfishness, meanness, and dirty cupi-
dity of tht two brothers of Beethoven, a characteris-
tic instsnce or two may suffice. Ries relates that
"Beethoven had promised his three sonatas (Op.
31) to Nageli of Zurich ; his brother, Carl, in
the meanwhile, who unfortunately never ceased
No. 28.
meddling with his affairs, having attempted to
sell the work to a Leipzig publisher. This gave
rise to several disputes between the brothers, as
Beethoven resolved to keep the promise once given.
When the sonatas were completed and readv to be
despatched, the dissension between the b"fothers
was renewed, and even proceeded farther than words.
On the following day, he gave me the sonatas to
forward immediately to Zurich, with a letter to his